MITCHELL FAMILY RECORDS OF HAWKINS COUNTY TENNESSEE BY WILLIE BLOUNT MITCHELL, 1847 This record except for the records ------------Clinton Armstrong Mitchell was compiled by Ellie B. Mitchell of Rogersville, Tennessee written in 1847 and added to (a copy in the possession of Miss Amelia N. (Punch) Mitchell of Rogersville, Tennessee). Copied by Prentiss Price, April 4, 1933. Copied by Mrs. Sally Armstrong McFadden of Rogersville, Tennessee August 1937 JOAB MITCHELL, Born -13, 1721 MARY MITCHELL, Born January 10, 1734 They were married October 14, 1751 JOAB, Died March 13, 1780 at Boonesboro, KY MARY, Died August 25, 1803 Names and Ages of their children: Ruth, Born August, 1, 1753 Mark, Born January 17, 1756 Elizabeth, Born March 14, 1758 Joab, Born May 28, 1760 Richard, Born September 11, 1762 Samuel, Born April 13, 1765 Thomas, Born September 19, 1767 Edward, Born December 3, 1769 Angelica, Born December 22, 1771 William, Born February 4, 1774 Polly, Born April 6, 1776 Susannah, Born November 18, 1779 Names and ages of the children of Ruth Haile, daughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell: Betsey, Born January 24, 1772 Benjamin, Born October 23, 1774 John, Born January 19, 1781 Samuel, Born December 22, 1777 Polly, Born December 29, 1783 Ruth, Born July 20, 1786 Susan, Born March 2, 1789 Thomas, Born December 9, 1791 Fanny, Born April 2, 1795 Hampton, Born January 5, 1798 Names and ages of the children of Mark Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell Thomas, Born November 21, 1794 Betsey, Born October 18, 1796 Louise, Born June 17, 1798 Mark, Born January 17, 1800 Polly William James Conway Pleasant Names and ages of Elizabeth Beans' children, daughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell Robert, Born June 1, 1779 Polly, Born October 12, 1781 William, Born January 9, 1784 Betsy, Born January 18, 1786 Joab, Born June 30, 1788 Lydia, Born February 15, 1791 Mark, Born July 5, 1794 Richard Henderson, Born June 3, 1799 Susan, Born March 13, 1801 Names and ages of children of Richard Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell. Married to Elizabeth Sanders, January 9, 1794 [The following are notes hand written on the copy of this book: "Richard's family is one that stayed on in Hawkins County. Others seemed to have moved on." "We found the cemetery in Rogersville where several of the children were and some of their children. This cemetery is on Presbyterian Church grounds. Church land donated by earlier Mitchells part of land of Mitchells."] Stokely Donaldson, Born March 25, 1795, died June 19, 1861 Willie Blount, Born October 28, 1796, died May 19, 1865 Polly, Born November 16, 1799, died August 13, 1801 Richard Henderson, Born February 20, 1802, died February 22, 1861 Eliza, Born March 17, 1804 Elizabeth Sanders, who was married to Richard Mitchell was born October 13, 1772, and died in November, 1857 Names and ages of children of Samuel Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell, and formerly agent of the Choctaw Nation of Indians. [NOTE: " Book on Cherokee and Choctaw Indians said he had two children by an Indian woman but don't know if any of these are the ones."] Algera, Born September 31, 1799 [NOTE: "married Charles Dibrell, Jr., Brother of Elvera, Joel D. Mitchell's first wife"] Sophia, Born November 30, 1802 Joseph Greer, Born February 28, 1808 [NOTE: "Joe Greer Mitchell lives now, in 1847, in the Choctaw Nation of Indians (West of Mississippi and is rich, So I was told by Joel D. Mitchell." *Note from Knoxville copy of this book] Catherine Children of Thomas Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell, married Frances Dyer, daughter of Joel Dyer Mira, Born September 9, 1793 William Lovely, Born July 1797 Henry Dyer, Born January 20, 1799 Eliza, Born August 14, 1802 Ezeline, Born November 6, 1804 Joel Dyer, Born February 20, 1807 Lucinda Lyons, Born April 8, 1809 Algira Frances, Born October 19. 