Descendants of Etheldred Mitchell (b 1775)

Descendants of Etheldred Mitchell

Generation 1

1. ETHELDRED1 MITCHELL was born about 1775 in Greene Co., NC. He died about 1834 in Greene

Co., NC. He married NANCY before 1807. She was born about 1785 in Greene Co., NC. She died in
Greene Co., NC.

Notes for Etheldred Mitchell: 1800 Greene County NC census (from Jean Teachey) Dred Mitchell 1 free white
male 16-26 1 free white female 10-16 1 free white female 26-43 1 slave

We found Etheldred Mitchell in the 1830 census for Greene Co., NC, Row 121, page 248. It did not list the
names but only gave tic marks for the age groups as follows: 2M age 5-10 1M age 10-15 1M age 15-20 (might
be Benjamin W. as he was born in 1812) 1M age 20-30 (may be son Etheldred, born in 1807) 1M age 50-60 (we
believe this is Etheldred) 1F age 40-50 (thought to be his wife) 4 slaves: 1 free colored male 10-21 2 free colored
females 10-21

1830 Greene Co. NC census Version #2 (from Jean Teachey) 2 free white males 5-9 1 free white male 10-14
1 free white male 15-19 1 free white male 20-29 1 free white male 50-59 1 free white male 90-99 1 free white
female 40-49 No slaves

Etheldred Mitchell is mentioned in the Goodspeed History of Southern Arkansas on page 230, as part of the
discussion on Barney E. Mitchell. The article said he was born in Greene County, NC where he spent all his life,
and death occurred about 1834. His occupation was givne as a farmer and lawyer. His wife was also a native of
the same county and there died; she was of Irish descent.

Etheldred Mitchell is listed on the 1816 Greene Co. Tax List. Etheldred Mitchell is listed in the NC census Index
as being in Duplin Co. in 1810.

Duplin Co. NC "Court of Pleas & Quarter Session Minutes" 1805-1809 Part 7. Wed. July 20 1808 Daniel L.
Kenan, Sheriff, rendered a list of Insolvents Poll Taxables for 1807 as follows: Etheldred Mitchell.

Wed. 19 July 1808 Daniel Kenan, Esq. rendered his list of Insolvents for 1808 which is allowed: Etheldred
Mitchell

From Jean Teachey: While searching at the Dept. Of Archives, Raleigh, NC, I found a land grant for Etheldred
Mitchell. This is for 36 acres in the Tyson's Marsh community of Greene Co. (Arba) We do not know what
became of this land at this time.

NC General Assembly Records for 1800 in Greene Co., NC Election for NC Senate--Etheldred Mitchell is
listed as not making a choice.

Mitchell Family Cemetery

 

The Mitchell Family Cemetery is located on the Mitchell home place land in Greene Co., NC.  It is not marked, except by a concrete block wall which encircles it in the midst of a field.  Viola Turnage, a descendant of Penina Mitchell Harrison, was responsible for the placement of the wall.  She said it was being plowed up by Ben Hemby, who was farming the land.   The cemetery is close to the Lakeview Packing Company in La Grange, NC.

A listing of burials in this cemetery was made in 1966, and Viola Turnage kept a copy of the layout of the cemetery. 

Those buried in The Mitchell Family Cemetery are as follows:

• William Mitchell (Uncle Billy), 4^th son of Etheldred and  Nancy Mitchell, and a brother to B.W. Mitchell.   He was moderately retarded and never married.
• Benjamin W. Mitchell, born 1812, died 1898
• Mary Stanley Mitchell, his wife, born 1817, died 1882
• John Mooring, husband of Penina (Nina) Letchworth
• Penina Letchworth Mooring, born 1871, died 1934, daughter of Winnifred Letchworth
• Mary E. “Moll” Mitchell, daughter of BW and Mary E. Mitchell
• Benjamin Franklin Mitchell, son of BW and Mary E. Mitchell, served in the House of Representatives for Greene County, NC
• Millie Homes- unknown person, may have been unable to speak
• James Frank Mitchell, son of James Stanley and Mary D. Hodges Mitchell.  He was visiting his Mitchell relatives and was struck by lightning and died.
• Nancy Jane Hemby, daughter of BW and Mary E. Mitchell, born 1856, died 1932.  She was the wife of James Hemby
• Infant of Ben and Katy Harrison Hemby, no birth or death date given.   Katy Harrison Hemby was the granddaughter of Winifred Mitchell Letchworth.

 

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Maggie