====== William Wilbur Mitchell, Jr. ====== Son of [[william_wilbur_mitchell_sr|William Wilbur Mitchell, Sr.]] (Born 1748 in Virginia - Died 1819 in Carnesville, Franklin County, Georgia)((http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/51160331/person/13155971869)) and Harriet Randolph (Born 1752 in Virginia - Died 1824 in Carnesville, Franklin County, Georgia)((http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/51160331/person/13155971870)), William Mitchell was born in Virginia on April 27, 1772.((http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/51160331/person/13155971853)) During 1792, William Wilbur Mitchell, Jr. married Catherine Moulder (Born Feb. 17, 1774 or 1778 in Rowan, North Carolina - Died 1850 in Franklin County, Georgia). According to the "Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890", by 1800, William Wilbur (or Wilburn) Mitchell, Jr. had moved his family to Franklin County, Georgia. **Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890** ---- \\ Name: William Mitchell \\ State: GA \\ County: Franklin County \\ Township: Tax List 1800 \\ Year: 1800 \\ Record Type: Tax List \\ Page: 035 \\ Database: GA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index ---- Source: Ancestry.com. Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. \\ Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Georgia Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. William Wilbur Mitchell, Jr. and Catherine Moulder had the following children: - Joseph H. Mitchell - Julian Mitchell (Daughter) - Nancy Mitchell (1799 - 1873) During 1818, she married Col. John Hendrix Patrick (1796 - 1862). - [[wiley_mitchell|Wiley Martin Mitchell Sr.]] (1802 in Georgia - Jan. 20, 1862) - William Wilbur Mitchell III (1804 - June 1875) - James C. Mitchell (1807 in Middle River, Franklin County, Georgia - Aft. 1865 in New Moon, Alabama) - Levi M. Mitchell (1810 - ) - Ervin Alexander Mitchell (Aug. 15, 1822 in Georgia - March 26, 1903 in Martin County, Georgia) - Mary Elizabeth Mitchell (1831 - ) By 1840 William Mitchell owned a plantation with 12 slaves. [{{ :william_mitchell:william_mitchell_-_us_census_-_1840.jpg?direct&800 |1840 U.S. Census. William Mitchell appears on the third row from the bottom.}}] **1840 United States Federal Census ** \\ **District 263, Franklin, Georgia** \\ William Mitchell – Head of Family \\ |Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: | 1 | (his son - Ervin Alexander Mitchell - Age 18) | |Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: | 1 | (his son - Levi M. Mitchell - Age 29 or 30) | |Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: | 1 | (William Wilbur Mitchell, Jr. - Age 68) | |Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: | 1 | (his daughter - Mary Elizabeth Mitchell - Age 9 or 10) | |Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: | 1 | (probably an unknown daughter or grand-daughter) | |Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: | 1 | (Catherine Moulder - Approx. Age 62... but people at this time didn't view remembering age as important) | |Slaves - Males - Under 10: | 2 | | |Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: | 2 | | |Slaves - Females - Under 10: | 2 | | |Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: | 4 | | |Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: | 1 | | |Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: | 1 | | |Persons Employed in Agriculture: | 8 | | |Free White Persons - Under 20: | 2 | | |Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: | 2 | | |Total Free White Persons: | 6 | | |Total Slaves: | 12 | | |Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: | 18 | | ---- Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: District 263, Franklin, Georgia; Roll: 41; Page: 326; Image: 679; Family History Library Film: 0007043 William Wilbur Mitchell, Jr. died during August, 1853 in Franklin County, Georgia.