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From: "Derick S. Hartshorn" <>
Subject: Re: Peter Mull III
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 10:59:16 -0400


At 09:13 PM 6/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
> I'm hoping someone out there has some information on Peter Mull III, born
>July 16th, 1803, died May 7, 1885.
> I seem to have conflicting information as to his parents, wife/wives, and
>children. One of my sources says he the son of Peter Mull, b. 1773 Rowan Co,
>NC, d. 1857 in Buncombe Co, NC and Susanna Smith b. 1780. Another source says
>he is the son of Henry Mull, b. 1771 PA, d. April 1850 and Susannah Jane
>____b. Abt 1780, d. 1850. I have Peter Mull III as married to (1)Annie Smith,
>b. 1813 (2) Amy Ann Orders, b. 1816 OR married to (1) Christina Van Horn (2)
>Annie A Orders OR married to Annie A Dadaes.
> I would appreciate any help on the history and genealogy of Peter Mull
III.
>
>Thank you,
>Kathy

Hi Kathy,

I hope this helps and that it isn't too long.

--Derick

FIRST GENERATION

1. Jacob MULL was born in 1783. He died on 19 Aug 1843 in Burke Co., North
Carolina. He was buried in Salem Methodist Church Cem., Burke Co., NC.
He was married to Gemima BRITTAIN (daughter of Aaron BRITTAIN ) about 1803
in Burke Co., North Carolina. Gemima BRITTAIN was born about 1785. She
died before 1825. Jacob MULL and Gemima BRITTAIN had the following children:

2i.Peter MULL was born about 1803 in Burke Co., North Carolina.
+3ii.K. Ashby MULL.
+4iii.R. Henry MULL.
+5iv.Angeline Serena MULL.
+6v.Catherine Elvira MULL.
+7vi.Ary Emily MULL.
+8vii.Adeline MULL.
9viii.Sarah Minerva MULL was born on 27 Mar 1824 in Burke Co., North
Carolina. She died on 19 Apr 1898 in Cleveland Co., North Carolina.
He was married to Mary VAN HORN after 1825. Mary VAN HORN was born in 1802.
She died in 1900. Jacob MULL and Mary VAN HORN had the following children:

10i.Harvey A MULL was born on 19 Jan 1826 in Burke Co., North Carolina.
He died on 1 Sep 1828 in Burke Co., North Carolina. He was buried in Salem
Methodist Church Cem., Burke Co., NC.
11ii.Nancy Elizabeth MULL was born on 24 Jul 1830 in Burke Co., North
Carolina. She died on 31 Jan 1915 in Burke Co., North Carolina. She was
buried in Forest Hill Cem., Morganton, Burke, NC.
12iii.Jane P MULL was born on 15 Apr 1833 in Burke Co., North Carolina.
She died on 31 Oct 1842 in Burke Co., North Carolina. She was buried in
Salem Methodist Church Cem., Burke Co., NC.
13iv.Isaac Hull MULL was born on 13 Dec 1835 in Burke Co., North
Carolina. He died on 12 Dec 1836 in Burke Co., North Carolina. He was
buried in Salem Methodist Church Cem., Burke Co., NC.
14v.Martha Caroline MULL was born in 1837 in Burke Co., North Carolina.
She died on 28 Feb 1928 in Burke Co., North Carolina.
15vi.Joseph H MULL was born in 1840 in Burke Co., North Carolina. He
died in 1930.
16vii.Mary Ann MULL was born on 1 Oct 1843 in Burke Co., North Carolina.
She died on 13 Feb 1907 in Burke Co., North Carolina. She was buried in
Salem Methodist Church Cem., Burke Co., NC.

SECOND GENERATION

3. K. Ashby MULL was born about 1806 in Burke Co., North Carolina. He died
after 1870 in Burke Co., North Carolina.
He was married to Mary "Polly" BRITTAIN (daughter of Mark BRITTAIN and
Barbara MULL ) on 24 May 1827. Mary "Polly" BRITTAIN was born on 9 Nov 1809
in Burke Co., North Carolina. K Ashby MULL and Mary "Polly" BRITTAIN had
the following children:

17i.Robert MULL was born about 1839 in Burke Co., North Carolina.1
18ii.Susannah MULL was born about 1841 in Burke Co., North Carolina.2
19iii.Barbara MULL was born about 1842 in Burke Co., North Carolina.3
20iv.Jane MULL was born about 1844 in Burke Co., North Carolina.4
21v.Mary M MULL was born about 1846 in Burke Co., North Carolina.5
22vi.Nancy MULL was born about 1849 in Burke Co., North Carolina.6
23vii.Delia E MULL was born about 1856 in Burke Co., North Carolina.7

He was married to Eliza Ellison on 21 Jan 1872 in Burke Co., North Carolina.

