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Granberry Mitchell Sr. (1786 - 1860)

Lt. Granberry Mitchell Sr.
Born in Virginia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 20 Dec 1806 in Grainger County, Tennesseemap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 73 in Grainger, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

Lt. Greenberry Mitchell was born on September 28, 1786, in Botetourt, Virginia.[1] He married Susanah Vineyard on December 20, 1806, in Grainger, Tennessee.[2] He died on February 20, 1860, in Grainger, Tennessee, at the age of 73, and was buried there.[3]


Greenberry joined Captain John Slatton's Company of the Tennessee Militia (possibly commanded by Colonel Burrel). He joined the army at Rogersville, Tennessee. They marched sixty six miles to Knoxville, where they encamped for multiple days. [4]

Note from Findagrave.com:

Military Service: War 1812
Note: served in the War of 1812 as a 3rd Lt., in the Regt. of Capt Thomas Sharp. Tenn. Vol., commanded by Col. Lillard, for which he received Warrant #29473 for 40 acres, and Warrent #50137 for 120 acres.

BURIAL[5]
Mitchell Cemetery
Grainger County, Tennessee

Greenberry was born in 1786. He passed away in 1860.

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885; Census Place District 8, 9 and 10, Grainger, Tennessee, USA, Line 9
  2. Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee
  3. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/262036994522/facts
  4. War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File for William Baldwin, compiled ca. 1871 - ca. 1900, documenting the period 1812 - ca. 1900, RG15-1812PB-Bx0167, accessed online at Fold3.com.
  5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28015189
  • Year: 1840; Census Place: Grainger, Tennessee; Page: 111

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 July 2020), memorial page for Greenberry Mitchell (28 Sep 1786–20 Feb 1860), Find a Grave Memorial no. 28015189, citing Mitchell Cemetery, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by B Long (contributor 46623948) .





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I believe his first name should be spelled Greenberry instead of Granberry.
posted by Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Mitchell-29224 and Mitchell-7679 appear to represent the same person because: same find a grave on both profiles. spouse in process of merge too
posted by Teresa Downey

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