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About Elijah Bass
17. Elijah1 Bass (John4, Edward1, John1), born say 1743, was still living in Northampton County on 4 April 1758 when he was mentioned in a Bass family deed [DB 2:461]. He married Mary Bass, 13 February 1777 Bute County bond, Richard Scott bondsman. According to her application for his pension, they were married the following day. In 1780 he was living in Granville County where he was taxed on an assessment of 108 pounds in Oxford District. He enlisted in the Tenth Regiment of the North Carolina Line on 10 February 1781 as a substitute for Ebenezar Riggan and was killed in the battle of Eutaw Springs on 8 September 1781 [M804-2038, frames 533, 528]. His children were called orphans of Elijah Bass on 4 February 1781 when the court bound them out to Benjamin Bass [Owen, Granville County Notes, vol. V]. After his death his wife Mary married Benjamin Richardson on 14 February 1783 with Philip Pettiford as bondsman [M804-2038, frame 531]. Elijah's children bound out on 4 February 1781 were
i. John11, born about 1772, married Olive Richardson, 8 December 1798 Granville County bond, Absalom Bass bondsman.
ii. Phatha, born about 1775.
iii. Sarah4, born about 1777, married John Richardson, 22 March 1802 Granville County bond, Absalom Bass bondsman.
iv. David, born about 1779.
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/bailey-berry.htm
http://www.ncgenweb.us/halifax/military/elijah_bass.htm
http://revwarapps.org/w4061.pdf
Name of great grandmother of Elijah Bass profiled: Elijah Bass has the published name of Keziah Elizabeth Tucker.
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/revolution.htm states that
Elijah Bass, great grandson of John Bass and an Indian woman named Keziah Elizabeth Tucker, enlisted in the 10th Regiment of the North Carolina Line as a substitute for Ebenezar Riggan on 10 February 1781 and was killed in the battle of Eutaw Springs on 8 September 1781. His widow married Benjamin Richardson with Philip Pettiford as bondsman [NARA, W.4061, M804, Roll 2038, frames 533, 528; https://www.fold3.com/image/14161295].
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Elijah Bass's Timeline
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1743
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Northampton County, North Carolina, United States
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| 1772 |
1772
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Granville County, North Carolina, United States
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1775
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Granville County, North Carolina
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1777
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Granville County, North Carolina, United States
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1779
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Granville County, North Carolina, United States
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| 1781 |
September 8, 1781
Age 38
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Eutawville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States
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