Darling Bass

Notes:

Will of Darling Bass ? 1839
Granville County Wills 1844-1845
Will Book 16, Page 334

In the name of Almighty God amen. I DARLING BASS of the County of Granville and State of North Carolina being of a sound and deeply impressed with the thought of this life and how uncertain the same is have made this my last will and testament.
1. Item. I want my body to be buried in a Christian like manner
2. Item. At my decease I want all my just debts paid.
3. Item. I want my loving wife RODAY to have all my property during her life of widowhood if she marries she is only to have what the law will allow her if my executors or administrator should think my wife is wasting the property, he is to take it away from her and place it where I want it to go that is to HENRY ANDERSON.
Item 4th. My will and desire is that at the desire of my said wife all my property be given to her son HENRY ANDERSON my wife son she had by JESSE CHAVIS before I married her.
Item 5th. I want HENRY ANDERSON to take care of his mother and the property.
Item 6th. My will and desire is that when HENRY ANDERSON dies I want all the property I give him to be equally divided among all his lawful children and if any of them should be underage I want there part placed in the hands of some safe person and keep for them untill they are of age.
This my last will and testament signed in the presence of November 14, 1839.

DARLING BASS ("X" his mark)

JOHN MALLORY
ELIZA J. MALLORY
MARY T . MALLORY

North Carolina
Granville County
August Court A.D.1845

The execution of the last will and testament of DARLING BASS dec'd was duly proved on oath in open court by JOHN MALLORY & ELIZA J. MALLORY Subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded on motion JOHN MALLORY was appointed administrator with the will annexed of the said DARLING BASS and entered into bond with WM. S. McCLANAHAN & LESLIE GILLIAM securities and duly qualified as such no executor having been appointed in the said will.

Witness
JAS. M. WIGGINS, Clk

Family/Spouse: Rhody Anderson. Rhody was born in 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Tamer Anderson. Tamer was born in 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Lovewell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth records, bible and paper trail show placement of William Bass as a son of John and Elizabeth. HOWEVER, DNA evidence shows that this William is not a son of John. Placing him here for documentation purposes. He belongs to DNA Haplogroup A as do all of his direct male descendants.

William married Catherine Elizabeth Lanyere. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]