Martha Mitchell

Notes:

LDS records show approximate date of death.
Martha was the younger daughter of James and Jane Mitchell.
She was said to be a very fine singer and a woman of
education and refinement.

!NAME:Callaway From Devin Deed, Devin, William: Deed to
Callaway (28.Feb.1805), Virginia. Pittsylvania County;
County Clerk's Office.,

[page
273]

Callaway
from Devin [&up]

This
Indenture made this twenty eightth day of February
one
thousand eight Hundred & five Between Will Devin of the

County of Pittsylvania of the one part and Henry G
Callaway of the
County aforesaid of the other part.
Witnesseth that the said William
Devin for and
inconsideration of the sum of Two hundred pounds lawfull

money of Virginia to him in hand paid & satisfied by
the said
Henry G Callaway the recet whereof him the
said Will Devin
doth herby acknowledge hath bargain'd
sold enfecofed and and
confirm'd and by these presence
doth absolutely give grant
bargain sell enfocof &
Confirm unto the said Henry G Callaway
a certain Tract
^or^ parcel of Land lying and being in said County
on
both sides of Wet Sleve Creek containing Two Hundred acres

be the same more or less it being the Land where the
said
Will Devin now lives deeded unto him by his Father
Will Devin
Sen^r by Indenture bearing date
the seventeenth Day of Feby
1794 as appears of Record &
Bounded as followeth to Wit --
Beginning at said Devins
& Bleakleys Corner in
Chamberlyn's old line thence the
said Line Crossing Wet Sleve
Creek to New marked
pointers thence New Lines nearly West
to a Corner red
oak thence New lines ^Nerely^ North to a red oak in
the
said Devin Sen^r line Nere the Turkey Branch
thence the
said line to a red oak & new Corner in the
head of a Bottom
near Isaac's Wood Cutting thence down
the Bottom or Drane
as it meanders to the Deviding line
Betwee the said Devin Sen^r
& Bleakley thence
said Line to the Beginning and the rights of
him the
said Will Devin for himself & his heirs the above granted

land unto the said Henry G Callaway his heirs and
assigns will
forever Warrant and Defend from the Just
Claim of any person
or person Whatsoever In Witness
whereof the said Will Devin
hath hereunto set his hand
and ^affixed his^ seal the Day and year above
Written

William Devin {seal}

Sign'd seal'd &
Deliv'd
in presence of
Hartiwell Allin James
DevinW^m Calland Sam Calland Sen^r

James ^his mark^ X Baredan Richard Pearson

The
Commonwealth of Virginia to Samuel Calland & Robert Devin

Gentleman Justices of Pittsylvania County [grant]
[whig] William
Devin and Martha his wife by their
[unreadable copy at end of page]

[page
274]

of Bargain and sale bearing date the Day of
28 Day of February
1805 have sold and conveyed unto
Henry G Callaway Two
Hundred acres of Land lying and
being in the County of Pittsylvania
and whereas the
said Martha cannot Conveniantly Travel to our
Court of
our said County of Pittsylvania to make acknowledgement

of the said Conveyance therefore we do give unto [you]
or any two [who]
know of you power to Receive the
acknowledgment which the said
Martha shall be willing
to make before you of the Conveyance
aforesaid,
Contained in the said Indenture which is hereto annexed

and we do therefore Command you that you do personnally
go
to the said Martha and Receive her acknowledgment of
the same
and Examine her privately and apart from the
said William
Devin her Husband whether She doth the
same freely and
Voluntarily without his persuasion or
threats and whether she is
Willing that the same be
Recorded in our County Court of
Pittsylvania aforesaid
and when you Received her acknow
ledgement and Examined
her as aforesaid that you destinctly and
openly Certify
in thereof in our said Court under your seals [and]

then show the said Indenture and this [Which] Witness
Will Tunstall
Clerk of our said Court the
23^d Day of March 1805 in the
27^th
year of the Commonwealth

Will Tunstall

class="MarginNote">[Margin note] Delivered to Abram

[cut off]annish the
22^d–Dec^r
[1853 the present owner

of this land.

Pittsylvania County
[solr]
Pursuant to the Within Commission to us Directed
we have
Personally Examined the within named Martha
seperately &
apart from her Husband & the said Martha
freely and Voluntarily
relinquished her rights of Dower
to the Within mentioned Land
declaring it was done ^by
her^ freely and not by the persuasion or threats
of her
Husband, Given under our Hands and seals the 23^d

Day of March 1805

Rob. Devin {seal}
Saml
Calland {seal}

At a Court held for Pittsylvania
County the 17^th Day of June
1805 This
Indenture from William Divin to Henry G Callaway
was
presented in Court and proved by the oath of Three
[faded and unreadable] of
the subscribing
Witnesses thereto to be the act and Deed of the [said]

Willaim Devin Ordered that the same together with a
[commission]
hereto [answered] for [taking] the
acknowledgment and [privacy] Examination
of Martha Wife
of the said Will Divan with a [lanbfurth]
of the
[Executors] thereof be Recorded —

