The Bobbitt Family In America

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Charles Bobbitt was the second son of John and Nancy (Nuckols) Bobbitt. He was born in 1809 in Grayson County, Virginia. Charles was only 9 years of age when his father died, and he was guided to manhood by various members of the Nuckols family. Although Nancy Bobbitt, mother of Charles, left most of the family wealth in a deed to her eldest son, John Bobbitt, she lived the balance of her life, near the family of Charles.

Charles Bobbitt was named after his grandfather Charles Nuckols. Of the six sons of John and Nancy Bobbitt, only two remained in Virginia. Charles and his brother, George Washington Bobbitt.

Charles Bobbitt was the first of the six sons of John and Nancy Bobbitt to be married. He married Sally DeFries on December 29, 1825 at the court house in nearby Surry County, North Carolina.

The family was first counted in the census of Grayson County,

Virginia in the 1830 census.

The first five years of their marriage, only sons were born. Their first son was born in December of 1826 and named Clifton Bobbitt. The other two sons were named Calvin and Alexander. No where in Bobbitt genealogy records is there more confusion about ages and the year of birth than in this Charles Bobbitt family. Each census record gives a different age for each member of the family. The 1850 census counted on July 13, 1850 lists all the children who lived to maturity except Clifton, who was away from home. Nancy (Nuckols) Bobbitt was family # 303.

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