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Researched and Comnile d by

Dorothy Carter

^985

Dwiggins - Mitche l l

Source: Register o f

Black,

Mulat to

Poor

Persons in Four

Ohio

Counties

1791 - 1861 by Joan Turpin; Heritage Books, 1985j published by

Heritage Books, Inc. 3^02 Maureen Ln, Bowie d 20715 for 5.00

Found; Ohioana

Room,

Mary

L. Cook

Library,

Vfaynesvill e, Ohio, I985

Clinton County, Ohio; Emancipation - Darmarius Ann Mitchell ,

Margaret,

George Elijah Dwiggins pp I9 20)

Guil ford Co. , NC 1

June

i860; Samuel Dwiggins t es ti fi ed t ha t he

freed

th e f ollow ing s laves:

Darmarius

Ann Dwiggins Mitchel l , Margaret Dwiggins,

colored,

aged

about 2k years, George Dwiggins,

colored,

aged about 32

years, El i jah Dwiggins , aged

about

39. All

placed

on premises of William

Pee le Wilson Twp., Clinton Co. , Oh. Witnesses, Mark Pee le John Car te r

and

Wm.

P e e l i e

Source: Beers, W H.;

1882 Clinton

County History of

Ohio

Simpson

Mitchel l ,

Sabina, born

1833 Guilford N.C,,

son of Archibald

Mitchell. When

6

year old

a Quaker named

Starbuck kept

him and he

stayed

unti l

he was 20. Then he worked

for

John King

for l|-

months and

for

a Mr. Dwiggins

of

Guilford

of Guilford,

N.C. for

6j years.

In

I859

he emigrated to Clinton County, Ohio and married the same year to

Miss

Demaris

A.

Dwiggins

born

Sept.

3i 1831.

They

had two chi ldren, Carolina

and Oliver. They are members of the

African-Methodist

Episcopal Church

a t Sabina,

Republican

and owner

o f

50 acres of land.

Source; Clinton County Cemetery Records; Sabina cemetery Ohio), lo t 7,

sec t ion 3

Mitchell,

Denar is A.,

w

of

Simpson Mitchell, d 2-^rl882 ae 50y 5m 21d

Mitchell ,

Simpson

bur

8-^-1911

Mitche l l ,

William

G.

bur 2-7-1911

Mitchell,

Susan

bur

9~18-1926

Source: Beers, W H.; 1882 Clinton County History of Ohio

About

the Sabina

A.

M

E.

Church,

called

Allen chapel; org.

I879,

brick school

house

bu i l t I883, char te r members, Dorias Mitchell

and

Simpson Mitchel l .

Source: Clinton County Ohio) Probate court records, Wilmington, Ohio

Court house,

1983*

Marriage

Records.

Marlin L. Dwiggins md 12-7-1882 Carrel

Robins

colored) Smith M G

Martin

L. Dwiggins

md 5-4-1882 Celia E. Jones colored)

Source- McMillan family reminiscences

The fam ily o f Joe McMillan remembers their

grandmother

Dwiggins

tel l ing of her father

r el easing h is slaves

before coming to Clinton

Coxuity, Ohio in

1807,

bu t t ha t one

came

with

him. She

remembers

l istening to the

tales

he had to t e l l in the evenings while sit t ing

on

the

porch.

Nothing is

known about him,

whether

he was

married,

had

children, etc.

or

his

name).

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MITCHELL

Dorothy Car te r

Source: Guilford County Apprentice

Bonds

and Papers 181? - 1870

Abstracted from

the

or ig ina l indenture

papers ,

North Carol ina Archives;

in 1981 for

the

Guilford Genealogis t, published by the Guilford County

Genealogical Society of

North

Carolina,

Fa l l

I98I .

Vol.

9 , No. 1

Number I5 .

Alson

Mitchell,

male of color, age 3 on apprentice)

Charles

B.

