William Bass

Some sources show this William Bass dying in St. James, Santee, South Carolina, 23 August, 1761 *sic However, Parish records show that William bass was a Bachelor. See Parish Register of St. James', Santee 1758-1788, The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan., 1916), pp. 34-45.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27569383?seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents

• Different William Bass of St. James District may have been somehow connected with Gideon Gibson, who moved to the area in 1730 or 1731: http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

Land and tax records also show William Bass living in Granville County between 1749 and 1762 and Bute County in 1771 (Bute was formed from Granville in 1764).

Paul Heinegg and Marcia McClure show William Bass born circa 1712, died after 1771. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sold to hDB-3, page 224. 26 January 1771. WILLIAM BASS, Planter, to SAM(P)SON BASS , both of Bute Co. 7 Pds:10 Sh: Va. money for 100 A. in Bute Co. on SS Cedar Creek, down Beaver Dam Branch to the Creek, bought from THOMAS HUTON. [HULAN, HULAND, HUELIN] Wit: JOHN DENT. Proved by JOHN DENT, Bute February Court 1771, BEN McCULLOCN, C.C. Reg: 16 May 1771, by WILLIAM JOHNSON, P.R.Marginal notation: 13 May 1772 Deld. to ANTONY WINSTON.

http://www.patch.net/deeds/db3-2.html

Samuel aka Sampson Bass has a Geni profile here:

Samuel Bass, Sr.

More about the Hulan family of Northampton and Granville Counties here (see esp. many references to Bass):

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/hulan/8/

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From Paul Heinegg’s research: http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/bailey-berry.htm

13. William3 Bass (John3, William1, John1), born say 1712, sold the land he inherited in Northampton County to John Bass on 30 December 1742 [DB 2:185]. He was one of the first members of the Bass family in Granville County where he was taxed in the list of Jonathan White in 1749. In 1761 he was taxable with his son Thomas in Oxford District. On 19 November 1762 he purchased 200 acres on the south side of Cedar Creek near the Beaver Dam Branch from Thomas Huland (Huelin) [DB F:441]. He was a "Black" taxable in Granville County in John Pope's list for St. John's Parish, Bare Swamp District, in 1762. Bute County was formed from this part of Granville County in 1764, and in 1771 he was a Bute County taxable in the list of Philemon Hawkins on 5 "Black" tithes: himself, his wife, daughter "Honner," and sons Ben and John [CR 015.70001, p.12]. He may have been the William Bass who appeared in Granville County court on 7 April 1770 as the "next Friend" of Olive Bass when she sued JeanTylor, alias Mitchell [Minutes 1754-70, 202]. William sold 100 acres on the south side of Cedar Creek to Sampson Bass on 26 January 1771 and another 100 acres adjoining this on 17 September 1771 [Warren County DB 3:224; 4:263]. His children were

i. ?Simon1, not identified as William's son, but listed adjacent to him in Philemon Hawkins' Bute County list of taxables, taxed on 4 "Black" tithes for himself, his unnamed wife, son James, and (daughter?) Elizabeth.

ii. Thomas4, born about 1749 since he was taxable in 1761 in his father's Oxford District household. He was an overseer, taxable in Nathan Thomas's household in the 1771 Bute County list of Philemon Hawkins [CR 015.70001, p.4].

24 iii. ?Frederick1, born say 1750.

iv. Honor1, born say 1752, taxable in 1771 in Bute County.

v. Benjamin2, born say 1754, taxable in 1771 in Bute County.

vi. John9, born before 1760, taxable in 1771 in Bute County.

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See Marcia McClure’s Rootsweb Tree:

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

William Basse, born Bet. 1700 - 1703 in Chowan Co., NC; died August 23, 1761, Notes for William Basse: Pg 17 Dowd/Silvestri - 30 Dec 1742 - William of Northampton Co. sold land to his brother John and on 30 Aug 1757, William was of Granville Co. Northampton Co. was formed in 1746 from Edgecomb Co. which was formed in 1741 from Bertie Co. Granville Co. was also formed in 1746 from Edgecomb Co. So, it appears at the time of the land transaction they were both actually of Edgecomb Co.

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