James Hobbs (1752 - 1844)

Born 1752 in Calvert, Maryland

Ancestors

Died 1844 at about age 92 in Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, United States

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Explanation of change of birth year.

I changed the birth year from 1742 to 1755. Depositions taken from John Kindrick and others in the case of James Hobbs vs Vincent Hobbs stated that in the year 1772 James Hobbs "was a boy of 17 years."

Biography

In a suit filed in the Chancery Court of Augusta County Virginia, James Hobbs sued his father Vincent Hobbs claiming he sold land that James had settled in the year 1772 to Willliam Williams and had done so by aquiring illegal title to that land. James stated the he went with a company to fight the Indians and did not return for 20 years. Upon his return he discovered that his land had been sold by his father.

James Hobbs vs Vincent Hobbs

Lee County
This day Vincent Hobbs personally appeared
before me James Hoff a Justice of the Peace
for the county aforesaid and made oath that
the within answer so far as it relates to his
own dealings and doings is true and
so far as it relates to the dealings and doings of
others he believe it be true.
Sworn to this 10th day of October James Hoff
1804

John Kindrick in his deposition

answers and saith that on or about the years

1772 the said Vincent Hobbs the Father of the complt.

being desirous of making a settlement on the north fork of Holston

River engaged and lived one James Sproles to go to the

land where your Respondent now lives, (being the same menti

ioned in the complaints said bill of complt,) and for him

the said Vincent and at his expence to form a settlement

and clear land, and at the same time sent the said

James Hobbs the complt. who was at that time a boy about

the age 17 years as this Respt has been infomed with

the said James Sprouls & who was with him some part of the

time, after the said settlement was so made in the name

of the said Vincent, the complt left his father Vincent

and was wandering about the country without any

permanent residence_ and being a person of weak[underlined]

intelects and frequently contracting debts

which the said father was obliged to pay, the said Vincent

about three years after the said Settlement was made was

compelled to swear that the said James the complt. was under

age, the object of which was to prevent any person from dea

ling with the said James And the Respondent further

answers and says that during the time the said James the comp.

remained in the Country, his Father sold the said right of

settlement to the said William Wiliams mentioned in the comp.

said bill of compl. for the sum of eight pounds and

in or about the year 1778 this Respondents Father John Kindrick

purchased the said right of settlement of the said

William Williams_ ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [Augusta County] (Va.) Chancery Causes, [1808-067 ]. James Hobbs vs Vincent Hobbs SR ETC. Local Government Records Collection, Augusta Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=015-1808-067#img

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