Starbuck,

11-22-1842

(master &date of

bond,

co-signed

by

Jesse

Wheeler)

Special

conditions

of Indenture - farming & h orse , s ad dle & bridle

worth 75 a-t fu l l

age

Agent for

court

& witness - John A. Mebane,

C.G.C.C.;

Job Worth (w)

The

rest of the Mitchell's I did not

copy

the complete information)

Alexander (male orphan of color) - supposed to be I6

Cain (male orphan of color) - age, not given

Ellen (female

of

color) - age 9

Ellis (male orphan of color) - age 2 yrs 11 mos

Ellis

(male orphan

of color

- age 7 on 12-24-1824

his master, Ellis

Mitchell,

11-22-1824)

Ellis (male orphan or color) - age 18 on 12-24-1834

Elmina (female orphan) - age 7 on 11-1-1866

Henry

(male orphan of color) - age 1 on 5~15~18^7

Jane (female orphan of

color)

- age 5

John Peter

Mitchell

^male orphan of color) age 5 on 3-25-1849

John

Peter Mitchell

male

orphan of color - age 5

on

3-25-1849 (the same?

Lugenia H. Mitchell female orphan of color) - age 8

Mary Mitchell (female orphan of

color)

- age 17

Minerva Mitchell (female orphan of color) - age 6 on 7-I-I859

Oliver Mitchell (male orphan of co lo r) - age 3 on 7-1844

Sally Mitchell (female of color) - age 5

Sarah

Ann

Mitchell

(female orphan

of color)

- age 9

William Mitchell (male orphan

of

color)- age 8

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Compiled by

About

Samuel Dwiggins; Dorothy Carter 1985

He testif ied

t

Guilford County, North

Carolina

1 June I860 that he freed

the above slaves (Darmarius Ann Dwiggins Mitchell, Margaret Dwiggins

colored, aged about 2^ years, George Dwiggins, colored, aged about 32

years, Elijah Dwiggins, aged

about

39 years.

All

were

placed

on the

premises

of William Peele, Wilson Twp., Clinton

Co.,

Ohio.

Samuel

Dwiggins, son of Robert Dwiggins and Lydia Hunt, bom 10 May

17^7 Guilford Co.,

NC;

died

10

Jan.

1862

bur.

Dover

Friends

Cem.

Guilford Co., (formerly named

Deep

River) - md to Sally Starbuck

12 Mar. 1811 She was

the

daughter

of

William and Jean Taylor

Star-

buck.

William must have

been

the Mr. Starbuck whom Simpson Mitchell

refers to

in Beers? 1882

Clinton

County History

of Ohio.

They did

not have

children.

They lived on

the

land that belonged to

his

father.

He was just 2 years

old

when

his

father died. His father

was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. t may have been

that

since his

mother was living

until

181^, he and

his

sister, Mary

Polly

who married

Ithamar Hunt, being the youngest remained on the property and took care

of her.

See

Dwiggins history for Robert and Samuel s wills)

Enclosed

is

a

let ter

that will

te l l

more

about

everyday occurences

in

t he i r l i f e in 18 ^7

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R e s e a r c h e d

a nd C om pi le d

b y

Dorothy

C A r t e r ,

1985

The following l e t t e r

i s

from Sally Starbuck) Dwiggins, Oak Ridge,

North Carolina to Sarah ^Sally) Dillon) Dwiggins, a sister-in-law,

l i vi ng i n

Clinton

County, Ohio, dated March 2 3f 18^?. The or i gi nal

l e t t e r

was g iv en to Dorothy G a r te r by a c o u si n , E di t h Dwiggins, o f

W i lm in gt on , O h io .

Oak

R id ge , N orth

C a r o l i n a

To

S arah Dwiggins, Ohio

C l i n t o n

C o un t y, W i lm in gt on , P .O.

iBii ?

N o r t h

C a ro li na , G ui lf or d County, t h i s th e 20

o f

March.

R e s p e c t e d S i s t e r

I now tak e my pen

to

w r ite a few l i n e s to

inform yo u a l l t h a t

we

a r e

i n

t o l e r a b l e

h e a l t h

a t t h i s

t ime,

though Samuel and myself o f t e n

c o m p l a i n . Hoping

t h i s

may f i n d yo u w e l l . Not

much s i c k n e s s

i n t h i s

s ttl m nt

My

s i s t e r

J a n e ,

and

tw o o f my c o u s i n s , E un ic e S mi th

an d

Eunice Gaxd-

n er , d ep ar te d

t h i s

l i f e

t h i s

w i n t e r and a l s o M elin d a S t a r b u c k .

I saw th y two

cousins

a t

Elihu s while

Jane was

sick, Seth

and

Abigail,

an d

t h e y

a r e

w e l l . Uncle

Nath an

Hunt i s c o n f i n e d t o h i s

bed

a n d

c h a i r .

He

c a n t

walk and

h a s

a

c h a i r w i t h r o l l e r s

t o t o l l

hi m a b o u t .

