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 1814 - 1877 (63 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Nelson Bass was born 1814, North Carolina, USA (son of Jethro Bass and Polly Mitchell); died 4 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 6 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 980
- Residence: 1850, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Land Transaction: 1 Jan 1865, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Purchased ?? A. from James Shepherd
Notes:
Buried:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Nelson married Nancy Smith 1832, Indiana, USA. Nancy was born Nov 1807, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; died 5 Jul 1886, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 6 Jul 1886, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Almira Bass was born 1833, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- George Washington Bass was born 1835, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Jethro Washington Bass was born 30 Dec 1836, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 12 Jun 1926, Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried , Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
- Ann Elizabeth Bass was born 1838, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- William Bass was born 1840, Indiana, USA.
- Lucy Bass was born 1843, Indiana, USA.
- Caroline "Carrie" Bass was born 17 Feb 1847, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 9 Mar 1924, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 1920, Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Angeline Bass was born 19 Nov 1846, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 1933, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; was buried , Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA.
Nelson married Lucinda Patridge 10 Oct 1861, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Lucinda died , USA. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 2
| 2. |  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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| 3. | 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:
- 1. 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.
- Eliza Bass was born Abt 1833, Indiana, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | 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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| 5. | 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:
- 2. 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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| 6. | 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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| 7. | Rebecca Stewart was born 7 Mar 1762, Henrico, Virginia, USA (daughter of William Stewart and Mary Shands); died 1810. Other Events:
Children:
- 3. Polly Mitchell was born 1788, Sussex, Virginia, USA; died 1865, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 10. | Edward Bass, II was born 1729, Granville, North Carolina, USA (son of Edward Bass and Lovewell); died 1800, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Ethnicity: Native American
- Reference Number: 769
Notes:
Edward3 Bass (Edward1, John1), born say 1728, received 50 acres in Northampton County by his father's will. He sold this and another 20 acres in Northampton County on 15 May 1758 [DB 2:462]. By 1761 he was taxable in the Granville County list for Oxford District with wife Tamer--probably Tamer Anderson, daughter of his neighbor Lewis Anderson, a taxable in her father's household in John Sallis' 1754 tax list. She was also taxed with her father in 1755, but did not appear in his household in the next extant list of 1757 [CR 44.701.19]. On 22 December 1762 Edward purchased 100 acres in Granville County from George Anderson [DB F:281]. On 8 April 1767 he purchased 200 acres at the head of Fishing Creek in Bute County [Warren County DB 1:304] and sold this land twelve years later on 7 May 1779 [Warren DB 7:230]. In 1782 he was taxable in Granville on 100 acres, a horse, and 14 cattle. He had 11 persons in his Raglands District, Granville County household in the 1786 state census. On 9 November 1792 he bought an additional 206 acres on Boling's Creek in Granville for 75 pounds and a month later on 10 December 1792 sold his 100 acres on the north prong of Fishing Creek for 100 pounds [DB N:165; P:77]. His 17 March 179_ will was proved in Granville County court in November 1800 [WB 5:116].
Edward married Tamor Anderson 1760. Tamor (daughter of Lewis Anderson and Sarah Bass) was born Abt 1740, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1785, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 11. | Tamor Anderson was born Abt 1740, Granville, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Lewis Anderson and Sarah Bass); died Aft 1785, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 5. Prudence Bass was born Abt 1768, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Dempsey Bass was born 1781, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 1828, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
- Mary Ann Bass was born Abt 1775, North Carolina, USA; died , USA.
- Stephen Bass was born 1758.
- Darling Bass was born 1771, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 1845, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
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| 12. | Henry Mitchell, IV was born 1718, Surry, Virginia, USA (son of Henry Mitchell, III and Tabitha Branch); died 1773, Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Henry married Prissilla Jones 1740, Surry, Virginia, USA. Prissilla (daughter of Thomas Jones and Mary Mitchell) was born 2 Jun 1723, Virginia, USA; died 3 Dec 1774, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 13. | Prissilla Jones was born 2 Jun 1723, Virginia, USA (daughter of Thomas Jones and Mary Mitchell); died 3 Dec 1774, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 6. Thomas Mitchell was born 25 Feb 1763, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died Nov 1811, Wilson, Tennessee, USA.
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| 14. | William Stewart was born 1704, Sussex, Virginia, USA (son of Charles Stewart and Anne Pace); died 1774, Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
William married Mary Shands 1745, Charles City, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of William Shands and Nazareth Robbards) was born 1715, Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA; died 1771, Giles, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 15. | Mary Shands was born 1715, Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA (daughter of William Shands and Nazareth Robbards); died 1771, Giles, Tennessee, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 7. Rebecca Stewart was born 7 Mar 1762, Henrico, Virginia, USA; died 1810.
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