Jane Mitchell

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Mitchell was born on 18 February 1791, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, her father, Andrew Mitchell, was 31 and her mother, Mary Tate, was 30. She married Robert Moses Holmes in 1812, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 July 1834, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 43.

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Family Time Line

Robert Moses Holmes
1793–1861
Jane Mitchell
1791–1834
Marriage: 1812
James Mitchell Holmes
1814–
Mary Jane Holmes
1817–
Andrew Roger Holmes
1819–1887
Matilda Eliza Holmes
1821–1892
Moses Carpenter Holmes
1823–1888
David Reed Holmes
1827–1901
Luke Prier Holmes
1830–1904

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  • Published by Fort Worth Genealogical Society--David Reed Mitchell
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jane Mitchell -

World Events (8)

1792 · Capital City Moved

New Bern had been the capital of North Carolina in its early days. In 1792, the capital was moved to Raleigh because it was more the center of the state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .

English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.

Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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