Mitchell and White Genealogy

Tracing the Ancestors of Wealthy Edward Mitchell and Hattie Pride White

Persons of Note

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Immigrant Ancestors to America

Immigrant	Description
William Coxe	William Coxe emigrated from England to Virginia on 10 Jun 1610. He arrived on the ship Godspeed with the party of Thomas West, Third Lord De La Warr (Lord Delaware). He was listed among the early records of Virginia as an "ancient planter", a designation reserved for settlers that arrived before the close of 1616, survived the Indian Massacre of 1622, and appeared on the Muster of 1624/25.
John Ross	John Ross emigrated from Scotland to Talbot County, Maryland, in 1716. Deportation began in March of 1716 and ten ships were used to transport the prisoners to Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, and various islands in the West Indies. John Ross was one of 80 prisioners transported to Maryland aboard the Friendship of Belfast, and after a voyage of 88 days arrived at the port of Oxford, Maryland on 20 Aug 1716. John Ross's indenture was sold to Edgar Webb, a shipbuilder who lived near Oxford. It is believed that he was released from his indenture, likely because Edgar Webb was Jacobite supporter. He was living in Hanover County, Virginia, by 1734 and likely arrived there earlier, possibly shortly after his arrival in America in 1716.
Peter Rucker	Peter Rucker emigrated from England to Virginia Abt 1700. Various unproven stories exist concerning the origin of Peter Rucker in America, most involving him surviving the sinking of a ship. R. A. Brock’s, Huguenot Emigration to Virginia and Settlement at Manakin-Town, Richmond, VA, 1886, p.49-50 had the following: “At a Council held at the hon’ble Mr. Auditor Byrd’s 14th day of Nov. 1700,” there is an accounting of the events of that year including: “ . . . carryed [sic] up to Monocantown [sic] about 120 [French Protestant] refugees, of whom six are dead and about 20 gone away, some from libertinage and lazinesse [sic] and some for want of bread . . . Besides ye loss they suffered at James Town by ye sinking of their sloop, where they had their goods lost and spoiled to yea value of 300 pounds, and ye sicknesse [sic] they have laid under at ye falls [now Richmond] these four months . . .”. There is no evidence that Peter was among this group of French Protestants, but also there is none to dispute it. Peter was naturalized in 1704, and the current law required immigrants to live in the country at least 4 years before they could be naturalized, so Peter would have arrived by 1700.

Revolutionary War Patriots

Patriot	Description of Service
John P. Campbell	John P. Campbell aided the American revolution in 1781 by serving as a private in the Revolutionary War for seven months. DAR ancestor A018659.
Thomas Coppedge	Thomas Coppedge aided the American revolution From 1776 - 1778 by serving as a private in the Army under Captain Thomas Gaskins. DAR ancestor A025907.
Archelaus Mitchell	Archelaus Mitchell aided the American revolution From 1776 - 1780 by serving as a private and a sergeant in the Revolutionary War. No DAR entry.
Jesse Reynolds	Jesse Reynolds aided the American revolution From 1776 - 1778 by serving as a sergeant in the Army under Captain Gross Scruggs. DAR ancestor A095699.
Capt. David Woodroof	Capt. David Woodroof aided the American revolution in 1779 by commanding a company of militia. DAR ancestor A128631.

War of 1812 Veterans

Veteran	Description of Service
James R. Bias	James R. Bias served as a private during the War of 1812 From 28 Aug 1814 - 8 Feb 1815. He was in Capt. Samuel B.Jeter's company of the Virginia Militia.
Joseph Fuqua	Joseph Fuqua enlisted at Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia and served as a private in Captain John P. Gray's company of Virginia militia From 1 Sep 1814 - 14 Sep 1814.
John Glass	John Glass served in the War of 1812 as a private in Capt. Abram Bufords' Company of the 8th Regiment of Virginia Militia From 5 Sep 1814 - 19 Feb 1815. He was a substitute for John Cawthorn.

