Vardy / Mahala Mullins Cabin

Pt. 280 has been moved from its original location to the Vardy School Community Historic District. One of the most famous people of Melungeon heritage was Mahala Mullins, a widow who openly sold moonshine from this log home (relocated from Newman's Ridge in 2000 to the Vardy Historic District) to support her family (including 18 children). "Big Haley" weighed upwards of 500 pounds, and when repeatedly confronted with arrest warrants, cheerfully invited lawmen to arrest her, knowing that her size made it impossible to extract her from her cabin or transport her down the mountain. One deputy reported her to be "catchable but not fetchable."