The children of Isham and Elizabeth (James) Bobbitt were born between 1774 and 1797. The 1800 census of Spartanburg County, Sou

The Bobbitt Family In America

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The children of Isham and Elizabeth (James) Bobbitt were born between 1774 and 1797. The 1800 census of Spartanburg County, South Carolina represents the family with the exception of one daughter. The children and their years of birth were: William James Bobbitt born 1775 in North Carolina

Drury Allen Bobbitt born 1776 in North Carolina

Winney Bobbitt born 1778 in North Carolina

Stephen Bobbitt born 1779 in North Carolina

John William Bobbitt born 1782 in North Carolina

Amy Bobbitt born 1785 in North Carolina

Frances Bobbitt born 1,787 in North Carolina

Elizabeth Bobbitt born 1788 in North Carolina

Isham Drury Bobbitt born 1790 in South Carolina

Sarah Bobbitt born 1794 in South Carolina

Nancy Bobbitt born 1796 in South Carolina

The marriages of most of the children have been recorded in Christian and Trigg County Kentucky. South Carolina did not require marriage bonds between 1779 and 1911. There were very few marriages recorded in South Carolina. Several of the marriages of the children were performed by their brother, John W. Bobbitt, minister of the gospel.

William J. Bobbitt married Elizabeth Hail 1808 July 8

Allen Bobbitt married Nancy Smith 1790 S. C.

Winney Bobbitt married Edward Smith 1792 S. C.

Stephen Bobbitt married Barbara Chrisman 1814 June 29

John William Bobbitt married Hester Boney (1) 1802 S. C.

John William Bobbitt married Lucy Jones (2) 1846 October 3

Amy Bobbitt married John Thompson 1806 February 6

Frances Bobbitt married Lewis W. Jones 1809 April 11

Elizabeth Bobbitt married Thomas Jones 1812 March 11

Isham Drury Bobbitt married Cynthia Haggard 1824 December 21

Sarah Bobbitt married Michael Chrisman 1811 October 19

Nancy Bobbitt married John Chrisman 1811 December 22

Isham and Elizabeth moved to Morgan County Illinois in 1827. Their home burned in 1834 and they went to live with their daughter and son in law, Nancy and John Chrisman. They were listed in the 1830 census of Morgan County in the John Chrisman family.

Elizabeth James was born in 1756, the daughter of William and Nancy James of Warren County North Carolina. Elizabeth James married Isham Bobbitt in Halifax County North Carolina on October 13, 1774. Elizabeth lived to be 91 years of age and died on March 6, 1847 in the home of her son, Stephen Bobbitt. Elizabeth was a sister to Susannah Bobbitt the wife of William Bobbitt. William was a brother of Isham. Their sister, Amy Bobbitt married George James who was a brother to Elizabeth and Susannah James. The James family name in the records over the years was spelled Jaynes, Jeans, Janes, and finally James.

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