Matthew Mullinax, Sr.

Special recognition by the DAR.

1784 - Paid for service as a private in McKenzie's Troop, Hills Regiment, Sumpter's Brigade, paid retroactively back to 1782.

1800 census, 4 daughters

1810, added 2 boys under 10

Trustee for Fairview Methodist Church, Pendelton Dist, SC, which was org. in 1820. The church is still in existence. Matthew may have furnished its land.(per Otto Mullinax's book, p 132).

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mullinax-53

According to the Bracknall & Hicks Family Tree: [2]

•Name: Matthew Mullinix [also used Mullinax]
•Sex: M
•Birth: 1765 in Pendleton, Pickens, South Carolina

Father: Emanuel Mullinix b: 1740 in Ninety Six, Greenwood, South Carolina
Mother: Rebecca Haslop b: 1693 [No proof of this & birth-date is too early; no Rebecca Haslop has been found; it may be an typo as elsewhere his mother is said to have been Rebecca Haslip.] [3]

Marriage: Ruth Kennemore b: ABT 1770 in Fairfield Co, SC
Married: 1787 or 1789
NOTE: Some of these children's birth dates or names are not correct or proven.

Children:

• 1. Faith Mullinix b: 1790;
• 2. Edith Mullinix b: 1795; m. Mr. Martin; d: 1883.
• 3. Elizabeth Mullinix b: ABT 1797;
• 4. Martha Mullinix b: 7 APR 1799 in Pickens Co, SC; m. Wm. O'Dell; d: 1892
• 5. Patsy Mullinix b: 1800;
• 6. Sarah Mullinix b: 1802 [born 1795/96; married in 1813]
• 7. Nancy Mullinax b: 1803;
• 8. Mary Mullinix b: 1803
• 9. Elias Mullinix b: 1805; d: 1859
• 10 Fields Mullinix b: 1807 in Pickens Co, SC; d: 1872
• 11 Kittura 'Kitty' Mullinix b: 1811 in SC;
• 12 Lou Nicy 'Dicy' Mullinix b: 1812 in Pickens Co, SC;
• 13 Abner Mullinix b: 14 JUN 1812; d: 1893.

American Revolution: An American Patriot, Matthew Mullinax served under Captain William McKenzie, in General Sumpter's Brigade.[4]

•Death: 27 JAN 1837 in Pickens, South Carolina
Burial: Smith Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Easley, Pickens County, USA [5]

GENEALOGICAL NOTE:

This family has been plagued by spelling variations, especially in the surname Mullinix vs. Mullinax for many generations. Both spellings are found all the way back to England in the 1600s... The name seems originally to have been a corruption of the French name: "Moulineaux;" the family could have been French Huguenots (Protestants) fleeing Roman Catholic France in the 1500-1600s, or earlier immigrants from France. After much research, I believe I have found accurate names and coherent dates for this line, at least. [1]

Sources

1. Bracknell & Hicks Family Tree on RootsWeb - Matthew Mullinax
2. Find A Grave Memorial# 12625017 - Matthew Mullinax
3. Source: S4 Ancestry Family Trees; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 . Repository: R1 http://www.Ancestry.com
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 126250277 - Ruth Kennemore Mullinax
5. ↑ Lemuel HENDRICKS FAMILY BIBLE, Pickens County, SC
6. Deborah Jones Garrett Tree on RootsWeb: Ruth Kennemore
7. Miner Branches 2017 on RootsWeb: Ruth Kennemore
8. Lemuel HENDRICKS FAMILY BIBLE, Pickens County, SC
9. Find A Grave Memorial# 126250277 - Ruth Kennemore Mullinax