1811 Names and ages of children of Edward Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell Angelica, Born September 2, 1795 Samuel, Born December 16, 1797 Elizabeth, Born May 8, 1800 Irwin, Born August 1, 1803 Joab, Born February 7, 1806 Jesse, Born November 7, 1808 Children of Angelica, daughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell. She married Abraham Natt of South Carolina. William Blackstone July 24, 1795 Henry Julius November 4, 1797 Sophia March 24, 1800 Josiah March 31, 1804 Selenah September 13, 1806 Eliza January 4, 1808 James February 4, 1810 Rufus October 3, 1812 Adolphus June 30, 1816 Children of William Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell, who married Nancy Dyer, daughter of Joel Dyer. Sally, Born September 19, 1799 Richard, Born February 25, 1801 Joel Dyer, Born January 5, 1803 Luciens, Born January 11, 1805 William C., Born January 22, 1807 Children of Polly, daughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell, who married John Hall of Staunton, Virginia Langley Swan, Born February 2, 1798 Edward Park, Born October 20, 1799 [Langley S. Hallwas married to Jane Patton of Sullivan County and (1847) lives in Weakly County, Tenn. Edward P. Hall went from Hawkins Co. to KY in 1830. He was a Presbyterian preacher and taught school sometime in Newport, KY. He moved to Ohio later and we have heard from him since] Children of Susannah, Daughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell and who married Robert Henry Dyer. Joel, Born August 6, 1801 Polly Henderson, Born January 14, 1804 Frankey Henderson, Born January 27, 1807 Sarah Eliza, Born October 10, 1809 Sophie Western, Born March 10, 1812 Paralet or Pamela (?), Born March 29, 1814 Anne Catherine, Born June 12, 1817 Susan Mitchell, Born November 26, 1819 Jackson Loena, Born June 15, 1823 Children of Elizabeth Stribling, daughter of Ruth and John Haile and granddaughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell Robert, Born June 9, 1790 Mark, Born July 31, 1792 Benjamin, Born July 19, 1794 Cornelius, Born September 23, 1796 (in the Navy) Polly, Born January 29, 1799 Frances, Born 1801 Maria, Born 1804 Children of Benjamin Haile, son of Ruth and John Haile, grandson of Joab and Mary Mitchell Richard Henry, Born October 16, 1796 Philix W., Born June 7, 1798 William, Born July 5, 1800 Robert, Born June 4, 1802 Laura, Born June 1805 Children of Mary Thompson, daughter of Ruth and John Haile, grand daughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell Elvira, Born August 18, 1805 Names and ages of children of Robert Bean, son of Jesse and Elizabeth Bean and grandson of Joab and Mary Mitchell William, Born May 8, 1804 Polly, Born April 6, 1806 Samuel, Born November 1807 Eliza Robert Jesse Harriet Andrew Jackson Names and ages of children of Mary Sanders, daughter of Jess and Elizabeth Bean and grand daughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell, who married Rueben Sanders Jesse B Elizabeth Richard Amanda M William Names and ages of children of Elizabeth Quesenberry, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Bean, and grand daughter if Joab and Mary Mitchell and who married William Quesenberry. Sarah, Born March 7, 1806 Thomas, Born July 20, 1808 Names and ages of children of Willie Blount Mitchell, son of Richard and Elizabeth Mitchell, grandson of Joab and Mary Mitchell, who married Mary M. Reed, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Reed, April 26,1827. [This is the man that compiled the book!] Eliza Ann, Born April 26, 1828 Helen M., Born April 28, 1830 Mark M., Born February 26, 1832 William M., Born March 1, 1834 Catherine Neill, Born June 18,1836 Samuel, Born June 4, 1838 Mary Craig, Born July 29, 1840 Nancy Jane, Born, November 5, 1842 Wiley Blount, Born January 3, 1846 Charles Steuart, Born April 28, 1848 Names and ages of children of Stokley D. Mitchell, son of Richard and Elizabeth and grandson of Joab and Mary Mitchell, who married Alice Gale Rogers, daughter of Joseph and Mary Rogers, of Rogersville, Tennessee, December 11, 1823. Joseph Rogers, Born November 21, 1824 Richard Pinkney, Born April 30, 1827 Elizabeth Saunders, Born April, 10, 1926 Mary Rogers, Born January 14, 1829 Jesse Gaines, Born March 18, 1830 Martha Pindley, Born March 30, 1832 Clinton Armstrong, born December 28, 1833 Alice Rogers, Born January 2, 1836 Stockley Donaldson, Born March 2, 1840 [Donelson] Amelia Natt, Born January 14, 1843 [No Heirs] Hugh Walker, Born May 9, 1846 Names and ages of children of Richard H. Mitchell, son of Richard and Elizabeth Mitchell, and grandson of Joab and Mary Mitchell, and who married Louisianna N. Rogers, daughter of Joseph and Mary Rogers, August 7, 1825 Mary Rogers, Born March 22, 1827 Stockley Donaldson, Born November 25, 1828 Names and ages of children of Eliza