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Husband: Isham (Ishmail) BOBBITT (1)
   Born: 03 MAR 1754 in Granville Co. now Warren Co., NC
   Died: 06 MAR 1836 in Morgan Co., IL (2)
 Father: John Richard BOBBITT
 Mother: Amy ALSTON
Spouses: 
   Wife: Elizabeth JAMES (3)
   Born: 1756 in Granville Co., NC, now Warren Co., NC
   Died: 06 MAR 1847 in Morgan Co., IL (4)
 Father: 
 Mother: 
Spouses:
Children
01  (M): William James BOBBITT (5)
   Born: 1775 in Halifax Co., NC
   Died: 1836 in Morgan Co., IL
Spouses: Elizabeth HALE
02  (M): Drury Allen BOBBITT
   Born: 1776 in Halifax Co., NC
   Died: 1809 in Christian Co., KY
Spouses: Nancy SMITH
03  (F): Winney BOBBITT
   Born: 1778 in NC
   Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Edward SMITH
04  (M): Stephen BOBBITT
   Born: 21 NOV 1779 in NC
   Died: before 1870 in IL
Spouses: Barbara CHRISMAN
05  (M): John William BOBBITT
   Born: 16 FEB 1782 in Granville Co NC, now Warren Co., NC
   Died: 25 JUL 1855 in Kellsy, Christian Co., KY
Spouses: Mary Hester BONER; Lucy JONES
06  (F): Frances "Fanny" BOBBITT
   Born: 11 JUN 1783 in NC
   Died: 1832 in Morgan Co., IL
Spouses: Lewis Westmoreland JONES
07  (F): Amy BOBBITT
   Born: 1785 in NC
   Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: John THOMPSON
08  (F): Elizabeth "Betsey" BOBBITT
   Born: 1788 in NC
   Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Thomas JONES
09  (M): Isham Drury BOBBITT, Jr. (6)
   Born: 22 MAY 1792 in SC
   Died: 14 NOV 1862 in Putnam Co., IL (7)
Spouses: Cynthia HAGGARD
10  (F): Sarah "Sally" BOBBITT,
   Born: 1794 in SC
   Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Michael\Chrisman CRISMAN
11  (F): Nancy BOBBITT
   Born: 13 OCT 1796 in SC
   Died: UNKNOWN in Christian Co., KY
Spouses: John CHRISMAN

Additional Information

Isham (Ishmail) BOBBITT:
Burial: MAR 1836, Paschall Farm Cem later moved to Chapin/Jordan Cem, Morgan County, IL
Residence: between 1781 AND 1789, Guilford County, NC
Residence: between 1789 AND 1803, Spartanburg, SC
Residence: between 1803 AND 1827, Christian Co., KY
Residence: between 1827 AND 1836, Morgan County, IL
Census: 1820, Christian Co., KY
Census: 1790, Spartanburg Co., SC
Census: 1800, Spartanburg Co., SC
Census: 1810, Christian Co., KY
Census: 1830, Morgan Co., IL

Notes:
FATHER's WILL:
Mentioned in his father's (John Richard Bobbitt) Will: "I lend to my son, Isham Bobbitt, during his life, two negroes, Alice and Abbey, and at his decease, the said negroes with their increase to be equally divided between all of his children and their representatives."

NC resources:
Listed in the 1771 Bute County NC Tax List along with his father, and brother Stephen Bobbitt. No land deeds recorded in Warren County NC for Isham.

March 14, 1792, Mary and Margaret Smith appointed Isham Bobbitt as their attorney to represent them in the settlement of the estate of their father, Edward Smith of the County of Edgefield (SC):
"Know all men....that I, Mary Smith and Margaret Smith, daughters of Edward Smith in the County of Edgefield, for divers good causes...and being absent from Spartanburg County....do make...our trusty friend, Isham Bobbit in the County of Spartanburg our true and lawful attorney for us in our name....(some money and 253 acres of land) full power of attorney the twenty fifth of November 1791."
Signed Mary Smith and Margaret Smith. Teste: John Smith; Druallen Bobbitt; John Vardil

Revolutionary War:
Served in NC & Yorktown Feb 1780 - Sept 1781

IL RW Info:

State of Illinois
September 3, 1832

County of Morgan
At Open Court Isham Bobbet a resident of this county, aged 78 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth under oath make the following declaration:

"My time of service in the first trip was five months. The second tour as lader maker, three months. The third tour under Nasworthy was two months. The fourth tour under Harris and Colonel Reed was three months. The last tour under Captain Twitty was three months, making in all sixteen months, that I was engaged in the service of the United States".

