Sons of Jehu Mixon #976

985 NATHAN MIXON, JEHU MIXON (976), MICHA MIXON (701), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Nathan Mixon, son of Jehu and Fereby Belk Mixon, was b. in Darlington District, SC in 1791, d. May 1, 1877 in Louisiana. On Oct 31, 1811, he was granted a passport by the Governor of Georgia to pass through the Indian Nations to the western country. This was when AL was part of the Mississippi Territory. He obtained land grants located mainly on the Sepulga River in southwest AL, near the county lines dividing Conecuh and Monroe Counties - his lands in Conecuh. This was 1822. He obtained another grant in Autauga County, and bought and sold a lot at Claiborne, on the AL River. On July16, 1818, he m. Sarah Ann Sparrows - b. ca. 1800, d. Sep13, 1824.

Census:

1840 Conecuh, AL, Nathan Mixon, males: under 8:1, 5-10:1 10-15:1, 15-20:1, 20-30:1, 40-50:1; females: under 5:1, 5-10:2, 10-15:3, 15-20:1, 40-50:1

1850 Jackson, LA, age 59, wife Elizabeth-47, children: Lambert-21, Sarah A-24, Mariah-17, Julia-15, Emily-12, Ann-10, Jane 6, Elbert-6, Alfred-3

1860 Ward 3, Caldwell, LA, age 68, wife Elizabeth-57, children: Jane-15, Alpee-12, Will Fore-11, Caroline-7

Children:

*1021 Nelson Mixon - b. Apr 24, 1819, d. Nov 6, 1893

*1022 Irvin Mixon - b. Aug 23, 1820, d. Feb 5, 1867

§1023 Martha L. Mixon - b. Nov 5, 1821, d. Mar 6, 1899

*1024 Abbott Jackson Mixon - b. Jun 24, 1823, d. Jan 15, 1898

1025 Mary N. Mixon - b. Sep 6, 1824, d. Jan14, 1825

Mr. Mixon m. (2) Elizabeth Patrick - b. 1803, d. Jan14, 1873, on Jul 7, 1825.
Children:

1026 Sarah Ann Mixon - b. Jun 4, 1826, d. Oct 5, 1877, m. _____ Cox

§1027 Caroline Mixon - b. Nov 11, 1827, d. Jan 28, 1911, m. Billy McCrummon

§1028 Margaret Mixon - b. Nov 11, 1827, (Twin), m. Wright Fore

*1029 Lambert Mixon - b. Sep 26, 1829, d. Mar 11, 1863

1030 Simpson Mixon - b. Jun 1, 1831 (no further records)

1031 Mariah Mixon - b. Jun16, 1833, d. Dec14, 1850

1032 Julia Mixon - b. Jul 20, 1835

*1033 Wiley Mixon - b. Nov 10, 1837, d. Dec 21, 1914

§1034 Emily Mixon - b. Feb 25, 1840, d. Feb 28, 1924, m. Rev. T. J. Humble

§1035 Ann Mixon - b. Jun 24, 1842, d. Jan 3, 1930, m. Jim Green

§1036 Jane Mixon - b. Nov 18, 1844, d. Apr 28, 1929, m. (1) James Overton, m. (2) Godfrey L. Thomas

*1037 Alfred Mixon - b. Jan 24, 1847, d. Jan10, 1929

In the late 1840s, Mr. Mixon moved to Union Parish, LA, or that part of which was Jackson Parish in 1850, and later Lincoln Parish. In this area in LA, he entered and bought several tracts of government lands. His brother, Joel, was there in 1840.

 

987 JOEL MIXON, JEHU MIXON (976), MICHA MIXON (701), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Joel Mixon, son of Jehu and Phereby Belk Mixon, was b. in Darlington Dist., SC, Apr 1, 1796, d. in Jackson Parish, LA, Nov 26, 1859. About 1814, he m. Phereby Phillen (sometimes spelled Filand) - b. Jul 15, 1795, d. Apr 2, 1860.  Both bur. Sibley Cemetery, Sibley, LA They lived in Darlington District just a few years and their first two children were born there, but had moved to Wilcox County, AL ca. 1819, where the remainder of the children were born. Just prior to 1840, they moved to Union Parish, LA, where they are shown in the 1840 census. He is shown in the 1850 census of Jackson Parish. He had purchased several grants of Public Lands before his death, owning over 3000 acres, all of which was left to his descendants. His son was administrator of the estate, the personal property was sold, which amounted to $37,184.25.

