Descendants of Thomas Bell
Donated by Kevin Mullins
Generation
No. 1
1. THOMAS1 BELL was born Abt. 1802 in NC. He married LITARZA ?. She was born Abt. 1809 in NC.
Notes
for THOMAS BELL:
Lived in Claiborne Co, listed as
"M" on 1850 census. Children lived in Hancock Co, sometimes listed as
"M" , others a "W". It's possible that this branch of Bells
came from the Bells who became part of the Lumbee Indian tribe in
Children
of THOMAS BELL and LITARZA ? are:
2. i. BENNET2
3. ii. SIMEON
iii. JOHN BELL, b. Abt.
1836.
iv. HARRIS BELL, b.
Abt. 1838; m. CATHERINE ?.
v. CLEMENTINE BELL, b.
Abt. 1841.
vi. POLLY ANN BELL, b.
Abt. 1842.
vii. LITARZA BELL, b.
Abt. 1846.
viii. MITARZA BELL, b.
Abt. 1846.
ix. LUCY BELL, b. Abt.
1852.
Generation
No. 2
2. BENNET2 BELL (THOMAS1) was born Abt.
1831 in NC?. He married THURSIE INISE. She was born Abt. 1833 in TN?.
Children
of BENNET BELL and THURSIE INISE are:
i. JOSHUA3 BELL, b.
Abt. 1854.
ii. HILTON BELL, b.
Abt. 1856, Hancock Co, TN; d. 1925, Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for HILTON BELL:
Hilton and Milton Bell were twins. Both were
enumerated as "black" in the 1880 census.
iii. MILTON BELL, b.
Abt. 1856.
iv. POLLY BELL, b. Abt.
1864.
v. MANERVA BELL, b.
Abt. 1866.
vi. LOUISA BELL, b.
Abt. 1870.
3. SIMEON2 BELL (THOMAS1) was born Abt.
1833. He married CAROLINE MISER August
09, 1853 in Claiborne Co., TN, daughter of THOMAS MISER and EURA GIBSON. She was born February 18, 1840 in Hancock Co,
TN.
Notes
for SIMEON BELL:
According to Kelly Edwards, Simeon died at a
hospital in Nashville, TN during the Civil War, of smallpox.
Notes
for CAROLINE MISER:
It appears Caroline was born before Eura
married Thomas Miser. Thomas would have only been about 14 yrs old at the time
of Caroline's birth, and she was born
before Eura and Thomas were married.
Marriage
Notes for SIMEON BELL and CAROLINE MISER:
Simeon and Caroline were married at Littleton
Miser's house. Apparently, he was related to Caroline's stepfather, Thomas
Gibson. Caroline was only 13.
Children
of SIMEON BELL and CAROLINE MISER are:
4. i. BURDINE3 BELL, b.
June 07, 1854, TN.
ii. JOHN T BELL, b.
Abt. 1855.
Notes
for JOHN T BELL:
May
have died young.
5. iii. WILLIAM BELL, b. May
14, 1856.
6. iv. GEORGE ANDERSON BELL,
b. June 14, 1858.
v. MARY ELIZABETH BELL,
b. June 08, 1859.
vi. JOHN HENRY BELL, b.
September 11, 1860; m. LOUISIANNA COLLINS, August 18, 1883, Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for JOHN HENRY BELL:
I'm not sure if and why there were 2 John's
in this family.
Notes
for LOUISIANNA COLLINS:
I'm not sure if this is the same person who
married Branham Collins.
Generation
No. 3
4. BURDINE3 BELL (SIMEON2, THOMAS1) was born June 07, 1854 in TN. He married ELIZABETH O'DELL Bef. 1875. She was born Abt. 1853 in TN.
Children
of BURDINE BELL and ELIZABETH O'DELL are:
7. i. MARY4 BELL, b. Bef.
1875.
ii. MARTHA BELL, b.
Abt. 1877.
8. iii. HANAH BELL, b. Abt.
1879.
iv. LAURA BELL, b. Aft.
1880; m. MELBURN COLLINS, Aft. 1902; b. Abt. 1875; d. Bet. 1911 - 1915, Hancock
Co, TN.
