Peter MITCHELL

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Biography Peter Mitchell, Jr. was the son of the Rev. Peter Mischler, Sr. wholived on the South Fork of the Potomac in Pendleton County, and wasthe pastor of the Propst Lutheran Church. His mother's name isunknown. He had at least one brother, George Mitchell. Peter Mitchell, Jr. married 1st in Pendleton Co., (W.) VA, on August27, 1791, Hannah Teter (HG #54 & TD #d.4.), the daughter of Capt. PaulTeter and Rebecca Henkle/Henckel, and the sister of Abraham Teter (HG#52 & TD #d.2.). Hannah was born about 1773 and died after 1810 butbefore April 25, 1820. Soon after their marriage, Peter Mitchell, Jr.and wife, Hannah, evidently removed from Pendleton County to RandolphCounty, (W.) VA. On August 28, 1794 they made a deed to HG #553 JacobTeter, also of Randolph County, for 45 pounds, land on the south sideof Leading Creek, a branch of the Tygarts Valley River. Peter andHannah had at least seven (7) children. The TETER and MITCHELL families came to the New Design settlement inthe Northwest Territory in 1797 with the Badgley Colony. PeterMitchell, Jr. and wife, Hannah Teter Mitchell, with Hannah's brother,Abraham Teter, & his wife, Mary Kittle Teter, their mother, Rebecca,and families & siblings accompanied them. At an election held at Cahokia in January 1799, among the lists ofvoters were Abraham Teter, John Teter, and Peter Mitchell. In 1804 he lived south of Silver Creek. He was a Justice of the Peaceand County Commissioner. The 1810 U.S. Census, Illinois Territory,shows five (5) male children, one (1) adult male and two (2) femalechildren, and one (1) adult female. The only children of Peter andHannah Teter Mitchell who have been identified are: Elizabeth Mitchell (HG #5441 & TD #d.4.1.) George Mitchell (HG #5442 & TD #d.4.2.) Isaac Mitchell (HG # 5443 & TD #d.4.3.) William W. Mitchell (HG #5444 & TD #d.4.4.) Register of Applications in 1807 of "Squatters" on Indian landapplying for the land on which they lived, or had made improvements,shows the following: PETER MITCHELL is listed as "Squatter in Territorial Illinois", No.138, 31 December 1807. His tract of land was "situate on the East sideof Silver Creek about four miles above the mouth adjoining BarbaraShook (HG #545 & TD #d.5., sister of Peter's wife, Hannah) on theSouth." Permission was granted 31 December 1807 for 320 acres. "History of St. Clair Co., (Illinois)," Vol. II, 1992, F16, "BadgleyFamily", by Dianna Hartman: "At this time the county was inhabited by two tribes of Indians--theKickapoos and the Pottawattamies. In 1808 there was a treaty with themallowing them to hunt until 1809, at which time they left." "Indiana Territorial Pioneer Records, 1801-1815," pg. 76, ElectionReturns, Williamsburg, Township, Randolph County, Indiana Territory: Peter Mitchel was in Williamsburg Township and is listed in thefollowing Poll: "We do Certify the above is a true statement of thepole held for the Township of Williamsburg on the 13th August 1808."One of the clerks, signing the above certification, was Peter Mitchel. 1810 Illinois Census Returns, Grand Tower, Randolph County, IllinoisTerritory: (378) A. Teeters 2 males, age 10 to 16 1 male, age 26 to 45 4 females, age 0 to 10 1 female, age 10 to 16 1 female, age 26 to 45 (383) P. Mitchel 4 males, age 0 to 10 1 male, age 10 to 16 1 male, age 26 to 45 1 female, age 0 to 10 1 female, age 10 to 16 1 female, age 26 to 45 On March 21, 1811, the old Silver Creek Baptist Church of Lower SilverCreek was organized. Among those listed as Founders were AbrahamTeter, Mary Teter, Peter Mitchel, Hannah Mitchel, Rebecca Griffin, andalso Barbara (Teter) Shook, Mary (Teter) Radcliff, sisters of AbrahamTeter and Hannah Teter Mitchell. Peter Mitchel was the first clerk.The ministers who served as pastors at different times were: Revs. Mr.Ross, Gaskill, Joseph Lemen, James Lemen, Moses Lemon, Harris, Howell,Stilwell, Arnott, Keele, Brown and Huggins. Rev. H. S. Deppe preached the first sermon in Freeburg, late in theyear 1856. He organized a church, 4th of January 1857, called theFreeburg Baptist Church. One of the constituent members was SolomonTeter, son of Abraham Teter & Maria "Mary" Kittle. In the election of September 17, 1818, to organize and form the Stateof Illinois, the list of voters included John Teter, Peter Mitchell,George Mitchell (was probably just old enough to vote in thiselection), Patrick Huggins, and Peter Hill. (Peter Hill, a grandson ofthe previous mentioned voter, Peter Hill, married Hannah EmalineMitchell, granddaughter of Peter Mitchell, Jr.