"The road from Petersburg, by Spains Tavern (in present day Dinwiddie County), crossing the Nottoway River at Cross' Bridge, th

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"The road from Petersburg, by Spains Tavern (in present day Dinwiddie County), crossing the Nottoway River at Cross' Bridge, thence to North Meherrin River, crossing at Hawkins' Bridge, the South Meherrin River at Barry's Bridge and thence to Skipwith's Ferry on the Roanoke, and thence southward into North Carolina, was one of the notable roads by which uncounted numbers, from the valleys of the James and Appomattox, traveled into North Carolina.

"In 1738 the General Assembly of Virginia passed an act designed to encourage the settlement of lands lying upon the Roanoke River "on the southern boundary of the colony", which lands the act declared were "for the most part unseated and uncultivated."

The first record of Lewis Bobbitt in North Carolina is in the North Carolina State Archives. It was a land survey for Lewis Bobbitt dated June 7, 1749.

"Survey of land for Lewis Bobbitt, 450 acres in Granville County on the south side of Reedy Creek. By D. Weldon, Surveyor. Witnesses: John Person, Richard Maddrey, Jonathan Carr."

The records indicate that Lewis Bobbitt did not actually move to North Carolina with his family until the above surveyed land was granted to him by King George II of England. The grant was dated April 24, 1753.

"King George Ii of England, to Lewis Bobbitt of Granville County, Planter. 450 acres of land on the south side of Reedy Creek."

The land of this grant is in present day Warren County, North Carolina. It is significant that the land was located near the land of his double first cousin, William Bobbitt, a son of John Bobbitt of Chowan.

On July 4, 1754, William Bobbitt of Orange County sold his land in Granville County to Thomas Williams. John Richard Bobbitt was living in Granville County after his father, William Bobbitt, and his brother, William Bobbitt Junior had moved to Orange County.

"William Bobbitt of Orange County to Thomas Williams of Granville County, 550 acres of land on the south side of Reedy Creek, at the mouth of Reedy Spring Gut."

On March 11, 1760, John Richard Bobbitt received a land grant which mentions that his land touched Thomas Williams line. The land was on both sides of Little Fishing Creek. (This land is in present day Warren County, North Carolina.)

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