Son of Eilijah Mixon, Jr. #20

22 WILLIAM MIXSON, ELIJAH MIXON, JR. (20), ELIJAH MIXON (9), GEORGE MIXON (4), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

William Mixson, son of Elijah Mixon, Jr. and his wife, Lucretia Price Mixson, was b. in Beaufort County, NC, Sep 29, 1806, d, in Coffee County, AL, Oct 8, 1880, bur. Old Tabernacle Cemetery, New Brockton, Coffee County, AL. He was a farmer, a blacksmith and a wagon maker.

 

A deeply religious man, he took an active interest in his local Methodist Church and was given Local Exhorter's license by his Conference. His parents died when he was young and he was partly reared by an uncle, Joseph Gautier and his wife.

 

More complete details of his life is given in an article prepared by one of his great grandsons, French Mixson, and is included in this book.

 

William bought and sold lands in Beaufort County, NC before moving to Georgia, and he always spelled the surname "Mixon" when in North Carolina. After moving to Georgia, he spelled it "Mixson". He married Julia Harris in Beaufort County, NC about 1828, b. 1808, d. Nov 9, 1894, bur. Old Tabernacle Cemetery, New Brockton, AL

Census:

1850 Marion, GA, age 44, wife Julia-43, children: Nancy-17, Cararo-15, Brazilla-14, Jane-12, Caroline-11, Josepha-10, Ellen-9, Hellen-8, John-5, Marion-4, Victoria-1

1860 Precinct 11, Coffee, AL. age 54, wife Julia-54, children: Henry J-20, Julianna S-14, Eliza J-16, Francis M-13, Thomas-16, Josephine-7

From Bible records, the following is a list of their children (first two born in NC, all others in Monroe County, GA).

23 Mary Mixson - b. Nov 26, 1829, d. Aug 10, 1852 in Monroe Co., GA, m. Peyton C. Edge.

§24 Nancy Lucretia Mixson - b. Nov 12, 1832, d. Apr 18, 1914

*25 William Cicero Mixson - b. Sep 2, 1834, d. Jan 29, 1917, m. Martha Elizabeth Law.

*26 Brazillo Harris Mixson - b. Oct 1, 1835, d. Jan 9, 1914

§27 Elizabeth Jane Mixson - b. Feb 21, 1837, d. Nov 3, 1888, m. Joshua Dock Lee.

28 Margaret Carolyn Mixson - b. Jan 10, 1838, d. Oct 16, 1858, Old Tabernacle Cemetery, New Brockton, AL

*29 Henry Josephus Mixson - b. Nov 1, 1839 (his tombstone reads Nov 3, 1839), d. Apr 12, 1930.

§30 Winifred Ellen Mixson - b. Apr 28, 1841, d. 1895 at England, Ark. She m. James

§31 Helen Price Mixson - b. Nov 16, 1842 in Monroe County, GA, d. Feb 6, 1909, in Coffee County, AL

*32 John Elijah Mixson - b. Jan 7, 1844, d. May 14, 1914, bur. Old Tabernacle Cemetery, New Brockton, AL, m. Elmirah Mixon, b. Mar 10, 1847, d. Sep 27, 1924 bur Brooklyn Cemetery, Brooklyn, AL

§33 Julia Sophia Mixson - b. Sep 5, 1345, d. Apr 23, 1874, m. Jim Snellgrove.

*34 Francis Marion Mixson - b. Apr 22, 1847 (his tombstone reads Apr 23, 1847), d. Jun 6, 1930

35 Missouri Victoria Mixson - b. Apr 15, 1849 (date of death not shown in Bible records, nor on tombstone, but size of grave indicates an infant or very small child).

See A Tribute To William And Julia Harris Mixson

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