Census:

1830 Wilcox, AL, Joel Mixon, males: under 5:2, 5-9:1, 30-39:1; females: under 5:1, 5-9:1, 15-19:2; 30-39:1

1840 Union, AL, Joel Mixon,  males: 5-9:1, 10-14:2, 15-19:1, 20-49:1; females: 5-9:1, 10-14:1, 40-49:1

1850 Jackson, LA, age-54 wife Ferba-54

Children:

§1038 Elizabeth Wiles Mixon - b. Dec 28, 1814 in Darlington District, SC, d. Feb 13, 1897 in Wilcox County, AL

§1039 Pamela Ann Mixon - b. Oct 22, 1815, d. Nov 22, 1874

§1040 Margaret Jane Mixon - b. ca. 1819, d. Jun 22, 1899

§1041 Sarah Ann Mixon - b. ca. 1821

1042 Western Russell Mixon - b. Jun 14, 1825, d. Jan 19, 1856 in LA, bur. Sibley Cemetery, Sibley, LA.  He did not marry

*1043 Redden Mixon - b. Feb 2, 1821, d. Mar 28, 1893

§1044 Rebeccah Feriby Mixon - b. Apr 1, 1825, d. Sep 25, 1896

*1046 Joseph Stephenson Mixon - b. Aug14,1830, d. May 10, 1867

1047 Charlotte Mixon - b. Feb 20, 1833, d. Nov 20, 1849

 

988 ISAAC MIXON, JEHU MIXON (976), MICHA MIXON (701), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Isaac Mixon, twin brother to Joel Mixon, was b. Apr 1, 1796 in Darlington District, SC, d. Jan 15, 1856, son of Jehu and Fereby Belk Mixon. It is believed he migrated from SC to Wilcox County, AL, with Joel Mixon and family. He was m. in Clarke County, AL, Nov 13, 1819, to Clarissa Veazey, b. Dec 21, 1800, d. Aug 5, 1891.  Both bur. Boiling Spring Cemetery, Wilcox County, AL

Census:

1850 District Wilcox, AL, age 54, wife Clarissa-49, children: Paeriba A-7, also listed: Garper C Mixon-19

They had the following children:

1049 Phereby Ann Mixon - b. Nov 26, 1842 in Wilcox County, AL, d. Mar 3, 1871, m. Jasper C. Mixon (a cousin, see #1068). Jasper Mixon was b. ca. 1831 and was son of Simpson Mariah Mixon (see #990), and had joined his Uncle Isaac before 1850, listed in that census as a farm overseer.  Both bur. Boiling Spring Cemetery, Wilcox County, AL

 

Isaac died before 1860, intestate, leaving all property, both personal and real, to his wife and daughter. She and Jasper married Jul 1, 1862. Though they had no children, Clarissa deeded them several pieces of property, and Jasper acquired other pieces of property later on. Phereby Ann had d. before 1885, for it was that year Jasper m. Mrs. A. R. Jones, a widow, who also preceded Jasper in death. He d. Mar 28, 1888, intestate, and Clarissa bought all the property he had owned from his heirs (children of his sister or sisters) at and for the sum of four thousand dollars. From Probate Court records of Wilcox County, the heirs are listed as follows:

W.J. Beasley of Chickasaw County, MS.

R. F. Beasley of Jefferson County, Montana

H.S. Beasley Sumter County, SC

M.A. Beasley Clay County, MS.

F. D. Beasley Clay County, MS.

F.N. Beasley Clay County, MS,

Sarah Francis Reuss Washington County, IL.*

During the next few years, Clarissa sold several tracts of lands to different individuals, some bearing the name Mixon, who, probably, were ex-slaves. She left no will on record in Wilcox and there is no administration for her estate (if any) shown. She could have moved to another county.

 

Census records indicate another daughter and a son, both dying young.

 

*Note from Karen Reinhardt Mason: Sarah Francis Reuss of Washington County, IL was my great grandmother. I have the letters from the attorney in 1930 when Mrs. Anderson (daughter of Tallila Beasley) filed suit for ownership of the M & O Railroad Shares that were willed to her mother from Jasper.

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