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- James Bass was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He was given a land patent of 2,500 acres of land in Rutherford County, Tennessee, around Blackman. The old Bass cemetery where John James Bass was buried is situated on this grant. The Daughters of the American Revolution unveiled and dedicated a monument to his memory on October 27, 1934.
Rutherford TN, Will Books, Vol 1-6, 1804-1827 pages 229 -231
In the name of God, Amen - I James Bass Sen., of Rutherford County and
State of Tennessee, being weak in body but of sound mind and memory, do make, ordain and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made, viz., I lend unto my beloved wife Temperance Bass during her natural life or widowhood, and no longer, all the land, lying north of a line, beginning at the mouth of the lane near Abraham Herrings thence last along the middle of said lane to the Nashville road, that runs through my plantation, thence North along the middle of said road at the mouth of the lane running towards Murfreesboro thence
East along the middle of said last mentioned lane & along the middle of the road leading to Murfreesboro to William Smith's line -- also the following named negroes to wit, 4 negro men, Nathan, Austin, Shade and Sandy, Effey, a negro woman and her seven children, namely, Minerva, Chaney, William, Edmund, Julia, Doctor and Manuel, Sal and her two children, namely Mariah and Jerry - Also four head of horses, her choice, one yoke of oxen, and cart, four cows and calves, ten head of sheep, four sows and pigs, twenty young hogs, three thousand pounds of pork, one hundred and fifty barrels of corn, forty bushels of wheat, if there be that much on the farm, six hundred pounds of seed cotton, one hundred and fifty pounds of sugar fifty pounds of coffee, all the liquors on hand at my death, all the household and kitchen furniture, three dozen ploughs, 3 trowel hoes, 5 weeding hoes, a pair of iron wedges, one plow, l drawing knife, 3 pair traces, four axes, a handsaw, all the augers and chisels on the plantation, one log chain, three thousand pounds of fodder, the largest oat stack and one hundred dollars in money. It is also my will that my wife shall have the use and enjoyment of the whole of my plantation all the negroes, the stock, the farming utensils and everything else about the house and farm, one year after my death, viz., all the negroes, and every other thing on the farm is to be kept together for her use and the purpose of making a crop for her benefit, for one year after my death before a division shall take place.
I give and bequeath to each of my daughters and daughter in law at my death a mourning dress of equal value to be purchased by my executors, hereafter mentioned.
I have heretofore given to my son Thomas Bass three hundred acres of land, now owned by Alfred Blackman, and Abraham Herring, and two negro slaves for life, to wit, Bobb and Dinah, I now confirm said gift to him and his heirs forever.
I have also heretofore given unto my son Benjamin J. Bass three hundred acres of land, now owned by the heirs of James Ridgeway decd and two negroes, Champion and Phil -- I hereby confirm said gift to him and his heirs forever.
I have also heretofore given to my daughter Temperance W. Rucker, Daniel, Jesse and Delila (or Sills) three negroes, I now confirm that gift.
I have heretofore given to my daughter Nancy Smith, three negroes, to wit, Michael, Randal and Vinee -- I now confirm said gift to her and her heirs forever.
I have heretofore given to my son James Bass Jr six negroes namely, Abram, Jesse, Daisy, Isham, Lewis and Lucy (8?) one mule and two horses - I hereby confirm said gift to him and his heirs forever.
I have heretofore given to my daughter Mary C. Laughlin two negroes namely, Clarissa and Leanah and five hundred dollars in money, in the place of a negro man - I now confirm said gift to her and her heirs forever.
I have heretofore given to my son Hartwell Bass, two hundred and sixty four acres of lands now owned by Martin Clark, also five hundred dollars in money and one negro man named David and have spent a considerable sum of money in educating him, the gift I now confirm to him and his heirs forever.
It is my will and I do direct that as much of my property not willed or given away and the surplus part of the crop as may be necessary to pay my just debts, be sold by my executors to the highest bidder; and that the residue of my estate, both real and personal, not willed or given away, after my just debts are paid be equally divided amongst all my children herein before named, share and share alike - It is however my will that this division should not take place for twelve months after my death -- It is my will that if any of my children should die without lawful child or children, then and in that case all the property I have devised to them in this will shall be equally divided amongst the rest of ny children. It is my will and I do direat that at my wife's death, all the property I have given to her during life or widowhood, shall be divided between my children above named share and share alike -- The stock of every description the farming utensils and the household and kitchen furniture to be sold to the highest bidder by my executors. It is my wish and I do direct that the part of my estate both real and personal that may be allotted to my daughter Mary C. Laughlin, at my death and the death of my wife, be sold by my executors to the highest bidder and
the proceeds of said sale or sales to be by them put into the hands of my friends John R. Laughlin and William Ledbetter who are hereby appointed trustees for said Mary C. Laughlin and her children, to be by said Trustees laid out in young negroes, the negroes to be by them hired out from year to year, and such part of the hire as they may think necessary given to the said Mary for her support and for the sup-port, maintenance and education of her children -- At the death of the said Mary, the negroes to be purchased as aforesaid are to be equally divided between her children.
And lastly, 1t 1s my will and desire that my sons Thomas Bass and Benjamin J. Bass and my son-in-law Peyton Smith act as my executors of this my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ay hand and affixed my seal, this twenty fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
Signed, sealed & acknowledged in presence of
James Basa (SEAL)
State of Tennessse)
Rutherford County ) County Court - april Term 1826. The execution of the foregoing last will and testament of James Bass decd was duly proved in open court at the above term by the oaths of Claiborne Howse and Hezekiah Howse, subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded.
John R. Laughlin,Clk.
Recorded 21 Nov. 1826-
1810 Federal Census of Rutherford County, