There are apparently some errors in the 1850 census of the family, particularly in the place of birth. In later census and vita

The Bobbitt Family In America

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There are apparently some errors in the 1850 census of the family, particularly in the place of birth. In later census and vital records the place of birth is variously given as Kentucky and as Illinois. The 1850 census of Mason County, Illinois was taken on November 28, 1850.

Family # 1034

Eliza Bobbitt 38 (1812) Kentucky

John W. Bobbitt 14 (1836) Illinois (Kentucky)

William Bobbitt 12 (1838) Illinois (Kentucky)

James Bobbitt 10 (1840) Illinois (Kentucky)

Dudley Bobbitt 8 (1842) Illinois

Emsley Bobbitt 6 (1844) Illinois

Andrew Bobbitt 5 (1845) Illinois

George Bobbitt 4 (1846) Illinois

Family # 1035

Charles Mays 25 (1825) Kentucky

Nancy Mays 20 (1830) Illinois (Kentucky)

George Mays 2 (1848) Illinois

Family # 1036

Robert Mays 70 (1780) Tennessee

Polly Mays 67 (1783) North Carolina

Robert Mays, Jr. 29 (1821) Kentucky

George Mays 24 (1826) Kentucky

John Mays 19 (1831) Kentucky

John Gardiner 25 (1825) Kentucky

The above census was taken in November of 1850. Early in the year of 1850, Elizabeth Bobbitt had gone to Morgan County, Illinois with two of her sons, and was counted in Morgan County on October 24, 1850.

Elizabeth Bobbitt 39 (1811) North Carolina

E. (Elzorah) Bobbitt 20 (1830) Illinois (Kentucky)

Hardy Bobbitt 16 (1834) Illinois (Kentucky)

The two sons apparently stayed to work in Morgan County, and Elizabeth returned to Mason County to be with her younger sons who were staying near or with the Mays family. The total census count in Mason and Morgan county lists all of her sons, nine in number.

One cannot help but realize the plight of Elizabeth Bobbitt. She had nine sons to rear and five of them were ten years of age or younger. She herself was not forty years of age. Much of her help came from the Mays family. Elizabeth never remarried. In 1860 she was working as a seamstress in McLean County Illinois.

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