The Mitchell Family

The Mitchells were very often neighbors of the Fosters, and had a few business dealings with one another.

MITCHELLS OF

PITTSYLVANIA CO, VA

REV." JAMES MITCHELL, b. January 29, 1746/47, Pequea, Lancaster Co., PA; d. February 27, 1841, Bedford Co., VA.

"REV." JAMES⁴ MITCHELL (ROBERT³, JOHN², UNKNOWN¹) was born January 29, 1746/47 in Pequea, Lancaster Co., PA, and died February 27, 1841 in Bedford Co., VA. He married FRANCES RICE December 19, 1782 in Bedford Co., VA, daughter of DAVID RICE and UNKNOWN.

Notes for "REV." JAMES MITCHELL:
Concerning James Mitchell the following is copies from the Presbyterian Encyclopedia, Page 531 Paragraph $. Mitchell, Rev. James was born at Pequea, Penn. Jan. 29, 1747. His parents removed from Pennsylvania to Bedford County Va. where they resided many years. Of the circumstances of either his classical or theological education little is known, though he was for a time previous to his entering the ministry a Tutor in Hampden Sidney College. He was licensed to preach the gospel by Hanover Presbytery in October 1781. Shortly after his licensure, he seems, by advice of his Presbytery to have taken a Missionary tour into the Western Territories. In 1782 he removed to Kentucky, where he
exercised his ministry for a short time and supported his family chiefly by teaching a school. In 1784 he was installed pastor of the churches of Hot Creek and Dub Creek and preached to them about three years. In March 1786 the church of the Peaks in Bedford gave him a call which he accepted and here with a congregation covering an indefinite extent of territory around the Peaks he passed his long Ministerial Life. He died Feb. 27, 1841. Mr Mitchell often made Missionary excursions, traveling for weeks and even months at a time in the southwestern counties of Virginia. Wherever he happened to be, he was always ready to preach in his preaching was always acceptable and often highly effective. He was jealous in all innovations, not only in the doctrines, but the usage of the church.