This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bobbitt Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1499 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridge's (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the pioneers in Fremont county. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1. 1850: ORDERED to serve as grand juror in the first District Cout.--Minutes, Feb. 4, 1850. 2. 1850 Federal Census for Fremont county, Iowa: James Bobbitt....54....b. Va. Margaret............51........Ky. Martha...............24........Ky. Eliza..................19........Ky. Alfred.................17........Ky. Joseph...............11........Ind. Matilda...............15........Ind. Mary....................7........Ind. Bemjamin.............5........Ind. 3. 1852 Fremont county Census: "Franklin township" James Bobbitt....5m....5f 4. 1854 Fremont county Census: "Sidney Township" James Bobbitt....4m....4f....2 voters.....1 militia...no aliens 5. 1856 Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Sidney township" James Bobbitt......56....b. Va.....6 years in the State Margaret..............56.........Ky....6 Martha.................29.........Ky....6 Joseph.................16.........Ind....6 Mary.....................13........Ind....6 Bemjamin..............11........Ind....6