Sarah Bass

First wife of Ezekiel W. Bass.

(Ezekiel married second wife Sarah Murphy 31 JAN 1843 in Wilson Co., Tennessee.)

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She is named Sarah Bass in her father's will:

Will #445, page 164

James Vinson, 26 Oct 1797

To sons Henry Vinson and James Vinson 5 shillings each . . . to son Abner Vinson the land whereon he now lives . . . son Silas Vinson land whereon he now lives . . . son David Vinson land and plantation whereon I now live . . . daughters Lydia Vinson Lawrence, Sarah Vinson Bass, Elizabeth Vinson Gatling 50 pounds Va currency each . . . remainder of estate left in care of Extrs to provide beloved wife Unity Vinson sufficient support during her natural life and at her decease rest of estate to be divided between all my children: Henry; James; Abner; Silas; David; Lydia; Sarah and Elizabeth.

Extrs. my sons Abner, Silas and David Vinson

Wits: Isaac Parker, Henry Sherrard, Jesse Lassiter

Source: Northampton County, NC, 1759-1808 Genealogical Abstracts of Wills book via Carole Schreiber, carole04@earthlink.net, 12/12/1998

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According to "History of Lawrence, Wabash and Edward Counties of Illinois", p. 648, Sarah Vinson "was a half-breed Indian."

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Vinson line: http://balcro.com/vinson.html

Sarah Vinson Bass in "Copeland,Harris,Lawrence,Neville,Pittman,Turner,Wheeler" (Rootsweb Tree):

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jmljr&id=...