Elizabeth Mitchell
b. circa 1801
- Father: John Mitchell b. circa 1775, d. circa 1828
- Mother: Loveny Edwards b. 2 March 1782
- Elizabeth Mitchell was born circa 1801.
- A bond for the marriage of Elizabeth Mitchell and David Sims was secured on 16 July 1818 in Sumner County, Tennessee, with Joseph M. Bullers, bondsman.
- She married David Sims circa July 1818.
- 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.
- It is possible that Elizabeth Simms was already a widow in 1830, enumerated in Sumner County, Tennessee, with four boys and three girls under the age of nine, and one female age 60-69, which would fit her mother Loveny Mitchell.
- Last Edited: 12 Oct 2010