William MITCHELL
•Sex: M
•Birth: 04 FEB 1774 in Sparta, White County, Tennessee
•Death: 1865 in Sparta, White County, Tennessee
Title: Colonel

Father: Joab MITCHELL b: 11 FEB 1720 in Bristol Parish, Virginia
Mother: Mary HENDERSON b: 10 JAN 1733 in Hanover County, Virginia

Marriage: 1 Nancy Tabitha DYER b: ABT 1777 in Hawkins, Tennessee
•Married: ABT 1801 in Hawkins, TN

Children:
1. Sally MITCHELL b: 19 SEP 1799
2. Richard MITCHELL b: 25 FEB 1801
3. Joel Dyer MITCHELL b: 12 JAN 1803 in Tn
4. Lucius MITCHELL b: 11 JAN 1805
5. William C. MITCHELL b: 1807 in Arkansas
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•Note:
From "Mitchell Family Records of Hawkins County Tennessee" by Willie Blount Mitchell, 1847:

William Mitchell, son of Joab and Mary Mitchell lived in Hawkins Co.Tenn. At an early age married a daughter of Joel Dyer and moved to Middle Tenn.

He was Capt. of a company of Volunteers under Gen.Jackson in the Creek War and was in the Battle of Taellushatchee, Taledega, Theaupeki Emer and Horse Shoe. He was at the taking of Pensacola twice under Gen. Jackson. He was a Major of the Reg. of Tenn. Volunteers commanded by Col. Robert Dyer and was in the celebrated night attack on the British lines below New Orleans the 23rd day of December 1814 under Gen. Coffee and was in the memorable battle of the 8th June 1815 commonly called the Battle of New Orleans,where the British lost more than 2000 men, a great many wounded and missing and the American loss was 7 wounded and 6 killed.

He was a Lt.Col. in the War with the Seminole Indians in Fl. In 1818, was at the taking of Pensacola in 1818 and at the execution of Arbuthyat and Ambrister, the English spies caught in said war. He died in Sparta Tenn.
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Sources:
1.Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 104
Publication: Name: Name: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2005);