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Mollie Lee's Family

Mullis Dillard Family Self Family and Dillard Family History History Page<br> Middle Georgia

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JOHN MULLIS was born in 1640 and died in 1722,
Married ELIZABETH EDWARDS born BET 1635 AND 1663.

John Mullis was an Indentured Servant in Virginia from 1658, lived and farmed in Lancaster County on Corotoman and the Rappahannoch Rivers from 1675 through 1717, in Christ Church Parish. He and his wife, Elizabeth Edwards, owned 650 acres of land received through her father, JOHN EDWARDS.

Tradition holds that John came from Ireland or Scotland to escape political oppression, and he in truth arrived in Virginia Plantation during the tyranny of Cromwell's fanatical Puritan Commonwealth,1649-1660. John was the only Mullis recorded coming to the New World prior to the 1820s.

John MULLIS lived in Lancaster County, Virginia, and migrated to AnsonCounty, North Carolina. Some of the Mullises, including Lydia, migrated to Pulaski County, Georgia, in 1835. These Mullises are numerous in the imiddle Georgia counties of Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens and Pulaski.

Lydia MULLIS had three sons. Family lore suggests that the father of the three boys was a HINSON. Eli HINSON was born July 4, 1839, in Pulaski County, Georgia. He married Martha Anne BROOKS on October 14,1857. They had 13 children who were reported in census records butother family accounts say that he had 19 children.

Joel M. MULLIS (who, after the War Between the States, was known as Joseph M.) was born about 1840 and had four wives and 26 children. Twenty-one of those children lived.

Note: This Joel Mullis is an ancestor of Mollie Lee Mullis Self's father "Joel Mullis".

The first wife was Milian (believed to be the daughter of Jonathan MULLIS), followed by Moley L.CRUMPTON in 1874, Sarah R. (believed to be the daughter of Jonathon MULLIS and sister of Milian) in 1879, and Nancy Rebecca ANDERSON in 1890. The third son was William.


CHILDREN OF JOHN MULLIS and ELIZABETH EDWARDS:

 1. Stephen MULLIS b: 1675 in Virginia
2. John MULLIS b: 1677
3. RICHARD MULLIS b: 1677 in Lancaster County, Virginia
4. George MULLIS b: 1678 in Virginia
5. Elizabeth MULLIS b: 1679 in Virginia
6. Mary MULLIS b: 1680 in Virginia
7. Abigail MULLIS b: 1682 in Virginia

RICHARD MULLIS b: 1677 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Married ELIZABETH _____________ b: BET 1676 AND 1704 in Fredericksburg, Virginia

CHILDREN OF RICHARD MULLIS AND ELIZABETH ___________ MULLIS:

 1. JOHN MULLIS b: 1720 in Lancaster County or Essex County, Virginia
2. George MULLIS b: 1725 in North Carolina
3. Willoughby MULLIS b: ABT 1725
4. Richard MULLIS b: ABT 1725

JOHN MULLIS b: 1720 in Lancaster County or Essex County, Virginia
Married MARGARET BRUMBELOW

CHILDREN OF JOHN MULLIS and MARGARET BRUMBELOW:

 1. ____________ MULLIS
2. Mary Elizabeth MULLIS b: 1757 in Hanover County, Virginia
3. SOLOMON R. MULLIS b: 1757 in Essex County, Virginia
4. Theodoshia MULLIS b: 1760
5. James Marshall MULLIS b: 1765
6. John "Jackson" MULLIS


SOLOMON R. MULLIS b: 1757 in Essex County, Virginia
Married MARY JANE GRIFFIN b: ABT 1765. They had 15 children.

CHILDREN OF SOLOMON R. MULLIS, SR. and MARY JANE GRIFFIN:

1. William MULLIS b: 1785
2. Charles MULLIS b: 1787
3. JACOB MULLIS b: 1789
 4. Francis MULLIS b: 1790
5. James W MULLIS b: ABT 1793
6. Solomon R. MULLIS, Jr. b: ABT 1794 in New Salem Township, Anson, North Carolina
7. Rachel E MULLIS b: 1797
8. Lucinda MULLIS
9. John C MULLIS b: 1805
10. Holden MULLIS b: 1806
11. Thomas MULLIS b: 1807
12. Joel MULLIS b: 1810
13. William Dukel MULLIS b: 1811
14. Elizabeth MULLIS b: 1813 in North Carolina
15. Coleman MULLIS b: 1815


JACOB MULLIS born 1789
Married NANCY HINSON born ABT. 1790

CHILDREN OF JACOB MULLIS and NANCY HINSON

1. Margaret MULLIS b: 1818 in North Carolina
2. Joel MULLIS b: 19 SEP 1819 in North Carolina
3. John Jackson "Stiff Knee" MULLIS b: 1820 in North Carolina
4. Celia MULLIS b: 1826 in North Carolina
5. Tyson MULLIS b: 1828 in North Carolina
6. CHARLES NEWTON "Nute" MULLIS b: 1830 in Georgia
7. Frances "Frankey" MULLIS b: 1835 in North Carolina
8. Cornelius MULLIS b: 25 DEC 1837 in North Carolina
9. Jacob J. MULLIS b: 1837
10. Nancy MULLIS b: 1841 in North Carolina

CHARLES NEWTON (NEWT) MULLIS, SR. born 1830 in Georgia.

