Col. Jethro Bass, Jr.

Lovewell Lovey Bass and her heirs sold her land on Urahaw Swamp in 1761 to her nephew Jethro Bass.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bass-1042Jethro Bass Sr. had only 6 children: with wife Susannah Council - 1. Council 1760-1830; 2. John Reddick 1770-1828; with Elizabeth uk - 3. Burwell 1779-1797; 4. America "America" 1781-1816 (spouse John Barnes); 5. Jethro Jr. 1783-1850 (spouse Mary Kelly; 6. Charity 1785-bef 1870 (spouse Joseph Griffin). All born in Northampton NC and all but 2 died there. Jordan Jr and Charity died Furnace Model, Stewart, TN.

http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/stewart/cembass.html

Stewart County, Tennessee

Cemeteries

Bass Cemetery

Contributed by, Debbie Goosinow

NAME BIRTH DEATH SPOUSE PARENTS / NOTES

BASS, Jethro 10 Mar 1782 27 Aug 1850

BASS, Mary Kelly 16 Jan 1780 1845

Will of Colonel Jethro Bass, Jr. Book D, p. 218 Stewart Co. Tenn. Oct. 4, 1846

$9,000 bond, F.P. Gray, John Locke and W.B. Kelly, security. To Norfleet Bass, his land on Tenn. River and his half of Blood River Island. To Nancy, tract of land on which I now live, feather bed, furniture, a cow and calf. To daughter Elizabeth Locke and Harriett Boyle lots, also 50 acres known as Gennes old place. Balance of estate to be divided after my death.

Does the above will belong to this Jethro, or to his cousin Jethro (see link)?

Col. Jethro Bass, Jr.

Stewart County references to Jethro Bass:

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TNSTEWAR/1999-11/0943...

http://www.tngenweb.org/stewart/minutes1844.htm

http://www.tngenweb.org/stewart/timeline.htm

This Geni profile shows descent from Jethro, Isaac, John Jr.

Col. Jethro Bass, Jr.

Leslie Moore, in "Ancestors who came to Northwest Tennessee," shows descent from Jethro, Isaac, John Jr.:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=cranflake...

Lost Creek Tribal Association shows descent from Jethro, John Jr::

http://lost-creek.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I7753&tree=t...

Various FamilySearch trees go either way....

Examination of the land deeded to Jethro, son of John Bass Jr. would be helpful if possible, based on this GEDCOM note:

John, Jr., deeded land in Northampton Co., N.C. from father, John, Sr. and brothers Edward and William. Same land later appears in deeds to Jethro Bass, and Jethro Bass, Jr. Bought lands from Edward, William, and others. Lived and died in present Northampton Co., N.C. 1777.

http://www.genealogyforum.com/gedcom/gedcom8a/gedr8273.ged

Jethro Bass [Jr.] was named in the will of his father. He was born after 1774 since he was still a minor in 1795. He was head of a white Northampton County household with 20 slaves in 1810.

http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/bailey-berry.htm

Will of Colonel Jethro Bass, Jr. Book D, p. 218 Stewart Co. Tenn. Oct. 4, 1846 $9,000 bond, F.P. Gray, John Locke and W.B. Kelly, security. To Norfleet Bass, his land on Tenn. River and his half of Blood River Island. To Nancy, tract of land on which I now live, feather bed, furniture, a cow and calf. To daughter Elizabeth Locke and Harriett Boyle lots, also 50 acres known as Gennes old place. Balance of estate to be divided after my death.

Also see: WB-xx-181 Stewart County, Tenn. (Jethro Bass 1853).

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SB22-4Q2

grave is unmarked:

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6994999