4. R Henry MULL was born on 12 Sep 1809 in Burke Co., North Carolina. He
died on 1 Jun 1891 in Burke Co., North Carolina. Mr. Henry Mull, who lived
at the old Mull homestead, three miles South of Morganton, died last Monday
at the age of 81 years. Mr. Mull was one of the best citizens of the
county, and his large family are among the most prosperous and substantial
people in Burke [County]. We regret that want of space this week prevents
our giving amore extended notice of the life of this old patriarch, who has
left Burke County such a fine heritage in his large family. [Journal of
Burke County Genealogical Society, Volume XIV:1, February 1996, from
Morganton Herald, 4 Jun 1891]
He was buried in Mount Home Church Cem., Burke Co., NC. Row 20, #2 (stone
broken, remounted in base, dates unreadable).

He was married to Sarah BRITTAIN (daughter of Mark BRITTAIN and Barbara
MULL ) about 1833. Sarah BRITTAIN was born on 25 Jun 1817 in Burke Co.,
North Carolina. She died on 1 Jun 1890 in Burke Co., North Carolina. She
was buried in Mount Home Church Cem., Burke Co., NC. Row 20, #1. "Blessed
are the dead abiding in the Lord. Aged 73 yr's, 26 d's." R Henry MULL and
Sarah BRITTAIN had the following children:

+24i.James C "Squire Jim" MULL.
+25ii.Joseph "Black Joe" MULL.
26iii.William T MULL was born about 1836 in Burke Co., North Carolina.
He served in the military in 1861/62.8 Corporal William T. Mull was born in
Burke County and was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Co. K,
35th Reg't, NC Troops, CSA in Burke County, at age 21, 15 Oct. 1861.
Mustered in as a private. Promoted to Corporal in Dec. 1861. Present with
his unit until his death in a hospital at Richmond, VA 4-5 Dec. 1862 of
pneumonia. He died about 5 Dec 1865 in Richmond, Virginia. Inventory of
the property of William Mull at his death while fighting in the Civil War:
one horse, side saddle, one man's saddle, one cow and calf, four head of
sheep, nine heads of hogs, 40 bu. of corn, 10 bu. of , one wagon, one
rifle, one grindstone, lot of horse hide. . . [Burke County, NC Estate
papers, 25 April 1863]

One note against Sophronia Corpening, no date to it; . A. Poe, no date
to it; John Brown, 1861, $1.42; Thomas Hemphil, no date, $6.56. Also the
sale of the effects of Wm. Mull.

Sworn to before [86] William C. Corpening and me J.B. Kincaid, Clerk
[Burke County Estates, North Carolina Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.]

+27iv.Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" MULL.
28v.Marcus E MULL was born about 1844 in Burke Co., North Carolina. He
served in the military in 1862/63.9 Marcus E. Mull was born in Burke County
where he resided as a farmer and enlisted, at age 18, in Co. C, 5th
Battalion, NC Cavalry, CSA, 8 July 1862 for the war. Present or accounted
for until captured at Irving, KY, 31 July 1863 and confined at Camp Chase,
Ohio. Absent in confinement when transferred to Co. H, 65th Reg't, NC
Troops, CSA (6th Reg't NC Cavalry) 8 August 1863.

From Camp Chase, Ohio, he was transferred to Fort Delaware, Del. 29 Feb.
1864, where he died 21 March 1864 "of inflammation of lungs."

"Fort Delaware Prison (Pea Patch Island) Delaware City, Delaware", by
Charles D. Biddix, A Lot of Bunkum, Sept. 1989, Vol. X, #9 [Buncombe County,
NC Gen. Newsletter]
_NC Confederate Soldier_Date of Death
_M. Mull, Pvt, Co. 5, NC_3-3-1864
He died on 21 Mar 1864 in Ft. Delaware, Delaware.
+29vi.Charles A MULL.
+30vii.Sidney E MULL.
31viii.John H MULL was born in 1851 in Burke Co., North Carolina. He
died in 1874.
+32ix.David B MULL.

5. Angeline Serena MULL was born on 4 Feb 1812 in Burke Co., North
Carolina. She died on 20 Jun 1896 in Transylvania Co., North Carolina.
She was married to William MULL (son of John MULL and Catherina WEIDNER )
on 5 Oct 1829 in Burke Co., North Carolina.10 William MULL was born in 1804
in Lincoln (Catawba) Co., North Carolina. Angeline Serena MULL and William
MULL had the following children:

33i.Julia Adeline MULL.
34ii.Harvey E MULL.
35iii.Porter K MULL.
36iv.Jacob C MULL.
37v.Marion A MULL.
38vi.Annah Leonas MULL.
39vii.George C MULL.
40viii.Laura Emily Erwin MULL.

6. Catherine Elvira MULL was born on 27 Oct 1814 in Burke Co., North Carolina.
She was married to Joseph BRITTAIN (son of Mark BRITTAIN and Barbara MULL )
on 7 Jan 1893. Joseph BRITTAIN was born on 27 Aug 1814 in Burke Co., North
Carolina. He died on 20 Jan 1891 in Burke Co., North Carolina.

