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 1809 - Aft 1880 (> 72 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Benjamin Elijah Bass was born 1809, Robeson, North Carolina, USA (son of Elijah Bass and Eliza Matilda Milbury); died Aft 1880, Vernon, Wisconsin, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 1896
- Residence: 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; Age: 47
- Residence: 1870, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA; Post Office: South Bend; Age: 66
Notes:
BASS Moses Bass had a mill described as "old" on Raft Swamp before 12
Nov. 1766 (Bladen County Deed Book, 1738-1779, 348-349). This name
was not found in tax lists of Bladen 1775-1789. In the 1850 census of
Robeson, some Bass families reported being born in Anson County before
1790 and others in Robeson after 1815. Some Bass families were listed as
White before 1800 and appear to have been Lumbee. The families of Elijah
and Joseph Bass appear as "mulatoe" in the 1830 census of Robeson. The
Bass surname appears as Indian in the Shoe Heel [Maxton] township in the
1870 census of Robeson. The name Bass (sometimes Boss) is found among
the Nansemond Indians of Norfolk Co., Va., as free persons of color in
Granville and Halifax counties, North Carolina and as free persons of color
among the Red Bones of Louisiana (DeMaree, 1992). White (1988) feels
they possibly descend from Saponi Indians located next to the William
Eaton plantation in Granville County, North Carolina in the 1750s. DeMaree
(1992) traces the Bass family to Norfolk County, Virginia.
Benjamin married Delilah Roberts 7 Jan 1830, Owen, Indiana, USA. Delilah was born 1800, North Carolina, USA; died 1870, Owen, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Eliza J. Bass was born 1830, Indiana, USA.
- Jennette Bass was born Abt 1827, Indiana, USA.
- Amanda Sophia Bass was born 1834, Indiana, USA.
Benjamin married Delilah Harris 4 Jan 1823, North Carolina, USA. Delilah was born Abt 1809; died 1870. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Rebecca Maria Bass was born 10 Feb 1824, North Carolina, USA; died 10 Feb 1895, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA.
- Angeline Bass was born Mar 1826, North Carolina, USA; died 14 Jul 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Elijah Bass was born 1770, Anson, North Carolina, USA (son of Frederick Bass and Olive Stewart); died Jun 1854, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Notes:
Elijah2 Bass (Frederick1, William3, John2, William1, John1), born say 1775, was head of an Anson County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [NC:204]. He may have been the Elijah Bass who was counted in Robeson County that same year, head of a household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:362] and 6 in Robeson County in 1810 [NC:237]. He was granted administration on the Robeson County estate of (his brother?) Frederick Bass on 200 pounds security on 9 April 1801 [Minutes 1797-1806, 149]. He was one of the freeholders of Robeson County ordered to work on a road with Breton Barnes on the first Monday in July 1807 [Minutes 1806-13, 38] but was not mentioned again in Robeson County records. He may have been the same Elijah Bass who was head of a Kershaw District, South Carolina household of 6 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1810 [SC:433]. He wrote a 28 December 1839 Kershaw County will, recorded on 16 June 1854, describing himself as a "freeman of Color." He mentioned but did not name his children and lent his wife Milbury Eliza 500 acres "on waters of Beaver Dam and Bell Branch, waters of Twenty Five mile Creek of the Wateree river in Kershaw" which was conveyed to him on 10 February 1809. And he suggested that "my wife may desire to return to North Carolina. Elijah Bass" (signing) [WB A:231]. In August 1846 a grandchild of Elijah Bass named Mrs. White sued a South Carolina tax collector for attempting to collect from her the "free Negro" capitation tax. She testified that her grandmother was a "mulatto," her grandfather a Revolutionary soldier, her father Elijah Bass a "dark quadroon if he was one," and her brother an "ordinary white sandhill boy" [Catterall, Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery, II:400-1]. Elijah may have been the father off
i. Frederick3, born say 1795, purchased 103 acres in Robeson County on the east side of Bay Branch on 6 May 1820 [DB S:275].
ii. Joseph4, born after 1776, head of a Robeson County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:300].
Elijah married Eliza Matilda Milbury. Eliza was born 1775, North Carolina, USA; died 1802, Marion, Marion, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Eliza Matilda Milbury was born 1775, North Carolina, USA; died 1802, Marion, Marion, South Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 1. Benjamin Elijah Bass was born 1809, Robeson, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1880, Vernon, Wisconsin, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Frederick Bass was born 1750, Granville, North Carolina, USA (son of William Bass); died , North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Frederick married Olive Stewart. Olive was born 1753, North Carolina, USA; died Sep 1777, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 5. | Olive Stewart was born 1753, North Carolina, USA; died Sep 1777, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 2. Elijah Bass was born 1770, Anson, North Carolina, USA; died Jun 1854, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 8. | William Bass was born Abt 1700, Bertie, North Carolina, USA (son of John Bass, II and Love Harris); died 23 Aug 1761, St James Santee, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Ethnicity: Native American
- Reference Number: 869
Notes:
William3 Bass (John2, William1, John1), born say 1712, sold the land he inherited in Northampton County to John Bass on 30 December 1742 [DB 2:185]. He was one of the first members of the Bass family in Granville County where he was taxed in the list of Jonathan White in 1749. In 1761 he was taxable with his son Thomas in Oxford District. On 19 November 1762 he purchased 200 acres on the south side of Cedar Creek near the Beaver Dam Branch from Thomas Huland (Huelin) [DB F:441]. He was a "Black" taxable in Granville County in John Pope's list for St. John's Parish, Bare Swamp District, in 1762. Bute County was formed from this part of Granville County in 1764, and in 1771 he was a Bute County taxable in the list of Philemon Hawkins on 5 "Black" tithes: himself, his wife, daughter "Honner," and sons Ben and John [CR 015.70001, p.12]. He may have been the William Bass who appeared in Granville County court on 7 April 1770 as the "next Friend" of Olive Bass when she sued Jean Tylor, alias Mitchell [Minutes 1754-70, 202]. William sold 100 acres on the south side of Cedar Creek to Sampson Bass on 26 January 1771 and another 100 acres adjoining this on 17 September 1771 [Warren County DB 3:224; 4:263]. His children were
i. ?Simon1, not identified as William's son, but listed adjacent to him in Philemon Hawkins' Bute County list of taxables, taxed on 4 "Black" tithes for himself, his unnamed wife, son James, and (daughter?) Elizabeth.
ii. Thomas4, born about 1749 since he was taxable in 1761 in his father's Oxford District household. He was an overseer, taxable in Nathan Thomas's household in the 1771 Bute County list of Philemon Hawkins [CR 015.70001, p.4].
iii. ?Frederick1, born say 1750.
iv. Honor1, born say 1752, taxable in 1771 in Bute County.
v. Benjamin2, born say 1754, taxable in 1771 in Bute County.
vi. John8, born before 1760, taxable in 1771 in Bute County.
Children:
- 4. Frederick Bass was born 1750, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died , North Carolina, USA.
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