Clay County AlArchives Military Records.....Mitchell, John 
Warof1812 - Pension 
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WAR OF 1812 PENSION RECORD
THE STATE OF ALABAMA CLAY COUNTY

On the 31 day of March 18, 1879 personally appeared before me, James L. 
Williams, Judge of Court of Probate the same being a court of Record within and 
for said county and state aforesaid, Mary Mitchell aged 51 years and EMELY 
GRAVETTE, aged 45, both children of John Mitchell by his first wife, and who 
are well known to me, and whom I certify to be in every way worth and entitied 
to credit and who being duly sworn according to law depose and say that they 
were acquainted with John Mitchell's second wife, who was Edie(?) Hurst before 
her marriage with their father. That the said Edie Mitchell nee Hurst died on 
or about I2 day of March 1847, that they were present and saw the corpse of 
Edie Mitchell and recognized it as the body of their said step-mother. That 
they were present and saw her body buried. That John Mitchell's first wife was 
their mother, that she died on or about 2 day of July 1840. That they were 
present and saw her remains after she was dead and that they knew that it was 
the body of their mother, Emily Mitchell, first wife of John Mitchell and that 
they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim either direct or 
indirect.
/S/
/S/
Mary Mitchell
Emily Gravett

THE STATE OF ALABAMA CLAY COUNTY
On the 15 day of March 1879, personally appeared before me James L. Williams, 
Judge of County of Probate The same being a counrt of record within and for 
said county and stae aforesaid. Catherine S. Mitchell aged 71 years a resident 
of Clay County, Alabama who being duly sworn according to law deposition says 
that she is a widow of John Mitchell deceased who was the identical John 
Mitchell who applied for and obtained pension certificate No 20636 for service 
redered in War of 1812. Claimant further states that she was married to the 
said soldier, John Mitchell in Talladega County, Alabama on 7 day of April 1852 
by one Charles W Roby a Justice of the Peace that has name before her said 
marriage to soldier John Mitchell was Catherine S. Fox. That her said husband, 
John Mitchell, died on or about the 17th day of May 1871 at his residence in 
Clay County Alabama and that she has not remarried since the death of the 
soldier. That the said John Mitchell was married twice before her said marriage 
to him. That his first wife's name before his marriage to her was Emily 
Holtzclaw. That she died on or about the ....day of....1840 . That his second 
wife's name was Edie Hurst. That she died in Randolph County, Alabama on or 
about .... day of... 18..., and she states that the following her? depose and 
say that the have known Catherine S. Mitchell for 18 and 20 years respectively. 
That they were present and saw her make her mark to the foregoing declaration. 
That they have every reason to believe from this appearance of said claimant 
that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, that they are 
able from their personal knowledge of her that she is the person who was the 
wife of John Mitchell deceased who obtained persion certificates as above 
stated in declaration of claimant And they further state that have no inerest 
either direct or indirect in the pronsecution of this claim. W. W. Wilkins. S. 
Manning

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