Gary, My sources for my MITCHELL info are: 1. Wilkes Co NC Deed Books A-1,B-1,C-1,F-1,G&H Abstracted, Compiled and Indexed by Mrs W.O. Absher 2. Weakley Co, TN 1850 Census 3. History of Randolph & Macon Counties, MO, National Historical Company 4. History of Linn County, MO, Birdsall & Dean 5. Copy of Hand Written Page From a Family Bible providing birth,death,marriage dates of William Riley Mitchell & Mahala (Thompson) Mitchell, By Mary C (Todd) Carter, daughter of Hiram Wesley Todd & Nancy Agnes (Mitchell) Todd 6. Correspondence from distant cousins that I previously didn't know existed. Virginia Mitchell