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VIRGINIA - CENSUS OF 1850

Carroll County, continued:

Family # 106, counted June 30, 1850.

Robert Bobbitt                      59 (1791) Virginia 

Dicey (Bullard) Bobbitt          54 (1796) Virginia 

James Bobbitt                        34 (1816) Virginia 

Thursey Colton                      18 (1832) Virginia

Robert Bobbitt was a son of Captain William Bobbitt of Grayson County. He was a brother of Rosanna Bobbitt and an uncle to the family of William Bobbitt listed above.

GRAYSON COUNTY

Grayson County was formed in 1792 from Wythe and Patrick counties. Bobbitt family members were living in this county when it was formed. They had moved to the area from Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Many of the Bobbitt families who lived in this county migrated to Pulaski County, Kentucky between 1822 and 1850.

Family # 303, counted July 13, 1850

Nancy (Nuckolls) Bobbitt                        60 (1790) Virginia

Nancy Bobbitt was the widow of John Bobbitt. John Bobbitt was a son of Captain William Bobbitt of Grayson County. She is living here next to the farm of her son, Charles Bobbitt.

Family # 304, counted July 13, 1850

Charles Bobbitt                46 (1804) Virginia  

Sally (Defries) Bobbitt      41 (1809) Virginia 

Alexander Bobbitt            21 (1829) Virginia 

Andrew Bobbitt               16 (1834) Virginia 

Martin Bobbitt                 13 (1837) Virginia 

George Bobbitt               11 (1839) Virginia 

Samuel Bobbitt                 7 (1843) Virginia 

Joseph Bobbitt                 6 (1844) Virginia 

Green Bobbitt                  5 (1845) Virginia 

Polly Bobbitt                    4 (1846) Virginia 

Peyton Bobbitt                 3 (1847) Virginia 

Calvin Bobbitt                22 (1828) Virginia

There was nine sons in this family and only one daughter. The family was nine Grayson County, Virginia.

The early tax lists and census records list the heads of each Bobbitt family who lived in this county before 1850.