Doris, We have several different sets of unrelated documents that all verify the following: Sir Gavin Mitchell and Margaret Campbell are the parents of John Mitchell who m. Lillas Morton. John and Lillas are parents of John, Samuel, Andrew, Sarah, Elizabeth and Moses. Moses was born c1750 d. 11/20/1817 Mercer Co. KY m. Mary Grant b. 9/22/1753, d/o William Grant, b. 2/22/1725/1726 in Scotland d. 1/22/1804 Boone Station, Fayette Co., KY and Elizabeth Boone [sister of frontiersman, Daniel Boone] b. 2/16/1732[new time]2/5/1732[Quaker time]. in Oley Twp, Berks Co., PA and d. 2/25/1825 Grant farm, Elkhorn Creek, Fayette Co., KY. William Grant and Elizabeth Boone m. 1750 VA had 11 known children: 1. Mary Grant b. 9/22/1753 NC. d. c1816 Barrens Co., KY, m. Moses Mitchell; 2. John Grant b.1/30/1754 NC. d. 1826, m. Mary Polly Moseby. Had son, William Grant; 3. Israel Grant b. 12/14/1756 NC d. 10/1796 Scott Co., KY. m. Susan Bryan 1780 cousin of Rebecca Bryan-Boone, Daniel's wife; 4. Sarah Grant b. 1/25/1757 d. 3/28/1814 m. John Sanders b. 1/22/1756 d. 2/19/1787. 5. William Grant III b. 1/10/1761 VA d. 2/26/1814 Grant farm, Fayette Co., KY, m. Sally Moseby, sister of Mary Polly Moseby Grant; 6. Samuel Grant b. 11/29/1762 NC d. 8/13/1789 by Indians, Grant farm, Fayette Co., KY, m. Lydia Craig; 7. Squire Grant b. 9/1/1764 NC d. 6/10/1833 m. Susanna Hahn 1789 Bourbon Co. KY; 8. Elizabeth Grant b. 8/28//1765[disputed date 8/28/1766] NC d. 7/18/1807[disputed date 7/10/1804] Scott Co., KY, m. John Moseby, brother of Major John Moseby; 9. Moses Venner Grant b. 10/3/1768 NC d. 8/13/1789 by Indians [with brother Samuel]; 10. Hannah Grant b. 3/30/1771 NC d. 5/30/1817 m. James Lennox 11. Rebecca Boone Grant b. 6/4/1774 NC d. 12/17/1885 Union Co., KY, m. James Lemon I or Lamond or LaMond; Moses Mitchell and Mary Grant m. 3/27/1775 Rowan Co., NC had 7 known children: 1. William Mitchell b. 1777 KY . 1857 Washington Twp. Miami Co., OH m. Agnes Nancy McCorkle 3/7/1798. 2. Lettis Mitchell b. 1784-1790 NC or KY m. Nathan Wood 9/16/1803 Barrens Co., KY 3. Mary "Polly" Grant Mitchell b. c1786 NC d. 7/7/1852 McClure Run, Nicholas Co., KY m. John Eward 11/27/1800 Barrens Co., KY 4. Sarah Mitchell b. 1786-1790 NC or KY m. William Wood 10/1/1804 Barrens Co., KY 5. Moses Mitchell b. 12/8/1790 Bourbon Co., KY d. 12/4/1860 Miami Co., OH m. Isabella Robinson 3/31/1836 Miami Co., OH 6. James Stewart Mitchell b. 8/14/1793 Bourbon Co., KY d. 2/13/1862 White Co., AR m. Sarah Scott 7. Israel Mitchell b. 12/15/1796 Bourbon/Nicholas Co., KY d. after 11/20/1863 Mt. Sylvania, OR The trouble that we are having is trying to connect our James H. Mitchell b. c1810/1811 to the offspring of Moses and Mary. We various records on their sons, William, Moses, James and Israel, but just can't seem to make the connection to James H. Mitchell. There are several Williams in my line. James H. Mitchell's son, George T., had a son named William, who had a son named William, who became my father. Following traditional conventions, William could be the father of James H., but we can make no connection via that method. R/Steven ........................................... S T E V E N M I T C H E L L -----Original Message----- From: MITCHDOR@aol.com [mailto:MITCHDOR@aol.com] Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 9:45 AM To: MITCHELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MITCHELL] MITCHELL'S OF MS, TN-for Steven Hi Steven, I found the article much sooner than I thought. Here goes: Moses Mitchell was the son of Sir Gavin Mitchell and Margaret Campbell, daughter of the 8th Duke of Argyle. Gavin came to America in 1736 with 6 sons 4 daughters, and a son-in-law, and grandchildren totalling 70 persons. John Mitchell, son of Gavin and brother of Moses built the first mill on Tidewater on the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia and died therein 1760. In 1762 Mose and his mother removed to the Yadkin district of NC with a colony of Presbyterians under Rev. Robert Hall. Moses married Mary Grant(1) and Elizabeth Boone(2), sister of Daniel Boone. *notes are fuzzy here--mention of a Rebecca Boone, apparently Daniel's wife, was pregnant and persuaded Daniel to leave Yadkin NC because of attacks by the Cherokees. Daniel left and went off to VA. * Now this is confusing---there is also mention of an Elizabeth Boone married to William Grant. It states that William Grant and his party immigrated to KY in 1779. He built a fort at Bryon Station. Moses Mitchell then married Dilly Greer in 1800. When Dilly died he married Elizabeth Grant (1801), so Dilly may have died during childbirth. Elizabeth is the sister of 1st wife Mary Grant. To them was born Edmond Mitchell, Esq. He was a high sherrif of North Iredell and a tax collector. He married Sarah Mayberry. After Sarah's death he married Nancy Salmond. (Iredell co.) So does this mean that Daniel Boone had 2 sisters named Elizabeth? This article states that Moses married Elizabeth Boone sister of Daniel, and that an Elizabeth Boone sisiter of Daniel also marries a William Grant. Let me know what you think. Regards, Doris ==== MITCHELL Mailing List ==== To contact the list administrator, please send a message to: Mitchell-admin@rootsweb.com.