The Bobbitt Family In America

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Jun. 22, 1769 - John Bobbitt purchased 400 acres of land adjoining William Bobbitt and Joseph Waldress lines on Frying Pan Creek in Pittsylvania County.

Sep. 1, 1769 - William Bobbitt and Nancy his wife of the county of Pittsylvania to David Ross of the county of Gouchland, 11 acres of land on Frying Pan Creek, tract known as Bobbitt's Mill Seat. Witnesses: Jonathon Jennings, David Walker, John Bobbitt, and Joseph Law.

Jan. 5, 1770 - Caleb Bobbitt born January 5, 1770, died June 12, 1830. Recorded from his grave stone in Old Bobbitt cemetery in Pulaski County Kentucky. Caleb was born in Montgomery County Virginia in what is today Grayson County. He was a son of William and Nancy Bobbitt.

Jan. 29, 1772 - Dinah Black, a female slave owned by Anna Bobbitt was born and recorded in Albemarle Parish Register, Sussex County Virginia.

Apr. 27, 1772 - James Bobbitt born April 27, 1772, died November 12, 1853. His wife Rebecca Day Bobbitt was born on September 12, 1774, died December 10, 1884. James Bobbitt was a son of Captain William Bobbitt, and a grandson of James and Elizabeth Bobbitt of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

1773 - The Boston Tea Party took place. It was the beginning of the American Revolution for Independence. 

1774 - The first session of the Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia.

Jan. 26, 1775 - John Bobbitt, Benjamin Lankford, Jonothan Jennings of Fincastle County and others of the county of Pittsylvania County to David Ross of the County of Dinwiddie, 160 acres of land on the Pigg River. (Pittsylvania Records, Deed Book 4196. witnesses: John Bobbitt, Jonothan Jennings.

May 19, 1775 - Randolph Bobbitt was present at the sale and inventory of the estate of Timothy Dalton. (Timothy Dalton was his grandfather.) Bedford Records page 415.