Family # 27, Counted July 1850.
Greenville Bobbitt was a son of John and Permelia Bobbitt. Greenville and his family moved to Kanawha County where he reared his family and died in that county.
Family # 317, Counted July 1850.
Jerdenia Jane Bobbitt was a daughter of John and Permelia Bobbitt. She was a sister to Tilman, Oregon, and Greenville Bobbitt.
Kanawah County was formed in 1788 from Greenbrier and Montgomery counties. The first Bobbitt to live in this county was a Stephen Bobbitt. In 1795 Stephen was granted 2,000 acres of land on Coal River in this county. He is listed in the tax lists from 1795 until 1812.
Family # .... Counted November 25, 1850
Stephen Bobbitt was believed to have been a son of John and Sarah (Gibson) Bobbitt, and a brother to John Bobbitt of Greenbrier County. The census above is the only record of Henry P. Bobbitt and one cannot help but think that he must have been a descendant of Stephen Bobbitt. He had no family listed with him.
