Frederick Bass, Sr

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Frederick Bass, Sr

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Granville District, North Carolina, British Colonial America
Death: April 19, 1802 (53-54)
Anson, North Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Anson County, NC, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Bass and Elizabeth Bass
Husband of Olive Bass
Father of Frederick Bass, Jr.; Elijah G Bass, Sr.; Olive Bass; Simon Bass; Letitia Bass and 4 others
Brother of Thomas Bass

Managed by: Ralib Allen
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About Frederick Bass, Sr

24. Frederick1 Bass (William3, John2, William1, John1), born say 1750, and his wife Olive sold 200 acres on the southwest side of the Pee Dee River on the Flat Fork of Brown Creek in Anson County on 11 August 1777 and purchased 30 acres in the same area on 5 August 1778 [DB 7:196; 4:24]. Olive appeared in Granville County court on 7 April 1770 with (her father-in-law?) William Bass who was called her "next Friend" when she sued Jean Tylor, alias Mitchell. Olive was awarded damages of one penny [Minutes 1754-70, 202]. Frederick was a buyer at the sale of the Anson County estate of Jesse Ivy on 29 January 1785 [Holcomb, Anson County, North Carolina, 138]. He sold 150 acres on the Pee Dee River to (his son?) Frederick Bass, Jr., on 28 February 1797 and 100 acres to (his son?) Simon Bass later that year on 30 September [DB F&G:51, 74]. He was head of an Anson County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:37], 8 in 1800 [NC:204] and 10 in 1810 [NC:33]. His children were probably

i. Frederick2, Jr., born say 1770, head of an Anson County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 [NC:35] and counted a second time in Anson, head of a household of two "other free" and a white female [NC:36]. He and his wife Nancy sold their land on the Pee Dee River on 9 August 1799 [DB F&G:39].

ii. Simon2, born before 1776, head of an Anson County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:204] and 9 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:12] and 5 in 1830. He purchased 20 acres adjoining Frederick Bass, Jr., from Letitia Bass on 17 January 1800 and sold this land on 17 August 1801 [DB H-2:177].

29 iii. Elijah2, born say 1775.

iv. Letitia, who sold 20 acres of land adjoining Frederick Bass, Jr., to Simon Bass on 17 January 1800 [DB F&G:66].

v. Olive, head of an Anson County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [NC:204].

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Frederick Bass, Sr's Timeline

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1748
Granville District, North Carolina, British Colonial America
1768
1768
1768
Anson, North Carolina, United States
1770
1770
Anson, North Carolina, United States
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1773
Anson, North Carolina, United States
1775
1775
Anson County, North Carolina, United States
1775
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Anson, North Carolina, United States
1777