In 1673 Charles City County covered an area of Virginia which extended south of the James river to the border of North Carolina

The Bobbitt Family In America

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In 1673 Charles City County covered an area of Virginia which extended south of the James river to the border of North Carolina, and extended west to the Blue Ridge mountains. To the east of this location was Surry County which was established in 1652 and extended along the James river to the coast..

It has been a puzzle to me that William Bobbitt Senior our ancestor from Wales, was in a list of tithables taken by William Browne on June 10, 1702 in Surry County. I have discovered that the extent of a parish did not take the same boundary lines as those of a county. The Surry county line, the Bristol Parish line and the Southwark Parish line were all very close and sometimes within the territory of Charles City County. Very little of our history of the Bobbitt family concerns Surry County. Our history is within the present day boundaries of Prince George County and Sussex County and it is mostly concerned with Bristol Parish and Albermarle Parish. The county of Prince George was formed out of Charles City County in the year of 1704.

According to the records of land patents in Charles City County the land of William Bobbitt was recorded in book number 6, page 481. Entries from the same book and the same year as the entry of our William Bobbitt are interesting.

Page 182, WILLIAM PEOPLES. November 3, 1673. 862 acres 3 roods, 24 poles. On the south side of James river, part of the land bounded as follows: Beginning on a line formerly surveyed for Thomas Newhouse, thence .... to the Birchen swamp.

Page 446, EDWARD BIRCHETT. March 15, 1673. 351 acres, 32 poles. on the south side of Appomattox river, adjoining the land of HENRY BATT and JAMES THWEATE. (This name also Threwitt)

Page 466, THE PARISH OF WESTOPHER. August 8. 1673 93 acres, 1 rood, 8 poles. On the NORTH side of the Appomattox river.

Page 480, HUGH LEE. October 28, 1672. 374 acres 2 poles. On the south side of Appomattox river. Begining... to the Blackwater.

Page 480, HENRY BATTS AND JOHN STURDIVANT. October 28, 1673. 3528 acres on the south side of the Appomattox river, on the second branch of the Blackwater.

Page 481, JOHN MAIES. October 27, 1673. 89 acres, 23 poles. on the south side of Appomattox river. Begining at the Esterly end of ye long slash, enigh Samuel Woodward's head line.

Page 481, WILLIAM BOBBITT. October 27, 1673. 96 acres, 3 roods, 24 poles. on the south side of the Appomattox river, adjoining the land of Mr. Whittington, thence .... nigh the Cattail branch.