Having grown up in the thriving burg (ha!) of Mitchell Creek, I appreciate the info on the Mitchell family. We were 20th century arrivals to that area but no doubt some of my ancestors in the region knew the original Mitchell. For those who need directions, it's halfway between Tioga & Tioga Junction. Don't blink, you'll miss it! Lee Kinnan Fazzari >>(v) Richard, son of Nathaniel Mitchell, was born in Orange, New Jersey, July 5, 1769, died in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, March 11=20 1847. He was one of the early settlers of Chemung County, New York. locating in the town of Southport in 1791 with brothers Thomas and Robert. A year later Richard and Thomas Mitchell came up the Tioga river in a canoe and settled August 27, 1793, at what has since been known as Mitchell Creek. He cleared and improved a farm on Tioga river., which he Cultivated until his death. He was a man of strong athletic build, a fine type of the sturdy pioneers who subdued the forests of Tioga County. There were few settlers when he first arrived and the county a dense wilderness, but he lived to see it well settled, filled with well cultivated fields and thriving towns. <<