S. McCullough, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Mitchell, and grand daughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell. Susannette, Born February 17, 1829 Elizabeth Rebecca, Born March 11, 1831 Names and ages of children of Joel D. Mitchell, son of William Mitchell and grandson of Joab and Mary Mitchell Angeline William Caroline Emeline Edward Obediah Patterson [Another copy of this book I found in Knoxville says they had 9 children - 3 dead and 6 living- dated 18th April 1845] Names and ages of children of William Mitchell, son of William Mitchell and grandson of Joab and Mary Mitchell. Charles R. Joel Dyer Samuel Robert Henry William Richard Jesse Names and ages of children of Joseph R. Mitchell, son of Stokley David and Alice G. Mitchell, grandson of Richard and Elizabeth Mitchell and Great-grandson of Joab and Mary Mitchell, who married Eliza Massengale, daughter of Col. Robert Massengale of Grainger Co. Tennessee on December 25, 1845 Mary Rogers, Lived a few days Elizabeth Massengale Ailsie Rogers Fannie Walker Margaret Branner James Gaines Robert Massengale William Kyle Samuel Shields Joseph Rogers Maud Grace Names and ages of children of Clinton Armstrong Mitchell, son of Stokley D. and Alice G. Mitchell and grandson of Richard and Elizabeth Mitchell and great grandson of Joab and Mary Mitchell, and who married Virginia Rodgers, daughter of Dr. William Rodgers of Knoxville, Tennessee, January 19, 1865 Lynn Mitchell, Born January 13, 1867 George Ellic, Born July 9, 1868 Alice Rodgers, Born February 12, 1871 Clinton Armstrong Mitchell died April 12, 1914 Virginia Rodgers Mitchell died August 23, 1917 Names and ages of children of Alice Rogers, daughter of Stokley D. and Alice G. Mitchell, and great granddaughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell, and who married Dr. James. [NOTE: No one seems to be listed here] Samuel Henderson, grandfather of Richard Mitchell and who was father of Mary Mitchell, who married Joab Mitchell, October 14, 1751 Richard Henderson was a man of talents, honesty and integrity, and such confidence was reposed in him that he was made a Judge after the Colonial Government of Great Britain. But subsequently became a Whig and a firm supporter of the Declaration of Independence. In 1774, he made a treaty with the Cherokees and in 1775 he made another treaty with the Cherokees and others by which all their claims in Kentucky and part of Tennessee were extinguished. He had at one time a free simple right for nearly all the whole state of Kentucky. William Henderson was a man of trust and was appointed a General to command the state troops of South Carolina and bore a conspicuous part in that hand fought Battle of Eutaw Springs in the Revolutionary War also the Corpens and Guilford. John Henderson lived and died in Union District, South Carolina. Thomas Henderson died in North Carolina. Nathaniel Henderson died in Hawkins County Tennessee. Pleasant Henderson January 8, 1756, Died December 1842 at Huntington, Carroll Count, Tenn., later Chapel Hill, N.C. He was a native of Cranville Co., NC for many years of Rockingham, then of Chapel Hill, and finally of the county where he died. Coming of age about the beginning of the American Revolution he was much involved in the stirring scenes that ensued. He bore the commissions first of Sergeant, then of Lieut. then of Major in General Greene's army and was accounted a brave man and a very efficient officer. He was an officer in command of the troops that guarded the Commissioners who ran the dividing line between Tenn. and Ky in the year of 1779. This was a duty of great peril as nearly the whole extent was occupied by hostile savages. He was a companion and friend of Daniel Boone in many of his adventures and enterprises in the early settlement of Ky, and at one time was deeply interested as a land holder in that state and Tennessee. His elder brother, Richard Henderson had at one time a fee simple right for nearly the whole state of Kentucky, which was commissioned by the"Henderson Reserves" and was finally lost to his heirs by some kind of legal chicanery. Pleasant Henderson was the private secretary of Alex Martin, forever governor of North Carolina and for nearly thirty years, Chief Clerk of the House of Commons of that state. These several positions as well as his long residence at University of Chapel Hill made him