A Patriot of the American Revolution for South Carolina (Soldier). DAR Ancestor # A011633

BOBO, SAMPSON Ancestor #: A011633
Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank(s): SOLDIER
Birth: CIRCA 1738 FRANCE [sic: VIrginia]
Death: ANTE 2-24-1804 SPARTANBURG DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Service Source: SC ARCH, ACCTS AUD #567, ROLL #10
Service Description: 1) CAPT BRANDON, SC MILITIA

RESIDENCE
1) District: NINETY SIX DIST - State: SOUTH CAROLINA

SPOUSE
Number Name
1) SARAH SIMPSON

Child [Spouse #] Spouse

1. ABSALOM [1] ANNE MUSGROVE [2] POLLY BOBO
2. BURWELL [1] ELIZABETH ROEBUCK
3. BARHAM [1] FRANCES ANN WOODSON ANDERSON
4. ELIZABETH [1] ANTHONY FOSTER
5. CHANEY [1] RACHEL X
6. JEREMIAH [1] JANE X
7. LEVINAH [1] GEORGE ROEBUCK JR

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Sampson Bobo was the son of Spencer Bobo Sr. and wife Jane Wofford. He was born in 1738 in Virginia. He married Sarah Simpson in 1743. Sarah was born in Virginia c.1740 and died in South Carolina in 1816.

In 1773 Sampson, Sarah and five children moved to a land grant in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Sampson and Sarah continued to have children after moving to South Carolina.

Origins

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49652167/spencer-bobo

Children of SPENCER BOBO and JANE are:

7. SAMPSON BOBO, SR., b. 1737, Caroline, Virginia; d. January 1806, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina. NOTE: Spencer had a son named Simpson and one named Sampson. It seems strange that he would name the son between these two Lewis Sampson, but then it is said that George Foreman named all his sons George.

Sampson Bobo was born 1738 and died in 1804; They lived in Laurens County.

Married:

1. Sarah Simpson, who was born 1743 and died in 1816.

Children include:

1. Barham, father of Dr. William J. Bobo, lived in Union County, S.C.

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https://struggleandprogress.com/category/the-bobo-family/

Spencer and Jane’s last son, Sampson Bobo (1737-1805) married Sarah “Sally” Simpson (d. 1816) and by 1737 moved to Bute, North Carolina, then to Spartanburg, South Carolina by 1776. He purportedly served under Col. Brandon during the Revolutionary War. Sampson Bobo and Sally Bobo nee’ Simpson had 13 children, including Absolom H. Bobo Sr., the father of Andrew Jackson Bobo. Sampson Bobo died in 1806 in Spartanburg, leaving 10 enslaved people inventoried in his probate, and when his wife Sally Simpson-Bobo died in 1816, she had one enslaved person in her will.

Notes

Current 2002 researchers are trying to answer questions about SAMPSON BOBO having served in the American Revolution from South Carolina. A few genealogical books (secondary sources) record that Sampson Bobo (ca 1737) of Spartanburg Co., SC was the one who served in the Revolutionary War and cite sources at the South Carolina State Archives. Unfortunately there were many Bobo sons who were named "Sampson," but only two of them appear as probable candidates to have served in the militia. They are Sampson Bobo (1735) and his nephew, Sampson Bobo (1759), son of brother Lewis Bobo, who lived nearby. Current attempts have been made to acquire copies of primary source data but in spite of this the question remains. Which Sampson Bobo served in the Revolutionary War?

References

• http://www.vanderfordfamily.com/html/bobo2001.htm
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofspartan00land/historyofspartan0...
• http://bobo.bobaddleman.com/sampson_bobo_s_rev_war.html
• http://www.blankensteingenealogy.net/sampson_bobo_&_sarah.htm
• https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/18718:9080?ssrc=p...
• https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/11964/images/dvm_G...
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZNP-RV4/sampson-bobo-sr.-173...
• https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Bobo-49&errcode=saved
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bobo-49 shows father as Sampson Bobo
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49652167/spencer-bobo 7. SAMPSON BOBO, SR., b. 1737, Caroline, Virginia; d. January 1806, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240570416/sampson-bobo 1738-1804 linked in error to Sarah Elizabeth Solomon, who was the wife of Lewis Bobo
• https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/004753...
• https://struggleandprogress.com/category/the-bobo-family/
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gnut/bobo.html
• "Bobo Cousins by the Dozens," by Herbert M. Novell, Jr. and Jeanie Patterson Newell written in 1968 FamilySearch
• https://theforgottensouth.com/?s=bobo
• http://www.kennedyreuther.com/bobo/bobo.html 3-Sampson Bobo b. Abt 1738, Virginia, d. 17 Apr 1804, Spartanburg Co, South Carolina
• McCall, Ettie Tidwell,. McCall-Tidwell and allied families. Atlanta, Ga.: Published by the author, 1931. "Sampson Bobo of South Carolina" (page 481-482). < Ancestry.com >; (document attached.) (May have errors)