Notes
for LAURA BELL:
According to info from Glenda Jeffers, a
descendant of Melburn's, Laura moved to Smeinole, OK after Mel died to be near
relatives. She was a cousin of Mintie Long's.
5. WILLIAM3 BELL (SIMEON2, THOMAS1) was born May 14, 1856. He married VICTORIA COLLINS November 25, 1880
in Hancock Co, TN, daughter of STEVE COLLINS and SARAH DAVIDSON. She was born Abt. 1857.
Child
of WILLIAM BELL and VICTORIA COLLINS is:
i. LIZZIE4 BELL, b.
Abt. 1875; m. ERVIN COLLINS, December 16, 1901, Lee Co., VA; b. Abt. 1856.
Notes
for ERVIN COLLINS:
Ervin did not have children with Jeanie
Collins, his 1st wife. After she died, he married Lizzie Bell and had at least
two children, whose names I don't know, one was a girl who died when she was
nearly grown; the other, a son who was in the Army in the 1920's.
6. GEORGE ANDERSON3 BELL (SIMEON2, THOMAS1) was born June 14, 1858. He met (1) SARAH COLLINS Abt. 1874. He married (2) BECKY ANN GIBSON October 31,
1878 in Hancock Co, TN, daughter of SHEPHERD GIBSON and REBECCA ALDER.
Notes
for GEORGE ANDERSON BELL:
George was described in the Will Grohse
Papers as "fairly tall, inclined to be bald in front". I'm not
certain that this is the same George Bell that fathered3 children with Mary
Collins. There was also a "Young George" Bell. Old George supposedly
killed Young George over a woman. The younger George was supposed to be a
nephew of his.
George and Rebecca lived on Panther's Creek,
near Kyles Ford in Hancock Co.
George was enumerated as
"Mulatto" in the 1880 Hancock Co., TN Census, but enumerated as
"White" in 1860 and 1870.
Children
of GEORGE BELL and SARAH COLLINS are:
9. i. MARY4 COLLINS, b.
Abt. 1874; d. December 26, 1910.
ii. TIVIS COLLINS.
iii. DRUCILLIA COLLINS.
Children
of GEORGE BELL and BECKY GIBSON are:
iv. SARAH4 BELL, b.
July 07, 1880, Hancock Co, TN; d. 1905.
10. v. NODIE BELL, b. March 17,
1883.
vi. PATSEY BELL, b.
October 07, 1895; m. BOB MISER.
Notes
for PATSEY BELL:
Bob was married to Patsy first. After she
died, he married Sarah Mullins.
Notes
for BOB MISER:
Bob
was married to Patsy first. After she died, he married Sarah Mullins.
11. vii. MINNIE BELL, b. August
17, 1897.
viii. CLAY BELL, b.
March 07, 1898; d. November 18, 1955, Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for CLAY BELL:
Described in the Will Grohse Papers as
"Large, blond, red-faced, almost tow or light hair, good looking.
ix. CALLIE BELL, b. May
08, 1900.
Notes
for CALLIE BELL:
Described
in Will Grohse Papers as "Slight or thin, not overly strong."
x. HARRIS BELL, b.
Abt. July 07, 1902; m. CATHERINE GOODMAN.
12. xi. DANA BELL, b. November
13, 1904.
Generation
No. 4
7. MARY4 BELL
(BURDINE3, SIMEON2, THOMAS1) was born Bef. 1875. She
married WILLIAM THOMAS MISER August 23, 1889 in Hancock Co, TN, son of PETER MISER
and POLLY GIBSON. He was born Abt. 1868.
Children
of MARY BELL and WILLIAM MISER are:
i. CHARLES5 MISER, b.
Abt. 1885.
ii. LEE JESSE MISER,
b. October 27, 1886.
iii. JANE MISER, b.
1890.
iv. BESSIE MISER, b.
1892.
v. FANNIE MISER, b.
1894.
vi. ELBERT MISER, b.
1895.
vii. FRANK MISER, b.
1896.
viii. RAY MISER, b.
1898.
ix. HENRY MISER, b.
