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- Abel Mauldin, born 1783, Abel Mauldin, born 1792 and Absolom Mauldin, born 1786
The dates on this person's page best match Abel born 1792, died 1844, first wife unknown, second wife, Dolly Boston. Cynthia Seal was married to Absolom Mauldin. They are two different people. None of these men were the son of John Mauldin who died in 1832 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. They are not mentioned in his will or in the estate settlement of his son, Godfrey Mauldin.
There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the Abel Mauldins and Absalom Mauldin. One Abel Mauldin, born 1783 in NC, remained in upstate South Carolina until 1850 and probably died there. He is found in Spartanburg, SC, in 1810 census, Greenville, SC, in 1820 and 1830 census, Anderson Co, SC, in 1840 and back in Greenville, SC, in 1850.
The other Abel Mauldin was born in 1792 and died before 1850. He was in Alabama by the mid 1820s. He can be found in Limestone, AL, in 1830 census and Lauderdale, AL, in 1840 census. He seems to have ties to Lawrence, TN. He died before 1850 and his second wife, Dolly Boston, married James Campbell after his death and can be found in DeSoto, MS, in 1850 census with their children. His older children were born before his marriage to Dolly in 1836. His first wife is not known.
Absalom Mauldin, born 1786 in NC, gets confused with Abel born 1792 because they followed similar paths. Absalom married Cynthia Seale in Lincoln Co, GA, in 1809 and was still in Georgia in 1815. He is in Alabama by 1827 where his son, Clayton Jarvis was born. He can be found in Limestone, AL, in 1830 census and Pontotoc, MS, in 1840, 1850 and 1860 census.
I hope this explanation helps to clear up the confusion. If you will examine the records, each man has his own census records from 1830 on and they cannot be the same person. Many early census records are not available in GA or AL and accounts for the missing census records prior to 1830 for Absalom and Abel born 1792.
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