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From: Bennie Loftin <>
Subject: Re: mitchell family
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 03:20:55 -0800

In the Mitchell family which includes Nancy Simms wife of Solomon Mitchell, do any of
you have a Littlepage Sims who married Mary Sherrill Taylor. Bennie L. Coffey Loftin

Karen Negron wrote:

> Nonie,
>
> Solomon Mitchell family Bible is re-printed in EAST TENNESSEE ROOTS, VOL. V. NO. 1
> Goes back to 1760, starting with Solomon and Nancy and their children. Give births
> and deaths and is three pages long. You are very lucky!!!! I have a copy because I
> was interested in Isabelle Mitchell Maxwell who married James H. MAXWELL. She died
> 1963 and was his third wife. She is no relation to us, but I copied the Bible info
> anyway. If you don't have access to that, let me know. I can fax it to you and/or
> snail mail.
>
> Karen Negron
> Fort Worth
>
> NONIE KENNEY wrote:
>
> > Good Morning:
> > I am a new subscriber to this list and just recently found that some of my
> > MITCHELL family had ended up in Hawkins Co., TN.
> > Would be interested in any information on a Solomon MITCHELL, b 4 Jul 1758
> > in Granville Co., NC and died 27 Jan 1839 in Hawkins Co., TN. He married
> > Nancy SIMMS in May 1787.
> > If someone has anything on these folks, will be glad to pay for any copies
> > of wills, deeds, etc., if you have the time to do that. Am enclosing a
> > story that I found on this family that might give someone a lead. Any
> > marriage records would be appreciated too, as well as death records. Thank
> > you so much.
> >
> > Nonie Kenney
> > Yreka, CA
> >
> > SOLOMON MITCHELL & NANCY:
> >
> > W181, SC line, Sol was b in 1759 in Granville, Co., NC and he lived in
> > Abbeville Dist SC at enl and in 1794 he moved to Jefferson Co., TN for a
> > short while then moved to Hawkins Co., TN where he appl 7 Sept 1833. Sol m
> > Nancy --------- in May 1787 in Abbeville Dist SC at the home of John & Ann
> > Simms & John’s bro George Simms was present and they took dinner at the
> > home of Nathan Simms & family and the next day John & George Simms along
> > with their sister Sarah went with soldier and wife to the home of her
> > mother-in-law Tenee or Jane Mitchell, widow of Robert Mitchell (soldier’s
> > parents). Soldier d 27 Jan 1839 in Hawkins Co., TN and his wid appl there
> > 29 Jul 1845 aged 83. Children shown were: Stephen who d at age of 6 yrs,
> > Rebecca, Lewis, Greenberry, Jessie, Polly or Mary, Robert, Morris, Nancy,
> > Richard, Susannah or Susan & Elizabeth Mitchell. In 1833 one Lewis
> > Mitchell was JP for Hawkins Co., TN and in 1833, a Stockley D. Mitchell was
> > Clerk of the Court for Hawkins Co, TN but their relationship to Sol’s
> > family wasn’t given. In 1846 a John Mitchell of Hawkins Co., TN who was b
> > 11 Mar 1786 stated he was a “near relative” of sol and when quite young was
> > placed in their protection & they had raised him to manhood and Sol died at
> > the said John Mitchell’s house and in 1846 sol’s widow was living with the
> > said John Mitchell, children’s births that were legible were: Mary b 4 Apr
> > 1799, Robert b 18 Jan 1801, Morris b 7 Jul 1803, Nancy b 29 Oct 1804,
> > Richard b 18 July 1806, Susannah b 18 May 1808, Elizabeth b 6 Oct 1810,
> > There were children born in 1790, 1792, 1796 and 1797 but this sheet of
> > births were too dim to read however on a separate sheet was written
> > Greenberry Mitchell b 28 Dec 1796

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