Life History

Notes

• Dorothy Mullinnix reports that only Bryson (Brison) stayed behind when his father Isaac C Mullinax moved with all his other children to Gilmer County, Georgia.  She reports that he died in North Carolina, and that both he and his wife Sarah Berry Mullinax, were buried in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee County, South Carolina.  On a visit to the cemetery on a Mullinax family reunion trip in 2009, I found Bryson's grave in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery there in Blacksburg, in Cherokee County, formerly part of York County.
  
  Mike Taylor, however, reports that they were buried in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Grover, Lincoln County, North Carolina.  I note that Dorothy agrees with some other genealogies in reporting that other members of the family were also buried in an Antioch Cemetery in (Jasper,) Gilmer County, Georgia.  (These reports appear to result from a confusion of the name Antioch in each place.)
  --  http://www.gencircles.com/users/annmull/1/data/743
  
  1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 7 September, Hse/Fam #673
  Mullinax, Bryson  38 M W Farmer $200 Real Estate b NC
  Mullinax, Sarah  35 F W b NC
  Mullinax, Rachel  13 F W b NC
  Mullinax, Hannah  11 F W b NC
  Mullinax, Emily J  8 F W b NC
  Mullinax, John W 6 M W b NC
  Mullinax, Francis  2 M W b NC
  Mullinax, Sarah   1 month F W b NC
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 26 July, p 89 (scan 424), No PO given, Hse/Fam #277
  Bryson Mullinax 46 M Farmer $1000 Real Estate $1020 Personal b North Carolina [born abt 1814]
  Sarah Mullinax 45 F North Carolina [born abt 1825]
  Rachel M Mullinax 22 F North Carolina [born abt 1838]
  John W Mullinax 14 M North Carolina [born abt 1846]
  Francis A Mullinax 12 M North Carolina [born abt Jan 1848]
  Sarah  C Mullinax 10 F North Carolina [born abt 1850]
  William C Mullinax 9 M North Carolina [born abt Jan 1851]
  Robert F Mullinax 7 M North Carolina [born abt Jan 1853]
  Louisa J Mullinax 2 F North Carolina [born abt 1858]
  Emilissa Mullinax 1 F North Carolina [born abt 1859]
  
  1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 23 June, Township #4, PO Nine House, page 3, Hse #20, Fam #21
  Mullinax, Bryson  54 M W Farmer $600 Real Estate $300 Personal  b NC [b abt 1816]
  Mullinax, Sallie  53 F W Keeping House b NC
  Mullinax, Columbus  18 F W Farm Laborer b NC
  Mullinax, Sarah C  19 F W Seamstress b NC
  Mullinax, Lenora  10 F W At Home b NC
  Mullinax, Asbury  22 M W Cabinet Maker b NC
  
  The child listed as Francis in 1850 and Francis A in 1860 is now enumerated as Asbury in 1870.  This matches the child found in the Mullinnix Files by Dorothy as Francis Asbury, b about 1848.  Bryson's wife Sarah is reported under the common nickname Sallie.
  
  I note that there is no listing here for Louisa J, who first appeared in the 1860 census.  She should have been about 12 years old in this census, b 2 August 1858.  Family sources report she died 20 January 1906.
  
  We see a discrepancy here in Bryson's age.  In 1850 he was 38, in 1860 he was 46, gaining 8 years in age.  And in 1970 he is 54, gaining a total of only 16 years in the 20-year span, a common occurrence in the the 1800s censuses.  His reported age in 1850 would mean birth in about 1811 or 12, when family sources tell us his actual birthday was 19 February 1814, matching his reported age in 1860.  But the age reported in 1870 would make him born about 1816.
  
  I found Bryson's grave in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Blacksburg, South Carolina.  This is in Cherokee County, formerly part of York County.
  
  Gravestone of Bryson Mullinax, Antioch Baptist Cemetery, Blacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina
  photo by Orville Boyd Jenkins, 8 Oct 2009
  Bryson Mullinax
  Born Feb 19, 1814
  Died June 5, 1888
  Aged 74 years 4 months and 16 days

Sources

• 1. Mullins-Mullinax Marriages, Mike Taylor Compilation
  • Name: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy;
• 2. Gravestones of Antioch Baptist Cemetery Blacksburg SC
• 3. World Family Tree Vol. 147
  • Pedigree #323
• 4. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 26 July, p 89 (scan 424), No PO given, Hse/Fam #277
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Billie Girardeau, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2324130&id=I510290640
• 6. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 7 September, page 163, Hse/Fam #673
• 7. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 23 June, Township 4, PO Nine House, page 3 (36), Hse #20, Fam #21
• 8. Mullinnix Files by Dorothy
• 9. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 23 June, Township 4, PO Nine House, page 3, Hse #20, Fam #21