In the year of 1794, John Junior was nine years of age, and it was apparently in this year that John Junior, and his brother Ur

The Bobbitt Family In America

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In the year of 1794, John Junior was nine years of age, and it was apparently in this year that John Junior, and his brother Uriah Bobbitt, were taken by their Grandfather, George Gibson, to live with them in Amherst County Virginia.

We have not made the studies of the Gibson family that would be of interest to our family history. The Gibson family was a large family of Pittsylvania County. They were a large family in Amherst County. Members of this family lived in adjoining counties of Bedford, and Campbell. There were large plantations of the Gibson family in Rockbridge County.

In the 1800 tax lists of Amherst County Virginia, Lexington Parish, John Bobbitt Senior was listed as a tithable, with one tithable son over the age of 21. The son was Uriah Bobbitt. We must conclude that John Junior was also living with his father in Amherst County at that time. James, brother of John Junior was living in Grayson County, and had married his first cousin Rosanna Bobbitt in 1799.

In 1802, on December 8, John Bobbitt Junior married Permelia Hill. The marriage is recorded in Amherst County. Uriah Bobbitt and William Watts were the bondsmen. Uriah was a brother of John, and William Watts is believed to have been his brother-in-law.

In 1810, John Junior was counted with his family in the census records of Amherst County.

John Bobbitt Junior: (born 1785)

3 males under 10 (1800-1810) 1 female under 10 (1890-1810)

1 male 25 - 45 (1765-1785) 1 female 10 - 16* (1794-1800)

1 female 16 - 25 (1785-1794)

John was 25 years of age, Permelia was 24 years of age, and they had three sons and one daughter. The female 10 - 16 was a sister of Permelia's.

Living near to John and Permelia was his brother Uriah Bobbitt. He was living alone. Uriah married on October S. 1811 in Amherst County.

Uriah Bobbitt: (born 1781)

1 male 26 - 45 (1765-1785) no females

In 1810, John Bobbitt Senior and his son, James Bobbitt sold the last of their property in Pittsylvania County. In the same year he moved to Montgomery County where he was counted in the census records. He was listed as a male over 45 years of age, no females, and owning 3 slaves. John Bobbitt Senior died in 1815. His son, James Bobbitt was listed in the tax lists of Grayson County in 1810.

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