The Bobbitt Family In America

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Corporal James Hill was on the pay roll of Captain Samuel Jordon of Cabell's Company, Sixth Virginia Battalion, Continental Forces of Lt. Col. James Hendricks on July 1777.

In December 1777, James Hill was listed as part of Captain Benjamin Taliaferrio's Company of detached riflemen, under Col. Daniel Morgan. He was allowed leave to go home in February of 1778. Later he was made a Sergeant and was appointed overseer of Harris Creek Road in Amherst County.

In Amherst County Order Book of 1773 to 1778, James Hill pressed claims for 8 3/4 bushels of corn taken by the British soldiers. He received 13 pounds and 1 1/2 shillings for the claim. On February 18, 1781 James Hill was compensated for British prisoners he had taken during the war.

Several members of the Bobbitt family have entered the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution as descendants of Sergeant James Hill, through John Bobbitt and Permelia Hill Bobbitt. Some of the DAR national numbers used are 139314, 401783, 412062, 423743, and 469114.

One cannot help but wonder if John Bobbitt Senior and James Hill met during their service as soldiers in the American Revolution. They both served in Colonel George Gibson's command.

Amherst County Virginia was formed in 1758 from Albemarle County. James Hill was born in June 1758 in Amherst County. James Hill married Anne Overton in 1778 in Amherst County. He died in Amherst County on June 18, 1831. His wife Anne had died previously.

Permelia Hill, daughter of James and Anne Hill, married John Bobbitt on December 8, 1802 in Amherst County. It is through the children of John and Permelia Bobbitt that claims of Sergeant James Hill are made as descendants of this soldier of the American Revolution.