Life History

Notes

• Our family had only the name Tripann Mullins, no other name that mightbe a maiden name.  No maiden name is given in the other sources I haveseen.
  
  Her name is written Trip Ann in the 1870 (Georgia) and 1880 (Texas)censuses.  Her great-grandson Mike Taylor also reports that the nameis written as Trip Ann on her gravestone, which I have not seenmyself.  Her marriage registry entry has the name spelled as Tripann.Mike indicates that it seems likely her name is Tripann Velma.  Hereports that he has seen several documents she signed as T V Mullins.One of his aunts reported that her middle name was Velma.  This isinteresting in light of the census entry of 1860 which has her name asTrapan [sic] A.
  
  In the 1850 census in Gilmer County, Georgia, she was listed asTripand.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia, 4 October, Subdivision33, page 771-772, Hse/Fam #528
  Benjamin West 44 M Farmer $500 Real Estate b SC
  Elizabeth West 41 F SC Cannot read and write
  -- page 772 --
  Tripand West 1 M [sic] SC
  
  In 1860 she appears as Trapan A.  This latter entry is notable, sinceit gives another initial A for a second name in addition to Tripann,in contrast to the two sources that indicate Trip and Anna separatenames.  Her name appears as a single name in a form similar to Tripannconsistently enough to lend weight to the idea that Tripann's"official" name was one name rather than two, though it was found onher grave as two names.   Also note that in 1960 she is reported bornin Georgia, while in 1850 place of birth was South Carolina, like theother chldren.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 10 June, Dug RoadDistrict, PO Jasper, Page 20 (898), House #169, Family #135
  Benjamin West 54 M Farmer SC
  Elithebeth [sic] West 52 F SC
  Trapan A West 10 F GA
  
  In 1870, we find Trip Ann as the second daughter of Benjamin andFrances (Francis) West in Pickens County, Georgia, with a Jasper P Oaddress.
  
  1870, 6 July, Pickens County, Georgia, P O Jasper, page 59, Hse/Fam#464
  Benjamin West M W 64 Farmer b. S.C.
  Francis West F W 23 Daughter b. GA
  Trip Ann West F W 20 Daughter b. GA
  Elmina Bradley F W 38 Housekeeper b. SC [daughter of Benjamin]
  William J. West M W 17 Assisting on Farm b. GA [son of Elmina]
  John L. West M W 11 Assisting on Farm b. GA [son of Elmina]
  
  Before the 1880 census, Gif and Tripann have married and have 4children, and they have moved to Bosque County, Texas.  Their parentshave also moved with them.  Gif's paretns are living in the samehousehold with them, and her father Benjamin, her sister Elmina andher son John live nearby in one household.
  
  1880, June 11, Bosque County, Texas, District 14, p 30B, Hse #267, Fam#274
  S G Mullins Age 36 Famer b. GA, father b. SC, mother b. NC
  Trip Ann Mullins Age 31 Wife b. GA, father b. SC, mother b. SC
  Ida L. Mullins Age 9 Daughter b. GA (born abt 1871)
  William L. Mullins Age 7 Son b. GA  (born abt 1873)
  Lindsey C. Mullins Age 5 Son b. GA  (born abt 1875)
  Ross Ben Mullins Age 3 Son b. Tex  (born abt 1877)
  George R. Mullins Age 61 Father b. NC, father b. SC, mother b. SC
  Elvira M. Mullins Age 62 Mother b. NC, father b. VA, mother b. SC
  
  The anonymous Ancestry World Tree source misspells her husband's nameas Griffin, but otherwise it provides excellent detail and a list ofall the children.  The marriage registry entry of their marriage hasGiffin as Giffen.  All the family sources spell it Giffin, or have thenickname Gif or Giff.
  
  Since their oldest child is reported as age 9 in 1880, it appears thatGif and Tripann married in 1870, after the census.  They appear tohave moved to Texas in about 1876.  One child was born in 1875 inGeorgia and the next in 1877 in Texas.

Sources

• 1. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas
  • 11 June, District 14, page 30B, Hse #267, Family #274
• 3. Mullins Genealogy
  • Name: Name: Includes Info from Mike Taylor and Will Pearson;;
• 4. 1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 6 July, P O Jasper, page 59, Hse/Fam #464
• 5. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
  • 4 October, Subdivision 33, page 77-78 (386), Hse/Fam #528
• 6. 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 10 June, Dug Road District, PO Jasper, Page 20 (898), House #169,
• 7. Mullins-Mullinax Marriages, Mike Taylor Compilation
  • Name: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy;;
• 8. 1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas
  • June 11, District 14, p 30B, Hse #267, Fam #274
• 9. Loretta Gregory Gay, personal communication
• 10. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v26t1588&id=I0792
• 11. Mike Taylor Genealogy Database
  • Name: Name: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy;;
• 12. Ancestry Trees
  • Mullins Family Tree by Gilda,
• 13. Mullinnix Files by Dorothy
• 14. 1920 Federal Census, De Baca County, New Mexico
  • [no date] January, Ritchey Precinct 10, District 58, page 5A, Hse #54,
• 15. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 16. Ancestry Trees
  • Coats Family,
• 17. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v26t1588&id=I0977