7/22/1850 Burke Co, NC. At census time John Mitchell was 65 yearsold , wife Elizabeth was 60 and in their family were Jackson, 21,Margaret, 1 8, Jacob, 6, Eliza, 9, and Elizabeth's 80 yr old widowedmother, Susann a Powell. John and Jackson were farmers, Jacob alaborer. John's real e state totaled $250.