Confederate Civil War Veterans

Veteran	Description of Service
William Ashley, Jr	William Ashley, Jr, served as a private in Company I (the Amherst Rifle Grays) of the 19th Virginia Infantry Bet 20 May 1861 and 9 Apr 1865. This company took part in the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Gaines Mill, and Malvern Hill between May and June of 1862. He took a furlough for 15 days in March of 1863. Beginning around June of 1863 he was detailed to special duty as a teamster driving one of the brigade staff wagons. The 19th Virginia Infantry was part of Garnett's Brigade at Gettysburg and were deployed at the center of the brigade during Pickett's famous charge on July 3rd. It isn't known if Private William Ashley took part in the charge. He remained as a teamster for the brigade command through the end of 1864, including at the Battle of Cold Harbor and spending a lot of time at Chaffin's Farm east of Richmond. No record exists for Private Ashley after 1864 but he probably stayed with the 19th Virginia until their capture at Sayler's Creek on April 6th, 1865.
David S. Campbell	David S. Campbell served in the Confederate Army as a private in Captain J. Henry Rives' Company of the Nelson Light Artillery From Aug 1861 - Feb 1865. He enlisted in Nelson County on 1 Aug 1861 for the duration of the war. He was reported as being sick in the field hospital at the end of 1864 and was given a 60 day furlough on January 11, 1865 by the medical examining board because he was incapable of performing his duties. He was suffering from anasarca, also known as "extreme generalized edema", a medical condition characterised by widespread swelling of the skin due to effusion of fluid into the extracellular space. There are no records that indicate that he ever returned to duty.
Corbin Decator Glass	Corbin Decator Glass enlisted on the Confederate side as a private in Patterson's Company (Campbell Battery) of Virginia Heavy Artillery on 5 Mar 1862. This unit was disbanded on 5 Jul 1862 and the men assigned to Company D of the 18th Heavy Artillery Battalion. He was listed as absent without leave from Co. D since 7 Jul 1862 and it is not known if he ever reported.
Edward M. Glass	Edward M. Glass served on the Confederate side as a private in Co. D of the 18th Virginia Heavy Artillery From 5 Mar 1862 - 24 Sep 1862. He was discharged on 24 Sep 1862 for unknown reasons.
Jesse Chiswell Glass	Jesse Chiswell Glass enlisted on the Confederate side as a private in Patterson's Company (Campbell Battery) of Virginia Heavy Artillery on 5 Mar 1862. This unit was disbanded on 5 Jul 1862 and the men assigned to Company D of the 18th Heavy Artillery Battalion. He was listed as absent without leave from Co. D since 7 Jul 1862 and it is not known if he ever reported.
Thomas W. Glass	Thomas W. Glass was a private in Company I of Col. R. T. W. Duke's Regiment of the 2nd Virginia Reserves in Apr 1865 in Richmond, Virginia. He was captured in hospital at Richmond on 3 Apr 1865, admitted to Jackson Hospital in Richmond on 9 Apr 1865, and turned over to the Provost Marshall on 14 Apr 1865.
Bowling Louis Mitchell	Bowling Louis Mitchell enlisted as a private in Capt. Kirkpatrick's Company of the Virginia Light Artillery for the duration of the war on 14 Jan 1863 in Caroline County, Virginia.
	Bowling Louis Mitchell was captured at the Battle of Fisher's Hill on 22 Sep 1864 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. He was imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland and paroled 17 Mar 1865 to Aiken's Landing near Richmond, Virginia in an exchange of prisoners.
	Bowling Louis Mitchell appears on roll of paroled and exchanged prisoners on 20 Mar 1865 in Richmond, Virginia.
Sylvester Mitchell	Sylvester Mitchell served on the Confederate side as a Lieutenant in Company I of the 25th Virginia Infantry Regiment, part of Early's Brigade in 1862. He was severly wounded in the thigh on 28 Aug 1862 during the 2nd Battle of Manassas and reported as killed on 29 Aug 1862.
George Sallings Morris	George Sallings Morris served on the Confederate side as a private in Capt. Kirkpatrick's Company of Light Artillery (Amherst Artillery) From 11 Sep 1861 - Oct 1864. He enlisted in Richmond on 11 Sep 1861 and served the duration of the war.
Legrand Ferdinand Cortez Reynolds	Legrand Ferdinand Cortez Reynolds enlisted in Company H of the 4th Regiment of the Virginia Infantry as a Private on 10 Mar 1862 in Lexington, Albemarle County, Virginia. He developed a chronic leg ulcer and was detailed to light duty or hospital duty on 20 Aug 1864.
Obadiah B. Reynolds, Jr.	Obadiah B. Reynolds, Jr., served on the Confederate side as a private in Company E of the 27th Virginia Infantry From Nov 1862 - 17 Jun 1865. He served primarliy as a teamster or wagon master and was captured at Gettysburg on 3 Jul 1863 and held in the prison camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware until he was exchanged at City Point on 31 Jul 1863. Following his release he returned to his duty as a teamster and was captured again near Petersburg, VA on 25 Mar 1865. He was released 17 Jun 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance at Port Lookout, Maryland.
Addison Morgan White	Addison Morgan White was discharged from Co. E of the 11th Virginia Infantry on 7 May 1862 in United States. The militia unit was organized by faculty and students at Lynchburg College in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate service in July. It became Company E, 11th Virginia Infantry in the Confederate army. The commanding officer of the company, Captain James E. Blankenship, was a mathematics professor at Lynchburg College. Though Blankenship had graduated at the top of his class at the Virginia Military Institute in 1852, his nerve failed when tested in battle. During the First Battle of Manassas he fled in the middle of the fighting. It was reorganized on 26 April 1862.
John William White	John William White served on the Confederate side as a private in Company B of the 8th Virginia Cavalry From 20 Jul 1861 - 4 Jun 1862. He enlisted at Wytheville, VA on 20 Jul 1861 for 1 year. He was medically discharged on 4 Jun 1862 due to frequent hemorages from his lungs.

