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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER MORRIS MITCHELL



BURIAL SITE:

Mitchell’s Campground Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri (no readable marker).

From Springfield take Highway 13 north until you reach the southwest side of Bolivar. There you will see a turn off to County Road T. Go west and south on T for 7.6 miles. The road will curve a lot.

You will see a sign on the northwest side of the road that says "Mitchell’s Campground Church & Cemetery." Turn left (southeast) and go 7/10 miles down a gravel road to the small brick church house which is still standing there. The cemetery is on the north side of the church.


An alternate route is to go to Aldrich, Missouri, at the eastern edge of Stockton Lake, on Highway 123. From Aldrich go north 3/10 miles to County Road T. Turn right (east) on T and go 2.5 miles. The road curves a lot. The sign, "Mitchell’s Campground Church & Cemetery" is on the northwest (left) side of the road. Turn right (southeast) on a gravel road and go 7/10 miles to the church and cemetery.

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Morris Mitchell served in the Pennsylvania Militia in Capt Ezekel Rose's Co., 5th Battalion of Washington County, Pennsylvania, during the Revolutionary conflict. He signed an oath of fidelity and allegiance in Montgomery County, Maryland. He later signed a petition in Washington County, Pennsylvania with Jacob Hoosing, his father-in-law. His wife’s name was Elizabeth Hoosang and they had 15 children.

Morris is reported to have lived in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Knox, Blount and Roane Counties in Tennessee before moving to what is now Polk County, Missouri. In June 1802 he was on a jury list in Roane Co., Tennessee, and he was there in the 1830 census. He became a pioneer settler of Polk County, Missouri. He also became a Methodist Episcopal Minister and served for many years

He is buried in the old part of the cemetery at Mitchell’s Campground Cemetery in Polk County, Missouri. Descendants do not know for sure which monument is his as the inscriptions on the limestone monuments have faded with time.

Morris Mitchell’s will was made on May 6, 1847 and was probated on January 31, 1848 in Polk County, Missouri, naming his wife and children.


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Last updated May 15, 2005.


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