I haven t seen Sally Linsey since I wrote b efo re b ut I sent her thy

l e t t e r

a n d a s k e d

h e r

t o w r i t e

t o t h e e an d if s h e

h a s n o t

t h e r e is

none b u t she

and

Martha

l i v i n g .

They s t i l l a r e a s f a r

a s

I know.

have had a warm,

wet, winter an d spring so f a r . ome r e a l l y cold

days.

People

can t get

ou t

to

plow bu t a few days a t a

time

People

have,

a t least,

a

great deal of

pork.

have

no t

much

to save or lose.

All

i s

good

that

we

have

tried

and

we

have enough

to

do

us.

have 7

in

the f am il y b es id es Tilmon.

He i s new

here.

He

j u s t returned

from

T en n .

Came

down t h e

Ohio R i v e r .

Z i m r i i s i n

T e nn. He

d i d

n o t se e

h im .

Tilmon was gone

f o r

nearly 5 months and traveled a

great deal.

M ilton s wife l e f t

i n

four

days a f t e r they

d id . One

of h er b ro th er s

went

with Tilmon. They left from Milton s. His wife had been keeping company

with ) Coffin

fo r some

time

and

Milton had been

unhappy

for several

weeks

but

was so unwilling to

harbor

a ny su ch th oug ht s that he

kept i t

to

himself

only what he said

to

her.

e talked to her

on th e

da y they

l e f t

that night and sh e cried and used as much

deceit as

a human

being

could.

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supper

and

put he r

c hi ld re n t o

bed.

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put th e

baby in

the

cra

d l e and

t o l d C a r o l i n e t o r o c k u n t i l

sh e

came b a c k .

Milton said

as

she passed

them

going out sh e cast her eyes

on him

and then

on

th e c hi ld re n. He th o u g h t she went

to

th e k itc he n. A man was with Mil

to n and when he l e f t Milton went

to

look

for

he r

but

to

his

surprise sh e

wa s g o n e . E ve ryone

w ent o u t t o h u n t

f o r

h e r

an d

t h e n th e b l a c k s

t o l d

Milton what they had been afraid to

t e l l

him before. They could carry him

to

them. The n ig ht b ef or e, th e ir meeting place was in th e garden.

Hi s p eo ple

an d

her people

were sent

fo r

an d

P oll y t ol d me she

ha d never

seen

such a time in her l i f e . The

f i r s t

straight

account

they had heard

o f them, they were taken i n South

Carolina.

He was ironed an d

taken

back

to

Guilford j a i l , but he go t away and th e

next

they knew they were

taken

in by th e Indians

?)

and tried and le t go.

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Now she

i s a t

Solomon

Meredith s

and he has w r i t t e n to

Milton twice

and

she,

once, ard. wants to go back. Milton i s

gone

He got her

l e t t e r

be

f o r e

he

left

a n d w ro te t o

h e r b u t I d o n t know what he

w r o t e .

He

w r o t e

a letter to S o l o m o n .

Since Milton l e f t

and

Jabes and

Tilmon both answered

it

they got the

c o ld c o m f or t .

Milton has broke up and sold everything n e a r l y and

c a r r i e d

o f f a l l h i s

b la ck s w it h

him

but

one which he

l e f t a t

his

f a t h e r s

to

help take

care

o f h i s

c h i l d r e n

a

hard

t a s k f o r P ol ly to have four little c h i l d r e n a -

r o u n d h e r .

We

r e c e i v e d

a

letter f r o m A be l a n d h e w r o t e th t

h e w an t e d

u s t o

w r i t e

the p a r t i c u l a r s about Mary and

I

have w r i t t e n

enough t o t i r e you

a l l .

You

can

w r i t e t o him,

t h e y a r e h i s

p e o p l e .

We have p l e n t y o f f r u i t . I d ri e d n ea rl y twenty bushels t o use and some

f o r b e e r . Vfe

have

our d i n i n g room n e a r l v

f i n i s h e d . I

s e n t the little

Meredith girl

that

I had to the

last

fall to tell ebecca

Hodgins. I should be glad

to

get a l e t t e r

from

her .

I w a n t t h e e t o w r i t e t o me

a n d

tell me who l i v e s w it h t h e e a n d how t h e e

gets

along

i n thy

old age

since thy

g i r l s

l e f t

thee.

