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Stephen Bobbitt married Lucy Holt on January 16, 1845 in Gibson County. Stephen had an initial "J" for a middle name. Stephen was a son of James Bobbitt of York County, South Carolina.

Family # 125, counted August 23, 1850

D. J. Bobbitt                       26 (1824) South Carolina 
Elizabeth (Wallace) Bobbitt 27 (1823) Tennessee 
William Bobbitt                    4 (1846) Tennessee 
Sarah Bobbitt                      2 (1848) Tennessee 
Thomas Bobbitt             6/12 (1850) Tennessee

D. J. Bobbitt was Drury J. Bobbitt and he married Elizabeth Wallace of Gibson County. Their first son was H. William Bobbitt who was born on October 12, 1846 and married Ada J. McFarland.

Family 131, counted September 1, 1850.

Z. L. Bobbitt                     34 (1816) South Carolina
Elizabeth (Tate) Bobbitt     33 (1817) North Carolina  
Martha Bobbitt                  12 (1838) Tennessee 
Thomas Bobbitt                  6 (1844) Tennessee 
Mary Bobbitt                      4 (1846) Tennessee 
Jane Tate                          29 (1821) Tennessee

Z. L. Bobbitt is Zebulon Bobbitt. Zebulon and Elizabeth Bobbitt are buried in Brown Cemetery near Jackson Tennessee in Madison County. The markers on their graves read, "Z. L. Bobbitt 1816-1875, Elizabeth Bobbitt 1817-1880.

Family # 222, counted September 16, 1850.

I. L. Bobbitt                   25 (1825) South Carolina 
Hasty (Dickens) Bobbitt 24 (1826) South Carolina 
Mary Bobbitt                   2 (1848) Tennessee 
Benjamin Bobbitt             1 (1849) Tennessee

I. L. Bobbitt is Isaac L. Bobbitt son of James Bobbitt of South Carolina. Although Isaac married a woman from South Carolina we know that the Dickens family lived in Gibson County, Tennessee. Albert Bobbitt a brother of Isaac married Malissa Dickens a sister of Hasty. Isaac and Hasty were  married on December 17, 1846 and the marriage is recorded in Gibson County.

The Bobbitt families of Gibson County descend from two males who were both named "James". James Bobbitt from South Carolina, born in 1786, was born in Warren County, North Carolina, a son of William and Susannah (James) Bobbitt. James Bobbitt who married Mary Gunn, was a son of Lewis and Mary (Person) Bobbitt of Warren County, North Carolina. The grandfathers of the two James Bobbitt families were first cousins.


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