& Hannah Teter, andAbraham Teter & Mary Kittle. Hannah Emaline was the daughter ofWilliam W. Mitchell and Rebecca Teter). Listed among "Illinois's First Justices of the Peace", by Lowell M.Volkel, is, for Silver Creek Township, as one of the first justices,Peter Mitchell, for Clinton Hill Township, including Belleville,Abraham Badgley, for Ogle Township, Jacob Ogle and Scott Township,Moses Short. They were "Commissioned March 23, 1819; Executive Record,page 7." "First Baptist Church of Freeburg," pg. 23, T59: "The First Baptist Church was organized with some members of theSilver Creek Baptist Church and some members of the Richland BaptistChurch. "The old Silver Creek Baptist Church was organized March 21, 1811 andincluded among its early members Abraham and Mary Teter, Peter andHannah Mitchell, Mary Radcliff and Barbara Shook..." "History of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1881", p. 166, pgs. 269-270 FAYETTEVILLE PRECINCT, The First Land Entries ".....In 1797 Abraham Teter moved from Randolph county, Virginia, toNew Design, Monroe county, this state (IL). In 1803 or 1804, incompany with Peter Mitchell, Barbara Shook, Isaac Griffen and familieshe came to this township, followed up the meanderings of Silver creekto section 33, T. 1 S., R. 7 W., where he found a double log cabinoccupied by a Mr. Cook. He bought Cook's claim, agreeing to occupy oneend of the cabin, and Cook the other, the first winter. Mitchell andGriffin located near by. Across the creek lived a family namedRadcliffe. So that Cook and Radcliffe are believed to have been thefirst settlers. Among the early settlers was a rumor to the effectthat a family of three--husband, wife and child had, prior to this,attempted to erect a cabin near the mouth of Silver creek, but, beforeits completion, had met their deaths. Their decomposed bodies werefound by hunters from New Design, and buried underneath a largehickory tree which was often pointed out. This was about 1797, whenmilitia claims were being selected. The names of the parties and allfacts are matters of oblivion. "Mrs. Cook enjoyed the reputation of being bewitched. Neighbors in thevicinity of Turkey Hill (in those days ten, or even fifteen miles waslooked upon as being in the neighborhood) verily believed her a witch.Mr. Radcliffe, living on the other side of Silver creek, some two orthree miles distant, laid claims to being a witch-master, and by asingular coincidence established his claim firmly in the minds of thepeople. Once Messrs. Teter and Mitchell had occasion to remain overnight with him. At midnight they were aroused by loud laughter, andwaking, saw Radcliffe sitting bolt upright in a bed on the floorlaughing heartily. Said he, 'Mrs. Cook just came down the chimney, andI have kicked her into the fire.' Imagine Teter's surprise on thefollowing morning at hearing his wife's greeting him with a statementthat Mrs. Cook had 'just been in and said she came near burning uplast night. Some coals had rolled out of the fireplace and burned herbed partially and awakened her by burning her feet.' ThereforeRadcliffe was authority in matters of witchery, and Mrs. Cook was morea witch than ever. The following spring they left the settlement.Isaac Mitchell was born in the fall of 1805, being the first malechild born there. "Solomon Teter was born Feb. 19, 1800, and is the oldest native bornperson (in 1881) now living in the precinct. He was one of a family ofeleven children, ten of whom, five boys and five girls grew to yearsof maturity. His sister Rebecca was the first female child born. Shewas born in 1805....." ".....A child of Peter Mitchell was the first death, occurring in1806. It was buried on section 34. The old burial ground thus setapart was used until some fifty or sixty graves were made, thenabandoned. "Peter Mitchell was the first justice of the peace, and many were thehearts he caused to thrill with happiness as he tied hymeneal knots.As a justice he held high rank, and was for many years retained inthat capacity. "On April 28th, 1813, Patrick Huggins and Elizabeth Mitchell, alsoWilliam Huggens and Darter Barbary were married by Nathan Arnett, apreacher of the gospel. Thus the list of marriages