Barbra, Thanks for the information. I'm afraid I know almost nothing about Elijah Mitchell. I know that he had several children and named them Nancy, James, Idona Leora, Mattie Gennetta and Thomas. His tombstone says he was born in 1846 which would make him too old to be the Eligha son of James. But the stone can be wrong. I have found so many ages off 10 years or so. guess not many people really knew how old they were. Eligha was supposedly born in Conway County, AR but I'm not sure about that either. Have not found any proof of that. Do you have the children of James? Maybe the names are family names? Gloria