Will Tunstall
Clk

, page 274

!NAME:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

!NAME:Mitchell from Devin et. al. Deed, Devin et. al.: Deed
to Mitchell, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia,

[page 210]

class=”MarginNote”>Mitchell
from
Devin and
others

This Indenture made the 15^th Day of
October in the year of our Lord
1816 Between Martha
Devin, James Devin, Clayton Devin, Abraham C.
Parrish &
Polley Parish his wife, Benjamin Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison
his wife & Sarah Devin all of the County of
Pittsylvania of the one part and
John Mitchell of the
said County of the other part Witnesseth that the Said

Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin Abraham C
Parrish & Polley Parr
ish his Wife Benjamin Hutchison &
Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin for and in
consideration of the Sum of three hundred and forty Dollars

Lawfull money of Virginia to them in hand paid by the
Said John Mitchell
the receipt Whereof is hereby
Acknowledged hath granted bargained Sold and
conveyed
and by these presents Doth grant bargain Sell and convey
unto the Said
John Mitchell his heirs and assigns a
certain tract or parcel of Land lying
and being in the
County Aforesaid on the Waters of Banister Containing One

hundred Acres and 120² poles be the same
more of less it being the same tract
of Land conveyed
by Robert Devin to William Devin in the year 1809 And

bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at a white Oak
corner of the old
line thence North 6[4] degrees East
91 poles to a corner White Oak, thence Said
Old line
North 13 degrees West 1[4]3 poles to a Red Oak S61 degrees
West 140
poles to pointers [and] thence S32 1/2 degress
East 133 poles to the Beginning Which
tract of Land
aforesaid the Said Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Abraham C. Parrish and his Wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Eliza
beth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin [Will] for themselves their heirs &
forever
Warrant, Maintain and defend the right & title to the Said
John Mitchell
his heirs & Assigns or any other person
of persons Whatsoever Claiming in [undes]
or by them the
S^d Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin
Abraham C. Parrish
and his wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife
And Sarah
Devin or their heirs And the Said Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton
Devin Abraham C. Parrish & Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and
Elizabeth Hutchison his
Wife & Sarah Devin do for themselves their heirs & [A]
forever
warrant and defend the Right and title to the
Said tract of Land to the Said John
Mitchell & his
hiers & [A] forever In Witness Whereof the Said Martha
Devin
James Devin Clayton Abraham C Parrish & Polley
Parrish his Wife Benjamin
Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison his Wife & Sarah Devin has hereunto set their

hand and affixed their Seals the day and Year first
written

Martha (her X mark) Devin {Sl}
Jas. Devin
{Sl}
Clayton (his X mark) Devin {Sl}
Abraham C
Parrish {Sl}
Polley (her X mark) Parrish
{Sl}
Benjamin (his X mark) Hutchison {Sl}
Elizabeth
(her X mark) Hutchison {S1}
Sarah (her X mark) Devin
{Sl}

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence

Jabey Smith
James Hurt
Tho^s
Shelton
Hugh Reynolds

[page
211]

Pittsylvania County to Wit
We James Hurt
and Thomas Shelton Magistrates
of the Said County do
hereby certify that Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Polley Parrish BEnjamin Hutchison Elizabeth Hutchison
Srah Devin Abraham
Parrish parties to the within
conveyance hath duly Acknowledged the same before
us on
the fifteenth Day of October 1816 And desired us to certify
the Same Acknow
ledgement to the Clerk of the County
Court of Pittsylvania in order the same conveyance
may
be recorded As Witness our hands and Seals.

class=”Signature”>Jas. Hurt {Seal}
Tho.^s
Shelton

This Indenture from Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton Devin Abraham C. Parrish
and Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and Elizabeth his Wife and Sarah
Devin to John Mitchell was presented in the Clerks office
of Pittsy^a County
the 18^th Day of
November 1816 and admitted to Record by the Clerk of Said
County
upon the Certificate herein endorsed

class=”Signature”>Teste
Will Tunstall Clrk

, pages
210-211

Martha married William Devin 7 Sep 1780, Pittsylvania County, Virginia . William (son of William Devin, Sr. and Sarah Smith) was born Abt 1752, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 28 Apr 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Ancestors of Thomas Clayton Hughes, Ancestors of Thomas Clayton Hughes, Hughes, Thomas Clayton, Generation
No. 7/73

There is a large family of Mitchell's who lived in Pittsylvania Co. at this time. This researcher believes she may be identified as a daughter of James Mitchell, who is found doing business with these residents.

1. James Devin was born 15 May 1781, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 11 Aug 1854, Henry County, Virginia; was buried , Devin Family Cemetery, Henry County, Virginia.
2. Jane Devin was born 15 May 1781, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
3. John Devin was born 1783, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Sarah Devin was born 1785; died Bef 16 Oct 1848, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
5. Mary Devin was born 1788, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Clayton Devin was born 11 Jul 1793, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died 24 Nov 1868, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried , Heydon Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A..
7. Bethsheba Devin was born 1797, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown.
8. Elizabeth Devin was born 1792, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown.
9. William Robert Devin was born Aug 1800, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died 1876, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A..

James married Jane Mrs. James Mitchell. Jane was born Est 1730; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]