Elgin Plantation, Warren County, NC

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PLANTATION NAME:	ELGIN
ASSOCIATED LINK(s):
ORIGINAL OWNER:	Peter Mitchell (1778-1846)
BUILT:	ca 1832

ASSOCIATED SURNAMES:	Mitchell, Person

HISTORY:	Peter Mitchel, b. February 8, 1778, who was said to have come from Elgin, Scotland, emigrated to Virginia in 1797, and moved to Warrenton a few years later where he established a store with Thomas White, also a Scotsman. Peter, whose surname was originally spelled with one "l", married Elizabeth Person in 1824, the daughter of wealthy landowner, William Person, grandson of the first William Person (1700-1770) who was one first settlers in the area of North Carolina which later became Edgecombe, then Granville, then Bute, and finally Warren County. In 1827, William Person transferred 650 acres of land in Warrenton to Peter Mitchel, which was likely the land on which Elgin was built by 1832, when the family moved into the house. Peter became very ill over the next few years, during which time his wife, Elizabeth, assumed more and more of the duties of running the plantation and by 1846 when her husband died, she was fully in charge. By the time he died, Peter Mitchel had 2000 acres at Elgin, another 2000 acres throughout the county, and other large tracts in Shelby Co. Tennessee, and his widow managed those properties until their son Peter, reached his majority in 1854, at which time she moved out of Elgin in order to give him complete control of his estate. Peter Jr. enlisted in the army in 1861 where he served as a third sergeant in a Warren County unit of the Confederacy, and he and the family came through the War still fairly intact. Right after the war the family started rearranging their affairs in order to move to their property in Tennessee. Mitchel assigned Samuel Arrington with power of attorney to sell and handle all of his North Carolina property, and he also executed a deed specifically placing Elgin in trust for his wife, Laura, and their children, putting the plantation beyond the reach of future contingencies, so that in any even the family may have a comfortable home and a support. Elgin was sold in 1873 for $20,000 to Andrew and William Brown Crinkley, of Gads Hill, Ontario, Canada. Part of the Person Family Papers 1728-1907 Collection, from the Southern Historical Collection, includes papers from the Peter Mitchel estate from the Household accounts when it was run by Elizabeth Person-Mitchell. It contains the records of Slave Births and the allotments of clothing for the Slaves. Probably one of the most remarkable things it reveals, though, is that most all of the Slaves had surnames which were recorded in the Mitchel records. It isn't often that such records were made and it provides a fascinating look into the question about whether or not Slaves had surnames which has often been asked. My suspicion, too, is that the surnames may have been based on where the slaves had been purchased from since most of the surnames were those of the family and neighbors. Hopefully some of the following records will be of help to those researching ancestors from these families.

SLAVE POPULATION:	In 1840, Peter Mitchel had 81 Slaves. In 1850, Elizabeth Mitchel had 52 Slaves. In 1860, Peter Mitchel (Jr.) had 59 Slaves.
	PETER MITCHELL ESTATE, WARREN COUNTY-1847 A Copy of the Inventory of Slaves sent March 1848:
