thence up Stony Creek to the upper road to Nottoway river, thence up between the same and Appomatox river to the extent of the

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thence up Stony Creek to the upper road to Nottoway river, thence up between the same and Appomatox river to the extent of the Parish; Captain Peter Jones and his son William are appointed to count tobacco plants for the said precinct."

"Be it ordered that the procession of lands be undertaken by John Peterson and Samuel Jordan from Puddledock run to Nottoway road, William Batte and Drury Thweat from Parish line to Nottoway road, James Sturdivant and John Gilliam from Puddledock run to City run."

"Peter Jones was one of the first vestrymen of Bristol Parish. He was a fellow traveler of Colonel Byrd in 1733, in a journey to Roanoke, when the idea of Petersburg and Richmond was conceived. Byrd says in his journal of that trip, "when we got home we laid the foundation of two great cities, one at Shocco, to be called Richmond; the other at the point of Appomattox river, to be called Petersburg. These two places having the upermost landings on the James and the Appomattox, are naturally intended for markets where the traffic of the outer inhabitants must centre,."

"In October 1748 the towns of Petersburg and Blandford were established by the act of the Assembly." Three counties meet at Petersburg. Petersburg proper is in Dinwiddie County, Pocahontas is in Chesterfield County, and Blanford in Prince George County.

The following quotes are taken from Bishop Meades "Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia".

"George Robertson was the minister of Ferry Chapel and the Church of Blandford from 1783 to 1729." We can be sure that it was this minister who served the needs of William Bobbitt and his family. [Note: these dates must be wrong. I'm not going to change them because they are included within a quote. Can anyone shed any light on this? -- Keith]

"The increasing needs of the population demanded two new chapels to be built. One on Hatcher's Run and another at Jone's Hole Swamp was completed in 1740."

The Jones Hole Swamp Chapel was near to where William Bobbitt Junior moved after he sold the land he inherited from his father. Robert Bolling the surveyor for the land of William Bobbitt was also a vestryman in this church at Jones Hole Swamp. Some of the other vertrymen were Robert Munford, L. Green, Henry Randolph, William Jefferson, John Peterson, and R. Moore.

It was 1740 when the Bobbitt family was moving into other territories in Virginia and North Carolina. From the period of 1735 the county boundaries and the Parish boundaries were constantly changing. The next chapters of the Bobbitt family are concerned with the Albermarle Parish and its records..

Not only the locations are interesting to our family history, but the names of the various families in these locations are important.

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