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The progenitor of the MITCHELL family in Robeson County, NC was
Nazarith Mitchell.  By his testimony for his Rev. War pension, he was born in Northampton County, NC...but lived and enlisted in Franklin County, NC.  The years of service for him were 1778-79, & 1781.  He fought in the battles of Briar Creek and Guilford County Court House.  He settled in Robeson County in 1787, married and raised his family there.  He is buried outside Fairmont, NC on private  property.
Line of Descent
1.  Arrabella  Mitchell
2.  Hugh Griffin  Mitchell
3. 
Nazarith Mitchell
Hugh Griffin Mitchell    b.  9-1-1831  Rob. Co., NC  d.  12-10-1908 Rob. Co, NC
        buried:  Fairmont Town Cemetery, Fairmont, NC
       m. ( 1st)   10-25-1851  Robeson Co., NC   
            
Julia Bostic Thompson.....d/o  Jacob A. Thompson  &  Sarah Williams
              b. 12-28-1834   Rob. Co.               d. 10-31-1891  Rob. Co., NC

       m. (2nd)  Lizzie Thompson    b. 6-14-1846        d.  12-7-1896
       m. (3rd)  Sallie  Regan

Children by Julia B. Thompson:
1.  Quince Bostic Mitchell   b. 10-3-1852        d.  1-19-1896  Rob. Co, NC
                                           buried:  First Baptist Church, FAirmont, NC
     m. 12-5-1877  Robeson County, NC
          Catherine Rebecca Nance..d/o Averitt Nichols Nance & Catherine Bethea
           b. 12-25-1859        d. 4-24-1924

2. 
Arrabella Mitchell    b. 4-4-1854  Rob. Co.   d. 9-12-1916  Rob. Co, NC
                                       buried:  First Baptist Church, Fairmont, NC
    m. 1873 Rob. Co, NC
      
Austin Pittman...d/o  Silas Pittman &  Mary Jenkins
             b.  10-9-1851  Rob. Co, NC          d. 10-23-1898  Rob. Co, NC
                  buried:  First Baptist Church, Fairmont, NC

3.  Augustus  Mitchell    b.  1856  Rob. Co, NC   d. 1936
        m.  Zillie Grantham    1858-1944

4.  John Henry Mitchell  b.  1857  Rob. Co, NC  d. 1936 
        m. 1-20-1821  Rob. Co, NC  
         (1st)  Susan Powell            (2nd)  Elizabeth ____________

5.  Rosella  Mitchell      b. 1859  Rob. Co., NC    d. 1874

6.  Martha  Mitchell      (not on the 1880 Rob. Co., NC Census)

7.  Walter Lee Mitchell      b. 1864 Rob. Co, NC

8.  Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell  b. 1866 Rob. Co.   d. 1931

9.  Julia Mitchell          b.  1877 Robeson Co., NC
          m.  Boyd  Hayes

10.  Hugh Griffin Mitchell  b. 12-31-1873  Rob. Co.    d. 4-2-1931
          m. 12-10-1903  Maggie Griffin    1883-1916
          m.                    Julia  Stevens

11.  Nazareth R. Mitchell    b.  8-222-1861  Rob. Co.  d. 3-27-1945  Delano, CA
          m.  Mary Belle Dorsey   b. 1-23-1872  MO

12.  Julius Thompson Mitchell      b.  1869  Robeson Co, NC

13.  Helen Griffin Mitchell       b.  1872  Rob. Co, NC    d.  1911
           m.  Will  Brown


          
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