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     Julian Mullins was born circa 1843 in Tennessee.^1,2,3
     

     Julian Mullins was listed at age 7, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Daniel Coleman Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 19 October 1850.²

     Julian Mullins was listed at age 17, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Martha Jane Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1860, enumerated 20 July 1860.³

     Lavina Jane Mullins was born circa 1847 in Tennessee.^1,2,3,4
     

     Lavina Jane Mullins was listed at age 3, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Daniel Coleman Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 19 October 1850.²

     Lavina Jane Mullins was listed at age 16, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Martha Jane Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1860, enumerated 20 July 1860.³

     Lavina Jane Mullins was listed at age 23, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Martha Jane Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1870, enumerated 19 July 1870.⁴

     Louisa Mullins was born on 6 November 1852 in Tennessee.^1,2,3
     

     Louisa Mullins was listed at age 8, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Martha Jane Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1860, enumerated 20 July 1860.²

     Louisa Mullins was listed at age 18, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Martha Jane Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1870, enumerated 19 July 1870.³

     In the Census of 1870, Louisa Mullins was listed in the household of Anthony Cox in Cannon Co., Tennessee. She was listed at age 18, occupation as a domestic servant, born in Tennessee.

     Louisa Mullins was born circa 1833 in Tennessee.^1,2,3 She married Henry Cox on 15 February 1863 in Cannon Co., Tennessee.⁴
     

     Louisa Mullins was listed at age 17, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Daniel Coleman Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 19 October 1850.²

     Louisa Mullins was born on 28 April 1865 in Chickasha, Grady Co., Oklahoma.¹ She married Spencer Ellsworth Bowley on 2 June 1886.¹

     Lucy Bedford Mullins was born on 15 February 1882.¹

     Luttica Mullins was born circa 1865 in Tennessee.¹
     

     Luttica Mullins was listed at age 5, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of David Lyle Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1870, enumerated 8 June 1870.¹

     Martha A. Mullins was born circa 1847 in Tennessee.^1,2 She married William Arvin on 10 August 1865 in Cannon Co., Tennessee.³
     

     Martha A. Mullins was listed at age 3, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of David Lyle Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 18 October 1850.¹

     Martha A. Mullins was listed at age 14, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of David Lyle Mullins in Coffee Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1860, enumerated 5 July 1860.²

     Martha Jane Mullins was born circa 1823 in Tennessee.^1,2,3,4 She married first Daniel Coleman Mullins Jr., son of Daniel Coleman Mullins and Oridema Lyle, on 25 July 1839 in Cannon Co., Tennessee.^1,5,6 She married second John Young on 23 June 1870 in Cannon Co., Tennessee.^1,5
     

     Martha Jane Mullins was listed at age 27, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Daniel Coleman Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 19 October 1850.²

     In the Census of 1860, enumerated 20 July 1860, Martha Jane Mullins was listed as a head of household in Cannon Co., Tennessee. She was listed at age 335, no occupation with property value of $250, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Jubilee Mullins, Julian Mullins, John Henry Mullins, Lavina Jane Mullins, Joseph C. Mullins, Louisa Mullins, Sarah Mullins and Nancy Melissa Mullins.³

     In the Census of 1870, enumerated 19 July 1870, Martha Jane Mullins was listed as a head of household in Cannon Co., Tennessee. She was listed at age 48, occupation keeping house with property value of $100, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: John Henry Mullins, Joseph C. Mullins, Louisa Mullins, Nancy Melissa Mullins, Sarah Mullins and Lavina Jane Mullins.⁴

     Mary J. Mullins was born circa 1848 in Tennessee.^1,2
     

     Mary J. Mullins was listed at age 2, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of John W. Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 2 September 1850.¹

     Mary J. Mullins was listed at age 12, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Eloriage Henderson Campbell in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1860, enumerated 3 July 1860.²

     Mary Penelope Mullins was born circa 1834 in Tennessee.^1,2,3 She married John McQuatty Archer.¹ Mary died on 8 December 1879 in Texas.¹
     

     Mary Penelope Mullins was listed at age 16, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Ezekiel Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 28 August 1850.²

     Mary Susan Mullins was born on 28 May 1861.¹ She married Benjamin Franklin Baker on 20 January 1881.¹ Mary died on 14 December 1958 in Hartshome, Pittsburg Co., Oklahoma, at age 97.¹

     Milley Mullins was born between 1784 and 1790.³ She married Jesse Davis on 22 August 1807 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina.²

     Milton Frances Mullins was born on 8 June 1863.¹ She married Charles Marshall on 15 October 1879.¹ Milton died on 6 September 1947 at age 84.¹

     Milton Jasper Mullins was born on 30 March 1830 in Tennessee.^1,2 He married Evaline Sanders Crockett on 12 September 1860 in Red River Co., Texas.² Milton died on 8 November 1884 in Red River Co., Texas, at age 54.²
     

     I believe that Milton Jasper Mullins is the Milton J. Mullins listed with Susan (Mullins) Nokes in the 1850 U. S. Census and is her brother making him the son of Daniel Coleman Mullins and Oridema Lyle.

