The Bobbitt Family In America

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William Henry Bobbitt          m. May E. Mooney Feb. 8, 1854

Nancy Bobbitt                      m . Mooney .............

Benjamin L. Bobbitt                m. Frances E. Roberson Jul. 22, 1858 

Susan Bobbitt                         m. John Howard .............

John Robert Bobbitt              m . .............

Sybil Bobbitt                         m. Miles Gardner ............. 

James Jefferson Bobbitt      m. Martha Ann Mooney Oct. 12, 1865

Robert Trasbay Bobbitt       m. Mary Sullivan .............

Zachary Taylor Bobbitt       m. Eliza Crenshaw .............

George I. Bobbitt                m . .............

Frances M. Bobbitt            m. Sam M. Young .............

Selina Jenny Bobbitt          m. Ezekiel Young .............

Sarah Douglas Bobbitt      m. James Daniel Henderson .............

John Greer Bobbitt moved from Mississippi in 1868 to Houston County, Texas where he purchased three thousand acres of land. He brought the first cotton gin to Houston County. John donated the land for the Bobbitt cemetery at Weches, Texas where he and some of his children are buried. Mary Alice Bunton, Marjory Holcomb, and Alma Bobbitt, along with other descendants, erected a grave marker and a marble grave covering with all the names of the children in 1979.

John Greer Bobbitt died on July 24, 1889 and was buried in the family cemetery on July 25, 1889 in Houston County, Texas.

From the records and from accounts of those who had knowledge of John Greer Bobbitt there is no doubt that he had a talent for managerial business. There are numerous descendants of John and Elizabeth Bobbitt throughout the state of Texas. 'Today these descendants are represented in various professional fields and are esteemed as fine American citizens.

It is doubtful that John Greer Bobbitt returned to Alabama to visit his relatives. Descendants of Lemuel Bobbitt, in a letter recalled that one of their relatives had moved on to Texas but could not remember his name. Such recollections can usually be confirmed by records of the Bobbitt family in our research.

We are indebted to the efforts and research of Marjory Holcomb for the information on the John Greer Bobbitt family. She has among her records additional information on the children and grandchildren, of this branch of our Bobbitt family.

John Greer Bobbitt served as a private in the army of the Confederate States of America. He was about 47 years of age and was assigned to Company E of the First State Troops of the Mississippi Infantry. His eldest son, Benjamin Lemuel Bobbitt served in Company H of the 8th Mississippi Infantry.