He was married to ELIZABETH LEEborn ABT. 1842

Newt's occupation was Farmer.
They raised 9 children in Dodge County, Ga.

They are buried Giddens-Harrell Cemetery, Dodge County, Georgia. Their graves are very old and have no names on them.

OBITUARY OF CHARLES NEWTON (NEWT) MULLIS, SR.

OBITUARY OF ELIZABETH LEE MULLIS

LEE FAMILY CONNECTION TO THE MULLIS FAMILY



Elizabeth Lee's parents were the Hon. William Lee and Pherebe Fail
of Pulaski County, Ga.
WILLIAM "Billy" LEE born in N. C. born 1803, occupation, "Judge"
Married PHEREBE FAIL of N. C. born ABT. 1811. They had 12 children.
Married: Nov. 27,1827 in Johnston County, Smithfield, North Carolina.

The Lee Family lived in Pulaski County, Ga.


Note: Judge Lee owned sizable land in the middle of Eastman, Ga., which was "eminent domained" and used for the railroad that runs through the center of town.

Note: Pherebe Fail Lee's Grandmother was a LEE. Her name was Mary Lee, born ABT 1763 in N. C.
Pherebe Fail's Great Grandfather on the Fail side of the family, was also named "William Lee" , the same name as Pherebe's husband, "William (Billy) Lee". So Elizabth Lee Mullis had Lees on both sides of her family.



CHILDREN OF CHARLES NEWTON MULLIS and ELIZABETH LEE:

1. Eli Frank "Levi" MULLIS b: 5 JUN 1858 in Pulaski Co., Ga. Lived in Plainfield, Ga.
2. Missouri Elizabeth MULLIS "Lizzy b: 3 FEB 1867 in Pulaski Co., Ga., married ________ Lancaster
3. Samuel Cornelius MULLIS b: ABT 1869 in Pulaski County, Georgia
4. James H. MULLIS b: 1870 5. Charles Newton MULLIS "C.N." b: 2 FEB 1872 in Dodge County, Georgia
6. Henrietta MULLIS b: 4 MAY 1876
7. Eliza MULLIS b: 10 OCT 1878 married ________ Peacock
8. Willie MULLIS
9. JOEL T. "Joe" MULLISb: 28 MAR 1860 in Pulaski Co. Ga. married Mollie Dillard. they lived in Dodge County, Georgia.


Joel Mullis

The Mullis Family are listed in the book, "The History of Dodge County"

Joel's daughter, Mollie Lee Mullis, was listed in the book as Laura Lee by mistake.

Note: "The History of Dodge County" referrs to great grandpa, Joel Mullis and two of his brothers and two cousins as pioneers who came here (Dodge County) from N. C. to settle down, but the family had already been here for generations, living in Pulaski County, Ga.

It was Jacob Mullis born 1789 and Nancy Hinson Mullis who moved the family to Ga., from North Carolina.
JOEL "Joe" MULLIS born 3/28/1860 in Pulaski County, Ga., died 7/26/33
Married

MOLLIE DILLARD

DILLARD FAMILY CONNECTION TO THE MULLIS'


MOLLIE DILLARD born 6/18/1866 in Jasper Co., Ga., died 7/6/1943 in Dodge County, Ga.

DILLARD Family Connection Mollie Dillard was the daughter of GEORGE DILLARD born 1839 died 3/6/1923 in Dodge County, Ga. and
LOUISA J. __________, born about 1842 died 3/4/1923. Louisa J. was listed on the census as Jane.

Note: George and Louisa J. Dillard died within two days of each other.

I think this is our Dillard Line: George Dillard was listed on the 1870 Jasper County, Ga., Census, age 32 (b. 1838) along with Jane (Louisa J.) age 28 (b. 1842). I believe they were Mollie's parents. Arrena Dillard, age 48, must have been George's mother.

CHILDREN OF __________ DILLARD & ARRENA _______ DILLARD b. 1814.

1. Thomas E. Dillard b. 1834
2.George Dillard b.1839
 3. Nancy E. Dillard b. 1841
4. Sarah T. Dillard b. 1843
5. Mary E. Dillard b. 1848
6. Emily M. Dillard b. 1851
7. Jane Dillard b.1854

NOTE: Arrena Dillard's husband may have been ROBERT DILLARD

Arrena's name may have been Ariana Dillard

George Dillard married Louisa Jane _____________.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE DILLARD b. 1839 and LOUISA J. _______, b. 1842. (Her name may have been Louisa Jane)

1. Mollie A. Dillard b. 1866 (Listed on Census as Mary)
2. Emma Dillard b. 1867
3. Alice Dillard b. 1868

Mollie Dillard married Joel Mullis. They are Mollie Lee Mullis Self's parents.

Look for the Dillard Family on the JASPER COUNTY 1860 CENSUS.

