Mortimer Mitchell Worked on the Lands of Peter G. Evans
Mortimer Mitchel , Hezekiah Foster (col'd) wish to hire P G Evans plantation, have worked on these about 4 years. These words I featured in my post Amanuensis Monday: Mortimer Mitchell Mentioned In Freedmen's Bureau Land and Property Records . If you missed that post, you may want to read that one first before continuing. Mortimer Mitchell was my 3rd great grandfather who was born around 1835 in Martin County, NC. According to the 1870 Federal Census, Mortimer resided in Township 6, Craven County, NC that particular year. According to the land record I shared in my prior post, Mortimer's land contract on 10 acres of cleared land began around March 1864. Four years prior to this, he was working on the P G Evans plantation. Could I figure out where this plantation was located? Col. Peter Gustavas Evans Picture is from "Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65," Edited by Walter Cla...