Sergeant Henry Mitchell served with the 11th Virginia Regiment during the Revolutionary War. He was wounded in 1780 during the massacre at Buford's Defeat just east of Lancaster, South Carolina. About 1785 he moved to Georgia and settled in Hancock County at his residence named Mt. Zion.
His public life included service as a state senator from Warren County, Georgia, president of the state Senate (1808-1809), a presidential elector from Georgia, and commander of the Georgia militia.
Obituary, Macon (Georgia) Telegraph, 4 June 1839:
"Died at his residence near Sparta on the 24th ult at 2 o'clock. General Henry Mitchell in the 79th year of his age; native of Sussex Co Va, but more than 50 years resident of Hancock & Warren Co."
Text on tomb: "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 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."
Sergeant Henry Mitchell served with the 11th Virginia Regiment during the Revolutionary War. He was wounded in 1780 during the massacre at Buford's Defeat just east of Lancaster, South Carolina. About 1785 he moved to Georgia and settled in Hancock County at his residence named Mt. Zion.
His public life included service as a state senator from Warren County, Georgia, president of the state Senate (1808-1809), a presidential elector from Georgia, and commander of the Georgia militia.
Obituary, Macon (Georgia) Telegraph, 4 June 1839:
"Died at his residence near Sparta on the 24th ult at 2 o'clock. General Henry Mitchell in the 79th year of his age; native of Sussex Co Va, but more than 50 years resident of Hancock & Warren Co."
Text on tomb: "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 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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"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 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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