commenced with adouble wedding. "As early as 1815 John Boucher taught subscription school in theSilver creek settlement. The school-house had an open fire-place whichoccupied all of one end of the building. On dark days part of the roofwas raised for admission of light. "The early settlers were a devoted people, conscientious andstraight-forward in the observance of religious exercises. On the 21stday of March, 1811, they organized the Silver Creek Baptist Church,with seven members (Founders were Abraham Teter, Mary Teter, PeterMitchel, Hannah Mitchel, Rebecca Griffin, and also Barbara (Teter)Shook, Mary (Teter) Radcliff, sisters of Abraham Teter and HannahTeter Mitchell). Met from house to house until 1817, when a log churchwas built....." "This precinct was represented in the Black Hawk war by Solomon Teter,Aaron Land, Isaac Griffin, John Baker and Myram McMullen....." Peter Mitchell's brother-in-law, Abraham Teter, died May 3, 1815 andPeter's wife, Hannah, had died before April 25, 1820 when PeterMitchell, Jr. married 2nd in St. Clair Co., IL, the widow of AbrahamTeter, Maria "Mary" Kittle Teter; Peter and Mary had no children. There was no census for Randolph Co., IL in 1818, therefore PeterMitchell is not found in an 1818 Illinois State Census; Abraham Teterhad died in 1815, and we found the following: 1818 State Census of St Clair County, Illinois Pg. 167, [413], Teter, Mary 0 Free white males 21 yrs. & upward 9 All other white inhabitants Pg. 167, [414] Teter, Solomon, son of George Teter, brother of AbrahamTeter 1 Free white male 21 yrs. & upward 2 All other white inhabitants 1820 State Census of St. Clair County, Illinois Pg. 263, [260] Solomon Teter, nephew of Abraham Teter 3 Males 21-45 2 Females 18-45 Pg. 264, [313] Peter Mitchel 6 Males under 21 1 Male 21-45 1 Male 45 & upwards 5 Females under 18 1 Female 18-45 Mary Kittle Teter and Peter Mitchell, Jr. married 25 April 1820 in St.Clair Co., IL. We do not know if it was before or after the Statecensus, or before or after the Federal census.. "1820 Federal Census of St. Clair County, Illinois," Pg. 296, OgleTownship; Quarterly Pg. 31. 187 Solomon Teter 4 Free white males 26 and under 45 1 Free white female 16 and under 26 1 Free white female 26 and under 45 "1820 Federal Census of St. Clair County, Illinois," Pg. 302, SilverCreek Township; Quarterly Pg. 34, 337 Peter Mitchel 3 Free white males under 10 years 1 Free white male 10 and under 16 2 Free white males between 16 and 18 5 Free white males 16 and under 26 1 Free white male of 45 and upward 1 Free white female under 10 years of age 2 Free white females of 10 and under 16 3 Free white females 16 and under 26 1 Free white female of 26 and under 45 (probably Mary Kittle TeterMitchell) 1830 U.S. Census St. Clair County, Illinois Peter Mitchell, 2 males, age 15-20 1 male, age 60-70 1 female, age 15-20 1 female, age 20-30 1 female, age 40-50 (Mary Kittle Teter Mitchell) Peter Mitchell, Jr. died about 21 August 1834 and Mary Kittle TeterMitchell died September 5, 1841. Their burial places are not known. The following was found among Probate Papers of Peter Mitchell,dec'd.: "Recd. of Isaac & William Mitchell by the hands of George Mitchell,sixty two and a half cents in full of the subscription of PeterMitchell, decd. to the St. Clair Gazette for three monthly. August 21,1834; R. K. Fleming." SOURCES: For Peter and Hannah Teter Mitchell, Jr., and Family: "Henckel Genealogy", 1500-1960, Ancestry and Descendants of ReverendAnthony Jacob Henckel, 1668-1728, Pioneer Evangelical LutheranMinister, Emigrant from the German Palatinate to America in 1717, pgs.215-216, 251, by Junkin & Junkin. "Henckel Genealogical Bulletin",pgs. 330, 483. "Squatters in Territorial Illinois", "the firstamericans to settle outside the american bottom after therevolutionary war", "Register of Applications in 1807", from "IllinoisLibraries", Vol. 50, #5, May 1977, published by the Illinois StateLibrary, Springfield, IL 62756. Randolph Co., West Virginia, Deed Book1, p. 410. "History of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1881", pg. 166,"Old Silver Creek Baptist Church", pgs. 269-270, FayettevillePrecinct, "The First Land Entries"; Brink, McDonough & Co.,Philadelphia. