Family/Spouse: Charles Bass. Charles (son of Richard Basse and Jane Bryant) was born on 19 Nov 1681 in Virginia, USA; died in 1780 in Southampton, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Jeffrey Bassett:



5B261. Jordan Bass, son of Tabitha



Jordan Bass, son of Tabitha Bass, was born about 1750 in Virginia. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Following the war, he settled in Randolph County, North Carolina. He married Rebecca. He continued to reside in North Carolina the remainder of his life. He died in 1808 in North Carolina. Following his death, his widow and his son, Henry Bass, and the latter's wife went to Indiana by ox team and covered wagon, settling near Connersville, Fayette County, where they resided until 1821. They then moved to Shelby County, Indiana.



1790 Federal Census of Randolph County, North Carolina

Jordan Bass 1m16+,2mU16,3f,1 slave



1800 Federal Census of Hillsboro, Randolph County, North Carolina

Jordan Bass 21010-2001

2mU10,1m10-16,1m26-45,2fU10,1f26-45



5B2611. Delilah Bass



5B2612. Jiney Bass - married Austin Davenport on 7 Feb 1801 in North

Carolina.



+ 5B2613. Tabitha Bass - born 5 Jul 1789 in Randolph County, North

Carolina, married James Wray and moved to Shelby County,

Indiana.



5B2614. Lucy Bass - married Archibald Dunbar on 26 Oct 1814 in North

Carolina.



+ 5B2615. Benjamin Willis Bass – born 4 Apr 1785 in Randolph County, North

Carolina. He died 26 Jun 1856 in Shelby County, Indiana. He

married Susannah Wray, daughter of Thomas Wray and moved to

Shelby County, Indiana.



+ 5B2616. Henry Bass - born 6 Aug 1792 in North Carolina, married Judia

Fox in 1818 in North Carolina. In 1818, they emigrated to Wayne

County, Indiana, and in 1821 moved to Shelby County.



+ 5B2617. Arthur Bass - born 5 Dec 1794 in Randolph County, North Carolina,

died 18 Apr 1881 in Morgan County, Indiana, married (1) Rebecca

Brookshire (2) Amelia Koons (3) Rhoda Slack (4) Margaret Slack.



RANDOLPH COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

WILL OF JORDAN BASS 1800



WILL OF JORDAN BASS - dated 16 Jan 1800, proven in open court by William Wood

February Term of Court 1808.



In the name of God - Amen - I Jordan Bass of the County of Randolph and State of North Carolina Being in Sound and Perfect Mind Memory (Bless be God) but knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make this on the Sixteenth day of January in the Year of Our Lord one Thousand and Eight Hundred Make and Publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following:

That is to say principally and first of all I give and Recomment my Soul unto God That gave it, and My Body to the Earth to be buried in a decent and Christian manner at the direction of my Executors and as a touching the worldly estate Wherewith it has pleased God to Bless Me with in this life; I give and desire & Dispose of in the following manner & form, Viz: First it is my will & testament That at My Demise there be made a Just & True Inventory of all my personal Estate. I leave for the use of my Beloved Wife Rebecca Bass & also for Those of My Children for & during the said Rebeccas Natural Life or Widowhood or until my youngest sons arrive at full age, agreeable to a Law provided, She the said My Beloved Wife Rebecca Bass keep the Children with her on the premises allowed and endeavoring to keep, raise & maintain them until their arrival to Years of Maturity, I say I leave for their use my 2 tracts of Land, namely, the tract whereon I now live Containing 240 acres and the other tract immediately against which I bought from David Gibson, Containing two hundred and eighty acres, With so much of my personal Estate, Consisting of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, plantation tools, household furniture as She My Beloved Wife shall judge needful for their support, for and During the Above Mentioned time.

And further it is my Will & Desire that if my Beloved Wife should not live and should marry till after my youngest sons arrive at full age agreeable to law, I leave for Sole use & benefit for and During her Natural Life or Widowhood one nigar woman name Nan, 1 horse saddle and bridle, 1 feather bed & furniture, 1 pine chest, 1 Iron Pot, 1 small pewter dish, 1 Bason, 1 cow & calf, 1 sow & pigs, ½ doz. spoons. All the aforesaid Chattels I leave to my Beloved Wife only for & During her Natural Life of Widowhood, and after that to become the property of my heirs & none other.

Item I give and bequeath to my beloved son Arthur on his arrival at full age the tract of land above mentioned Whereon I now live.

Item I give to my son Henry the other tract of land which I bought from Gibson, also above mentioned, on his arrival at full age but still reserving to his brother Arthur the right to get from or upon it the Said Henry tract; lumber for repairs for the plantation for Buildings on his Sd. Arthur tract.

Item I give & Bequeath to my son Benjamin 1 tract of land which I bougth from Allen marshall, Containing 320 acres. Also it is Will & Desire that my other tract of land Containing 200 hundred acres be sold at public sale to the highest bidder & the money arrising from sale of same to be divided equally between my 2 sons Arthur and Henry.

Item It is my Will and Testament that such of Stock on hand Consisting of Goods and Chattels, or as much of them as my beloved Wife shall not need for her support or maintenance of my Children be sold except as herein Excepted & some of the same applied to the payment of Just debts and the residue to be divided by my Executors or distributed by them to be paid to my beloved Daughter Delilah and one hundred Dollars to my Beloved Daughter Jiney & 20 dollars to be applied to finishing the house which is now building on the tract of land I purchased from Gibson provided it is not completed before My Demise. Also I give & bequeath to my Daughter Tabitha on the day of her marriage or arrival at full age one hundred Dollars, also 1 cow, 1 calf, 1 featherbed. I give to my beloved Daughter Lucy $100.00, 1 cow, 1 calf, 1 featherbed and furniture, the money to be raised by a Second Sale at the time of my youngest son arrives to full age agreeable to law.

Item I give and Bequeath to my beloved sons Arthur and Henry, 1 horse saddle & bridley to be worth 80 dollars. Also to my son Benjamin 1 horse which he already claimed, 1 saddle, 1 bridle, 1 featherbed & furniture to each of my sons above mentioned it is my will & Testament that at the time my youngest son arrives at full age, agreeable to law, all the property consisting of Goods & Chattels which is not already bequeathed or Distributed be sold & Equally divided among all my Children after payment of above Legacies are made & done for both Sons & Daughters, namely Delilah, Jiney, Tabitha, Lucy, Benjamin, Henry, & Arthur & I have hereby make & declare & ordain My Beloved Wife Rebecca Bass Executor together with my worthy friend Josiah Linden Executor of my last Will & Testament - I set my hand & Seal, the day & year above written signed, sealed & published by Sd. Jordan Bass.



Jordan Bass



In the presence of us who were present at the time of signing sealring therof.

Wm. H. Wood

James Brookshire



The foregoing last will & Testament of Jordan Bass was duly proven in open Court by William Wood February Term of Court 1808. Jesse Henley, CCC.

Jordan married Rebecca Haskins on 11 May 1790 in Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, USA. Rebecca died in 1824 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rhoda Slack. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Amelia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married Rebecca Brookshire on 28 Oct 1815. Rebecca was born in Randolph, North Carolina, USA; died in Morgantown, Morgan, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married Margaret Slack on 21 May 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]