That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the county of Warren, North Carolina, about the first of February 1780. That he was mustered into service at that time under the command of Captain Chirstman and marched to Halifax where we were met by Colonel Allen, who took the command of the regiment. He marched us to Tarborough and thence to Cross Creek and Camden, thence to Nelsons Ferry near Monks Corner, thirty miles from Charleston. In a few days the British troops took Charleston and then we were marched back to Camden in company with Colonel Bluford, at which place we parted from him. We marched under the command of General Caswell to Fayettesville and continued stationed there until the last of June, at which time we were discharged.

"I was first sergeant during the whole of this campaign. I then went and worked a three months tour with Colonel Long, a Quarter Master General. I was a wagon maker and repaired wagon gear for the army wagons."

Some time in January 1781, Cornwallis was pursuing General Green. Isham Bobbitt then turned out a volunteer under Captain George Nasworthy. Colonel Williams commanded our regiment and General Eaton commanded the brigade. We joined the Army under the command of General Greene near Hillsborough and marched to Guilford Courthouse, where an engagement was had with Cornwallis' army. After a few days rest, we pursued him to Ramsey's mill on Deep River, where some fighting took place. After this, our Captain was taken sick and returned home. General Green then turned his course to South Carolina. He called for volunteers and I turned out under Captain Harris and Colonel Reed about the first of April 1781, and served three months under those officers from the first of April until the first of July. I was discharged and returned home.
2 Feb 1833:
After the first declaration of Isham Bobbitt before the open court of Morgan County, he returned with additional information on February 2, 1833.
" Isham Bobbitt stated that he was born on May 3, 1754, in what was called then, Granville County, North Carolina, the county was subsequently divided and is now a new county, called Warren, which includes the residence of the correspondent. He has a record of his age in his possession which was made by his father in the family Bible, and the same Bible is now appropriated by this department.

"This applicant resided in Warren County until the year of 1782. in 1782 he moved to Guilford County, North Carolina and resided there for about seven years. He moved to Spartenburg County, South Carolina and resided there about fourteen years, then moved to Christian County, Kentucky and arrived there in 1803. He resided there until the spring of 1827 when he moved to Morgan County, Illinois, where he now resides.

"He received a written discharge which along with a box of other papers, he left with William James in Guilford. When he returned five years afterwards to obtain the box of papers, he found that the papers had been destroyed and he not only lost his discharges but lost about ten thousand dollars of continental money.

"He is personally known by Joseph M. Fairfields, David Brassmon, John Chrisman, Samuel B. Jones, and Moses Carlick, and John P. Wilkerson, all of whom reside in the neighborhood. He is also known by William McCord a clergyman who has already testified in his behalf, along with William Bobbitt."

Stephen Bobbit, son of Isham stated under oath on Nov. 27,1840 (1832?) in Pike Co., IL, in his pension application:
The said Isham and Elizabeth Bobbit lived together as man and wife to the time of the said death of Isham. They were always recognized by their relations and their acquaintances has having been lawfully married, and they always recognized this before married brothers and sisters. If the said Isham and Elizabeth were not lawfully married persons at the birth of any of the children, he the said Stephen believes that he would have heard something about it, but as before he has always understood and believed that they were lawfully married before the birth of any children. The names and ages of all the children was put down in a family Bible. The names of the children were as
follows: William, Allen, Winney, Stephen, John, Amy, Fanney, Betsey, Isham, Sally and Nancy. He has not seen the Bible for about two years, and he believes from the information of one of his brothers'-in-laws that the said Bible has been entirely destroyed."

