Not only are there so many Mitchells but the same names appear over and over making it difficult to pinpoint which individual belongs to your family. My quest has been to track down the parents and spouse of my 5th great grandfather, William Mitchell. We have his application for a Revolutionary War pension which tells us he was born in Chester County, PA in 1764, that he enlisted in the militia during the Revolutionary War in Rockingham County, VA. We believe he was married in VA and several of the children were born there. Then he received a couple of land grants for land and eventually settled in Grainger County, TN where they had several more children. I believe his wife died there but we have no records of her name, death or tombstone. He left there about 1815 and did some traveling - Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois before settling in Missouri. We find him in Madison County and later living with his grandson, William Mitchell Wright. His will was probated in this same location. If anyone has any connections to this William Mitchell I would love to hear from you and share information. Conni Mitchell Braun