The census records and the recorded will of Lewis Bobbitt confirm the major events in his life. His will was recorded in Warren

The Bobbitt Family In America

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The census records and the recorded will of Lewis Bobbitt confirm the major events in his life. His will was recorded in Warren County in 1818. The sons listed in the census records and in the will were, James born in 1782, John born in 1789, Miles born in 1792, and Lewis born in 1794.

Mary Person, the wife of Lewis Bobbitt Junior, must have been younger than Lewis by many years. She had to be born in 1750 and would have been 8 years younger. When Mary was 16 years old it would have been in 1766, and that is about the time that Lewis received his first land. There is no evidence that Lewis had any other wives. Mary Person was his only wife, and the mother of all of his children.

Lewis Bobbitt was listed in the Warren County tax lists from 1784 until 1815. Most of those years he was taxed for 300 acres of land, and no sons over 21 years of age living at home.

In the federal census of Warren County taken in 1810, Lewis and his family are listed as:

Lewis Bobbitt:

1 male 10 - 16 (1794-1800) 1 female 10 - 16 (1794-1800)

1 male 26 - 45 (1765-1784) 2 females 16- 26 (1784-1794)

1 male 45 & over ( -1765) 1 female 45 & over ( -1765)

The will of Lewis Bobbitt was written January 6, 1816. It was recorded in Warren County, Book 21, page 192. The will was probated in May of 1818. The will is here abstracted for our purposes.

"I lend to my beloved wife Mary........ I give to my son Miles Bobbitt.... the remaining part of my land on the west side of the road.... I give to my son Lewis Bobbitt, land on the east side of the road .... I give to may daughter, Elizabeth Bobbitt .... I give to my daughter, Rebecca Capps..... At the death of my wife, that furniture , be divided between my son Lewis and my daughter, Elizabeth. Miles and Lewis are to pay to my son, John P. Bobbitt, the sum of one hundred dollars each. I appoint my sons James and Miles Bobbitt executors. in the presence of Thomas H. Person and John Harper.

LEWIS BOBBITT

It is evident from the will that Lewis is leaving a family of young children, although all were married except Elizabeth. The will was proven in court by James and Miles Bobbitt in 1818. Lewis was 76 years of age when he died. We feel certain that his wife Mary mentioned in the deed recorded in 1776 is the same wife named Mary that is mentioned in the will. Thomas H. Person, is likely a brother of Mary, and a brother-in-law of Lewis Bobbitt Junior.

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