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John Reddick Bass

Male 1770 - 1828  (58 years)


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  • Name John Reddick Bass 
    Born 1770 
    Gender Male 
    Died After 9 Apr 1828 
    Notes 
    • Southern Seed, Northern Soil
      African-American Farm Communities
      Stephen A. Vincent (Excerpt)

      Among the Northampton households headed by free people of color at the first United States census were those of two Basses. The Bass kindred were descended in part from Nansemond Indians in Norfolk County, Virginia. John Reddick Bass, the father of three 1840 heads, owned a 150-acres farm at his death in 1828. Like Drew Walden he chose to divide his land in a generally equitable fashion among his ten children through a will written shortly before his demise. John Bass? land was sold a few months following his death in order to meet the demands of his creditors; no funds remained to be distributed to the heirs after the estate had been settled.

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      John Redick, probably born after 1770, was to receive schooling according to his father's 1794 will. He received land on the road adjoining John Pinner and the Urahaw Swamp by the division of the estate of his brother Burwell Bass in March 1798 [Gammon, Record of Estates Northampton County, I:24]. John was head of a Northampton County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:715] and 9 "free colored" and 2 slaves in 1820 [NC:218]. His 9 April 1828 Northampton County will named his wife Rhody and children: Uriah, Peggy, Sterling, Lovel, Mary, Martha, James3, John12, Gideon, and William6. He stipulated that after moving to Indiana the following Fall, Dolphin and James Roberts were to sell his horses and divide the proceeds among his children [WB 4:40].




      1840 Federal Census of Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana
      James Bass FCP 10100-21000
      1mU10,1m24-36,2fU10,1f10-24

      1840 Federal Census of Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana
      John Bass FCP 0100
      1m10-24

      1850 Federal Census of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana (15 Aug 1850
      James Bass B 33 M North Carolina Shoemaker 160
      Lucinda B 25 F North Carolina
      John B 12 M Indiana
      Henry Curtice B 20 M North Carolina Shoemaker
      Tame Bass B 2 F Indiana
      Living nearby
      1850 Federal Census of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana (15 Aug 1850)
      Gideon Bass Mu 27 M North Carolina Barber 1000
      Minerva Mu 18 F Indiana
      Luella Mu 1 F Indiana

      1860 Federal Census of Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana (24 Jul 1860)
      James Bass B 45 M North Carolina Farmer 450 900
      Lucinda B 40 F North Carolina
      Tamer A. B 19 F Indiana
      Malissa B 7 F Indiana
      Len B 5 M Indiana
      Madison B 3 M Indiana
      Mary Charles B 60 F North Carolina

    Person ID I47214  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2021 

    Father Jethro Bass,   b. 1730, Bertie County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Susannah Council,   b. 1731,   d. 1775  (Age 44 years) 
    Family ID F1710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rhody 
    Children 
     1. Lovel Bass,   b. 1814,   d. 1895  (Age 81 years)
    +2. Uriah Bass,   b. 1816,   d. 1890  (Age 74 years)
     3. Gideon Bass,   b. 1823
    +4. William "Buck" Bass,   b. 1827
     5. David Bass,   b. 1833
    +6. John Bass,   b. 1821, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1871, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    +7. James Bass
     8. Martha Bass
     9. Mary Bass
     10. Sterling Bass
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2021 
    Family ID F18617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart