Jim Callahan
Jim Callahan is a great-great-grandson of Mahala Mullins through his maternal lineage. His mother, Ollie, a direct descendent of the original Mullins, Collins, Goings core group of Newman’s Ridge was influenced by the missionaries of Vardy to relocate to a new beginning in Indiana. Subsequently, Callahan was born out of the Melungeon area as the only child of a dark Melungeon mother and a fair Hoosier father. As all knowledge of his Melungeon heritage was concealed by his mother, the author stumbled onto this unique facet of his ancestry well into adulthood.
Books by Jim Callahan:
Lest We Forget: The Melungeon Colony of Newman’s Ridge