Elijah Mitchell

Birth Date

c1832

Death Date

1864-06-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Louisa Duff Mitchell in Grainger County, Tennessee, on October 21, 1849. Father of Margaret Mitchell, Mary Mitchell, James Mitchell, and William Mitchell. Farmer in Grainger County in 1850. Farmer in Ohio County, Kentucky, in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Ohio County in 1861. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) as a sergeant and a private from October 25, 1861, to June 3, 1864. Demoted to private on June 25, 1862. Reported as deserted from Bowling Green, Kentucky, on September 8, 1862, until November 17, 1862. Died of gunshot wounds at Chattanooga, Tennessee, on June 3, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Grainer County, District 6, p. 48A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Caney, p. 737.
Burial Registers of Military Post and National Cemeteries, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, NARA RG 92, Chattanooga National Cemetery, p. 339 of 905 of microfilm.
_Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Grainger County Marriages, 1850-1859.
KYR-0001-031-0032.

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