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VIRGINIA - CENSUS OF 1850

GREENBRIER COUNTY

Greenbrier County was formed in 1777 from Montgomery County. The first Bobbitt family to live in Greenbrier County moved there from Monroe County in 1842. This county is now in West Virginia.

Family # 1412, counted November 30, 1850.

John Bobbitt                             65 (1785) Virginia 

Permelia (Hill) Bobbitt               64 (1786) Virginia 

Frances Bobbitt                        25 (1825) Virginia 

Permelia Bobbitt                       20 (1830) Virginia 

James Hill Bobbitt                     22 (1828) Virginia 

William Bobbitt                          4 (1846) Virginia

John Bobbitt was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He married Permelia Hill in Amherst County. This family moved to Monroe County in 1827 and was the first Bobbitt family in the county. William Bobbitt listed with this family was a grandson of John and Permelia. William was a son of Tilman Bobbitt. The family moved to Greenbrier County in 1838.

Family # 1173, counted November 2, 1850.

Tilman Bobbitt                44 (1806) Virginia 

Jane (Hill) Bobbitt           37 (1813) Virginia 

Susan Bobbitt                 19 (1831) Virginia 

Mary Jane Bobbitt          16 (1834) Virginia 

James Tolliver Bobbitt    14 (1836) Virginia 

George Bobbitt              11 (1839) Virginia 

Elizabeth Bobbitt             9 (1841) Virginia 

Joseph Bobbitt                6 (1844) Virginia 

Eliza D. Bobbitt              3 (1847) Virginia

Family # 408, counted July 1850.

Oregon Bobbitt                       33 (1817) Virginia 

Lucy Ann (Hill) Bobbitt           32 (1818) Virginia 

James W. Bobbitt                     6 (1844) Virginia 

George W. Bobbitt                   4 (1846) Virginia 

Francis Napoleon Bobbitt         2 (1848) Virginia

Both of the above families were descendants of John and Permelia Bobbitt. Tilman and Oregon Bobbitt were brothers and sons of John Bobbitt. Jane Hill was a first cousin of Tilman Bobbitt and Lucy Ann Hill was a first cousin once removed from Oregon Bobbitt. Tilman Bobbitt left Greenbrier County in 1865 and eventually settled in North Platte. Nebraska. Oregon Bobbitt lived and died in Greenbrier County.