The Bobbitt Family In America
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[30]William Bobbitt is recommended as a Captain in part of Captain Trigg's Company.
MAY 7, 1782 - Order Book 2, page 333, Montgomery County.
William Bobbitt proved in court that he ought to be paid 62 shillings and 6 pence for one steer taken by the County Militia. The court approved.
AUGUST 8, 1782 - Order Book 2, page 345, Montgomery County.
William Bobbitt resigned as Captain of the County Militia.
FEBRUARY 5, 1788 - Order Book 1, page 306, Montgomery County.
William Bobbitt is appointed by the court as an overseer of a road passing by Craigs Ferry.
MARCH 1790 - Order Book 4, page 103, Montgomery County.
William Bobbitt is appointed by the court as an overseer of a new road passing from Ward's Gap to Poplar Camp Mountain, near Herbert's Ferry.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1789 - Volume C, page 165, Montgomery County.
William Bobbitt enter 140 acres joining an entry of the said Bobbitt; also 117 acres joining an entry on Pine Creek, also an entry of 118 acres on the waters of Buckhorn and Greasy Creeks. (This land surveyed on October 7, 1789).
In 1782 William Bobbitt and his brother James Bobbitt were listed in the Montgomery County tax lists. James 1 tithable, 0 slaves. William was listed as 1 tithable, 6 slaves.
Wythe County Virginia was formed from Montgomery County in 1790, and Grayson County was formed from Wythe in 1792. At the first court held in the newly formed Grayson County, William Bobbitt was the bondsman for the newly appointed sheriff, Phillip Gaines, on May 27, 1793.
The land William Bobbitt had acquired in 1789 was now in the County of Grayson. Here is the William Bobbitt family in the tax lists of Grayson County from 1794 until 1804, showing the number of males over the age of 16 years.
1794 - 2 1799 - 1 1804 - 1
1795 - 3 1800 - 1
1796 - 1 1801 - 1
1797 - 1 1802 - 2
1798 - 1 1803 - 2
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