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Andrew Mitchell was born 1725 in Limerick, Ireland. In 1742,
he married Mary Margaret McGowan (1722-1795), also of Limerick County, Ireland.
John b: 1/1760, Orange Co., N. C., d: 1832 in Maury Co. Tn., m: Agnes Tate James m: Mary Craig Ephriam 1753 - 11/22/1806 Susannah b: 1755 m. William Caruthers Jennie b: 1757 m: John Braden Andrew m: Mary Tate Margaret "Peggy" (1752–1836) m: William Burns Nancy l(1765–1843) m: James Kerr Hannah (1758–1793) m: James Kerr 11/20/1776 Elizabeth "Betsy" m: Thomas Baker. some born in Ireland and others born in the USA.
He immigrated to the USA about 1739, along with a brother David Mitchell(1720-1783) and Sister Isabel (Mitchell) Stuart. Brothers William, John, and sister Elizabeth Mitchell Davis followed later. In 1752 he settled in a Scottish/Irish colony in western Penn, 1754: settled in Orange Co. about 7 miles SW from Hillsboro, the County Seat. He spent the rest of his life in North Carolina
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: Name Andrew Mitchell Arrival Year 1739 Arrival Place Georgia Source Publication Code 1640.10 Primary Immigrant Mitchell, Andrew Annotation Most are date and port of arrival. Some are date and place of first mention of residence in the New World. Date and place of birth and/or death, place of settlement, occupation, name of ship, reference to original record, and other genealogical and history Source Bibliography DOBSON, DAVID. Scots in Georgia and the Deep South, 1735-1845. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. 218p. Page 155
The parents of John Mitchell Andrew and Mary McGowan Mitchell emigrated from Ireland in 1752 and settled in the "Scotch-Irish Colony" in western Pennsylvania.
They moved to Orange County, North Carolina in 1758 and settled on Eno Creek, five miles south of Hillsboro. This was near where the James Kerr family lived and James took a daughter named Nancy Mitchell for his bride.
John Mitchell volunteered for service in the summer of 1778, when he was about eighteen years old. Although he served for at least nine months, he was in nobattles. He served part of the time in the infantry and part in the mounted troops and was engaged in pursuing, arresting, and guarding Tory prisoners in Hillsboro and other places. John Mitchell lived in Orange County until 1811, when he moved to Maury County, Tennessee.
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Andrew's sons: John, Andrew, and James were Revolutionary Solders.
Name: Andrew Mitchell Event Type: Census Event Date: 1790 Event Place: Orange, North Carolina, United States Page: 97
died 1795 in Orange Co., NC.
written 15 Jun 1790 proved Nov 1795. Names: son, James, all my children (names and numbers not given). Executors: Samuel Woods, James Carr, Witnesses: William McCauley, George Long. [Orange Co NC Archives, Will # B279 written 15 Jun 1790 proved Nov 1795. Names: son, James, all my children (names and numbers not given). Executors: Samuel Woods, James Carr, Witnesses: William McCauley, George Long. [Orange Co NC Archives, Will # B279
New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
The rosters listed below were for his son Andrew.
[www.fold3.com/image/246/22725241?xid=1945] [www.fold3.com/image/246/22725244?xid=1945] [www.fold3.com/image/246/22725246?xid=1945] [www.fold3.com/image/246/22725248?xid=1945] [www.fold3.com/image/246/22725250?xid=1945] Citing this Record "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ1N-D3R : accessed 11 July 2019), Andrew Mitchell, Orange, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 97, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
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