Mitchell, Isaac

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• Reference Number: MITC.I003
• _FGRAVE: 17296220

Notes:

Isaac Mitchell was the eldest son of Abraham MITCHELL and Lucinda "Lucy" WILSON. He grew up in Ashe County, North Carolina, just south of the Virginia border and on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The area where he grew up is now in Alleghany Co., NC. When he was born the area was sparsely settled. Some of the first settlers made a living by trapping.

His parents have been attributed to have had as many as 13 children over a 20 year period. These are the names commonly cited:

Isaac Mitchell 1783–1858
Robert Wilson Mitchell 1786–1845
Levi Mitchell 1788–1852
Jane "Jennie" Ann Mitchell 1792–1850
Jimmy Mitchell 1792–
Josiah Mitchell 1794–1921
Hannah Lucinda Mitchell 1796–1843
Abraham Mitchell 1798–1865
William Mitchell 1800–
Charles Mitchell 1801–1869
Lucinda Mitchell 1802–1858
Thomas Mitchell 1803–1831
David Mitchell

In 1807, when Isaac was 24, he was married to Celia Harrell. Some have recorded her maiden name as Hanna, but there was a John Harrell, Sr. and Jr., a Jacob Harrell, and a William Harrell in Ashe County during this period and no Hannas, so Harrell seems the more likely name. Isaac and Celia had the following children:

Jacob Mitchell 1808 – 1852
Ann Jane Mitchell BREWER 1809 – 1860
William Mitchell 1810 – 1880
Male Mitchell 1813 – before 1820
Elizabeth Mitchell BROWN 1815 – 1876
Fanny Joan Mitchell ATTO 1821 –

Isaac and Celia migrated to Lawrence County, IN, about October 1817. Isaac's parents and many of his siblings made the move as well.

Celia died about 1825 leaving Isaac with young children to raise. Isaac then married Elizabeth (Betsy) Fender 30 Jan. 1826 in Lawrence County. Elizabeth was about 18 years old at the time of the marriage, nearly the same age as Isaac's oldest son.

Isaac and Elizabeth had the following children:

Robert Mitchell 1833 – 1878
Frances Mitchell PIRTLE 1836 – 1909
Celia Mitchell HUMPHREY 1838 – 1917
John Mitchell 1840 –
Alexander Mitchell 1843 – 1893

Isaac Mitchell was a Deacon of the Missionary Baptist Church for 40 years and was a Deacon when he died in 1858.

Birth:
According to Stacey Egnor, Isaac was born on 15 Aug 1783.

Family/Spouse: Hanna, Celia. Celia was born in 1784; died before 1826 in Lawrence County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Fender, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born on 16 Aug 1808 in Ashe County, North Carolina; died on 6 Jul 1868 in Greene County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]