The Mitchell surname

In the chronology 28 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

• Mitchell, A. S. 2 entries, 1914–1949
  • 1914: The Ruffin-Hill tract on St. Mary's Road is sold to A. S. Mitchell, who divides it
  • February 15, 1949: A. S. Mitchell, founder of Hillsboro's Mitchell hardware firm, dies
• Mitchell, Adaline 1 entry, 1851
  • March Term 1851: The court binds William Mitchell, son of Adaline Mitchell, a free woman of color, to cabinetmaker Henry Evans
• Mitchell, Adeline 1 entry, 1855
  • February Term 1855: The court binds Mary Mitchell, a free girl of color, to Thomas Webb
• Mitchell, Ann 1 entry, 1850
  • August Term 1850: The court has Chapel Hill children of color brought in and binds Jack Evans to John Turner
• Mitchell, Charlene 1 entry, 1971
  • March 16-19, 1971: The New University Conference holds a Socialist Liberation Festival at UNC
• Mitchell, Charles A. 3 entries, 1857
  • 1857–1858: The death of Elisha Mitchell and the University's mourning, 1857–1858
  • by July 25, 1857: Professors Fetter and Kimberly and tutor Charles Mitchell take over Elisha Mitchell's teaching
  • June 4, 1857: Ten senior orators, John W. Graham and the valedictorian speak on commencement day
• Mitchell, Clarence 1 entry, 1972
  • February 11-12, 1972: An NAACP youth conference on politics meets at UNC
• Mitchell, E. L. 1 entry, 1894
  • September 8, 1894: Democrats of the 18th Senatorial District meet at Hillsborough and nominate R. H. Boone and E. L. Mitchell
• Mitchell, Earl 1 entry, 1972
  • late January 1972: UNC physicist Earl Mitchell enters the race for the Orange County Board of Commissioners
• Mitchell, Elijah 1 entry, 1850
  • August Term 1850: The court has Chapel Hill children of color brought in and binds Jack Evans to John Turner
• Mitchell, Elisha 59 entries, 1818–1961
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• Mitchell, Elisha 8 entries, 1818–1879
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  • about 1818: A student of 1818 recalls the village's two stores and Hilliard's tavern
  • Fall 1819: Denison Olmsted begins teaching chemistry at Chapel Hill
  • 1833: James Phillips is licensed to preach and later serves New Hope Presbyterian Church
  • July 1857: The faculty mourn Elisha Mitchell and ask for a funeral sermon and a eulogy
  • by July 25, 1857: Professors Fetter and Kimberly and tutor Charles Mitchell take over Elisha Mitchell's teaching
  • July 22, 1857: Students meet in Gerard Hall to mourn Elisha Mitchell
  • July 1857: The trustees' executive committee votes Elisha Mitchell's widow his salary and divides his duties
  • June 4, 1879: University alumni take up a monument for Elisha Mitchell's mountain grave
• Mitchell, Eliza 1 entry, 1850
  • February Term 1850: The court binds Henry Mitchell, son of Eliza Mitchell, to William Barton
• Mitchell, Ella 1 entry, 1974
  • February 5, 1974: The Howard Roberts Chorale performs a history of Black music in Memorial Hall
• Mitchell, H. F., Jr. 3 entries, 1938
  • August 1938 to March 1939: Chapel Hill builds a new town hall with PWA help
  • August 18, 1938: Chapel Hill lets the contract for its town hall
  • 1938–1989: Chapel Hill's 1938 town hall and its later uses, 1938–1989
• Mitchell, H. L. 2 entries, 1972–1974
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• Mitchell, Henry 1 entry, 1850
  • February Term 1850: The court binds Henry Mitchell, son of Eliza Mitchell, to William Barton
• Mitchell, James 2 entries, 1793–1850
  • May Term 1793: The court grants leave for three mills on New Hope Creek in one term
  • week of September 9, 1850: Orange Superior Court sentences an enslaved man named Ellick to hang
• Mitchell, Jemima 2 entries, 1777–1836
  • 1777–1868: Mothers and the county court's bindings, 1777–1868
  • May Term 1836: Jemima Mitchell arranges for her son William Barton, a boy of color, to be bound to Aquilla Compton
• Mitchell, John 1 entry, 1793
  • May Term 1793: The court grants leave for three mills on New Hope Creek in one term
• Mitchell, Maria North 1 entry, 1857
  • July 1857: The trustees' executive committee votes Elisha Mitchell's widow his salary and divides his duties
• Mitchell, Mary 1 entry, 1855
  • February Term 1855: The court binds Mary Mitchell, a free girl of color, to Thomas Webb
• Mitchell, Maxecine 2 entries, 1974–1991
  • 1974–1994: Public housing and the Chapel Hill Housing Authority, 1974–1994
  • November 3, 1991: Public housing residents and UNC housekeepers march through Chapel Hill's low-income neighborhoods
• Mitchell, O. B. 1 entry, 1915
  • between March 20 and May 6, 1915: Farmers of the Goreville school district organize a Farmers' Betterment Association
• Mitchell, Polly 1 entry, 1850
  • August Term 1850: The court has Chapel Hill children of color brought in and binds Jack Evans to John Turner
• Mitchell, Sharon 2 entries, 1965–1983
  • 1965–1989: Race and UNC's fraternities and sororities, 1965–1989
  • January 31, 1983: Sorority Women Against Discrimination holds an open forum on racial bias in sorority rush
• Mitchell, Sharon R. 1 entry, 1983
  • September 27, 1983: UNC's student life office asks the stadium mike man to resign, and he says race played a part
• Mitchell, William 1 entry, 1851
  • March Term 1851: The court binds William Mitchell, son of Adaline Mitchell, a free woman of color, to cabinetmaker Henry Evans

In books and archives 6 headings

Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.

• Mitchell Family family, 3 works
• Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857 25 works
• Mitchell, H. L. (Harry Leland), 1906-1989 1 work
• Mitchell, James Billingslea, 1844-1891. 1 work
• Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 1 work
• Mitchell, Rosetta Polite Jones, 1914-2006 1 work

In the historical records 285 records

116 deeds, 18 records of enslaved people, 55 marriages, 64 court minutes, 12 tax list entries and 20 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Mitchell marriages in full · Search the name in every collection