Ruth Ann (Mitchell) Haile (1753 - 1840)

Born 1 Aug 1753 in Granville District, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of John Haile — married 1774 in Hanover, Virginia

Descendants

Died 9 May 1840 at age 86 in Pendleton, SC

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Biography

Ruth Ann Mitchell was born in 1753, a daughter of Joab Mitchell and Mary Henderson. Ruth's father was born in 1721, and signed a Patriotic Petition in 1776, in support of the Continental Congress. On February 25, 1778, Joab took the Oath of Allegiance upon land entry in Washington in the Washington District of North Carolina. ^[1] Eventually, the State of Kentucky was established June 1, 1792, but Ruth's father, Joab, did not live to see it. He died March 18, 1780, in Boonesborough, which was at the time Kentucky county, Virginia. Joab did live to see his daughter, Ruth marry a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, John Haile. ^[2] Ruth and John made their residence in the "Ninety-Six District" of South Carolina where her husband, John, died, in 1816. Applications for membership in the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution have been made by the descendants of Ruth and John under both her father's DAR number and her husbands. ^[3]

Children of Ruth Haile, daughter of Joab and Mary Mitchell:

1. Betsey, Born January 24, 1772
2. Polly, Born December 29, 1783
3. Benjamin, Born October 23, 1774
4. Samuel, Born December 22, 1777
5. John, Born January 19, 1781
6. Ruth, Born July 20, 1786
7. Susan, Born March 2, 1789
8. Thomas, Born December 9, 1791
9. Fanny, Born April 2, 1795
10. Hampton, Born January 5, 1798

Researchers Notes

Boonesborough was officially chartered, as part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in October 1779

To read more about the Watauga Settlements, which became part of Washington County, and then the short-lived "State of Franklin" and proposed state would have included southwestern Virginia, eastern Tennessee and parts of Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama, see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_County,_Tennessee

https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/benjamin-haile-24-1p4ypl0?geo_a=t&geo_s=uk&geo_t=us&geo_v=2.0.0&o_iid=62817&o_lid=62817&o_sch=Web+Property Ancestry.com identifies a Benjamin Hale, born October 23, 1774, to Captain John Haile and Ruth Mitchell. This Benjamin Hale married Sarah Henderson and died in October, 1813, in Columbia, South Carolina.

Sources

1. ↑ SAUNDERS, COL RECS OF NC, VOL 10, PP 708-711; PRUITT, TN LAND ENTRIES: WASHINGTON CO 1778-1796, P 6
2. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A049258
3. ↑ National Numbers: 631312, 521508, 636894, and 657090

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 December 2021, 21:58), entry for Ruth Mitchell (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCCY-1B2 ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 February 2019, 01:44), entry for Ruth M Mitchell(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LR8S-ZBQ); contributed by various users.
• MITCHELL FAMILY RECORDS OF HAWKINS COUNTY TENNESSEE, BY WILLIE BLOUNT MITCHELL, 1847. This record except for the records ------------Clinton Armstrong Mitchell was compiled by Ellie B. Mitchell of Rogersville, Tennessee written in 1847 and added to (a copy in the possession of Miss Amelia N. (Punch) Mitchell of Rogersville, Tennessee). Copied by Prentiss Price, April 4, 1933. Copied by Mrs. Sally Armstrong McFadden of Rogersville, Tennessee August 1937. Supplied by email 17 Nov 2008 by FT DNA kit # 19244.

Acknowledgments

• Lester LeMay genealogical files.