George Bobbitt served as a soldier in the army of the Confederate States of America. He enlisted as a private in Company I, 53r

The Bobbitt Family In America

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George Bobbitt served as a soldier in the army of the Confederate States of America. He enlisted as a private in Company I, 53rd Virginia Infantry, on May 4, 1862 at Narrows, Virginia for the duration of the war. Records show that he was sick while in service on July 27, 1862.

After the war, George sold land holdings in Grayson County, probably to help support his family. Many of his slaves continued to live on his plantation and help with the farming of tobacco for some twenty years after the war. Today many of the black Bobbitt families of Grayson and Carroll counties are descendants of the slaves owned by George and Sarah Bobbitt. Many of the births and deaths of their slaves were recorded in the family Bible.

Sarah (Littlejohn) Bobbitt died in 1867. After her death, George deeded several tracts of land to his sons. In 1868, John the eldest son, sold his land holdings and left for Indiana.

In 1870 George Bobbitt and his family were listed in the census taken at Nuckolsville on August 18, 1870. Sarah had died, and John had left for Indiana. Mary had married and left home.

Family # 280

George Bobbitt 55 (1815) Virginia

Thomas Bobbitt 16 (1854) Virginia

George Bobbitt 13 (1857) Virginia

Lucretia Brown 27 (1843) Virginia - House Keeper

John Brown * 4 (1866) Virginia

George Brown 1 (1869) Virginia

Peter Brown * 14 (1856) Virginia

*Although the census failed to indicate whether Lucretia and the other members of the "Brown" family were black or white, it is believed that they were black and were formerly slaves of George Bobbitt who stayed on after the war.

Sarah (Littlejohn) Bobbitt was born on December 5, 1824 and died in 1867. George was born in 1813 and we believe that he died in Grayson County in 1892. Both are believed to have been buried in the Nuckols family cemetery, near Galax, Virginia.

In 1878 George B. Bobbitt moved to Fayette County, West Virginia. In later years, Thomas Bobbitt joined his brother, John H. Bobbitt in Indiana. We do not know what happened to Andrew T. Bobbitt.

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