Person:Martha Unknown (747)

Martha (Unknown) Mitchell was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

Contents 1 Identity of Husband 2 Importation to Orange County, Virginia 3 Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA 4 Will of Martha (Unknown) Mitchell 5 Processioning List of 1748		Welcome to Old Augusta Early Settlers Beverley Manor Borden's Grant Register Data Maps Places Library History Index
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Identity of Husband

The identity of Martha Mitchell's husband and father of her children has not yet been identified. It is likely that he died in Pennsylvania prior to the family's migration to Orange/Augusta County, Virginia. More research is needed to determine.

Importation to Orange County, Virginia

The following persons appeared in Orange County, Virginia court to claim "headrights". Headrights were grants of 50 acres of land per "head" - or per white male over the age of 16 who transported himself to the colonies. They appear in the Court of Common Pleas in the county in which the land was granted. These headrights function as an immigration record for English, Scot or Irish immigrants in that time period. The headright identifies the country of origin and generally the port of entry in the colonies.

28 Feb 1739

David Mitchel, Martha, Sarah, James & Eliza Mitchell (from Ireland) [Note: Marth's eldest son David served as head of household for his mother and siblings]

Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Martha (Unknown) Mitchell's land (Beverley Manor SW, 279 acres, 1739) as shown on the map meticulously drawn by J.R. Hildebrand, cartographer. This map is copyrighted©, used by permission of John Hildebrand, son of J.R. Hildebrand, April, 2009.

Acquisition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:

• Pages 361-64. [360 blank]. 1-2 Oct. 1739. William Beverley of Essex County, Esq., to Martha Mitchell of Orange County, widow. Lease and release; for ₤8.7.5 current money. 279 acres, part of Beverley Manor... corner to James Patten... corner to John Buchannan... (signed) W. Beverley. Wit: Wm. Waller, Hen. Downs, W. Russell. 22 Nov. 1739. Proved by Wm. Waller, Henry Downs and Wm. Russell, Gent. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 3, Dorman, pg. 23].

Will of Martha (Unknown) Mitchell

• Page 305.--1st February, 1758. Martha Mitchell's will, widow--Son, James Mitchell. As her son David Mitchell, through the necessity of the times, hath been forced to leave his own habitation, he is to live with James until it pleases God to restore peace to the land. Executors, David and James Mitchell, her sons. Teste: Jno. Fulton, Hugh Fulton, Robert Alexander. Proved, 16th May, 1759, by the Fultons. The executors qualify, with John Hugh Fulton, John Fulton.

Processioning List of 1748

"Processioning" was the periodic review and agreement of property lines between settler's lands. Processioning Lists are useful in determining the general area of a settlers lands and their neighbors at specific time periods:

• Page 17.--James Fulton and John Mitchell make returns, viz: 1748, 26th March, processioned for Samuel Doak, present Samuel Braford; processioned for John Mitchell, present Samuel Doak; processioned for Samuel Braford, present Samuel Doak; processioned for John Buchanan, present James Cowen; processioned for Martha Mitchell (widow), present John Buchanan; processioned for James Cowen, present David Mitchell; processioned for David Moor, present Jas. Cowan; processioned for Robert Wilson, present Andrew Alexander; processioned for Andrew Alexander, present Robert Wilson; processioned for Patrick Campbell, present Joseph Reed; processioned for Joseph Reeds, present Chas. Campbell; processioned for Chas. Campbell, present Pat. Campbell; processioned for Patrick Hays, present Wm. Robinson; processioned for Robert Alexander, present Robert Ramsey; processioned for Robt. Ramsey, present Pat. Hays; processioned for Sarah Ramsey (widow), present Robt. Ramsey; processioned for John Lockhart, present Pat. Hays; processioned for Thos. Beard, present John Lockhart; processioned for Samuel Wilson, present Robert Wilson; processioned for David Doak, present Samuel Wilson; processioned for Eleanor Mitchell (widow), present Robert Wilson; processioned for John Teats, present Thos. Beard; processioned for James Linn, present Samuel Doak; processioned for John Brownlee, present Wm. Smith; processioned for George Breckinridge, present, Breckenridge; processioned for James Robinson, present Anthony Black; processioned for Anthony Black, present Jas. Robinson; processioned for Wm. Robinson, present Robinson; processioned for Jas. Fulton, present Alex. Brownlee; processioned for Samuel Steel, present John Fulton.

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   Martha Mitchell, widow, was granted 279 acres in Beverley Manor of Orange (now Augusta) County 1 Oct 1739. Her will made 1 Feb 1758, proved 16 May 1759, named only her sons James and David, who had been displaced by the French and Indian War, witnesses John and Hugh Fulton, and Robert Alexander (Augusta C. Will Book 2, pg. 305). Her son David proved his family's importation 28 Feb 1738/9 (Orange Co. Order Book B, p. 1110).
   
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