Mary Polly Mitchell

Brief Life History of Mary Polly

When Mary Polly Mitchell was born about 1801, in South Carolina, United States, her father, William Mitchell, was 34 and her mother, Chloe Smith, was 30. She died about 1824, in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 25.

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Family Time Line

William Mitchell
1768–1821
Chloe Smith
1772–1822
Nancy Mitchell
1790–1821
John J Mitchell
1797–1871
James Mitchell
1800–
Mary Polly Mitchell
1801–1824
Caleb Mitchell
1803–1862
Elizabeth Melvina Mitchell
1807–1880
Sarah Nancy Mitchell
1792–1831
John Mitchell
1793–1850
Ephraim Mitchell
1795–1850
William Mitchell
1797–1847
Benjamin Smith Mitchell
1805–1885

Sources (2)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary "Polly" Mitchell - Published information: birth-name: Mary "Polly" Mitchell
  • William Mitchell, SC Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, died in 1821.

World Events (7)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1803 · The U.S doubles in size

The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

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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