Delia Ann Mitchell

b. circa 1816
  • Delia Ann Mitchell was born circa 1816 in Tennessee.
  • 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.
  • She married Robert Boyers Douglass, son of James Douglass and Marina Hunt, on 14 December 1835 in Sumner County, Tennessee, and the marriage occurred on the same day.
  • She married Robert Boyers Douglass, son of James Douglass and Marina Hunt, on 15 December 1835, and Delia's brother James married (2nd) a granddaughter of Robert's paternal grandfather's brother Edward.
  • And Delia's brother James married (2nd) a granddaughter of Robert's paternal grandfather's brother Edward.
  • Robert Boyers Douglass and Delia Ann Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Sumner County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Ellen Douglass, Jane Douglass, John Douglass, Francis Douglass, Clinton Douglass, Sarah Douglass and Henry Douglass.
  • Last Edited: 12 Oct 2010

Family: Robert Boyers Douglass b. 1812, d. 8 October 1871