I

have

more

help

and less work than I ever had

but

I don t know how

long it will be.

The

c as e b ein g, what

we

have

today we

a r e

not

sure

o f

tomorrow.

I believe I have nothing more

to

write a t p re se nt b ut remain yours ,

S a l l y Dwiggins

(to) Sally Dwiggins

a n d

c h i l d r e n

I n

back

o f the

l e t t e r from S a l l y Dwiggins

A few l i n e s t o

b r o t h e r

and s i s t e r and c h i l d r e n . We r e c e i v e d a l e t t e r

from Abe l dated th e

5

o f

l a s t month. He

was d e t a i n e d

a t

t h e Wabash r i v e r .

He

wrote

t o

you.

Had

been

t o

see your c h i l d r e n and

t h a t

s i s t e r had

been

very sick

since.

Which was

somry

to hear for such

hard

spel l s a person

never gets over. I know by

experience.

I should l ike

fo r

you to come and

see

us

or

any of

the family.

I saw

your

cousins

a t the

camp meeting. They

came

i n

the

tent

to

see

me and we

had a

chatten

spell

about

Abel.

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are

Methodist.

I

forgot

the i r names.

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three of

the

gir ls came to see

me.

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b ro th er d id

n o t

tell Abel t h a t S e l e a n Donel i s marr ied t o James

Donel. He i s r i c h . Florence Kerner

i s

married to a Dutchman. I

d o n t

know

how to

spell

his name

down. Well, we were

invited to

the wedding.

I t snowed so that we did not

go.

I have spil led my

ink

two or three times

ai^

l e f t

out

words

but

maybe you

can

read

some and

guess a t

the

rest .

I

tried to get Samuel to write

this

side and could not. e took a jaunt

over

the mountains this winter to

look

at the count ry and talked of going

to Indiana to buy land. Milton talked of going

there

before he returned.

When Samuel is gone there i s no

white substance

with me. You may judge

how I get along. Lydia and

Sally

and Lyse (Liz) and Nancy, a l l

of

you write

to me. You

can f i l l

a sheet and Aunt S a l l y s g i r l s too. Tell Abel there

i s

some money

here

i f he wants it Before he comes for his

shoes

he must

write to us how to procede with

i t .

love,

I

bid

you

a l l

farewell.

S a l l y Dwiggins

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The Cast - from Sally Dwiggins

l e t t e r

The

writer

of

the

letter,

Sally

Sarah) Starbuck md Samuel Dwiggins.

She was b Aug. 4,

179^t

d July 13, 1870, md Mar. 12,

1811 Samuel,

son of Robert Dwiggins and

Lydia

Hunt, born 5 19-1786, d 1-10-1862.

She was

th e

daughter of V/illiam

and Jane

(Taylor) Starbuck. Both are

b urie d n ea r

Golf

ax,

Guilford

N.G. in Dover Friends Cemetery They did

n o t

ha ve hildren

The

recipient

of

the le t ter

was Sally (Sarah) Dillon who rod Robert

Dwiggins

(brother of

Samuel Dwiggins) She was b 7-19-1785 d

^-31-l86l

and

md

7-25-1806. She was the

daughter

of

Jesse

Dillon and Hannah Ruck-

man, s is ter

of

Maxtha

Ruckman who

maixied Nathan Hunt). Jesse and Han

nah Dillon

came to Clinton County in 1806 with Robert

and

Sally Dwig

gins and

others

from the

Guilford

Go. nei^borhood

(Peeles,

for one)

Robert was b 7-3/10-1781 d 7-18-1839. All

are

buried

Dover Friends

Cemetery

in

Clinton County, Ohio named

for the

Dover Friends in N.

C.).

Sally

Starbuck Dwiggins sister, Jane died

winter

of 18^6/^7 lO Dec. 1846/

47)

She

mairied

Elihu

Coffin.

Eunice Starbuck Gardner, daughter of Matthew

and

Lydia Starbuck marr ied

Thadeus Gardner. She was b 3-29-177^ ^ 12-3-1846 Guilford Co.,

Melinda Sta rbuck born

11-17-1812,

d

12-12-1846,

daughter of Reuben and

Mary Beeson

Starbuck ,

biaried Dover Cem,

Guil ford

Co.,

NC

Sarah (Dillon) Dwiggins two

cousins:

Se t h

Abigai l

Uncle Nathan

Hunt - son

o f V/ il li am Hunt , J r

and Sarah

Mil l s

He

married

Martha

Ruckman, daughter of J os ep h and Sarah Ruckman 11-12-1777

i n Gui l fo rd Go. , NG

Mar th a and

Sa l ly

Lindsey

Seven

in family besides

Tilmon. Tilmon Hunt, son

of

Mary

(Polly)

Did.ggins

and Ithamer Hunt.

