Obituary of George Mitchell 1791

Transcribed by Pauline Mitchell Pierce, a g.g.g.g.grandaughter

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                              Obituary of Col. George Mitchell
                     Recorded in the State Gazette of North Carolina
                                Edenton, North Carolina


Names include:


Colonel George Mitchell
Robert W. Snead
Abraham Mitchell, Jr.
Keziah Hunter
Emanuel Jones
Messrs. William Ferrand
         Esaac Guion
William Jones
Wife and eight children, names not given.
 

   August 12, 1791  Died today at Onslow Court House, Colonel George Mitchell
of Onslow County.  Col. Mitchell and Robert W. Snead were competitiors for
representing Onslow County in the North Carolina Senate, and much ill will had
developed in the political race.
    Mr. Snead was declared elected after the election was closed.  Mr. Snead
was observed to call Col. Mitchell from amongst the people assembled at the
court house and to go with him into a thicket nearby.
    Shortly afterwards a pistol shot was heard, and people came running from
the court house.
    The crowd found Col. Mitchell lying dead in the presence of Mr. Snead.  Two
wounds were found on Col. Mithcell  a pistol shot passing through his shoulder
and out below his ribs, the other wound on the skull from a heavy blow with the
butt of the pistol.  Mr. Snead was there apprehended and put in jail.
    Col. Mitchell bore an unblemished character and was very active during the
Revolutionary War.  For many years he represented Onslow County in the General
Assembly.
    Col. Mitchell was the son of Abraham Mitchell, Jr., and Keziah Hunter of
the White Oak River.  After his father's death, his mother married Emanuel
Jones, in whose home at Mount Pleasant near Swansborough Col. Mitchell grew up
to manhood.  For some years he was a clerk for Messrs. (William) Ferrand and
(Isaac) Guion at their store in Swansborough and was later a partner in trade
there with his half brother William Jones.  Col. Mitchell leaves a wife and
eight children.





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