Dear David, Do not know where this goes but we have a John J. Bobbitt born in 1841. He was the son of Green W. Bobbitt and Sarah Plant Bobbitt. We too are searching for history but hit a stump. We know there was other siblings. There was William, Thomas, Felix,Presley, Lewis, Wylie and James. WYlie Bobbitt was my husbands Great grandfather. They were living in Lee county in Arkansas. May be a connection