Marshall M Mitchell (1831 - 1864)

Born 17 Apr 1831 in Maury, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Jane (Carter) Roberts — married about 1858 in Tennessee, United States

Died 26 Nov 1864 at age 33 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Pvt Marshall Mitchell Died while a Prisoner of War during the United States Civil War.

Marshall was born in 1831, the son of Abijah Mitchell and Mary Wells. He was the twin of Madison Murry Mitchell.

Marshall enlisted as a Private on 8 Oct 1862 in McMinnville, Tennessee, in Co B (Clack’s) 3rd Tennessee Infantry. He was captured during retreat from Missionary Ridge, sent to Rock Island Prison, and died there of disease. The story passed down was that the family did not know his fate.

He was buried in the Rock Island Confederate Cemetery located in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois,^[1]

Marriage Source

The marriage of Nancy Jane Carter and Marshall M. Mitchell is proven with a Giles County, Tennessee Court record. Transcribed from an image of a page sent to me by one of the relatives. BJS

"File Box M - 11 Case 1983 Attachment & Injunction Bill 1859 - 1860

M. M. Mitchell vs. William T. Carter

Marshal M. Mitchell & wife Nancy Jane in their Bill alleged that Merry Carter, the father of the said Nancy J. conveyed to her by Deed of Gift a negro woman Celia and her boy Edmund, that said Celia had six children, viz: Edmund, Martha, May, Amand, Della & Ben. At the sale of her father's property she purchased a negro boy Ben and that said negroes were in possession of said William T. Carter, who threatened to hire out negroes for the next year and refused to give them up. Mitchell & wife brought Attachment A & Injunction Bill against Carter. Arthur, the husband of Celia was purchased of Eber Compton. A family dispute over slaves. These people were summoned to testify: E.B. Brown, Matilda Brown, William A. Tarpley, James M. Carter, William S. Cardwell, Maria P. Cardwell, William P. Wood, Christian Bringle, and Alexander Tinnon, Albert Buford, Newton White Arbitrators. So much of this case is missing."

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #9119863Pvt Marshall M. Mitchell (17 Apr 1831–26 Nov 1864), Rock Island Confederate Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD5-PSP : 23 December 2020), Marshal M Mitchell in household of Elija D Mitchell, Marshall, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TB-YWL : 18 February 2021), M M Mitchell in entry for A D Mitchell, 1860.

• Military: "U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865"
  National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee; Series Number: M268; Roll: 123
  Ancestry Record 2322 #70097191 (accessed 26 August 2022)
  Name: Marshall M Mitchell; Enlistment Date: 8 Nov 1862; Enlistment Place: McMinville, Tennessee, USA; Rank: Private; Military Unit: Third (Clack's ) Infantry, K-Re.

• Military: "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865"
  Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database
  Ancestry Record 1555 #3248379 (accessed 26 August 2022)
  Name: M M Mitchell; Enlistment Date: 15 May 1861; Enlistment Rank: Private; Muster Date: 15 May 1861; Muster Place: Tennessee; Muster Company: B; Muster Regiment: 3rd Infantry; Muster Regiment Type: Infantry; Muster Information: Enlisted; Muster Out Date: 26 Nov 1864; Muster Out Place: Rock Island, Illinois; Muster Out Information: died disease POW; Side of War: Confederacy; Survived War?: No; Burial Place: Rock Island, Illinois; Cemetery: Rock Island Prison Cemetery; Cemetery Plot Number: 1618; Title: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records; Confederate Dead at Rock Island, IL.

• "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ7J-YFK : 4 December 2014), Marshall M Mitchell, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Third (Clack's ) Infantry, K-Re, NARA microfilm publication M268 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 123.

• National Park Service The Civil War
  Soldier Details: Mitchell, Marshall M.
  BATTLE UNIT NAME: 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Clack's)
  SIDE: Confederacy
  COMPANY: B
  SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private
  SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private
  ALTERNATE NAME: M.M./Mitchell
  FILM NUMBER: M231 ROLL 30
  NOTES: General Note - Original filed under M.M./Mitchell

• "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-BZT4 : 16 March 2018), M M Mitchell, 26 Nov 1864; citing Death, Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States, p. 642, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.

• "Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY9-4JJ9 : 10 September 2019), M M Mitchell, ; citing Burial, Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States, National Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,208.

• Family History Or Pedigree: "Historical Southern Families. Volume XX"
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 48289 #279114 (accessed 26 August 2022) Mentioned as the spouse of Nancy Carter, daughter of William Merriman Carter Jr. (1769-1857) and Jane Bugg Taylor (1773-1837).