Comments on: It Was A Very Good Mitchell Year

By: allmyanc

allmyanc — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:04:09 +0000

Thanks for stopping by. I’d be interested in knowing more about how this informed your own Mitchell research.

By: Shelton M Woods

Shelton M Woods — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:54:27 +0000

It is now January 15, 2012, and it continues to be ” A VERY GOOD YEAR”.

I am the 6XGrt Grand Daughter of Andrew Mitchell and Mary McGowan (1730 – 1790 ).

It is said “what is posted on the net, stays on the net”, and in this case I am ever so grateful.

Shelton

By: M.E. (Mary Elizabeth)

M.E. (Mary Elizabeth) — Sat, 28 May 2011 17:00:06 +0000

Hello! Ephraim and Rebecca are my great great grandparents. They had a son named William David “Bill” Mitchell. He and his wife Rosa had a bunch of kids of which my grandmother was one. Then Rosa got mad about something and ran off with another man, taking the children. She died and the son went back to live with Bill. The girls were sent to their maternal grandparents, but that didn’t work out when the grandfather murdered the grandmother’s lover!

My grandmother Mary Louise Mitchell is the grand-daughter of Ephraim and Rebecca. She always distinctly pronounced it “Rebekker.” I had also heard she was part Choctaw. Mary Louise Mitchell Pierce stayed in touch with her father Bill, who was shot by a neighbor over some property but survived. I live in Nacogdoches, Texas, just a short drive from Shelby County. I’ll be driving up to pay my respects to “Rebekker” this weekend.

Have you found any mention of William David “Bill” Mitchell in your research?

Thank you!

By: James Chantrill

James Chantrill — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:54:57 +0000

I am a descendant of John’s (1760-1839)sister Martha and would like to know some more information about John. In Google I found information on Pastor James as well as two brothers who were Revolutionary War veterans. However, I have found very little information on John except that he married Elizabeth Hardwick. God bless you.

By: Larry D Holmes

Larry D Holmes — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:30:55 +0000

I am a descendent of Jane Mitchell-Holmes, daughter of Andrew Mitchell. My Andrew Mitchell was born in Orange Co, North Carolina 1 Apr 1764.

Do you have a copy of Andrew Mitchell’s Maury County, TN will of 1824? I am on Ancestry.com and I put a scanned copy of the Will, which I obtained in Maruy Co this last summer. There is also a transcript of the Will which was published by a cousin. The will part of a Chancery Court case listed: Cantell, Stephen et al vs Mitchell, John L. 1828.

My GGG Grandparents both identified in the Will: …daughter Jennett and her husband Robert Holmes. Robert’s father Moses is a witness to the will.

The Will names several sons”: David, James, George, John …. I have yet to find hard evidence these are the David, James and John you identified however the linkage makes a lot of sense based on what you have found working your way up the tree.

The tour guides at the Home of James K Polk spoke of how Columbia and Maruy Co were famous as the gateway to Texas…. sorry I do not remember the specific details… I think is was something like main road from the County Court House on Public Square became commonly referred to as “Texas Road” and that Texas set up some kind of arrangement so land deeds could be filled in Columbia by folks on their way to Texas.

Certainly substantiates the likelihood of David Reed Andrews identified in the on the Texas Historical Marker, born in North Carolina, as being from Maury County. I can not rule out more than one Andrew Mitchell living in the county at the time. I think I ran across a bunch of Mitchell’s listed in I set aside for further research but so far those elude me. Some day I may get back to Columbia to follow-up on property deeds (assuming they still exist) to trace that angle.

Happy Trails to all the Mithcell’s, cousins or not !!
Larry

By: Bill Mitchell

Bill Mitchell — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:07:31 +0000

I am looking for any information on my gggrandfather, Andrew Tate Mitchell, who was born in Tennessee 7/18/1813 and died 7/30/1864. He married Sarah Fitzgerald (1814-1891). Andrew died in Desoto Co. (now Tate Co,) Mississippi and is buried at Mt. Vernon Cemetary in Tate Co. next to Sarah. I have been told that he was the son of the “John Mitchell” (1760- 1839?) mentioned in Let the Drums Roll. I have documentation that his brother was James B. Mitchell. I know very little about the Mitchell line and would like to know more. I have recently been doing some amateur archeology at the old Andrew Mitchell home site in Tate Co. hoping to unearth some clues. Any help you could give me would be sincerely appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

Bill Mitchell

By: JANICE WASHKEVICH

JANICE WASHKEVICH — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:25:25 +0000

I have been doing research in Ancestry.com and ran across some of my relatives in the Ancestry of HR Mitchell. Do you know who this is? I have more relatives to add.

By: john mitchell

john mitchell — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:04:28 +0000

Hi..I am also looking a Mitchell family . MY ggggggfather Andrew Mitchell came to American from Ireland. The Family was in Maury Tenn.then to Orange NC. It is hard tell from your writing if they tie as there were many children named John Mitchell…Do you have more details as to family further back? let me know and can give you more info if you need. Thanks John

By: allmyanc

allmyanc — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:48:26 +0000

Thanks, Apple. I remember your earlier comment regarding researching this family– sideways is what did it.

By: Apple

Apple — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:46:01 +0000

Congratulations on sorting it all out and putting it together! I have never heard of a school census so I never would have looked for one. My 2010 bring you more answers… and mysteries to solve