Lovy Mitchell

b. circa 1809
  • Lovy Mitchell was born circa 1809.
  • She was known as Lucy.
  • In a deed of gift dated 24 May 1826, John Mitchell assigned to members of his family real and personal property of every description, retaining the conveyance for his support during his natural life, and after his death for the support of his wife Lovy during her widowhood. Named, in order: son James Mitchell, daughters Elizabeth Sims, Maria McKoin, Louisa Posey and Lucy Mitchell, son Leroy Mitchell, daughter Delian [sic] Mitchell, son John Mitchell, daughter Martha Mitchell, son William Mitchell, and grandson John McKoin. The deed was duly proven in open court in Sumner County, Tennessee, during the August Term, 1826.
  • A bond for the marriage of Lovy Mitchell and John Martin was secured on 12 April 1828 in Sumner County, Tennessee, with Turner Vaughan, bondsman.
  • She married John Martin circa April 1828.
  • John Martin and Lovy Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Sumner County, Tennessee, with a boy and girl under the age of four.
  • Last Edited: 12 Oct 2010

Family: John Martin b. circa 1809