I'm looking for information on a James M. Mitchell (b.06 Jul 1796 in Orange Co., NC) who married a Martha McGregor (b. 30 Sep 1794 in NC). The family later went to Grainger County, TN and later moved to Dade County, MO. Jim Batdorff Coos Bay, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: Conni Braun <cbraun675@wideopenwest.com> To: <MITCHELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 3:20 AM Subject: Re: [MITCHELL] Old messages > I would love to see a copy of this email with all the TN Mitchells. Mine > were in Grainger County but one, James settled on the western side in early > 1800s. Some of his descendants ended up in Missouri as did my direct line > from his brother, Greenberry. > > Conni Mitchell Braun > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <marlene@eazylink.com> > To: <MITCHELL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:13 PM > Subject: [MITCHELL] Old messages > > > > When I do not have time to really read messages, I often just put them in > a > > file on my computer - in this case "Mitchell". While looking over old > > Mitchell messages I just found one that was sent to the list 17 April 2000 > > that I thought was very interesting. It named all the Mitchells in TN. I > > recognized many as being the children and/or grandchildren of Joab, but > > there are many I did not recognize. I thought I would mention this in > case > > there are new members. I have been on and off this list while working on > > another family, but am glad I did not miss this one post. > > > > I guess they did not consider children with Indian mothers as being > > legitimate. It list Samuel Mitchell in 1807 as father of illegitimate > > daughters. Then it list the names of these daughters, Sophia and Alzira > as > > being legitimatized. Although I have done much Indian genealogy, I never > > heard of anything like this before. Maybe it was because they were > > mentioned in a treaty as being the children of Molly Folsom and Samuel > > Mitchell. Who knows?????? > > > > Marlene > > > > > > ==== MITCHELL Mailing List ==== > > To contact the list administrator, please send a message to: > Mitchell-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > > > ==== MITCHELL Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please send an unsubscribe message to: Mitchell-L-request@rootsweb.com. If on digest, substitute a D for the L. > >