     Milton Jasper Mullins was listed at age 18, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Susan Nokes in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 8 September 1850.¹

     Nancy Mullins was born circa 1752.¹

     Nancy Melissa Mullins was born on 15 September 1855 in Tennessee.^1,2,3
     

     Nancy Melissa Mullins was listed at age 4, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Martha Jane Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1860, enumerated 20 July 1860.²

     Nancy Melissa Mullins was listed at age 14, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Martha Jane Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1870, enumerated 19 July 1870.³

     Paralee Rebecca Mullins was born circa 1833 in Tennessee.^1,2,3 She married Bryon Smith.
     

     Paralee Rebecca Mullins was listed at age 17, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Ezekiel Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 28 August 1850.²

     Sarah Mullins was born circa 1775 in Virginia.¹ She married William Thomason. Sarah died in 1864 in Fort Payne, DeKalb Co., Alabama.¹

     Sarah Mullins was born circa 1854 in Tennessee.^1,2
     

     Sarah Mullins was listed at age 6, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Martha Jane Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1860, enumerated 20 July 1860.¹

     Sarah Mullins was listed at age 16, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Martha Jane Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1870, enumerated 19 July 1870.²

     Sarah A. Mullins was born circa 1852 in Tennessee.^1,2 Sarah married first John H. Webb, son of Austin Webb and Sarah H. Towles, in December 1869 in McMinnville, Warren Co., Tennessee.³ Sarah married second Samuel Alexander Kirk, son of William Kirk, on 26 December 1876 in Warren Co., Tennessee.³ Sarah A. Mullins was divorced from Samuel in 1895 in McClain Co., Oklahoma.³ Sarah married third Unknown Nervill.³ Sarah died in McClain Co., Oklahoma.³
     

     Sarah A. Mullins was listed at age 8, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Eloriage Henderson Campbell in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1860, enumerated 3 July 1860.¹

     Sarah A. Webb was listed at age 19, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of John H. Webb in McMinnville, Warren Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1870, enumerated 24 June 1870.²

     Sarah Diona Mullins was born on 31 July 1872.¹ She married Joseph Chester Webb.¹

     Sunnitt (Samantha?) Mullins was born circa 1818 in Tennessee.^1,2 She married John Raines.¹
     

     Sunnitt (Samantha?) Mullins was listed at age 32, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Ezekiel Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 28 August 1850.²

     Susan Mullins was born in August 1811 in Short Mountain in Warren Co., Tennessee.^2,3,4,5,6 She married first Thomas Nokes Jr., son of Thomas Nokes, before 1835. She married second Nathaniel Harper circa 1852. Susan died of old age on 3 July 1886 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, at age 74.⁷ She was interred on 4 July 1886 in City Cemetery in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee.²
     

     Susan was also known as Susanah.

     Susan is probably the oldest daughter of Daniel Coleman Mullins and Oridema Lyle of the Short Mountain area of Cannon Co., Tennessee. There are several facts that when taken together leads me to this conclusion.

1. A tape interview with Bessie (Harper) Hulan, a granddaughter of Susan's, indicated that Susan was the oldest of a large family of about 10 children from the Short Mountain area of Cannon Co. This tape is in the possession of Dick Hulan.⁶

2. On the 1820 Warren Co., Tennessee census there is an unidentified female in the age range of less than 10. Susan was born circa 1813 based on census records and cemetery records or Aug 1811 based on a taped interview with Bessie Hulan, Susan's granddaughter. Cannon Co. was formed from Warren Co. and other in 1836. The Short Mountain area in Cannon Co. is near the border of Warren Co.

3. This female does not appear in the household of Daniel C. Mullins in the 1840 Cannon Co. Census. I have been unable to find Daniel in the 1830 Census. Susan married her first husband, Thomas Nokes, circa 1835.

