Fayette County, Alabama was formed in 1824 from Marion, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa counties. In 1867 Lamar County was formed from

The Bobbitt Family In America

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Fayette County, Alabama was formed in 1824 from Marion, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa counties. In 1867 Lamar County was formed from Marion, Fayette, and Pickens. The land the Bobbitt family owned was now in the newly formed county of Lamar. The early records of the Bobbitt families were lost when the Fayette County court house burned, sometime before the formation of Lamar County. The first record of a Bobbitt family in Alabama was in Shelby County.

The census record of 1840 of Fayette County lists the family of William Bobbitt. By 1840 his wife had died. We believe that this record represents most of the family with the exception of his wife.

William Bobet:

2 males 5 - 10 (1830-1835) 1 female under 5 (1835-1840)

1 male 10 - 15* (1825-1830) 1 female 15 - 20 (1820-1825)

1 male 15 - 20 (1820-1835)

1 male 40 - 50**(1790-1800)

*This is Pressley Bartus Bobbitt, and ** this is William Bobbitt.

Francis Olley Bobbitt who was born on July 14, 1895 in Lamar County is a direct descendant of William Bobbitt. His family has lived in the same community since about 1829. Francis said that information handed down in the family stated that Allen Bobbitt came with grandfather Bartus Bobbitt from North Carolina and got two sections of land from the government to homestead.

The 1850 census record lists William Bobbitt and his family in Fayette County. The record was made on December 17, 1850.

Family # 601

William Bobet 55 (1795) South Carolina

Bartes Bobet 21 (1829) Alabama

William E. Bobet 16 (1834) Alabama

Caroline Bobet 12 (1838) Alabama

*I suspect that this is an error and that Bartus Bobbitt was born in South Carolina, although it is possible that the family was living in Alabama as early as 1821.

In a letter from Joyce Bobbitt Miller there is the statement that "Alexander B. Bobbitt said that there was a John Bobbitt who lived close to them and that his father, Alexander P. Bobbitt called him "Uncle John. John's wife was named Fannie and they had no children." The 1860 census records show that they had children but they probably did not live to maturity.

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