Mary

i s s i s t e r of Samuel and Robert Dwigg ins and

they

l ived near Samuel and Sal ly wi^ ins Tilmon, Zimri and Milton a re

their s o n s

Milton is the son

of Mary

(Polly) Dwiggins and Ithamer Hunt

(Eleazor

Lydia Worley

Hunt.

Milton s wife was Mary

Jane

McNairy, daughter of

James

and

nn

McNairy. James

McNairy

b 1-20-1773 son of Francis McNairy

and Maxy

Bo

yd)

) Coffin

Caroline -

Speaking

of the black

maid caring

for the children? Possibly

Demaris

Dwiggins mother

s ince

her daughter i s named Carolina?

Solomon Meredi th - Possib ly a cousin o r

an

uncle o f Samuel Meredi th who

came to

Waynesville, Warren

County,

Ohio in

the I860 s .

Abel

- Abel Thomas, a Friends minister who

preached ear ly in

Cincinnat i

m

Rebecca

Hodgins -

daughter of

Hezekiah

and Mary Thurston

Starbuck who

married Hodgins/Hodgson/Hodson.

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FEDERAL CENSUS-GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA-28th,

November, 1850

SURN ME

MIT H L

MTrmF

MITCHELE

***FBZE INHABITANTS

MITCHELL

The following are a l l the Black

or

Mulato Mitchells and

re la ted

spell ings

found in the

1850 Federa l

Census of

Gui l ford

County, North

Carol ina

ex t rac t ed

by Dennis E.

Dalton,

Mary L. Cook Publ ic L ib ra ry Community Histor ian

in

September,

1985.

SOUTHERN

D I ST RI CT

E l l i s

M i t c h e l l

2 8 m a l e M u l a t o l ab o re r b o rn Orange, N.C.

P o ll y M i tc h el l 24-female-Mulato-born Orange, N.C.

Tobie

M i t c h e l l

5 - femal e-Mu la to , bo rn Guil ford N.C.

John M i t ch e l l 2 5 m a l e M u l a t o l ab o re r b o rn

G u i l f o r d

N.C.

El izabe th

Mitche l l 21 female Mula to born

Orange,

N.C.

Angelina

Mitchell-7-female-Mulato-born

Guilford, N.C.

Osborn o r Osbourna

M i t ch e l l 2 2 m a l e M u l a t o Gu i l fo rd N.

C.

Charity

Mitchell-19-female-Mulato-born Guilford, N.C.

Mil ton Mitche l l 25 ma le Mula to l abore r bo rn G ui l fo rd

N.C.

Kessiah Mitche l l-60- female -Mula t t} -born

Randolph,

N.C.

Betsy Mitchell-36-female-Mulato-rborn

Randolph, N.C.

Susan

Mitchel-27-female-Black-born Guilford , N.C.

Sarah Anne Mitchell9femaleBlackborn Randolph, N.C.

George Mingo

Mitchel-28-Black-farmer-born

Guilford, N C

Jared Mitchel -23-male-Black- farmer-born

Rockingham, N .C .

All i son Mitchel l - l l -male-Mulato=born Guil ford N.C.

Sally

or Polly Mitchel-50-female-Mulato-born Orange N C

John

Mitchel-29-male-Mulato-farmer-born

Orange,

N.C.

Martha

Mitchell-25-femaleMulato-born Guilford , N.C.

Polly Mitchell-13-female-Black-born Guilford, N C

Georg Mitchell25maleBlacklaborerborn Guilford, N C

Susan

Mitchel l-24- female-Black-born Gui l fo rd ,N.C.

CONTINUED NEXT

PAGE. . .

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1850 Gui l ford, N.C. Censu s P age 2

SOUTHERN D IS TRICT

CONTINUED

W i l li a m M i t c h e I I 4 5 m a I e M u I a to f a r m e r S t o k e s N.C.

Susannah M i t c he I I 35 f e ma Ie M uIa t o bo rn

G u i l f o r d N.C.

L o u i sa M i t c h eI I 7 f e m a I e M u I a t o b o rn

G u i l f o r d N.C.