4. Thomas Nokes died before June 1847. In the settlement of his estate on 28 June 1847, recorded in the June term of 1849, there are settlement payments to David Mullins and to John W. Mullins, both sons of Daniel Coleman Mullins and Oridema Lyle.⁸

5. In the 1850 Cannon Co. Census, Susan is listed as Susanah along with her Nokes children Martha, Mary, Sarah, and William and with a Milton Mullins and a Sarah Ann Mullins both of an age that they could possibly be unidentified children of Daniel and Oridema enumerated in the 1840 Cannon Co. Census. This, however, cannot be certain. They may be of some other relation.

6. In the 1860 Davidson Co. Census, Sarah is listed with her second husband, Nathaniel Harper, her Nokes children Mary and William, Sarah Ann Mullins from above, and an Ida Mullins age 70. This could possibly be Oridema.

7. In the scrapbook of Ida Vanetta (McMurray) Harper, wife of James Thomas Harper, was a newspaper article date October 28, 1868, from The Tyler Reporter (Texas) concerning the sudden death of Capt. W. H. Mullins of the law firm of Long & Mullins, by suicide. It states that he was from Tennessee and 34 years of age making him born in 1834. This matches another son of Daniel and Oridema, William H. Mullins born ca. 1834. This article must have been in the possession of James Thomas Harper who probably obtained from his mother Susan and was added to Ida's scrapbook sometime after their marriage in 1872. This would be a strong indication that W. H. Mullins was probably a brother of Susan's and an uncle of James Thomas.⁹

     These facts when taken together leads me to believe that Susan was the oldest daughter of Daniel Coleman Mullins and Oridema Lyle.

     In the Chancery Court of Cannon County are several entries in a case involving Medford Caffey and Susan Nokes, William B. Nokes, the children of Susan Nokes. To summarize the proceedings, they seem to center around the challenge of title rights to three parcels of land purchased by Thomas Nokes from Medford Caffey, one of which was sold by Thomas Nokes to David M. Jarret and the other two sold by Thomas Nokes to William B. Nokes. The final decision of the court was award of the titles to the said parcel of lands to David M. Jarret and William B. Nokes, and Medford Caffey ordered to pay the court costs.¹⁰

     There is an entry in the Cannon Co. Deed Books of the sale of 15 acres in the 6th District to Susan Harper, Administratrix of Thomas Nokes, 15 September 1856.¹¹

     Susan had to take care of the Hickman children, George and Thomas, after the death of their mother, Susan's daughter Mary. Mary is said to lost her mind and died after her baby daughter was born.⁶ This baby daughter does not appear in any of the census with the family and perhaps was still-born or died shortly after death which may have contributed to Mary's mental condition.

     Susan was a school teacher for 45 years of her life. She taught in Woodbury, Cannon Co., Tennessee, and also in Nashville during the Civil War. She taught at a private school (pay school). At one time she was teaching in a little log cabin near Cedar Grove Church out of Lebanon. Her farm was just five miles out of Lebanon on Hunter's Farm Pike. It is said that she could sing like a lark and if she had been a man she would have been a preacher.⁶

     In Brown's History of Woodbury and Cannon County, Tenn. he describes a store operated by Bates and Hume that was located in part of a house "now occupied by Mrs. Quarles." He states "Many years agor Mrs. Harper taught school there, at which time (it being the custom of the country) she taught her pubils Geography by having them to sing the names of the Capitols of the States and the river upon which they were situated. Thus: "Maine, Augusta, on the Kennebeck River; Vermont, Montpelier, on the Onion River; New Hamptshire, Concord, on the Merrimac River," etc."¹²

     In the Census of 1850, enumerated 8 September 1850, Susan Nokes was listed as a head of household in Cannon Co., Tennessee. She was listed at age 38, occupation as a teacher with property value of $330, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Martha Ann Nokes, Mary J. Nokes, Sarah Nokes, William H. Nokes and Milton Jasper Mullins.³

     Susan Harper was listed at age 51, born in Virginia, occupation as a high school teacher, as a member of the household of Nathaniel Harper in Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1860, enumerated 7 June 1860.⁴

     Susan Mullins was listed at age 55, born in Tennessee, occupation as a school teacher, as a member of the household of George W. Hickman in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1870, enumerated 30 June 1870.¹³

     In the Census of 1880, enumerated 12 June 1880, Susan Mullins was listed as head of household in Wilson Co., Tennessee. She was listed at age 68, occupation as a school teacher, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Ida Coltharp, George W. Hickman and Thomas N. Hickman.¹⁴

     Susan A. Mullins was born circa 1838 in Tennessee.^1,2,3,4 She married William Kinsey on 5 January 1861.¹
     

     Susan A. Mullins was listed at age 12, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Ezekiel Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 28 August 1850.²