Drury Bobbitt Sr (abt. 1744 - aft. 1827)

Born about 1744 in Edgecombe, Colonial North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth J Harris — married 1761 in Moore, North Carolina

Descendants

Died after 8 Nov 1827 after about age 83 in Moore, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Drury Bobbitt Sr performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

Drury Bobbitt Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A011624.

Drury Bobbitt was born about 1744 in the Halifax District of North Carolina. Drury was reimbursed for services rendered in Halifax District, during the American Revolutionary War. ^[1] Dury is honored for his Patriotic Service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A011624. DAR Records indicate that he lived in Bute county, North Carolina created from Granville County, North Carolina in 1764, and in Warren county, North Carolina, formed in 1779 from the northern half of Bute County. He died after November 8, 1827, in Moore county, North Carolina, formed in 1785, shortly after the American Revolutionary War. Drury's wife's name is given as Elizabeth Harris. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of their son, Drury Bobbitt, Jr. who married Lavenia Park. ^[2]

Researchers Notes

Drury Bobbitt Senior was the first Bobbitt to have "Drury" as a given name.^[3]

Randolph Bobbitt was a brother of Drury Bobbitt. Randolph died in 1804, and at the sale of his estate, Drury and Elizabeth Bobbitt were listed among the purchasers. Randolph Bobbitt had married an Elizabeth Harris, daughter of Charles Harris. Drury married an Elizabeth Harris, daughter of Nathaniel Harris. We believe that Charles and Nathaniel Harris were brothers.

Drury married Elizabeth Harris about 1761 and had several children.^[4]

Land given to Drury by Grandfather John Alston

CHOWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Branch of Mattacomack Creek. John Alston.Book 3,page 81,1711; 270 acres land northwest side Bennett's Creek. And John Alston. Book 3,page 82, 1721;265 acres northwest side Bennet's creek.^[5]March 26,1723, another 202 acres on Bennett's Creek. April 11,1745,400 acres on Sarum Creek and Troy Swamp.^[6] John Alston of Halifax county to Drury Bobbitt of Warren County, for 2 pound specie, land in the Parish of St. John's in Warren County on the north side of Ben's Creek....it being an area granted by the order of the court for the use of and profit of a mill, together with all the woods, timbers, and timber trees, water and water courses, low lands etc

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Richard John Alston This land and mill was a gift from John Alston to his grandson Drury Bobbitt. The price of this land, when compared with other transactions recorded in 1773, indicates that the money involved was for the sole purpose of making a legal deed. This deed was a legal gift from John Alston to his grandson , Drury Bobbitt . His taxable land increased in 1773 from 479 acres to 590. 110 acres were a token payment of a legal deeded gift.^[7] ~ Monday July 28,1783,John Alston acknowledged a Deed to Drury Bobbitt, the same was ordered to be registered.^[8]

Petition of Drury Bobbit for a Water Grist Mill granted. John Alston, who owns the land on the opposite side of Bone Creek,consented in court that the pettion should have one acre of land. Nov. 13,1781.^[9]

Reaserch Note

John Alston that was Drury,s Great Grandfather was Col. John Alston. John Alston his son was Drury's Grandfather. READ Site below.^[10]

DAR records give a date of death as AFTER November 8, 1827, however his Find A Grave memorial gives an estimated date of 1826. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64709382/drury-bobbitt

Sources

1. ↑ NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS, #5006, ROLL #S.115.70
2. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A011624
3. ↑ http://www.keithbobbitt.com/booksix/pp134-1640021.htm
4. ↑ Yates Publishing , U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Provo, UT, USA; 2004
5. ↑ https://www.carolana.com/NC/eBooks/The_North_Carolina_Historical_and_Genealogical_Register_Volume_I_1900.pdf
6. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinahi00hathgoog/northcarolinahi00hathgoog_djvu.txt
7. ↑ http://www.keithbobbitt.com/bookelevyn/pp301-3330028.htm
8. ↑ http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncwarren/WCCR/Court%20of%20Pleas%20Book%201/WCCR-1780-86_4.pdf
9. ↑ http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncwarren/WCCR/Court%20of%20Pleas%20Book%201/WCCR-1780-86_2.pdf
10. ↑ http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncwarren/fam-hist/ALSTON-Ancestry_Col_John_Alston_ChowanNC.pdf

• The Bobbitt Family In America by John W. Bobbitt