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NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS OF 1850

Bobbitt Family Records

FRANKLIN COUNTY CONTINUED:

Randolph Bobbitt died in 1804. Elizabeth Bobbitt is recorded here as living in the home of her son Frederick Bobbitt who was at the time of this census working in the home of Peter Arrington as a carpenter. Randal Bobbitt later became the father of Benjamin G. Bobbitt and Samuel P. Bobbitt of Franklin County. We do not believe that Martha Bobbitt married. John Was married and had at least one son, named Edward Bobbitt.

Family # 561, counted August 26, 1850.

Arch Bobbitt           52 (1798) North Carolina 
Polly (Due) Bobbitt 47 (1803) North Carolina 
Sylus Bobbitt          19 (1831) North Carolina 
Elizabeth Bobbitt    17 (1833) North Carolina 
John Bobbitt          15 (1835) North Carolina 
Eliza Bobbitt          13 (1837) North Carolina 
Geneva Bobbitt      10 (1840) North Carolina 
Frances Bobbitt       7 (1843) North Carolina 
Martha Bobbitt        5 (1845) North Carolina 
James Bobbitt         3 (1847) North Carolina

Archibald Bobbitt was a son of William Bobbitt of Franklin County. He was a brother to Allen Bobbitt. Archibald married Mary Due on May 31, 1828. Mary was called Polly.

Family # 709, counted August 30, 1850.

John L. Portis                   31 (1819) North Carolina (Shoemaker) 
Jane (Bobbitt) Portis         29 (1821)North Carolina

Mary Portis         1 (1849) North Carolina 

Mary Bobbitt (sister) 26 (1824) North Carolina

These are probably daughters of William Turner Bobbitt.

Family # 772, counted September 3, 1850.

Emily (Bobbitt) Jones       40 (1810) North Carolina 
William Jones                   10 (1840) North Carolina 
William Bobbitt                  8 (1842) North Carolina

Emily Bobbitt married Thomas Jones on July 25, 1840. Thomas Bobbitt was bondsman for the marriage. We think that Emily and Thomas were children of Solomon and Honour (Wiggins) Bobbitt.

The Bobbitt families of Franklin and Granville Counties lived near the border of the two counties. Frequently they were counted in census records as living in one county when they actually lived in the other county.


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