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Jordan Bass

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  • Name Jordan Bass 
    Gender Male 
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    • RANDOLPH COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
      WILL OF JORDAN BASS 1800

      WILL OF JORDAN BASS - dated 16 Jan 1800, proven in open court by William Wood
      February Term of Court 1808.

      In the name of God - Amen - I Jordan Bass of the County of Randolph and State of North Carolina Being in Sound and Perfect Mind Memory (Bless be God) but knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make this on the Sixteenth day of January in the Year of Our Lord one Thousand and Eight Hundred Make and Publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following:
      That is to say principally and first of all I give and Recomment my Soul unto God That gave it, and My Body to the Earth to be buried in a decent and Christian manner at the direction of my Executors and as a touching the worldly estate Wherewith it has pleased God to Bless Me with in this life; I give and desire & Dispose of in the following manner & form, Viz: First it is my will & testament That at My Demise there be made a Just & True Inventory of all my personal Estate. I leave for the use of my Beloved Wife Rebecca Bass & also for Those of My Children for & during the said Rebeccas Natural Life or Widowhood or until my youngest sons arrive at full age, agreeable to a Law provided, She the said My Beloved Wife Rebecca Bass keep the Children with her on the premises allowed and endeavoring to keep, raise & maintain them until their arrival to Years of Maturity, I say I leave for their use my 2 tracts of Land, namely, the tract whereon I now live Containing 240 acres and the other tract immediately against which I bought from David Gibson, Containing two hundred and eighty acres, With so much of my personal Estate, Consisting of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, plantation tools, household furniture as She My Beloved Wife shall judge needful for their support, for and During the Above Mentioned time.
      And further it is my Will & Desire that if my Beloved Wife should not live and should marry till after my youngest sons arrive at full age agreeable to law, I leave for Sole use & benefit for and During her Natural Life or Widowhood one nigar woman name Nan, 1 horse saddle and bridle, 1 feather bed & furniture, 1 pine chest, 1 Iron Pot, 1 small pewter dish, 1 Bason, 1 cow & calf, 1 sow & pigs, ½ doz. spoons. All the aforesaid Chattels I leave to my Beloved Wife only for & During her Natural Life of Widowhood, and after that to become the property of my heirs & none other.
      Item I give and bequeath to my beloved son Arthur on his arrival at full age the tract of land above mentioned Whereon I now live.
      Item I give to my son Henry the other tract of land which I bought from Gibson, also above mentioned, on his arrival at full age but still reserving to his brother Arthur the right to get from or upon it the Said Henry tract; lumber for repairs for the plantation for Buildings on his Sd. Arthur tract.
      Item I give & Bequeath to my son Benjamin 1 tract of land which I bougth from Allen marshall, Containing 320 acres. Also it is Will & Desire that my other tract of land Containing 200 hundred acres be sold at public sale to the highest bidder & the money arrising from sale of same to be divided equally between my 2 sons Arthur and Henry.
      Item It is my Will and Testament that such of Stock on hand Consisting of Goods and Chattels, or as much of them as my beloved Wife shall not need for her support or maintenance of my Children be sold except as herein Excepted & some of the same applied to the payment of Just debts and the residue to be divided by my Executors or distributed by them to be paid to my beloved Daughter Delilah and one hundred Dollars to my Beloved Daughter Jiney & 20 dollars to be applied to finishing the house which is now bulding on the tract of land I purchased from Gibson provided it is not completed before My Demise. Also I give & bequeath to my Daughter Tabitha on the day of her marriage or arrival at full age one undred Dollars, also 1 cow, 1 calf, 1 featherbed. I give to my beloved Daughter Lucy $100.00, 1 cow, 1 calf, 1 featherbed and furniture, the money to be raised by a Second Sale at the time of my youngest son arrives to full age agreeable to law.
      Item I give and Bequeath to my beloved sons Arthur and Henry, 1 horse saddle & bridley to be worth 80 dollars. Also to my son Benjamin 1 horse which he already claimed, 1 saddle, 1 bridle, 1 featherbed & furniture to each of my sons above mentioned it is my will & Testament that at the time my youngest son arrives at full age, agreeable to law, all the property consisting of Goods & Chattels which is not already bequeathed or Distributed be sold & Equally divided among all my Children after payment of above Legacies are made & done for both Sons & Daughters, namely Delilah, Jiney, Tabitha, Lucy, Benjamin, Henry, & Arthur & I have hereby make & declare & ordain My Beloved Wife Rebecca Bass Executor together with my worthy friend Josiah Linden Executor of my last Will & Testament - I set my hand & Seal, the day & year above written signed, sealed & published by Sd. Jordan Bass.

      Jordan Bass

      In the presence of us who were present at the time of signing sealring therof.
      Wm. H. Wood
      James Brookshire

      The foregoing last will & Testament of Jordan Bass was duly proven in open Court by William Wood February Term of Court 1808. Jesse Henley, CCC.
    Person ID I32306  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2018 

    Mother Tabitha Bass 
    Family ID F11790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebeccah 
    Children 
     1. Delilah Bass
     2. Jiney Bass
    +3. Benjamin Willis Bass,   b. 4 Apr 1785, Randolph County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1856, Shelby County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +4. Tabitha Bass,   b. 5 Jul 1789, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1851, Shelby County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     5. Lucy Bass
    +6. Henry Bass
    +7. Arthur Bass,   b. 5 Dec 1794, Randolph County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1881, Morgan County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2018 
    Family ID F11789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart