There were four sons in this family each of whom spelled their surname differently and their descendants do so today. The family migrated from Kentucky to Wayne County, Illinois. It is a large and very important Bobbitt family.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY

Family # 56, counted September 28, 1850

John Bobbitt (Minister)      67 1783 North Carolina 

Lucy Bobbitt                     66 1784 North Carolina 

William Bobbitt                 51 1799 North Carolina

The families of Christian County are descendants of Isham and Elizabeth (James) Bobbitt of Warren County, North Carolina. They lived for a time in South Carolina and about 1805 moved to Kentucky. Isham and several of his children moved to Scott and Morgan counties in Illinois. Some members of this family lived in Trigg County, Kentucky. John above was a minister of the Gospel.

Family #57, counted September 28, 1850.

Isham Bobbitt                        38 1812 Kentucky 

Catherine (Meyers) Bobbitt    38 1812 Kentucky 

John W. Bobbitt                     9 1841 Kentucky 

David Bobbitt (faded)             8 1842 Kentucky 

Mildred Bobbitt                      6 1844 Kentucky 

Junita Bobbitt                         3 1847 Kentucky 

Samuel Bobbitt                      1 1849 Kentucky

Isham Drury Bobbitt was a son of John and Lucy Jones Bobbitt. He married Catherine Meyers and reared a large family in Christian County. He has descendants in the county at the present time.

GREENUP COUNTY

Family # ?

Absolom Bobbitt 24 1826 Virginia

Absolom Bobbitt was a son of William and Nancy (Rice) Bobbitt

Family # 372, counted August 17, 1880

William Bobbitt               43 1807 Virginia 

Nancy (Rice) Bobbitt      48 1802 Virginia 

Elvira Bobbitt                 23 1827 Virginia 

James W. Bobbitt           20 1830 Virginia 

Thomas Bobbitt             18 1832 Virginia 

Henry Bobbitt                15 1835 Virginia 

William Bobbitt             13 1837 Virginia 

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