Gravestone and Memorials:
The name of Isham Bobbitt is engraved on a metal plaque and placed on the Morgan County, Illinois, court house. Isham died March 6, 1836. Elizabeth his wife died on March 6, 1847 and was buried beside Isham. Their graves were marked with stones that bear their names and dates of birth and death, and with a notation that Isham Bobbitt was a soldier in the war of the American Revolution.

For many years the graves were cared for by the James Caldwell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Jacksonville, Illinois.

On June 6th, 1938, Charles Holliday a great great grandson of Isham Bobbitt, had the remains of Isham Bobbitt's body removed from the Paschal farm to the Chapin Cemetery in Chapin, Illinois.

Contacts:
In 1979, Susanne Elizabeth Nystrom, corresponded with me about her Bobbitt family ancestors. She is a descendant of Isham and Elzerah Bobbitt of Morgan County, Illinois. Among the information she had was a news clipping about the transfer of the remains of Isham Bobbitt from the Paschal farm cemetery to the Chapin Cemetery, where many descendants of Isham Bobbitt are buried. The clipping which is rewritten here is believed to have appeared in the local newspaper of Chapin, Illinois in 1938. The original is not in good condition.

"NEW GRAVE MADE FOR VETERAN OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR BY A DESCENDANT"

"As the minds of citizens in this community are recalling many events dating back to the pioneer days, none could be of more interest than that which occurred on June 6th, 1938, when in a quiet way the life of a patriot was reviewed.

"Through the reverent and patriotic act of his great great grandson, Charles Holliday, the remains of Isham Bobbitt and his grave stone were removed from the "Old Jones Graveyard" on Wilbur Williams farm, (formerly the old Paschal farm) to Chapin cemetery, Chapin, Illinois. His wife's remains will also be removed to Chapin cemetery. The gravestone is still in good condition, despite the fact that the grave yard is not protected from stock and horses.

"The Bobbitt lot in Chapin cemetery has a fine monument and is beautifully kept. On the tablet placed on the Morgan County courthouse, the name of this patriot is spelled, "Ishmil Bobbitt", but his family, the histories of Morgan and Scott counties and his grave stone inscription spell his name as "Isham Bobbitt".

"The copy on the grave stone is "Isham Bobbitt, a soldier of the Revolution Died, March 6, 1836 Aged 83 years." On the same stone, below is the following inscription "Elizabeth, his wife died, March 6, 1847, aged 91 years.

"Isham Bobbitt has a number of descendants in Morgan county. Isham and His wife, Elizabeth, had a son, William J. and William's son, John G. Bobbitt was born in Missouri, November 6, 1824, and came with his parents to Morgan County, Illinois in 1829. On December 14, 1846, he married Martha J., a daughter of Henry and Martha Newton of McLean County, Illinois. They were the parents of Mary Louise Bobbitt, who was born August 1852. She married J. B. Holliday, May 3, 1877 at the Bobbitt homestead, east of Chapin. They had four children; Charles and Frank of Chapin, Ralph of Springfield, and Mabel Maher of Beardstown.

"William J. Bobbitt erected a grist mill on Big Branch, now called Willow Branch Creek. He and his father, Isham Bobbitt, had a mill in Missouri and they brought the "burr" stones from Missouri. After a number of years the mill burned."

Another Resource:
Bobbitt Family of America:
Copied from the Bobbitt Family page of Brian Bobbitt at URL:
http://thegenealogists.com/booknine/pp241-2710003.htm
and from The Bobbitt Family in America" by John W. Bobbitt, 1985:





Elizabeth JAMES:
Burial: MAR 1847, Chapin/Jordan Cem, Morgan County, IL

Marriage Notes
Married: 13 OCT 1774, Halifax Co., NC
Footnotes

  1. The Bobbitt Family in America by John W. Bobbitt - 1985.
  2. Chapin Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions.
  3. The Bobbitt Family in America by John W. Bobbitt - 1985.
  4. Chapin Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions.
  5. The Bobbitt Family in America by John W. Bobbitt - 1985.
  6. Ibid.
  7. Ancestry World Tree.
    Jeff Lord.

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