The Bobbitt Family In America
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1 male under 5 (1835-1840) 2 females under 5 (1835-1840)
1 male 5 10 (1830-1835)
1 male 40 50 (1790-1800) 2 females 10 - 15 (1825-1830)
1 female 30 - 40 (1800-1810)
The two sons are John B. Bobbitt born in 1830 and William C. Bobbitt born in 1840. The three eldest daughters belong to the first family and probably are Sarah, Delitha, and Matilda. The oldest female is of course Elizabeth S. (Oliphant) Bobbitt.
In the 1850 census, the family was counted as family # 296.
William Bobbitt 53 1797 North Carolina - Planter
Elizabeth (Oliphant) Bobbitt 39 1811 Tennessee
John B. Bobbitt 20 1830 Tennessee
Matilda Bobbitt 18 1832 Tennessee
Martha Bobbitt 13 1837 Tennessee
Sardina Bobbitt 12 1838 Tennessee
William Bobbitt 10 1840 Mississippi
Cassandra Bobbitt 8 1842 Mississippi
Thomas B. Bobbitt 7 1843 Mississippi
Mary Bobbitt 5 1845 Mississippi
Walter Bobbitt 2 1848 Mississippi
John Benson Bobbitt married Sarah Louisa Perkins, daughter of Edmund B. Perkins and Clarinda (Smith) Perkins, on January 15, 1853. The family was counted in the census of 1860 in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. Family # 1205
John Bobbitt 30 1830 Tennessee
Louisa (Perkins) Bobbitt 26 1836 Tennessee
William E. Bobbitt 6 1854 Mississippi
Mary C. Bobbitt 4 1856 Mississippi
John D. Bobbitt 2 1858 Mississippi
Edward S. Bobbitt (brother) 5 1855 Mississippi
Edward S. Bobbitt was a brother of John B. Bobbitt and he was the last child of William and Elizabeth Bobbitt. He apparently was visiting when the census was taken.
From these records it is easy to determine which of the children' married and remained in Tennessee and which ones married and lived in Mississippi.
The war between the states of course caused many of the children to migrate to other sections of the country.
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