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William Wilbur Mitchell, Jr.
Son of William Wilbur Mitchell, Sr. (Born 1748 in Virginia - Died 1819 in Carnesville, Franklin County, Georgia)1) and Harriet Randolph (Born 1752 in Virginia - Died 1824 in Carnesville, Franklin County, Georgia)2), William Mitchell was born in Virginia on April 27, 1772.3)
During 1792, William Wilbur Mitchell, Jr. married Catherine Moulder (Born Feb. 17, 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 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 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.
1840 United States Federal Census
District 263, Franklin, Georgia
William Mitchell – Head of Family
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 (probably his son - Ervin Alexander Mitchell)
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (probably his son - Levi M. Mitchell)
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (probably his daughter - Mary Elizabeth Mitchell)
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
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.