Jethro Bass

1787 - 1865  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Jethro Bass  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	Apr 1787	Granville, North Carolina, USA   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Bondsman	30 Oct 1828	Mercer, Kentucky, USA   [6]
  	Posted marriage bond for his daughter, Emeline Bass
  Race	Mulatto  [3, 4]
  Reference Number	767
  Residence	1830	Vigo, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Residence	1840	Vigo, Indiana, USA
  Residence	1850	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA   [3]
  	Age: 70
  Residence	1860	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA   [4]
  	Age: 80
  Died	1865	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
  	Estate Records
  Person ID	I767	Families

  
  

  Father	Jesse Day,   b. 1761, Northumberland, Virginia, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Prudence Bass,   b. Abt 1768, Granville, North Carolina, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Married	6 Nov 1782	Granville, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Polly Mitchell,   b. 1788, Sussex, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1865, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	3 Apr 1809	Granville, North Carolina, USA   [1, 5]
  Children	1. Nelson Bass,   b. 1814, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 4 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA  (Age 63 years)  [natural]   2. Rebecca Bass,   b. 1820, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Between 1870 and 1880, Indiana, USA  (Age 50 years)  [natural]   3. Michael Bass,   b. 10 Mar 1818, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 15 Jan 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA  (Age 56 years)  [natural]   4. Duphena Emily Bass,   b. 1834, Indiana, USA ,   d. 1870, Coles, Illinois, USA  (Age 36 years)  [natural]   5. Emeline Bass,   b. Abt 1811, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Vigo, Indiana, USA  [natural]   6. George Washington Bass,   b. Abt 1809, North Carolina, USA ,   d. USA  [natural]   7. Eliza Bass,   b. Abt 1833, Indiana, USA  [natural]
  Family ID	F303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Apr 1787 - Granville, North Carolina, USA Married - 3 Apr 1809 - Granville, North Carolina, USA Bondsman - Posted marriage bond for his daughter, Emeline Bass - 30 Oct 1828 - Mercer, Kentucky, USA Residence - 1830 - Vigo, Indiana, USA Residence - 1840 - Vigo, Indiana, USA Residence - Age: 70 - 1850 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Residence - Age: 80 - 1860 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Died - 1865 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Nansemond Tribe

  
  

• 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. **************************************************************************************************************** Lost Creek AME Church was founded in 1839 by Jethro Bass and others.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;), Database online. Data Source: County Court Records - FHL # 0019009. Record for Jethro Bass [S190] 1830 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), 1830; Census Place: Vigo, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 30; Page: 80; Family History Library Film: 0007719. Record for Jethra Bass [S153] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Harrison, Vigo, Indiana; Roll: M432_177; Page: 271A; Image: 555. Record for Jathro Bass [S155] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Terre Haute Ward 5, Vigo, Indiana; Roll: M653_303; Page: 542; Image: 541; Family History Library Film: 803303. Record for Jethro Bass [S440] North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). [S240] Kentucky, USA, Mercer County, Marriage Bond, Adam Riley. Name: Adam Riley Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 30 Oct 1828 Event Place: Mercer, Kentucky, United States Spouse's Name: Avaline Bass Bondsman: Jethro Bass GS Film number: 000191851 Digital Folder Number: 004705534 Image Number: 00479