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Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
Henry Mitchell b. 1762 d. 5/7/1837 HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA
At 18 years of age, he served as an Ensign in Virginia. He was wounded and captured at Hanging Rock, Virginia.
Buried: Sparta Cemetery.
See: (1) Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Reported to D.A.R. in 1968.
(2) Cemeteries & Marriage Records: Hancock, Muscogee and Effingham Counties, Georgia, p. 32.
(3) History of Hancock County, Georgia II, p. 122.
Note: This may or may not be the same person as P-250411, however; without additional direct or indirect evidence as defined under the Genealogical Proof Standard, this cannot be determined for certain.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 1, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.
Printed in the United States of America
New Papyrus Co., Inc.
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Athens, GA 30605-3408
Author: Charlie Thompson Jones III
Gen. Henry Mitchell, born 8 Feb 1761 in Sussex County, VA, died 17 May 1839 at his residence named Mt. Zion in Hancock County, GA. He married Frances Hobbs in 1775 in VA and was the son of Thomas Mitchell and Amy Goodwyn. Sergeant Henry Mitchell served with the 11th Virginia Regiment; he was wounded in 1780 during the massacre at Buford’s Defeat. About 1785 he moved to Georgia and settled in Hancock County. His public life included service as a state senator from Warren County, GA, president of the state Senate (1808-1809), a presidential elector from Georgia, an a commander of the Georgia militia. On 12 Feb 1796 Henry was appointed Brig. General of the 1st Brigade of the Western Division of the Georgia Militia. The grave monument reads: “To the memory of General Henry Mitchell native of Sussex County Virginia who departed this life on the 17th of May 1839 in the 79th year of his age. This stone is placed by his bereaved consort. Animated by the same love of liberty which inspired the tongue of Henry and the sword of Washington, he cheerfully exposed himself to the hazards of war and poured out his blood like water at Burfoot’s defeat where he was cloven down by a British sabre while gallantly bearing the standard of his country. Within a few years after the establishment of American Independence, he became a citizen of Georgia, and in the course of a long life filled various offices of trust and dignity with honor to himself, and usefulness to the State. In his character and deportment he united the simplicity of Republican manners with the sternness of Republican principles. Embalmed in the memory of noble deeds, his name will live when this frail monument shall have crumbled into dust.”
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