The census of 1880 of Millport, Lamar County, Alabama was taken on June 17, 1880. In this census those who were counted were re

The Bobbitt Family In America

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The census of 1880 of Millport, Lamar County, Alabama was taken on June 17, 1880. In this census those who were counted were required to state their place of birth and that of their father and mother.

Family # 99 self father mother

Martha Bobbitt 46 (1834) South C. South C. South C

Sarah Bobbitt 21 (1859) Alabama Alabama South C

Cordila Bobbitt 19 (1861) Alabama Alabama South C

John Burns 21 (1859) Alabama South C. South C

Martha Cobb 67 (1813) South C. South C. South C

Martha Bobbitt is the widow of Bartus P. Bobbitt.

Family # 103

Alexander Bobbitt 24 (1856) Alabama Unknown South C

Mary Bobbitt 28 (1852) Alabama Alabama Alabama

Carrie Bobbitt 4 (1876) Alabama Alabama Alabama

William Bobbitt 2 (1878) Alabama Alabama Alabama

Family # 104

John Bobbitt 53 (1827) Alabama South C. South C

Frances E. Bobbitt 51 (1829) Mississ. Alabama Mississippi

Margaret Bobbitt 23 (1857) Alabama Alabama Alabama

Johny Henderson 20 (1860) Alabama Alabama Alabama

When the census of 1900 was taken there was only one Bobbitt family listed in Millport, Lamar County, Alabama.

Alex P. Bobbitt Nov. 1855 44 Alabama

Cornelia J. Bobbitt Oct. 1872 26 Alabama

William P. Bobbitt Oct. 1888 21 Alabama

Alex B. Bobbitt Feb. 1879 11 Alabama

John T. Bobbitt Nov. 1892 8 Alabama

Cornelia Bobbitt Aug. 1891 9 Alabama

Francis 0. Bobbitt Nov. 1895 4 Alabama

Nancie Bobbitt Apr. 1897 3 Alabama

Andrew P. Bobbitt Feb. 1898 1 Alabama

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MAJOR WILLIAM BOBBITT 1797-1860

Major William Bobbitt served in the Mexican War and was a close friend of President James K. Polk (1795-1849). Both men were born in North Carolina, lived in Tennessee and had interests in the state of Mississippi. Major William Bobbitt was married two times and reared large families mothered by each wife. He has numerous descendants in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and throughout the United States.

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