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ELIZABETH BACON MITCHELL

Elizabeth Bacon born Washington County, Tennessee married James Rogers Mitchell. They moved from Tennessee to Monroe County, Kentucky taking all the children except for the two oldest sons ...... We are finding many descendants who are still living in Washington County, Tennessee today


JAMES ROGERS MITCHELL 1798-1878

James Rogers Mitchell was born December 1, 1798 and died June 7, 1878 and buried in the Mitchell Cemetery Monroe Co., Kentucky married Elizabeth Bacon born May 15, 1805 Washington Co., Tennessee and died April 7, 1864 also buried in the Mitchell Cemetery, Monroe Co., Kentucky. James and Elizabeth were married November 8, 1825 in Washington Co., Tennessee


  • James Mitchell age 40
  • Elizabeth Mitchell age 45
  • Thomas Mitchell age 24
  • Wesley Mitchell age 22
  • Mary J Mitchell age 19
  • Abigail Mitchell age 17
  • Margaret Mitchell age 15
  • Sarah Mitchell age 13
  • Catharine Mitchell age 11
  • James Mitchell age 6
  • Isaac Mitchell age 5

    • The move to Monroe County, Kentucky in covered wagons with the Isenberg and Proffitt families was sometime between 1850 and 1853


  • James Mitchell age 60
  • Elizabeth Mitchell age 59
  • James Mitchell age 19
  • Isaac Mitchell age 17

  • 1. Thomas Mitchell September 4, 1826 - June 15, 1897 married Rutha Hale August 18, 1846. Rutha born November 27, 1824 - January 19, 1882
  • 2. Wesley Mitchell 1828 - 1865 married Mary Ann "Polly" Hale October 14, 1853. Polly born 1822 - bet 1872-75
  • 3. Douglas Mitchell
  • 4. Mary J. Mitchell born 1829 - 1906 married John Harvey Jackson September 29, 1850. John H Jackson born August 4, 1828 - bet 1900-1910
  • 5. Abigail Mitchell born March 15, 1833 - January 6, 1885 married John W Combs August 27, 1850. John Combs born October 16, 1828 - April 7, 1895
  • 6. Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell born September 6, 1834 - April 13, 1913 ; she died in Monroe Co., Kentucky and is buried in Gamaliel Cemetery. She married Thomas William Proffitt September 8, 1854. Thomas W Proffitt born November 4, 1833 in Sullivan Co., Tennessee. Thomas died December 29, 1916 and is buried in Gamaliel Cemetery, Kentucky
  • 7. Sarah Mitchell born March 8, 1836 - December 13, 1913 married Harvey D. Isenberg July 30, 1856 at the James Mitchell home in Monroe Co., Kentucky. Harvey Isenberg born April 3, 1836 - March 23, 1909. Burial in the Isenberg family yard cemetery
  • 8. Catherine E. Mitchell born February 8, 1839 - April 11, 1910 married John Oscar Thomas March 1, 1875. John Oscar Thomas born September 11, 1854 - April 5, 1936
  • 9. James Mitchell born 1841 - October 16, 1864 died of consumption/tuberculosis at the age of 23 during the Civil War. James enlisted in the Civil War on September 16, 1861 in Adair Co., Kentucky. Company G 9th Infantry Regiment, Kentucky on November 26, 1861. He fought in Georgia where his 9th Regiment helped the Union take Atlanta through a siege from July 22-August 25, 1864. That was the Battle so graphically depicted in "Gone With the Wind" ..... They then moved against General Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama on October 1-26, 1864. He died on Oct. 16, 1864. James is buried in the Mitchell Cemetery in Monroe Co., Kentucky
  • 10. Isaac Bacon born 1843 - December 29, 1861. He died of pneumonia at the age of sixteen. Isaac along with James enlisted in the Civil War on September 16, 1861 in Adair Co., Kentucky. November 26, 1861 he was in Company G 9th Infantry Regiment, Kentucky. He died at Columbia, Kentucky where the 9th Kentucky Infantry was organized

    • Many thanks to Bill Mitchell for the great information on Elizabeth Bacon and James Rogers Mitchell. To contact Bill Mitchell