The Bobbitt Family In America

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Green Bobbitt, was named Greenberry Bobbitt after his great uncle. Greenberry was probably born in 1845. He married Mary Bryant in Carroll County and reared a large family. Green served in the army of the Confederate States as a private in Company E of the 45th Virginia Infantry. He enlisted on April 3, 1862 at Narrows, Virginia for the duration of the war.

Polly A. Bobbitt, was the only daughter of the family and we do not know what happened to her. Several descendants were named after her. We do not find any marriage record for her.

Peyton Bobbitt, was the youngest child in the family and was likely born in 1847 when his mother was 39 years of age. On December 7, 1863, Peyton enrolled in the Confederate Army at Hillsville, Virginia. He served in Company C of the 47th Virginia Cavalry. He was accused of delivering his horse and bounty into the hands of the enemy. He was forced to swear under oath that he did not sell his horse. He was taken as a prisoner of war at Point Republic, Virginia and exchanged on March 28, 1865. He was paroled at Pt. Lookout, Maryland at the age of 18. Peyton never returned home. Descendants say that he was killed in a later assignment at Gettysburg. I have not been able to find him in any records after the war.

The sons of Charles and Sarah Bobbitt were remarkable for their ability to face the hardships of their time.

Many of these people and their descendants are known as "hill people" and for what ever their reasons are, prefer the simple life they have always led in Virginia and prefer to be left alone. They are religious, and good citizens. Many of their descendants today are well educated and prosperous.

Charles Bobbitt in the later years of his life went to live in Surry County, North Carolina. He lived with an Eliza Higgins who is believed to have been a granddaughter. They lived in the town of Franklin. Charles is believed to have died there and been buried there in 1886.