Bartley Hollyfield
and Elizabeth Mullins

Bartley Hollyfield b 22 Jan 1841 Russell Co VA d 25 Jan 1912 Bold Camp, Pound, Wise Co VA buried 26 Jan 1912 Riley Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA, s/o William Hollyfield and Elizabeth Birchfield. Bartley Hollyfield m. 23 Jun 1863 Wise Co VA to Elizabeth Mullins b 18 Sept 1844 Russell Co VA d 9 Jul 1935 Bold Camp, Pound Wise Co VA buried 11 Jul 1935 Riley Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA; d/o David "Spotted Dave" Mullins and Virginia Jane "Jennie" Short. Children of Bartley Hollyfield and Elizabeth Mullins;

1. William Jefferson Hollyfield b 14 Feb 1864 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA d 17 Feb 1948 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA buried 19 Feb 1948 Riley Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA, m. 14 Jun 1884 to Mary Melvina "Polly" Short b 7 Mar 1866 Letcher Co KY d 22 Aug 1893 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA buried Riley Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA, d/o Daniel Washington "Gopher Dan" Short and Gemima Maggard.  William Jefferson Hollyfield m. 29 Apr 1894 to Clerinda Dentis "Dencie" Boggs b 13 Feb 1875 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA d 21 Jul 1948 Wise Co VA buried 23 Jul 1948 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA, d/o William H "Bill" Boggs and Charlotte Agnes Mullins.

2. Nancy Ann Hollyfield b 29 Apr 1866 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA d 15 Oct 1953 buried 17 Oct 1953 John Hop Mullins Cemetery, Middle Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA m. 13 Mar 1884 Wise Co VA to Richard Gaston Mullins b 1864 Wise Co VA d 4 Feb 1927 Wise Co VA buried 6 Feb 1927 John Hop Mullins Cemetery, Middle Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA s/o Basil Mullins and America Baker. Child of Nancy Ann Hollyfield and Richard Gaston Mullins;

I. David Bartley Mullins b 5 Nov 1888 Wise Co VA d 13 Dec 1958 Wise Co VA buried 16 Dec 1958 Gilmer Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA m. 25 Sept 1908 Wise Co VA to Martha Ellen Mullins b 20 Aug 1893 Bold Camp, Pound, Wise Co VA d 5 Dec 1984 Wise Co VA buried 8 Dec 1984 Gilmer Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA. Children of David Bartley Mullins and Martha Ellen Mullins;

i. Gilmer Mullins b 2 Jul 1920 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA d 17 Oct 1977 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA buried 20 Oct 1977 Gilmer Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA

ii. Gorman R Mullins b 6 Jan 1912 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA d 31 Mar 1956 buried 3 Apr 1956 Gilmer Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA

iii. Tounzil Mullins b 19 May 1917 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA d 22 Feb 1946 buried 25 Feb 1946 John Hop Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA

iv. Kyle Mullins b 3 Sept 1927 Middle Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA d 11 Sept 1986 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY buried 13 Sept 1986 Kyle Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA

3. Martha Jane Hollyfield b 20 Jun 1869 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA d Jan 1873 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA buried Riley Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA

4. David Albert Hollyfield b 20 Mar 1876 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA d 1882 Wise Co VA buried Riley Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA

5. Marlin Alvaro Hollyfield b 23 Jan 1883 Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA d 9 Jan 1916 buried 10 Jan 1916 Riley Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA m. 24 Jan 1902 to Sylvania Bolling b 4 Oct 1886 Wise Co VA d/o Hosea Bolling (s/o Jeremiah Bolling and Sally Ward) and Malinda P Stidham. Child of Marlin Alvaro Hollyfield and Sylvania Bolling;

I. Nannie Dentis Hollyfield b 1 Jan 1906 Wise Co VA d 7 Mar 1936 Wise Co VA buried 9 Mar 1936 Riley Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA m. 1920 to George Ewing Jenkins b 1902 Gate City, Scott Co VA d 24 Mar 1974 Charlottsville, VA buried 27 Mar 1974 Riley Mullins Cemetery, Mullins Fork, Bold Camp, Wise Co VA. Child of Nannie Dentis Hollyfield and George Ewing Jenkins;

i. Ewing Wilford Jenkins b 21 May 1926 d 12 Apr 1945 Philippine Islands buried Coeburn, Wise Co VA.


MULLINS, Elizabeth Holifield, born 9/1844, on Bold Camp Creek in Wise Co., VA., died 1935, was the daughter of David and Virginia Short Mullins. She married Bartley Holifield, also of Bold Camp, in 1863. She joined the ORB church in her youth and was a member until her death. She was totally blind the last years of her life. She was the mother of 5 children; 2 died in infancy, 2 still living. Her son, Marlin A. Holifield died in Jan. 1916 at age 33. Her daughter, Mrs Nancy A. Mullins, was living in 1938. Her son, William Jefferson Holifield, age 74, was still living in 1938; he had been a member of the ORB church for many years. Her husband, also a member of the ORB church, died in 1912, at age 72. She lived with her son, Marlin, until his death, then lived most of the time with a granddaughter, Mrs. Arminta Holifield Potter. Written by Daniel Bartley Holifield, her grandson whom she had reared, along with his two sisters, Arminta and ??, after their mother's death when Daniel Bartley Holifield was 8 years old. Obituary from minutes of Old Regular Baptist Church, Wise, Co, VA