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Moses Bass

Male 1778 - 1845  (67 years)

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  • Name Moses Bass 
    Birth 1778  Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death About 1845  Bearhead Creek, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Spikes Cemetery, Bancroft, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1820 Federal Census of Adams County, Mississippi
      Moses Bass 310010-3101
      3mU10,1m10-16,1m26-45,3fU10,1f10-16,1f26-45

      1830 Federal Census of Amite County, Mississippi
      Moses Bass 0220001-1221001
      2m5-10,2m10-15,1m40-50,1fU5,2f5-10,2f10-15,1f15-20,1f40-50

      1840 Federal Census of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
      Moses Bass 000000-000001 FCP 03001-1101
      1f15-20 FCP 3m10-24,1m55-10,1fU10,1f10-24,1f25-55

      Certificate No. 5232 United States Of America
      To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
      Whereas, Moses Bass, of Amite County, Mississippi has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a Certificate of the REGIETER OF THE LAND OFFICE at Washington whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Moses Bass according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820, entitled ?An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands.: for the East half, of the North West quarter, of Section seventeen, in Township four, of Range four East, in the District of Sands subject to sale at Washington Mississippi, containing eighty Acres, and eight five hundredths of an Acre according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General land Office by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said tract has been purchased by the said Moses Bass.

      NOW KNOW YE, That the Unties States of America, in consideration of the Premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress, in such case made and provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said Moses Bass and to his heirs, the said tract above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenance of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said Moses Bass and to his heirs and assigns forever.

      In Testimony Whereof, A. Martin Van Buren President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made PATENT, and the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to b hereunto affixed.
      Givern under my hand, at the CITY OF WASHGINTON, the tenth day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty and of the Independence of the Unites States the Sixty Fifth
      By The President, Martin Van Buren By. M. Van Buren Jr., Sec?y Jos. S. Wilson acting.
      Recorder of the General land Office.



    Person ID I46705  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 25 Oct 2025 

    Father Jeremiah Bass,   b. 1746, Bertie County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1808, Homochitto River, Adams County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Hannah Whitney 
    Family ID F16877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Terrell,   b. 4 Mar 1788, Cumberland County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. About 1855, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage About 1805 
    Children 
     1. Lucinda Bass,   b. 1807   d. 1856 (Age 49 years)
    +2. Eli Bass,   b. 1809, Mississippi Territory Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Caroline Bass,   b. 1811, Mississippi Territory Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Jean Bass,   b. 1811, Mississippi Territory Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Moses Bass,   b. 1813, Franklin County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Doyle Cemetery, Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Robert Bass,   b. 1817   d. 1861, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     7. Adeline Bass,   b. 1819
     8. Elizabeth Bass,   b. 1821
     9. Ludicy Bass,   b. 1823
    +10. Aaron Bass,   b. 1825, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Frances Marion Bass,   b. 1829
    Family ID F17586  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2021