Union Civil War Veterans

World War I Veterans

Veteran	Description of Service
John Edward White	John Edward White served in the Army in 1918.

World War II Veterans

Veteran	Description of Service
William Kenneth Dishman	William Kenneth Dishman served in the Army From 15 Apr 1946 - 31 Jul 1947. He enlisted in the United States Army on 15 April 1946 in Richmond, Virginia. He went through 8 weeks of basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky and then returned home for 1 week of leave. He took the train from Washington, DC to California where he reported at Camp Stone. He departed California by ship on 6 Aug 1946 and arrived in Yokohama, Japan on 19 Aug 1946. He was assigned to the Eighth Army troop movement section as an administrative NCO and stationed at Zama, the "West Point of Japan". His section was responsible for coordinating troop movements into and out of Japan, and his main duty involved loading and unloading troop ships at the port in Yokohama. He obtained the rank of Sergeant while in Japan. He departed Japan on 26 Jun 1947 and traveled by air back to California. He was able to arrange transport by air instead of ship due to his position in the troop movement section. The flight took 60 hours, with refueling stops in Guam, Kwajalein, Johnston Island, and Hickam Field, Hawaii. He arrived at Fairfield-Suisun Army Air base on 28 Jun 1947 and was granted terminal leave from 4 Jul 1947 He traveled back home to Virginia by bus and was honorably discharged on July 31, 1947.
William Kenneth Dishman	William Kenneth Dishman served in the Army Reserve From 4 Jul 1947 - 19 Jul 1953.
James Edward Mitchell	James Edward Mitchell served in the U. S. Army Air Force, 8th Air Force, 94th Bomber Group, as a radar mechanic From 1943 - 14 Apr 1946. He received an honorable discharge.
Gordon Henry White, Jr.	Gordon Henry White, Jr., served in the Company A of 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division From 17 Nov 1940 - 6 Jun 1944. He died during the D-Day assault on Omaha Beach in Normandy along with 18 other soldiers in Company A from Bedford, making Bedford the community that suffered the largest proportional loss of life during World War II. This group of soldiers became known as the "Bedford Boys".