extensively acquainted with the distinguished men of that and other states, by whom he was much admired and respected. He was the only man I ever knew of whom I never heard evil spoken, says a writer in the Salisbury Watchman, his gentlemanly manner, dignified deportment, patient temper and kind heart won him friends in all classes: conceit, presumption and selfishness were strangers to his nature. Candor, integrity were its perfect identity. In the many conflicts between the students of the College and Civil Authority, his insight of character and knowledge of business were often thrown in successfully to make peace and often he has been the medium of intercession with the College authorities, and procured the restoration of delinquents. Many times has his purse and table afforded the means of education to young men who had some adverse change in affairs was about to draw home. All these things are too well known in NC to be forgotten soon. In fact, says the writer, I never knew a man so kindly inquired after in all parts of the state as the subject of these remarks. At Chapel Hill among his old friends and neighbors, the memory of his virtues and worth will long be green and flourishing. "Good man farewell. I knew thee long, I knew thee well, nor scarce observed one fault" Elizabeth Henderson married John Bukham of SC. Samuel Henderson, who died in Franklin City, Tenn. was born in NC. He was a soldier in General Green's army and was in the Numdoobler (?) battle of Guilford against the British Army under Lord Cornwallis. He went with Daniel Boone in the early settlement of Ky and became attached to Eliza Calloway, the daughter of Col. Calloway, the bosom friend of Dan Boone and was married, but before she married, Eliza and a daughter of Dan Boone were taken captive by the Indians and on the third day were recaptured by the whites. Nancy Henderson married Daniel Williams of NC Mary Henderson married Joab Mitchell on October 14, 1751. Susan Henderson married Rueben Searcy Joab Mitchell was a pioneer of the west having lived with Daniel Boone in the Fort where Boonesboro Ky. now stands and where he died on March 13, 1780. Mark Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary, a Whig of the Revolution of 1776 was a terror to the Tories in SC. He was in several skirmishes and in the Battle of Eutaw Springs. Joab Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary was an early pioneer of the west. He belonged to a company of Rangers and was killed by the Indians about 7 miles east of Rogersville. He died in the Fort at the mouth of the Big Creek, his arm was broken by a rifle ball and he got into the Fort but died in 3 days for want of a surgeon. Richard Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell was also a pioneer of the west and lived with Daniel Boone more than a year and in his fort in Ky and was with his father Joab when he died. He was Clerk of the Court of Hawkins Co., Tenn. for 20 years. Collector of the Revenue in 1813,1814, and 1815. Was one of the members of the convention that formed the First Constitution of the state of Tenn. was in the (?) Campaign when a boy in 1778, died March 16, 1853 at 8 o'clock A.M. Aged 90 years, 6-mo.3 da. PAGE 9 Samuel Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell was a lawyer and early settler of Tenn. He was appointed by Thomas Jefferson, Pres., Agent of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nation of Indians, which post he held up to the time of his death. Thomas Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell, was an early settler of Tenn. He led a volunteer expedition against the Cherokee Indians. He married a daughter of Joab (Joel) Dyer and moved to Middle Tennessee where he died. Richard Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell was also an early settler of Tenn. He was a volunteer against the Indians in the settlement of Tenn. and married and moved to the Choctaw nation of Indians with an appointment by the Gen. Gov. He died on Pearl River, Mississippi. William Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell lived in Hawkins Co. Tenn. At an early age married a daughter of Joel Dyer and moved to Middle Tenn. He was Capt. of a company of Volunteers under Gen. Jackson in the Creek War and was in the Battle of Taellushatchee, Taledega, Theaupeki Emer and Horse Shoe. He was at the taking of Pensacola twice under