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Josiah Mitchell

Male 1729 - 1790  (61 years)


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  • Name Josiah Mitchell 
    Birth ca 1729  Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Property, Real 28 Nov 1778  Granville, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    James Mitchell executed a deed to Josiah Mitchell, his son. 
    • Joseph W. Watson, ed. Kinfolks of Granville County, North Carolina, 1765-1826 (Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, Pub., 1999), 43. [Granville Co Deed Book M, p 161]
    Inheritance Feb 1779  Granville Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    James Mitchell will dated 1 Mar 1775, gives to his son Josiah Mitchell 5 shillings; to his daughter Jemima Davenport, 5 shillings; to son James Mitchell, 5 shillings, to son David and to son John, 5 shillings each; to daughters Amey Satterwhite, Mary Bullock, 5 shillings each; to son Abraham Mitchell, 5 shillings; to grandson Randol Mitchell, a tract of land containing 204 acres being land his father now lives on and my son Josiah and wife to live on the land during their lifetime; also a negro slave that came to him by his mother; to my granddaughter Elizabeth Mitchell, a negro slave called Tabb; I have already given my children their legacies before the writing of this will, so I wish all land remaining and all negroes to be sold and the money divided to my seven children, namely: Josiah, David, John, Abraham, Jemima (married Davenport), Amey (married Sattterwhite, Mary (married Bullock), I did not leave as much to son James for he has already had more than the others, and my son Davis is to be paid from my estate the 97 pounds 4 shillings owed him by my son James Mitchell; my ngros Moll, Hannan, and Mingo to remain with my children whichever they wish. Exrs: my sons Josiah, David, and John Mitchell, Michael Satterwhite. Witnesses: William Bullock, Robert McCullouch, and John Lewis. 
    • Zae Hargett Gwynn. Abstracts of the Wills and Estate Records of Granville County, North Carolina, 1746-1808, (Rocky Mount, NC: J. W. Watson, 1973), 63-64. [Granville County Will Book 1, pp 213-215]
    Property, Real 3 May 1779  Granville, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Josiah Mitchell, David Mitchell, John Mitchell, and Michael Satterwhite [husband of Amy Mitchell], exrs. of James Mitchell, deceased, signed a deed to William Colclough. 
    • Joseph W. Watson, ed. Kinfolks of Granville County, North Carolina, 1765-1826 (Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, Pub., 1999), 43. [Granville Co Deed Book M, p 158]
    Property, Real 4 May 1779  Granville, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Josiah Mitchell, David Mitchell, John Mitchell, and Michael Satterwhite, exrs. of James Mitchell [husband of Amy Mitchell], deceased, signed a deed to Len Henley Bullock of 607 acres of land on the west side of Little Nutbush Creek whereon the said James Mitchell formerly lived. 
    • Joseph W. Watson, ed. Kinfolks of Granville County, North Carolina, 1765-1826 (Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, Pub., 1999), 43. [Granville Co Deed Book M, p 157]
    Inventories, sales and accounts May 1786  Granville Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Sale of Estate of James Mitchell, deceased 1779; sold to David Mitchell, Elijah Mitchell, Josiah Mitchell, John Mitchell, Abraham Mitchell, Michael Satterwhite, Rawley Hammond, John Christmas, John Williams, Edward Mitchell, Col. John Williams and many, many, many others. Amount: 13,978 pounds, 19 shillings. 
    • Zae Hargett Gwynn. Abstracts of the Wills and Estate Records of Granville County, North Carolina, 1746-1808, (Rocky Mount, NC: J. W. Watson, 1973), 110. [Granville Will Book 1, p 499-508]
    Death ca 1790  Granville Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I39240  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2020 

    Father James Mitchell,   b. ca 1708, Prince George Co, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1775, Granville Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Amy Ann Davis,   b. ca 1708, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1775, Granville Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage ca 1726  Surry Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F15294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsInheritance - James Mitchell will dated 1 Mar 1775, gives to his son Josiah Mitchell 5 shillings; to his daughter Jemima Davenport, 5 shillings; to son James Mitchell, 5 shillings, to son David and to son John, 5 shillings each; to daughters Amey Satterwhite, Mary Bullock, 5 shillings each; to son Abraham Mitchell, 5 shillings; to grandson Randol Mitchell, a tract of land containing 204 acres being land his father now lives on and my son Josiah and wife to live on the land during their lifetime; also a negro slave that came to him by his mother; to my granddaughter Elizabeth Mitchell, a negro slave called Tabb; I have already given my children their legacies before the writing of this will, so I wish all land remaining and all negroes to be sold and the money divided to my seven children, namely: Josiah, David, John, Abraham, Jemima (married Davenport), Amey (married Sattterwhite, Mary (married Bullock), I did not leave as much to son James for he has already had more than the others, and my son Davis is to be paid from my estate the 97 pounds 4 shillings owed him by my son James Mitchell; my ngros Moll, Hannan, and Mingo to remain with my children whichever they wish. Exrs: my sons Josiah, David, and John Mitchell, Michael Satterwhite. Witnesses: William Bullock, Robert McCullouch, and John Lewis. - Feb 1779 - Granville Co, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInventories, sales and accounts - Sale of Estate of James Mitchell, deceased 1779; sold to David Mitchell, Elijah Mitchell, Josiah Mitchell, John Mitchell, Abraham Mitchell, Michael Satterwhite, Rawley Hammond, John Christmas, John Williams, Edward Mitchell, Col. John Williams and many, many, many others. Amount: 13,978 pounds, 19 shillings. - May 1786 - Granville Co, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - ca 1790 - Granville Co, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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