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Andrew Mitchell was born at
Clawfin in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1733. He was one of 9 children of
Robert Mitchell and his wife Marion Weir. In 1753 Andrew emigrated to
America where he first became a merchant in Philadelphia but later moved
to Ballston Spa where he was comissioned a second major in the 12th
Regiment, the New York Militia, fighting in the revolutionary war. He
was later appointed a Justice of the peace and a member of the New York
Assembly from Saratoga. Two of his sons left the area and travelled by
train, boat and waggon, William to an area now known as Kendalville and
George Cadillac in Indiana. John Mitchell, William's son, became a very
worthy and philantropic gentleman, a banker and entrepreneur. George did
equally well in Cadillac and died a wealthy gentleman. The full story of
this Scottish family (still with descendants in Scotland) can be found in
Alvord's History of Noble County, Indiana, published by Bowen in 1902.
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