William was born in 1797 to Archibald and Floriana Jamison Mitchell in Franklin County, Virginia. His middle name, Jamison was his mother's maiden name.[1][2]
He married Mary "Polly" Bondurant in 1819. [3] They had seven children.
Children of WILLIAM MITCHELL and MARY BONDURANT are:[4]
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MITCHELL, b. 1822, franklin Co VA; m. NANCY FONTAINE ABINGDON; b. 1823.
WILLIAM ALLEN MITCHELL, b. 1827, Franklin Co VA; d. 1912, Henrietta TX.
THOMAS BONDURANT MITCHELL, b. 1829, franklin Co VA; d. 1916; m. (1) CATHARINE ELIZABETH PRICE; b. November 22, 1831, Franklin Co VA; m. (2) FRANCES HOPE SMITH; b. November 26, 1845, Franklin Co VA.
ELIZA JANE MITCHELL, b. 1837, Franklin Co VA; m. JAMES W. TRENT.
SARAH VIRGINIA MITCHELL, b. 1842, Franklin Co VA; m. ROBERT TRENT.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DM-GTK : 12 April 2016), William Mitchell, Franklin county, Franklin, Virginia, United States; citing family 1657, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
The Durbeck Ancestry, Edward Francis Durbeck, Jr. and Flora Belle Mitchell Durbeck, privately published San Diego, CA, 1980.
Will probated 10/6/1851 in Franklin County, Virginia
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