	FANNY GREEN DELHA SALLY HARRY ROBERT JANET ANNA FLORENCE FED ELIZA JUDY MILLY EMMA ROSA JONAS ESSEX LEVINIA ANDREW BILLY TAYLOR AGNES NAT HARRIET LYDIA JANE MARY ISABELLA SOLOMON FANNY PERSON AMEY SYLVIA ALFRED ELIZA PERSON	EASTHER ROBIN BOND HENRIETTA PHIL JONES LUCY EDWARD SAM JAMES LEMUEL CYNTHIA SUSAN ELLEN LAURA DAVY MARY HOBBS MARGARET LOUISA CAROLINE CHAROTTE PHEOBE LIZZIE CATHERINE DAVY x dead FRANK MARIA BILLY DORTCH ALFRED RICHMOND HANNAH MARIA RACHEL WINNY
	EMILY ALBINUS PHIL COLEMAN MARTHA EATON NANCY BETSY POLLY WESLEY MANSFIEL MARY BATES PETER HENRY HARPER ISABELLA DICK VIRGINIA BILLY MITCHEL BEN SHAW BOB NUNNERY CUFFEE BEN BRAGG BURTON ISAAC EDMUND TOM MINA BEN DORTCH JACK ROBIN EPHRAIM SIMON SCILLA	AGGY CHARLOTT JUDY EVELINA x dead REBECCA x dead
	****************** North Carolina Warren County In persuance of an order, made at Warren County Court, August Session 1851, in the petition of ELIZABETH H. MITCHELL praying that her share (one third) of the slaves belonging to the Estate of PETER MITCHELL dec'd be allotted to her the said petitioner- A schedule of said Slaves, and the valuation of those of them in Tennessee by commissioners there, accompanying said order. We have proceeded to discharge that duty, being first duly sworn and respectfully report. Valuation of Slaves in Tennessee as per report of Commissioners - $5275.00 Valuation of Slaves in Warren made by us - $29,720.00 Total valuation - $34,995.00 One Third of $34,995.00 that total value is - $11,665.00 And we allot to the said ELIZABETH H. MITCHELL of the Slaves aforesaid, the following all of whom are in the County of Warren. Names - Value FED - $400.00 ELIZA & her unsound child JONAS - 400.00 JUDY - 650.00 MILLY - 575.00 EMMA - 450.00 ROSA - 275.00 FREDERICK - 150.00 LEVEN - 600.00 CYNTHIA - 550.0 SUDDIE - 350.00 ELLEN - 300.00 SOLOMON - 200.00 CHLOE - 150.00 MARY BATT - 550.00 PETER - 300.00 PHIL COLEMAN (ruptured) -$175.00 MARTHA - 200.00 EATON - 750.00 NANCY - 600.00 NANCY's child, JOHN - 100.00 BETSY - 450.00 POLLY - 550.00 WESLEY - 300.00 MANSFIELD - 225.00 BOB NUNNERY - 450.00 BURTON - 425.00 RACHAEL - 300.00 JACK - 500.00 BILLY TAYLOR - 600.00 OLD SCILLER (worthless) and to receive in money - $140.00 ELIZ. H. MITCHELL's share - $11,665.00
	It will be seen by reference to the within that the total value of all the slaves is - $34,995.00 Total one third of the same is - 11,665.00 That we have allotted to ELIZABETH H. MITCHELL the thirty one slaves mentioned within, valued at - 11,525.00 And that said ELIZ. H. MITCHELL is to receive in money from the Estate of said PETER MITCHELL- 140.00 Total: $11,665.00 Making the share of the said ELIZABETH H. MITCHELL eleven thousand six hundred and sixty five dollars. In making the division and allotment aforesaid, we have classed the said Slaves in families as far as to us served practicable. All which is respectfully submitted. Given under our hands and seals this day of October A.D. 1851. BENJ. E. COOK E. W. BEST KEMP PLUMMER Report of Commr's of LIZZY H. MITCHELL'S Share of her Father's Negroes State of North Carolina Warren County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions May Term 1851 To the worshipful the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, The Petition of ELIZABETH H. MITCHELL Sen'r, ELIZABETH H. MITCHELL Jr. and PETER MITCHELL, an infant, by his next friend W. P. MITCHELL, respectfully sheweth that they are tenants in common in equal undivided shares of the slaves named in the schedule hereto annexed marked A.B. that your