"He was a traveling preacher from Putnam County, GA. Throughout the years he became instrumental in developing the A.M.E church. He began his ministerial career in 1884 in Eatonton, Ga. He served Louisville, Ga, Bastow, Ga, Perry, Ga, Powersville, Ga, and Milledgeville, Ga., teaching in each place as well as acting as pastor. In 1892 he was appointed to Danville, Va., 1894 Roanoake, Va., 1895-1897 Richmond Va., 1897 Farmville, Va. Then a second term in Richmond." Centennial Encyclopedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Volume 1 , pub. 1916, by John Russell Hawkins
His brother, David Gullins, did a slave narrative with the W.P.A., in 1936. See below.
Excerpt from Slave Narrative
District No. 1. W.P.A.
Editor and Research Ruth A. Chitty
Supervisor J.E. Jaffee
October 16, 1936
I found a slave narrative from David Goodman Gullins. Born in 1854 in Putnam, County on Greensboro Rd. 31/2 miles from Eatonton. His mother's name was Catharine Mappin. Her last name was Mappin because the family was owned by J. W. Mappin. He had one brother at the time of this narrative given in 1936 name W. R. Gullins or Willie Richard Gullins. The last name Gullins was adopted after slavery from a clown that came to town. There is even a Gullinsville settlement in Putnam County.
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