The Bobbitt Family In America
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[3]In later years, many of the descendants living in or near Fayette County, Tennessee seem to descend from the family of Thomas F. Bobbitt, son of Green W. Bobbitt. Thomas F. Bobbitt married first Barbara Ann Ward and then later married her sister Sarah 0. Ward. Later Andrew J. Bobbitt married Ella F. Ward and James G. Bobbitt married Anna M. Ward, all daughters of John Ward.
The Fayette County census of 1870 lists the family of Thomas F. Bobbitt as head of the post office of
LaGrange in District 14.
T. F. Bobbitt 32 (1838) Tennessee Barbara A. (Ward) Bobbitt 30 (1840) Tennessee John Green Bobbitt 9 (1861) Tennessee Wilber Bobbitt 6 (1864) Tennessee Thomas Henry Bobbitt 3 (1867) Tennessee
Marriages were not recorded in Fayette County before 1838. Since that date, these Bobbitt marriages were recorded.
Charles Bobbitt m. Margaret Atkins Dec. 1, 1846 Isabella S. Bobbitt m. James Gwyn Jan. 10, 1853 Thomas F. Bobbitt m. Sarah 0. Ward Jan. 10, 1871 Louis C. Bobbitt m. Ella S. Boswell Dec. 19, 1872 Coleman Bobbitt m. Lucy Pleasants May. 18, 1876 A. J. Bobbitt m. Ella F. Ward Feb. 27, 1878 James Green Bobbitt m. Anna M. Ward Dec. 12, 1878 Georgiana Bobbitt m. Augustus Crawford Apr. 6, 1882 John Green Bobbitt m. Mollie N. Cocke Mar. 30, 1882 T. H. Bobbitt m. P. E. D. Beard Mar. 10, 1887 J. H. Bobbitt m. Georgia Chambers Jul. 26, 1894
The Bobbitt lineage of Green W. Bobbitt is:
William Bobbitt from Wales 1649 - 1703 Johana Sturdivant John Bobbitt of Chowan 1678 - 1736 Sarah Green William Bobbitt Sr. 1704 - 1768 Amy Bennett John Richard Bobbitt 1725 - 1791 Amy Alston Drury Bobbitt Sr. 1744 - 1826 Elizabeth Harris John Bobbitt 1762 - 1829 Mary Hazelwood Drury Bobbitt IV 1779 - 1842 Rebecca Burrow Green W. Bobbitt 1811 - 1860 Isabella Owen Emarintha Owen Sarah A. Plant [4]