7. Ary Emily MULL was born about 1817 in Burke Co., North Carolina. She
died about 1890 in Burke Co., North Carolina.
She was married to James BRITTAIN (son of Mark BRITTAIN and Barbara MULL ),
born on 25 Apr 1811 in Burke Co., North Carolina. He died in 1876.

8. Adeline MULL was born in Jan 1823 in Burke Co., North Carolina. She
died in 1883.
She was married to William M PENLAND, born on 25 Apr 1811. He died in 1896.

THIRD GENERATION

24. James C "Squire Jim" MULL was born about 1835 in Burke Co., North
Carolina. He served in the military in 1862/63. North Carolina Troops:
1861-1865, Vol. II:357 and Vol. II: 503. James C. Mull was born in Burke
county where he resided as a farmer and enlisted, at age 28, 8 July 1862 in
Co. C, 5th Battalion, NC Cavalry, CSA. Present or accounted for until
transferred to Co. H, 65th Reg't, NC Troops ( 8th Reg't, NC Cavalry) 8
Aug. 1863.

25. Joseph "Black Joe" MULL was born about 1836 in Burke Co., North
Carolina. He served in the military between 1861 and 1865. Joseph Mull,
Sr. was born in Burke County, NC and was by occupation a farmer prior to
enlisting, at age 25, in Co. K, 35th Reg't, NC Troops, CSA, on 15 Oct. 1861.
Present or accounted for with his unit until he surrendered at Appomattox
Court House, VA 9 April 1865.

Joseph Mull, Sr., age 71, was pronounced due to age and exposure during the
War, he is not able to do but very little labor. A second petition was filed
in July 1817. [Both petitions are on file in Confederate Records, North
Carolina Archives and History, Raleigh, NC. - July 1907, Burke County, NC,
Confederate Pension]
He died on 12 Jul 1918 in Burke Co., North Carolina. Death of An Aged Citizen
Mr. Joseph Mull, Sr., aged 81 years, died Friday at his home near Mull's
schoolhouse. He had been in an enfeebled condition for the past two
months, suffering from heart trouble. His wife died about four years ago.
Six children survive - Messrs. Theodore, Joe, and Bob Mull, Mrs. James
Fulbright and Misses Sallie and Ida Mull. He is survived also by two
brothers, Mr. D.B. [David B. ] Mull of Icard and Mr. B. I. [Benjamin
Ishmael] Mull and a number of grandchildren. The funeral was held at Bethel
church Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rev. A.J. Burrus.
Mr. Mull was a good citizen and a man of excellent character, standing well
in his community and county. He was a Confederate veteran. [18 July 1918 The
News-Herald, Morganton, NC - from: [Journal of Burke County Genealogical
Society, Volume XIV:1, February 1996]

27. Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" MULL was born on 10 Oct 1838 in Burke Co., North
Carolina. She died on 5 Sep 1880 in Burke Co., North Carolina. She was
buried in Mount Home Church Cem., Burke Co., NC. Row 19, #2. She was not
buried with husband due to flooding at Warlick's Chapel Cem.
She was married to Mumford C SHUPING (son of John Jacob SHUPING II and
Elizabeth M CORRELL ) on 10 Oct 1860 in Burke Co., North Carolina. Mumford
C SHUPING11 was born on 14 Nov 1830 in China Grove, Rowan, North Carolina.
He died on 20 Jan 1908 in Burke Co., North Carolina. He was buried in
Warlick's Chapel UMC Cem., Burke Co., NC. Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" MULL and
Mumford C SHUPING had the following children:

+41i.William D SHUPING.
42ii.James SHUPING was born in May 1868 in Burke Co., North Carolina. He
died about 1935 in Lincolnton, Lincoln, North Carolina.
+43iii.Lillie Hester SHUPING.
+44iv.Ada SHUPING.
+45v.Beatrice SHUPING.
+46vi.Florence Irene SHUPING.
+47vii.Sarah SHUPING.
+48viii.Jake Alexander SHUPING.

29. Charles A MULL was born about 1848 in Burke Co., North Carolina.

30. Sidney E MULL was born about 1850 in Burke Co., North Carolina.

32. David B MULL was born about 1853 in Burke Co., North Carolina.

SOURCES

1. Burke County, NC Federal Census. 1850.
2. Ibid. 1850, 1860 (listed as Susan).
3. Ibid. 1850, 1860.
4. Ibid. 1850.
5. Ibid. 1850, 1860.
6. Ibid. 1850, 1860.
7. Ibid. 1860, 1870 (#247).
8. N.C. Dept. of Achives & History. North Carolina Troops - 1861-1865-A
Roster. 1983. Vol. IX:9.
9. Ibid. Vol. II:357 & 503.
10. Anne Williams McAllister. Through Four Generations-Heinrich Weidner,
1717-1792, Vol. 1. Staley Publishing, 1992. pg. 228.
11. J. Ross Shuping. The SHUPING Genealogy Collection. privately
published, 1993 [Burke Co. Public Library]. pg. 76.

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