James R. MITCHELL
Public Member Tree (Ancestry.com)
1880 Census Allensville, Person, North Carolina, page 208B E.D. 206
NAME: listed as a Mitchell in the 1850, 1860, 1880 census. Listed as Jim Duncan in Death and tombstone records. Many of his children listed in marriage and census records as Duncan. It appears that this family was "offically" surnamed Mitchell as his parents never married due to the racial differences. However, socially, James Mitchell was known as Jim Duncan and his children took the Duncan surname. Any further research on these families will need to include both Duncan and Mitchell surnames.
He married Louisa Harris 1869 at of Person, North Carolina . Louisa Harris was born at Person, North Carolina 4 Sep 1840 .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Elizabeth Duncan
born 1 Nov 1870.
Margaret A. Duncan
born 5 Jun 1872.
William P. Duncan
born 4 Jul 1874.
Savana Ezerine Duncan
born 7 Aug 1876.
Sadie Fisher Duncan
born 7 Mar 1879.
James R. Mitchell died 2 Nov 1918 at Franklin, North Carolina .
Louisa Harris died Abt 1910 at Person, North Carolina .