Petitioners ELIZABETH H. MITCHELL JR. is desirous of having said Slaves divided and of holding and enjoying her share thereof in severalty. They therefore pray your worships to appoint commissioners to make such division and allot to your Petitioner ELIZABETH JR. one third part of said slaves to be held by her in severalty, and as in duty bound they will ever pray &c. E. HALL atto a Copy Test JNO. W. WHITE Clk State of N. Carolina Warren County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions August Term 1851 ELIZABETH H. MITCHELL SEN'R & others Ex parte Petition for a division of Slaves In this Case it is ordered by the Court that BENJ. E. COOK, E. W. BEST, KEMP PLUMMER, ANTHONY DOWTIN & WILLIAM WATSON JR. or any three of them, be appointed commissioners to divide the Slaves named in the Petition according to the prayer thereof, and report to the next Term of this Court, Commrs' to be sworn by a Justice of the Peace before they act. A Copy Test JNO. W. WHITE Clk A list of the Slaves - to wit:
	1. FED 2. ELIZA 3. JUDY 4. WILEY 5. EMMA 6. ROSA 7. JONAS 8. FREDRICK 9. FANNY 10. DELHA 11. SALLY 12. HARRY 13. BOB 14. JANET 15. ANNA 16. FLORENCE 17. BREACY 18. ROSETTA 19. MINA 20. MARY HOBBS 21. MARGARET 22. LOUISA & child OSCAR 23. CAROLINE 24. LIZZIE 25. PHEOBE 26. KATE 27. GEORGE 28. DAVY 29. BEN BRAGG 30. AGNES 31. BILEY TAYLOR 32. NAT 33. HARRIET 34. LYDICE 35. JANE 36. MARY 37. ISABELLA 38. MARY 39. INDIANNA 40. LAVENIA 41. ESSEX	42. ANDREW 43. CYNTHIA 44. LEMUEL 45. SUE 46. ELEN 47. SOLOMON 48. CLOE 49. AGGY HALIFAX 50. ISABELLA 51. HENRY 52. DICK 53. VIRGINIA 54. WILLIAM 55. BILEY MITCHELL 56. BEN DORTCH 57. EPHRAIM 58. ALFRED 59. SOLOMON 60. FANNY 61. AMEY 62. SYLVIA 63. BANEBOZEL 64. SALLA 65. ISAAC 66. BOB 67. JACK 68. SIMON 69. TOM 70. RACHEL 71. PHIL 72. MARTHA 73. NANCY 74. JOHN 75. BETSY 76. POLLY 77. EATON 78. WESLEY 79. MANSFIELD 80. MARY BATES 81. PETER 82. JUDY BATES 83. MARY
	Slaves in Tennesse: JOHN aged about 35 years CONNER aged about 30 years ESSEX aged about 18 years NEWMAN aged about 12 years POLLY aged about 34 years LIZZY aged about 38 years SARAH a idiot CHILD aged about 50 years CLORA aged about 18 years PEGGY aged about 10 years A Copy Test JNO. W. WHITE Clk ******************
	Names of Slaves, Person Family Papers. The records of the PETER MITCHELL's Estate were among those in the Person Family Papers, including the Household Accounts of ELIZA A. PERSON-MITCHELL, granddaughter of WILLIAM PERSON JR. Lists of Slave Births---
	FANNY GREEN's children: DELHA born July 7th 1833 SALLY born April 10th 1835 HARRY born Oct 16 1837 ROBERT born April 16th 1839 JANET born Febry 15 1841 ANNA born Sept 13 1842 FLORENCE born Sept 7 1844 REBECCA born November 30th 1845 [entry crossed out] BREACHY born April 24 1848 ROSETTA born Oct 28 1849 BETSY MITCHEL born 1851 ALEXANDER MITCHEL Dec 16 1853 ELIZA BATTS Children: JUDY born August 28th 1833 MILLY born Feby 14th 1836 EMMA born May 1st 1838 ROSA born August 10th 1844 JONAS born Sept 9th 1847 FREDRICK January 1849 FANNY born May 1st 1853 LEVINA POWERS' child: ANDREW JACKSON born Sept 1839 AGNES' Children: NAT born 1836 HARRIET born April 1838 LYDIA ANNA born April 5th 1840 JANE born January 9th 1842 MARY POPE born July 9th 1843 ISABELLA born July 11th 1845 INDIANNA born March 11th 1850 SCOTT born May 1852 ELIZA PERSON Children: EASTER born March 1839 ROBBIN born January 17th 1841 HENRIETTA born April 21 1843 EVELINA born May 15 1845 [entry crossed out] FRANCES born May 2 1848