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, Volume XXIV;Statistical Series, Volume II, "Illinois Census Returns 1810, 1818,"Edited with Introduction and Notes by Margaret Cross Norton, IllinoisState Library, (Published by the Trustees of the Illinois StateHistorical Library, Springfield, Illinois), pg. 19, [383], St. ClairCounty, 1810, Peter Mitchel.; there was no census for Randolph Co., ILin 1818, therefore Peter Mitchell is not found in an 1818 IllinoisState Census; we find in the 1818 Census, St. Clair Co., IL, pg. 167,[413] Mary Teter. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, Volume XXVI,Statistical Series, Volume III; Edited by Margaret Cross Norton,Illinois State Library, "Illinois Census Returns 1820" (State Censusof Illinois), (Published by the Trustees of the Illinois StateHistorical Library, Springfield, Illinois; Reprint, Baltimore:Genealogical Publishing Company, © 1969); pg. 264, [313], PeterMitchel. "1820 Federal Census of St. Clair County, Illinois," pgs. 26-44,complete transcription: Pg. 302, Silver Creek Township, Quarterly pg.34, #337 Peter Mitchel; Transcribed by Robert Buecher from a photocopyof the original found at the Illinois State Archives, Springfield,Illinois; a complete transcription; taken from pgs. 288-324 of theoriginal census; published in the St. Clair County GenealogicalSociety Quarterly, Vol. 3, #1, Spring 1980. Marriage Book and Book of Deaths at Courthouse in Randolph Co., IL.Two books: "St. Clair County, Illinois Marriage Records, 1791-1845,and 1845-1869", by Robert Buecher. "Illinois's First Justices of thePeace", by Lowell M. Volkel, from the Illinois State GenealogicalSociety Quarterly, Vol. 3, #4, Winter 1971. St. Clair County,Illinois, Intestate and Probate Records of Peter Mitchell, who diedbefore 21 August 1834; Courthouse in Belleville, St. Clair Co., IL. "History of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1881", with Illustrations; pg.166, "Old Silver Creek Baptist Church", pgs. 269-270, FayettevillePrecinct, "The First Land Entries"; © 1881 Brink, McDonough & Co.,Philadelphia; Reproduction of book made possible through sponsorshipof Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society, Marissa, Illinois,Reproduction by Whipporwill Publications, 4400 Jackson Ave.,Evansville, IN 47715. "History of St. Clair County, Illinois," 1988, Volume I, St. ClairCounty (IL) Genealogical Society, © 1988 Curtis Media Corporation,Dallas Texas, and St. Clair County Genealogical Society; Pg. 23, T59,"First Baptist Church of Freeburg; F167, "Hans George Dieter (Tieter)Family", by Nora Lee McWilliams Vest; F739, "Abraham Teter, Sr. andMary Kittle", by Catherine J. & Richard K. Hill; F740, "Levi Teter andAnnis Walker", F741, "Solomon Teter"; by Nora Lee McWilliams Vest;F742, "Solomon Teter", by Edgar Hesse. "History of St. Clair County, Illinois," 1992, Volume II Compiled bySt. Clair County Genealogical Society, © 1992 Curtis MediaCorporation, Dallas, Texas; F16, "Badgley Family", by Dianna Hartman;F423, "Maria "Mary" Kittle and Abraham Teter, Sr.", by Catherine J. &Richard K. Hill. "Indiana Territorial Pioneer Records, 1801-1815", Compiled by CharlesM. Franklin, © 1983, Heritage House; the original lists, pp. 72-76 arefound in the Indiana State Library, Archives Division; pg. 76,Election Returns, Williamsburg, Township, Randolph County, IndianaTerritory: "We do Certify the above is a true statement of the poleheld for the Township of Williamsburg on the 13th August 1808." PeterMitchel was in Williamsburg Township and is listed in the Poll. Also,one of the clerks, signing the above certification, was Peter Mitchel. Other SOURCES: For 2nd wife of Peter Mitchell, Jr., (Maria) MaryKittle Teter, nee Kittle -- "The Teter-Kittle-Mitchell-Hill" FamilyBible of (Hannah) Emaline Mitchell Hill, daughter of Rebecca Teter(the daughter of Abraham Teter and Mary Kittle) , and William W.Mitchell (the son of Hannah Teter and Peter Mitchell, Jr.). Bible wasin possession of Matilda "Tilly" Catherine Zoller Hill, deceased, wifeof William Peter Hill. Their deceased son, Samuel Adam Hill's 2ndwife, Shirley Yates Hill, had Bible and said she would give it to oneof Sam's grandchildren. Shirley has since married and moved to anotherstate (she had no issue by Sam); we don't know her new surname nor towhom she gave the Bible. At that time there were two granddaughters,Samatha and Ginger Hill; since then, Ginger Hill, daughter of WilliamA. Hill, Sam's son, was killed in an automobile accident.

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