1900.
x. COY MISER, b. 1902.
xi. DOVEY MISER, b.
1904.
8. HANAH4 BELL (BURDINE3, SIMEON2, THOMAS1) was born Abt. 1879. She
married PETE SWINNEY, son of WESLEY SWINNEY and TENNIE LAWSON.
Child
of HANAH BELL and PETE SWINNEY is:
i. HENRY5 SWINNEY, b.
Abt. 1912; m. KITTY GIBSON.
Notes
for HENRY SWINNEY:
Henry was a well-known snake-handling
preacher in Hancock Co. He claims he was bitten 7 times, but never had to go see
a doctor, and didn't have any scars.
9. MARY4 COLLINS (GEORGE ANDERSON3 BELL, SIMEON2, THOMAS1) was born Abt. 1874, and died December 26, 1910. She married LANDON C HAYNES MULLINS Abt. 1896
in Hancock Co, TN?, son of WILSON MULLINS and MELVINA JOHNSON. He was born May 07, 1874 in Hancock Co, TN,
and died 1952 in Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for MARY COLLINS:
The Grohse papers say that Mary was the daughter of "Old" George BELL, and Sally
COLLINS, and was apparently illegitimate. But I'm begining to wonder if that's
true. Perhaps she was connected to the family of William and Victoria Collins
Bell. Interviews with older
relativesconfirm she was either a Collins or a Bell.
More
About MARY COLLINS:
Cause
of Death: "female disease"
Notes
for LANDON C HAYNES MULLINS:
Lan was described in the Will Grohse Papers
as "tall, spare, looked as if he had poor eyes" (he did go blind). He
was said to be an avid hunter, and was listed as being a 'Tanner' in a later
census (1900 or 1910). Lan m. Mary COLLINS ca.1896. After Mary's death, Lan
married Margie Stewart, dau. of
John and Causby Stewart. I
believe Lan lived on Powell's Mt., near the TN/VA border, as that is where he's
buried. He died in 1952.
Lan was listed on the 1880 Hancock Co census
as Lan JOHNSON, his mother's maiden name, in the household of Alfred GOINS, his
step-father. Perhaps this was out of anger for Lan's father, Wilson Mullins.
But as far as I know, Lan was always known as Lan Mullins.
Lan went blind as he got older, I believe
he had cataracts. There is a story about when he was an old man, and lived up
on Powell's Mt. He could barely see, but he still loved to hunt and visit
people. Someone would just sort of point
him
in the right direction. Once, when he was in his 80's, he didn't make it back
up the mountain before it got dark. Everyone was worried that he was lost or
might freeze because it was cool weather. The next morning, they found him
sitting by a fire at the foot of the mountain, patiently waiting for it to get
light enough to get home. That was the last time he came off the mountain.
More
About LANDON C HAYNES MULLINS:
Burial:
Powell Mt., Hancock Co., TN
Children
of MARY COLLINS and LANDON MULLINS are:
i. ALFRED5 MULLINS,
b. January 14, 1897, Hancock Co, TN; d. February 11, 1961, Hancock Co, TN; m.
(1) PATSY GIBSON; m. (2) DOCIA GOINS, Aft. 1940, Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for ALFRED MULLINS:
Alfred's hand was chopped off with a hoe, by
his brother, Ike. Alfred is buried in
Gollihon Cem. in Vardy, Hancock Co., TN.
More
About ALFRED MULLINS:
Burial:
Gollihon Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: TB
More
About DOCIA GOINS:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: TB
ii. ISAAC MULLINS, b.
February 24, 1898, Hancock Co, TN; d. December 05, 1968, Hancock Co, TN; m. (1)
MINNIE GIBSON; m. (2) CAUSBY GIBSON; m. (3) RUTH ROBERTS.
Notes
for ISAAC MULLINS:
Ike chopped Alfred's hand off (all of the
Mullins brothers loved to fight) after an argument. About 20 years later, Ike
was fox hunting. He laid his gun up against a tree, it fell over and blew his
arm off. He had to carry his arm back home to bury it. In photos, Ike always
had his hand behind his back.
iii. ROBERT MULLINS, b.
