In the winter of 1815 many of the poorly clothed and equiped American soldiers died of exposure. Among these was Lacy Bobbitt.

The Bobbitt Family In America

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In the winter of 1815 many of the poorly clothed and equipped American soldiers died of exposure. Among these was Lacy Bobbitt. Lacy was not married at the time. Many of his relatives and friends gathered around his bedside as he lay near death at Fort Norfolk. Lacy died on January 10, 1815. His relatives made a note of his oral will and when they returned to Grayson County went to the court house and had his last will and testament recorded in Will Book of 1815, page 122.

"Fort Norfolk, January 10, 1815, the following are the last words of the deceased Lacy Bobbitt to wit: " I want twenty dollars of the money that was left with James Bobbitt to be given to little Jack, and the balance of my estate to be divided between Vincent Bobbitt and Matilda Bobbitt."

WITNESSES: Shadrack Collier, Caleb Bobbitt, Randolph Bobbitt, Simeon Taylor, and William Bobbitt.

Now we know that James Bobbitt with whom he left his money was his brother. Little Jack was the son of James and Rosanna Bobbitt. Vincent and Matilda Bobbitt were the younger brother and sister of Lacy Bobbitt.

Shadrack Collier was the husband of Lucy Bobbitt, a daughter of Captain William Bobbitt. Caleb Bobbitt, Randolph Bobbitt, and William Bobbitt were first cousins to Lacy Bobbitt. Simeon Taylor is believed to have been a first cousin by marriage to Lacy Bobbitt.

It is certain that in that day and time the body of Lacy Bobbitt was not brought back to Grayson County for burial. Lacy was undoubtedly buried in the burial grounds of Fort Norfolk and it is likely that his grave was never marked.

Lacy died in 1815, his father John Bobbitt, died in 1816, and his Uncle, Captain William Bobbitt died in 1817. In file 31 of the Grayson County Court of 1818, a curious suit is filed between a John Trimble and Jacob Lineberry of Grayson County.

No one knows who John Trimble is but it is likely that he married Matilda Bobbitt sister of Lacy Bobbitt. Matilda was born in 1788.

The suit alleges that John Trimble is the administrator of Lacy Bobbitt who died in 1815 at Norfolk, Virginia. Suit claims that Lacy Bobbitt was survived by neither wife or any descendants, leaving John Bobbitt as his heir at law and his distributee. John Bobbitt did not qualify as administrator, so John Trimble who was a creditor, did. Suit alleges that Lacy Bobbitt had a will which left his property to Vincent, Matilda and Jack Bobbitt. Lacy left no real estate but Jacob Lineberry owed him money. Before Lacy died at Norfolk, he gave the note on Lineberry to William Bobbitt. John Bobbitt got the note and Trimble sued

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