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| To The MITCHELL Family |
| 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 |