Joel Mullis and Mollie Dillard Mullis are buried in the Giddens/Harrell Cemetery in Dodge County. Their head stones read: Mr. Joel Mullis and Mrs. Joel Mullis.

They were married 1/14/1883 and they had eleven children.

CHILDREN OF JOEL MULLIS AND MOLLIE DILLARD:

1. Mattie Lou Mullis (Dutch) born 1888 - married _______Goings
2. Joel Washington Mullis (Bud)b. 1889 - married Mattie Lou Hamlington
3. Betsy Dora Mullis (Betsy) b. 1891 - married Jim Dupree
4. Annie Eliza Mullis (Babe) b. 1893 - married Linton Mullis
5. Johnnie Fale Mullis (Johnnie) b. 1895 - married Dora Armstrong
6. MOLLIE LEE MULLIS SELF (Mollie Lee) b. 1897 married Charles Clinton Self(she died after having a stroke)
7. Nettie Mae Mullis (Shug) b. 1899 - married Lyndon Mullis
8. Jerry Morgan Mullis (Jerry) b. 1901 - married Wilma Jolley
9. Charlie Newton Mullis (Nute) b. 1903 - married Sis Anderson
10. Willie Fabrie Mullis Dykes (Willie) female b. 1905 married Joe Dykes
11. Beedie Mullis Peacock (Beedie) b. 1907 married Bill Peacock (she died of a heart attack)

These are the Mullis Kids who attended the Ocmulgee School 1910-1911.


Mollie Lee Mullis Self (Called "Ma" by all of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren) said she could remember her family having parties at their home when she was a little girl; and her older sisters, Dutch, Betsy and Babe would dance. I always imagined a scene straight out of "Gone With The Wind" when she told this story.

Ma used to sing "School days, school days, Dear old golden rule days. 'Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic, Taught to the tune of a hick'ry stick."

She also liked to recite a poem, "There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse. And they all lived together in a little crooked house."

Ma told me she had a best friend when she was in school. They were inseparable, and the teacher called them the "Gold Dust Twins".

Mollie Lee also said that she met her husband, Clint, when he was on his way to see another girl. When asked if she flirted with him, she said, "I reckon I did."


MOLLIE LEE MULLIS married CHARLES CLINTON "Clint" SELF and they had ten children.

Charles Clinton "Clint" Self b. 7/12/1890 d. 10/27/1961 moved to Dodge County from Twiggs County, Georgia, married Mollie Lee Mullis b. 8/11/1897 d. 3/5/1981.

Times were hard. Mollie Lee said that she used to go into town and stand on the street and sell her homemade butter.

Mollie Lee told me that John D. was named after John D. Rocketfeller. She said that she wrote Mr. Rocketfeller a letter to let him know that a baby down in Georgia had been named after him. She thought that he might send a gift, maybe money, to the baby, but that never happened.

Clint died at the age of 71.
Mollie Lee said that on the morning Clint died, he got out of bed and came into the kitchen where she was baking biscuits for breakfast. He was picking at her and she playfully threw flour at him and he left the room. In a few minutes he came back and was very serious. He kissed her on the cheek and said solemnly, "This is the last time." Then he left the kitchen and went back to bed. When she went to wake him up she found him dead. He had died peacefully in his sleep. She always believed Clint had a premonition that he was going to die that day because it was as if he had kissed her goodbye.

Mollie Lee died at the age of 84. She had a stroke. The stroke caused her to fall and break her hip.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES CLINTON SELF and MOLLIE LEE MULLIS:




CHILDREN:
1. Laura Varone "Lar" Self born 12/20/1914(her middle name could have been Jerome or Jane) married Oal Garrett - (One Son: Max Garrett)
2. Mary Louise Self b. 12/21/1916 married Bud Woodard - (One Son: David Wayne Woodard)
3. CLINTON JUNIOR "BUCK" SELF b. 2/29/1920 d. 1/19/1975 married Evelyn Garnto - (One Daughter: MARCIA )One Granddaughter Carlie Collins
4. Donald Self b. 2/25/1922 married Anna Ruth Giddens - (2 Children: Madgelyn and Barney) One Granddaughter: Shonda Haley Blair
5. Dorothy Self b. 5/20/1925 married James Stephens - (2 Sons: Tim and Tony) Two Grandchildren: Matthew & Miranda Stephens
6. Mattie Joe Self b. 1/22/1927 married Arthur Thompson - (2 Children: Charles Monroe "Pete" and Barbara "Scooter") Grandchildren: Kim, Kenny, Karen Giddens; Pam, Cindy, Clint Thompson
7. Maime Ruth Self (called Ruth)b. 8/1/1928 married Fletcher Swearingen; married B. J. Kirkpatrick
-- (3 Children: Gail, Linda, Glenn Swearingen) 5 Grandchildren: Al, Lori, LeAnn Dominy; Nancy & Elaine Bryan
8. John Dewitte Self (John D.) b. 4/11/1931 (never married)
9. Bobby Gene Self (Bob)b. 4/22/34 (never married)
10. Betty Ann Self (Betty Ann) b. 3/15/37 married Joe Chapman;
----(2 Children: Regina and Larry Chapman) One Grandson: Brian Etheridge

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