1899.
iv. PEARLIE MULLINS, b.
September 06, 1900, Hancock Co, TN; d. April 22, 1966, Hancock Co, TN; m. CHARLIE
MOORE.
Notes
for CHARLIE MOORE:
Charlie
and Parlie Moore, lived near Mulberry Gap in Hancock Co., TN (Powell Mt.).
Charlie is buried there. Pearlie is buried in Gollihon Cem.
v. BURLY MULLINS, b.
June 16, 1902, Hancock Co, TN; d. May 13, 1962, Big Stone Gap, Wise Co., VA; m.
VIRGINIA MAE CARROLL, December 19, 1924, Wise Co., VA.
Notes
for BURLY MULLINS:
Burl moved to Wise Co., VA in the 1920's, to
work in the coal mines. He had to wear a gun to work every day. He got injured
in a mine, and used money he recieved in a settlement to buy a house and land.
He was a preacher for a time, as well as a car salesman, taxi cab driver, and
newspaper district manager.
More
About BURLY MULLINS:
Burial:
Powell Valley Memorial Gardens, Wise Co., VA
vi. SHIRLY MULLINS, b.
January 29, 1905, Hancock Co, TN; d. May 04, 1962, Hancock Co, TN; m. LIZZIE MOORE.
Notes
for LIZZIE MOORE:
Died 9 days before his brother Burl. Had a child with his sister-in-law, Fanny
Moore, who was the sister of his wife, Lizzie Moore, and also the sister of his
sister's husband, Charlie Moore.
vii. BERTHA EMMA MULLINS,
b. June 15, 1906, Hancock Co, TN; d. Abt. 1940; m. JIM SEABOLT.
More
About BERTHA EMMA MULLINS:
Cause
of Death: cancer
viii. MACK HENLEY MULLINS,
b. 1907, Hancock Co, TN; d. Abt. 1927, Morristown, TN.
Notes
for MACK HENLEY MULLINS:
Was said to have drowned near Morristown, TN,
ca. 1927. Some think the circumstances were suspicious.
ix. MELVINA MULLINS, b.
April 06, 1909, Hancock Co, TN; m. LEWIS COLLINS.
10. NODIE4 BELL (GEORGE ANDERSON3, SIMEON2, THOMAS1) was born March 17, 1883.
She married CHARLIE COLLINS, son of WILL COLLINS and ELVIRA GIBSON.
Children
of NODIE BELL and CHARLIE COLLINS are:
i. ALICE5 COLLINS, b.
Abt. October 1903.
ii. MATTIE COLLINS, b.
April 1905; m. LAFAYETTE MISER; b. 1892, Hancock Co, TN.
iii. RHODA COLLINS, b.
October 1908.
iv. BONNIE COLLINS, b.
Abt. 1910.
v. GOLDIE COLLINS, b.
Abt. October 1911.
vi. BIRDIE COLLINS, b.
1918.
vii. LEONARD COLLINS, b.
1920.
viii. GEORGE WILLIAM COLLINS,
b. October 1925.
11. MINNIE4 BELL (GEORGE ANDERSON3, SIMEON2, THOMAS1) was born August 17, 1897.
She married GENE MULLINS.
Notes
for GENE MULLINS:
Gene
and Minnie moved to Indiana abt. 1932.
Children
of MINNIE BELL and GENE MULLINS are:
i. HUBERT5 MULLINS.
ii. WILLARD MULLINS.
iii. CLINT MULLINS.
iv. MARY MULLINS.
v. VIOLA MULLINS.
vi. BUSTER MULLINS.
vii. GERTRUDE MULLINS, b.
1915.
viii. CALLIE MULLINS, b.
February 1926.
12. DANA4 BELL
(GEORGE ANDERSON3, SIMEON2, THOMAS1) was born November 13, 1904.
He married MINNIE PRIDEMORE, daughter of GEORGE PRIDEMORE and CYNTHIA GIBSON.
Child
of DANA BELL and MINNIE PRIDEMORE is:
i. BOBBIE5 BELL, b.
April 19, 1924.