Gen. Jackson. He was a Major of the Reg. of Tenn. Volunteers commanded by Col. Robert Dyer and was in the celebrated night attack on the British lines below New Orleans the 23rd day of December 1814 under Gen. Coffee and was in the memorable battle of the 8th June 1815 commonly called the Battle of New Orleans, where the British lost more than 2000 men, a great many wounded and missing and the American loss was 7 wounded and 6 killed. He was a Lt. Col. in the War with the Seminole Indians in Fl. In 1818, was at the taking of Pensacola in 1818 and at the execution of Arbuthyat and Ambrister, the English spies caught in said war. He died in Sparta Tenn. Robert Henry Dyer, who married Susannah Mitchell, lived in Hawkins Co. in early times, moved to Middle Tenn. He was a Col. of a volunteer Regiment at the commencement of the Creek War and was in active service during the whole war under Gen. Andrew Jackson. He was in the memorable battles of this war. He was Col. Commandant of the 2nd Regiment of Tenn. Volunteers and was in the celebrated night attack on the British lines below New Orleans the 23rd December 1814 under Gen. Coffee, where his horse was killed under him and he was wounded in the leg. Robert Henry Dyer was in the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815 He commanded a regiment in the Seminole War 1818, and was one of the Court-Martial on the trial of Arbuthyat and Ambister two British. After this he settled in the western district of Tenn. where he died. Col. Daniel Boone was employed as the confidential agent of Richard Henderson and Co. who were projecting the purchase of an extensive tract of land from the Cherokee Indians who claimed the county south and west of the Ky. River. He solemnly pledged himself to secrecy and possessing a nice sense of honor, avow this to the be the object of his ramblings. Not many years (ago) the fact appeared in some old papers of the Company, Dan. Boone was at the treaty of Watauga on the Holsten when it was made by said Richard Henderson and Company and gave the party all necessary information about the country he explored. Boone lived with his son-in-law, Flanders Calloway who married his daughter Rebecca, whose residence was on the Missouri River a short distance below the mouth of the Charlotte. Here Col. Boone died September 26, 1820, aged 86 years. Angelica Natt, daughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell and who married Abraham Natt of SC was a woman of fine talent and noble traits of character. When young she was very handsome and was courted by Gen. Andrew Jackson, former President of US but refused him contrary to the wish of her brothers, though her marriage to A. Natt proved to be a happy one, for he stood so high in SC as a lawyer and Judge of the Circuit Court which office he filled for many years, up to the time of his death. He was once a member of Congress from SC Clinton Armstrong Mitchell was married to Virginia A. Rodgers of Knoxville Tenn., January 19, 1865. He was born December 28, 1833. Died April 1914; His wife died August 23, 1917. He was the son of Stokley Mitchell and Alice Gale Rogers Mitchell. (She was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Rogers of Rogersville Tenn.) Grandson of Richard and Elizabeth Mitchell and a great grandson of Joab and Mary Mitchell. -----Mitchell, Born Knoxville, January 13, 1867 George E. Mitchell, Born Knoxville, July 9, 1868 Alice Rodgers Mitchell, Born Rogersville, February 12, 1871 ---Mitchell married Celias (?) M. Pugh, Washington, September 1, 1906 George Mitchell married Katherine B. Richardson, Denver, CO. Marc 6, 1908 Alice R. Mitchell married J. William Umstadd of KY, Knox October 5, 1893 Names and ages of J. Wm. and Alice R. Mitchell Umstadd children W. E. Umstadd, Born August 17, 1894 ---Lynn, Born April 20, 1897 Alice Jean, Born February 25, 1899 Mildred Blair, Born December 31, 1903 -----Mitchell, Born December 10, 1906 Names and ages of children of Wm. E. Umstadd, son of J. Wm. and Alice Mitchell Umstadd and who married Doris Bowman of Canton, OH. October 18, 1924 Wm. Bowman Umstadd, born August 12 1925 James Mitchell Umstadd, Born May 1929 Mildred Blair Umstadd married Wilmer Cahill Price June5, 1926 in Bristol, Tenn. Wilmer Cahill Price, Born August 8, 1928 Alice Jean Umstadd married Benjamin Pettigrew Cardell of Daytona Beach, FL. in Bristol, Tenn. May --- 10 1