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 1868 - 1920 (51 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Martha Stewart was born 7 Nov 1868, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of Matthew Stewart and Eliza Bass); died 29 Feb 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 6263
- Residence: 1870, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 6; Census Post Office: Terre Haute
- Residence: 1880, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 17; Marital status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Notes:
Died:
Age: 52
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Matthew Stewart was born Abt 1816, North Carolina, USA (son of Matthew Stuart). Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 6255
- Civil1: 1 Feb 1839, Vigo, Indiana, USA; 40 acres
- Residence: 1850, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 34
- Residence: 1860, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 45
Matthew married Eliza Bass 25 Mar 1847, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Eliza (daughter of Jethro Bass and Polly Mitchell) was born Abt 1833, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Eliza Bass was born Abt 1833, Indiana, USA (daughter of Jethro Bass and Polly Mitchell). Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 6256
- Residence: 1850, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 29
- Residence: 1860, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1870, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Terre Haute
- Residence: 1880, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 40; Marital status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Self
Children:
- Jordan Bradford Stewart was born Abt 1850, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- George W. Stewart was born 4 Jul 1854, Indiana, USA; died 7 Jul 1929, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Mary E. Stewart was born 9 Jul 1853, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 13 Feb 1938, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Amanda J. Stewart was born 17 Nov 1855, Indiana, USA; died 6 Jan 1926, Gary, Lake, Indiana, USA.
- Charles Stewart was born Abt 1858, Indiana, USA.
- 1. Martha Stewart was born 7 Nov 1868, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 Feb 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- James M. Stewart was born Abt 1871, Indiana, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Matthew Stuart was born 1784; died May 1845, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 8825
- Residence: 1820, Granville, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1830, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Children:
- 2. Matthew Stewart was born Abt 1816, North Carolina, USA.
- Ephraim Stuart was born 1828, Tennessee, USA; died 3 Jun 1898, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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| 6. |  Jethro Bass was born Apr 1787, Granville, North Carolina, USA (son of Jesse Day and Prudence Bass); died 1865, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 767
- Bondsman: 30 Oct 1828, Mercer, Kentucky, USA; Posted marriage bond for his daughter, Emeline Bass
- Residence: 1830, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1840, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1850, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 70
- Residence: 1860, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 80
Notes:
Free People of Color Register of (NC-born) Negroes & Mulattoes: Vigo County, Indiana.
by Lisa Y. Henderson
Jethro Bass registered 2 July 1853. Age 70. Mulatto. Born Granville County NC. Resided Lost Creek township.
Jethro Bass and Polly Mitchell married in Granville County NC on 3 Apr 1809. In 1830, Jethro Bass headed a household of 13 free people of color in Vigo County, Indiana. In the 1850 census of Harrison township, Vigo County, Indiana: Jathro Bass, 70, wife Polly, 60, Emily, 17, and Alfred Bass, 6.
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Lost Creek AME Church was founded in 1839 by Jethro Bass and others.
Died:
Estate Records
Jethro married Polly Mitchell 3 Apr 1809, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Polly (daughter of Thomas Mitchell and Rebecca Stewart) was born 1788, Sussex, Virginia, USA; died 1865, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Polly Mitchell was born 1788, Sussex, Virginia, USA (daughter of Thomas Mitchell and Rebecca Stewart); died 1865, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 974
- Residence: 1850, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 60
Children:
- Nelson Bass was born 1814, North Carolina, USA; died 4 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 6 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Rebecca Bass was born 1820, North Carolina, USA; died Between 1870 and 1880, Indiana, USA.
- Michael Bass was born 10 Mar 1818, North Carolina, USA; died 15 Jan 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Duphena Emily Bass was born 1834, Indiana, USA; died 1870, Coles, Illinois, USA.
- Emeline Bass was born Abt 1811, North Carolina, USA; died , Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- George Washington Bass was born Abt 1809, North Carolina, USA; died , USA.
- 3. Eliza Bass was born Abt 1833, Indiana, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 12. | Jesse Day was born 1761, Northumberland, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Jesse married Prudence Bass 6 Nov 1782, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Prudence (daughter of Edward Bass, II and Tamor Anderson) was born Abt 1768, Granville, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 13. | Prudence Bass was born Abt 1768, Granville, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Edward Bass, II and Tamor Anderson). Other Events:
Notes:
Prudence Bass (Edward3, Edward1, John1), born say 1768, posted her own Granville County bastardy bond in April 1791, and in January 1794 Edward Bass and Jacob Anderson paid the bond for a child she had by Jesse Day [Camin, N.C. Bastardy Bonds, 87]. She bound her children Jethro and Cullen to her brother Jason in 1801 [Bell, Bass Families of the South, 159]. Her children were
i. Jethro4, born April 1787, married Polly Mitchell, 3 April 1809 Granville County bond, Henry Anderson bondsman. Jethro and Polly were living in household #874 of Harrison Township, Vigo County, Indiana in 1850.
ii. Cullen, born May 1795.
Children:
- 6. Jethro Bass was born Apr 1787, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 1865, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Cullen Bass was born May 1795, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 1889, Chipley, Harris, Georgia, USA.
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| 14. | Thomas Mitchell was born 25 Feb 1763, Albemarle, Virginia, USA (son of Henry Mitchell, IV and Prissilla Jones); died Nov 1811, Wilson, Tennessee, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 978
- Residence: 1810, Sussex, Virginia, USA
Thomas married Rebecca Stewart 22 Feb 1785, Virginia, USA. Rebecca (daughter of William Stewart and Mary Shands) was born 7 Mar 1762, Henrico, Virginia, USA; died 1810. [Group Sheet]
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| 15. | Rebecca Stewart was born 7 Mar 1762, Henrico, Virginia, USA (daughter of William Stewart and Mary Shands); died 1810. Other Events:
Children:
- 7. Polly Mitchell was born 1788, Sussex, Virginia, USA; died 1865, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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