Benjamin Elijah Bass b. 1809 Robeson, North Carolina, USA d. Aft 1880 Vernon, Wisconsin, USA: The Lost Creek Settlement

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Name	Benjamin Elijah Bass [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Born	1809	Robeson, North Carolina, USA [5, 6, 7]
Gender	Male
Race	Mulatto [5, 6]
Reference Number	1896
Residence	1850	Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA [6]
	Age: 47
Residence	1870	South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA [5]
	Post Office: South Bend; Age: 66
Died	Aft 1880	Vernon, Wisconsin, USA
Person ID	I1896	Families

Father	Elijah Bass, b. 1770, Anson, North Carolina, USA , d. Jun 1854, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA (Age 84 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Eliza Matilda Milbury, b. 1775, North Carolina, USA , d. 1802, Marion, Marion, South Carolina, USA (Age 27 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F638	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Delilah Roberts, b. 1800, North Carolina, USA , d. 1870, Owen, Indiana, USA (Age 70 years)

Married 7 Jan 1830 Owen, Indiana, USA [1, 3]

Children

	1. Eliza J. Bass, b. 1830, Indiana, USA [natural]
	2. Jennette Bass, b. Abt 1827, Indiana, USA [natural]
	3. Amanda Sophia Bass, b. 1834, Indiana, USA [natural]

Family ID F577 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Delilah Harris, b. Abt 1809, d. 1870 (Age ~ 61 years)

Married 4 Jan 1823 North Carolina, USA [8]

Children

	1. Rebecca Maria Bass, b. 10 Feb 1824, North Carolina, USA , d. 10 Feb 1895, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA (Age 71 years) [natural]
	2. Angeline Bass, b. Mar 1826, North Carolina, USA , d. 14 Jul 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (Age ~ 84 years) [natural]

Family ID F975 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 1809 - Robeson, North Carolina, USA
	Married - 4 Jan 1823 - North Carolina, USA
	Married - 7 Jan 1830 - Owen, Indiana, USA
	Residence - Age: 47 - 1850 - Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA
	Residence - Post Office: South Bend; Age: 66 - 1870 - South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
	Died - Aft 1880 - Vernon, Wisconsin, USA

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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.

Sources

[S319] Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Title: , , ; Book: ; Page: .
Record for Delilah Bass
[S351] U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
Record for Benjamin Bass
[S339] North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online. Data Source: .
Record for Elijah Bass
[S338] North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Database online.
Record for Dellia Harris
[S172] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: South Bend Wards 2 and 3, St Joseph, Indiana; Roll: M593_360; Page: 472B; Image: 406312; Family History Library Film: 545859.
Record for Benjamine Bass
[S153] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Marion, Owen, Indiana; Roll: M432_164; Page: 141B; Image: 287.
Record for Benjamin Bass
[S153] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Marion, Owen, Indiana; Roll: M432_164; Page: 141B; Image: .
Record for Benjamin Bass
[S339] North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
Record for Elijah Bass

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