The census records show that this remark would be exactly correct. Alexander P. Bobbitt was a son of Pressley Bartus Bobbitt. P

The Bobbitt Family In America

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The census records show that this remark would be exactly correct. Alexander P. Bobbitt was a son of Pressley Bartus Bobbitt. Pressley Bartus Bobbitt and John H. Bobbitt were sons of William Bobbitt, and brothers to each other. None of the children of John and Frances Bobbitt seem to have lived to maturity.

Family # 32, counted June 5, 1860.

P. B. (Pressley Bartus) Bobbitt 27 (1833) Alabama

Martha Ann (Cobb) Bobbitt 26 (1834) South Carolina

William Bobbitt 5 (1855) Alabama

Alexander (P.) Bobbitt 4 (1856) Alabama

Nancy Bobbitt 2 (1858) Alabama

Sarah Ann Bobbitt 1 (1859) Alabama

Pressley Bartus Bobbitt married Martha Ann Cobb about 1854. For some reason P. B. Bobbitt was not counted in the 1850 census of Fayette County or elsewhere in Alabama. Descendants say that Martha Ann was called Caroline which was a common nickname for someone from one of the Carolinas.

Family # 33, counted June 5, 1860

Martha I. Cobb 46 (1814) South Carolina

B. M. Bobbitt (Male) 18 (1842) Alabama

Sarah Bobbitt 25 (1835) South Carolina

Martha I. Cobb was the mother of Martha Ann Cobb, and I think the male Bobbitt living here must be 28 years of age and the Sarah Bobbitt is his wife. The record seems not to fit with the other information concerning the family and I cannot identify B. M. Bobbitt. If he was 28 and born in 1832 he would be a brother of John and Pressley and the others.

Family # 235, counted June 21, 1860

Allan Bobbitt 35 (1825) Arkansas (South C.)

Rachel Bobbitt 22 (1838) Arkansas

Robert Bobbitt 19 (1841) Arkansas (Alabama)

John Bobbitt 18 (1842) Alabama

Sarah Bobbitt 10 (1850) Alabama

Mesmeria Bobbitt 3 (1857) Alabama

William Bobbitt 1 (1859) Alabama

Samuel Bobbitt 1 (1859) Alabama

Who ever gave the information for this census was in error. Allan was born in South Carolina, Rachel is his second wife, his first wife was a Mary C. and we believe her maiden name was Cobb. Robert Bobbitt, John Bobbitt, and Sarah Bobbitt are children of the first marriage. It is possible that B. M. Bobbitt is from this family.

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