ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - MISCELLANEOUS - Obituary of Col. George Mitchell
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                   Obituary of Col. George Mitchell 



        Surnames: MITCHELL, Snead, Jones, Ferrand, Guion

Obituary of Col. George Mitchell

August 12, 1791 - Died today at Onslow Court House, Colonel George 
Mitchell of Onslow County. Col. Mitchell and Robert W. Snead were 
competitiors for representing Onslow County in the North Carolina Senate, 
and much ill will had developed in the political race.

Mr. Snead was declared elected after the election was closed. Mr. Snead 
was observed to call Col. Mitchell from amongst the people assembled at 
the court house and to go with him into a thicket nearby.

Shortly afterwards a pistol shot was heard, and people came running from 
the court house.

The crowd found Col. Mitchell lying dead in the presence of Mr. Snead. Two 
wounds were found on Col. Mithcell - a pistol shot passing through his 
shoulder and out below his ribs, the other wound on the skull from a heavy 
blow with the butt of the pistol. Mr. Snead was there apprehended and put 
in jail.

Col. Mitchell bore an unblemished character and was very active during the 
Revolutionary War. For many years he represented Onslow County in the 
General Assembly.

Col. Mitchell was the son of Abraham Mitchell, Jr., and Keziah Hunter of 
the White Oak River. After his father's death, his mother married Emanuel 
Jones, in whose home at Mount Pleasant near Swansborough Col. Mitchell 
grew up to manhood. For some years he was a clerk for Messrs. (William) 
Ferrand and (Isaac) Guion at their store in Swansborough and was later a 
partner in trade there with his half brother William Jones. Col. Mitchell 
leaves a wife and eight children.