Lore nz o

MitcheI I 4 ina Ie MuIa to born

G u i l f o r d N.C.

James A. M itc he I I 2 mo. male M uIa to bo rn

G u i l f o r d

N.C.

Mary MitcheII-2I-femaIe-Black-born Guilford, N.C.

Eun ice

M i t c h e I I I 4 f e m a I e B l a c k b o r n G u i l f o r d N.C.

Henry

MitcheII-3-maIe-MuIato-born

Guilford, N.C.

Richard MitcheII-3 mo. 1/4

or

I4?)-maIe-MuIato-born

Gui l ford

N.C.

NORTHERN D IV IS IO N

Abram MitcheII-57-maIe-MuIato-Iaborer- I00 r ea l

estate born

Granvi l le ,

N.C.

Chloe MitcheII-55-femaIe-MuIato-born Gui l fo rd N.C.

Angelina

MitcheII-23-femaIe-MuIato-born

Guilford,

N.C.

Pri sc i l l ann MitcheII - I9-femaIe-MuIato-born Guil ford

N.C.

Tepe

MitcheII-I3-maIe-MuIato-born

Guilford, N.C.

Abram

T.

Mitchel l - I I -male-MuIato-born Gui l ford

N.C.

William

Mitchel l -II-male-MuIato-born Guilford,

N.C.

ephine or epheni h or Zephiniah) MitcheII-40-maIe-MuIato, brickIayer- 500

real

e s t a t e b o r n

Caswel l

N.C.

Elizabeth MitcheII-40-female-MuIato-Orange, N.C.

Lucinda

MitcheII-I6-female-MuIato-born Guilford, N.C.

Sanford

MitcheII-45-maIe-MuIato-farmer- 200

real

estate-born

Stokes, N.C.

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Henry MitcheII -48- inaIe-MuIato-born Wake N.C.

E l i z a b e t h Mi t c h e I I 4 8 f e i n a I e Mu I a t o b o r n

J o h n s o n N.C.

Jos i a h MicheI I I3 maIe~MuIa to born Gu i l fo rd N . C .

Thomas G. Mi t c h e I I I 3 m a I e Mu I a t o b o r n

G u i l f o r d

N.C.

Nancy

E.

MitcheI I -7 - female -MuIa to-born Gui lfo rd N.C .

M i c h a e l

Mi t c h e I I 6 6 m a I e Mu I a t o f ar m e r b o r n G r a n v i l l e N.C.

F r a n c i s Mi t c h e I I 5 0 m a I e Mu I a t o b o r n F r a n k l i n N.C.

Jos i a h

MitcheII 70 maIe MuIa to born

G r a n v i l l e

N.C.

Isham

Mitche l l I ma le MuIa to born G ui l fo rd N.C.

R o b e r t Mi t c h e II 3 2 m a I e Mu I a to sh o em a k e r b o rn Wake N.C.

Simpson MitcheII-I6-maIe-MuIato-born Gui l ford N.C.

Sal ly

MitcheII-I4-femaIe-MuIato-born Gui l ford

N.C.

Aaron MitcheII 20 maIe MuIa to born G u i l f o r d N.C.

El l i s

MitcheIe-55-maIe-BIack-bIacksmith- 300 r ea l

es ta te born Gui l ford

N.C.

Rachae l M i t ch e Ie 5 0 f em aIe B Iack b o rn G ui l fo rd N.C.

Hannah MitcheIe-28- femaIe-BIack-born Gui ldord

N.C.

Jemina MitcheIe-22-femaIe-BIack-born Gui l fo rd N.C.

Susanna Mitchele20femaleBlackborn Gui l ford N.C.

Thomas

MitcheIe-I7-maIe-BIack-born

Gui l ford

N.C.

Mary A MitcheIe-I5-femaIe-BIack-born

Guilford

N C

El l i s

Mitchele-IO-female-BIack-born Guilford

N.C.

Harr ie t

MitcheIe-7-female-BIack-born

Gui l ford N.C.

Gavina Mitchele6femaleBlackborn Gui l ford N.C.

Mary Mitchele mo femaleBlackborn

Guilford

N C

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Kez iah

Mi t ch e l e 2 8 f em a l e M u l a t o b o rn

G u i l f o r d N.C.

Rodr ick

R. Michele 37 Mulato male blacksii i i th born

Edgecomb N.C.

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