	LUCY's Children: EDWARD November 1839 DANIEL April 21 1841 [entry crossed out, reads "died"] SAM born 18th March 1843 JAMES born 8th March 1846 CYNTHIA's Children: SUSAN born January Sunday morning 9th 1842 ELLEN TURNER born Saturday morning, 18th Novr 1843 LAURA, August 22nd 1846 SOLOMON born April 7th 1848 CLOE born 16 March 1850 MARY HOBBS' Children: MARGARET born Feby 22 1832 LOUISA born 1835 CAROLINE born 1837 CHARLOTT born August 1839 PHEOBE April 4th 1841 E H M Septr 11th 1842 DAVY HARPER born May 5 1844 [entry crossed out, reads "Died 1847"] CATHERINE POLLOCK born January 1st 1847 GEORGE July 1st 1849 BILLY MITCHEL August 1852 FANNY PERSON SYLVIA born Feby 28 1840 AMEY born Feby 1850 CHANEY 1853 MARIA's Children: BILLY 1831 ALFRED April 5 1833 HANNAH 1835 RICHMOND 1837 MARIA 1839 RACHEL 1840 WINNY 1842 EMILY Novr 1845 ALBINUS Oct 28th 1847 NELLY November 14th 1848
	MARTHA's Children: ISABELLA 1825 EATON NANCY BILLY BETSY WESLY born November 25h 1844 MANSFIELD February 18th 1847 MARY BATTs Child: PETER BATTs born Decr 21st 1843 NANCY's Child - JOHN Feb 1851 RENA's Child: JAMES EDWARD MITCHELL born November 12th 1844 ISABELLA's Children: RICHARD C. POPE born November 15th 1845 GEORGIANA[?] born Octr 28th 1847 [entry crossed out] WILLIAM born November 15th 1850 AMEY's Children: GOVAN (alias BAMBOZEL) born November 1 1849 CHANCEY born April 1853 MARGARETT's Children: MARY born May 24 1850 MOSES January 2 1854 WALTER 1856 LOUISA's Children: [no name given] 1854 HARRIET's Child born January 1856 ADELINE died LUCY's Child [no name given] 1854
	CAROLINE's Children: SARAH born July 16 1854 SALLIE GREEN: JOE born May 7 1854 FANNY born August 1857 DELHA GREEN: MIRION born Jany 1851 BETSEY's Children: Born May 21st 1856 [no name given] MILLEY's Children: FREDRICK August 13th 1854 ******************
	Household accounts of Eliza A. Person-Mitchell: 1833 List of Slaves from clothing list: 1. AGGY HARPER 2. CHARLOTT MABRY 3. FANNY GREEN 4. ELIZA MITCHELL 5. MARIA ALSTON 6. MARTHA COLEMAN 7. MARY MITCHELL 8. FANNY PERSON 9. ELIZA PERSON 10. CYNTHIA PERSON 11. SCILLA GALES 12. LEAVEANIA MITCHELL 13. LUCY MITCHELL 14. SOPHIA COLEMAN 15. ISABELLA COLEMAN 16. AGGY CLANTHORN 17. PHILLIP 18. ELICK 19. EDWARD 20. HENRY 21. RICHARD 22. WILLIAM 23. HANNAH 24. TEMPY 25. FREDK 26. EATON MARGARET AMEY ALFRED
	1834 Clothing for Men: FREDERICK MITCHEL BILLY MITCHEL DAVY MITCHEL BENJ'N MITCHEL ROBIN HARRIS JOHN HARRIS BURTON NICHOLSON PHILIP COLEMAN BOB NUNERY JOHN JOHNSON ISAAC JOHNSON TOM BRAGG BEN BRAGG FRANK CHRISTMAS BENJ'N DORTCH ESSEX POWERS EPHRAM JOHNSON SOLOMON PERSON TOM JOHNSON CUFFEE JOHNSON PHIL JONES BILLY TAYLOR LEMUEL ALSTON TOM CHRISTMAS MINA MITCHEL HENRY MITCHEL ELLICK CHRISTMAS EDMUND CHRISTMAS
	1834 Slaves given Clothing made from own sheep: AGGY HARPER CHARLOTT MABRY FANNY GREEN ELIZA MITCHEL MARY MITCHEL MARIA ALSTON MARTHA COLEMAN FANNY PERSON ELIZA PERSON AGNES CLANTHORN LEVEANIA POWERS SOPHIA COLEMAN SCILLA GALES CYNTHIA PERSON LUCY MITCHEL ISABELLA COLEMAN JUDY BATTS MARY BATTS
RESEARCH NOTES:	Researched & transcribed by Deloris Williams
MISCELLANEOUS:	National Register of Historic Places ; Elgin, Wikipedia ; Person Family Papers, 1728-1907 ; Peter Mitchel Will and Estate, 1847, Warren Co.; Warren County, NC Slave Census 1850 for Elizabeth Mitchel; Warren County, NC Slave Census 1860 for Peter Mitchel(Jr.); William Person Biography; Person-Turner-Badger-Parker-Mitchell-Johnson Family Bible