The Bobbitt Family In America
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[25]The records indicate that Green and Barbara Bobbitt had several children who did not live to maturity. The family according to the record was:
Matilda Caroline Bobbitt born 1814 Malissa Jane Bobbitt born Mar. 1, 1817 Wiley P.M. Bobbitt born Jul. 9, 1823 Haywood Edison Bobbitt born Jul. 10, 1832Matilda C. Bobbitt m. William Montgomery Jan.31,1828 Malissa J. Bobbitt m. Jeremiah Weatherly Swaim Oct. 23, 1831 Wiley P. M. Bobbitt m. Elizabeth Ann ........... Hawood E. Bobbitt m. Elizabeth Jenkins........ 1863
Records indicate that Wiley Bobbitt married first a cousin by the name of Martha Bobbitt and that they had two children. I have not been able to confirm this satisfactorily.
Gleason, Tennessee is in Weakley County and many of these people and their descendants are buried in Mt. Zion cemetery.
There are some interesting census records which record descendants of this family:
Weakly County, Tennessee 1850: Family 36
W.B. Montgomery 44 1806 Tennessee Matilda (Bobbitt) Montgomery 37 1814 North Carolina James Montgomery 22 1828 Tennessee Melissa Montgomery 15 1832 Tennessee John Montgomery 17 1833 Tennessee Elizabeth Montgomery 14 1836 Tennessee Eliza Montgomery 12 1838 Tennessee George Montgomery 4 1846 Tennessee Jeremiah Montgomery 4/12 1850 TennesseeJ. W. Swaim 41 1809 North Carolina Millisa (Bobbitt) Swaim 33 1817 North Carolina Frances Swaim 17 1833 Tennessee Andrew Swaim 17 1833 Tennessee Houston Swaim 14 1836 Tennessee Wiley Swaim 11 1839 Tennessee Barren Swaim 9 1841 Tennessee Matilda Swaim 6 1844 Tennessee Mary Swaim 3 1849 Tennessee (continued next page)
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