Robert Mitchell (c. 1760–c. 1808)
Mitchell was a neighbor of Bushrod Washington in Westmoreland County. He served with Washington as a director of the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia for the Richmond County area.
Robert Mitchell was born in Lancaster County, Virginia. A clerk of Robert Carter at Nomini Hall in the mid-1770s, he later worked as a planter, sheriff, and justice of Richmond County. In 1782 he married Carter's eldest daughter Priscilla. Seven of their children survived infancy. Mitchell died circa 1808 and is thought to be buried with his wife at Nomini Hall.
Mary A. Stephenson, "Robert Carter House Historical Report, Block 30-2 Building 13 Lot 333, 334, 335, 336" (1956, 1990), Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library Research Report Series – 1604, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, Williamsburg, Virginia (Colonial Williamsburg Digital Library).
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Grove Mount, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. (1990).
A Guide to the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia General Business Records, 1795–1965, Library of Virginia, Richmond (Archival Resources of the Virginias).
Grove Mount at The Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
Robert Mitchell at Find a Grave.
Robert Mitchell at FamilySearch.