Jesse Lindsay Bass

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THE PATRIARCH: Chief Jesse Lindsay Bass (March 22, 1875 – April 28, 1960) Jesse Lindsay Bass Family Tree Jesse Lindsay Bass‘ Family Tree. Both of Jesse’s grandfathers were named “William Bass.” His paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Perkins and his maternal grandmother was Jerutha Weaver. Jesse was the youngest child in his parents’ household. Jesse Lindsay Bass was the youngest son of James Michael Bass and Elizabeth Ann Bass. He was raised in “Yadkin” on the northeastern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp where the Christianized Nansemond community lived for generations before him. He and his family attended Indiana United Methodist Church which was established in 1850 as a mission for the Nansemond families in the area. Jesse worked as a truck farmer, like many others in his community, and married Clara (Carrie) Lugene Anderson in 1899. He and Carrie had twelve children over the course of their lives and raised them on Galberry Road in Norfolk County, VA.

Jesse and Earl Bass Jesse and Earl Bass Due to his love and natural talent as a hunter, Jesse was known as the “Daniel Boone of Norfolk County.” He attributed this ability to his grandfather, William Bass, and passed the passion on to his own sons. Jesse’s favorite place to hunt was in the Great Dismal Swamp (where he was noted as trapping in Washington Ditch on the west side of Lake Drummond) and he was a member of the Yadkin Hunt Club.

Records reveal that Jesse and his family consistently identified as “Indian” and lived as part of an insular Indian community (with several marriages between cousins). During Jesse’s lifetime a number of anthropologists, most notably James Mooney and Frank Speck, researched Powhatan tribes throughout Virginia and had several visits with the Nansemond in the area. Despite their encouragement to organize and pursue state recognition for the tribe, Jesse had little interest in the bureaucracy and political action required for such an effort.

Jesse Bass on Deep Creek Jesse Bass on Deep Creek Jesse’s legacy with the Nansemond community is his legendary familiarity with the Great Dismal Swamp and his ability to survive from the land like his Nansemond ancestors. He and several of his contemporaries (e.g. his older brother Augustus A. Bass) opened their lives to anthropological research that led to the publication of several important references for future generations. Jesse Lindsay Bass’ name remains one of the most recognized among Nansemond descendants and researchers.

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 0 Family Members Parents Photo James Michael Bass 1827–1881

Photo Elizabeth Anne Bass 1833–1921

Spouse Photo Carrie L Anderson Bass 1882–1941

Siblings Azariah Bass 1857–1912

Photo Annie Lee Bass White 1871–1925

Children Photo Leonard Winford Bass 1918–1998

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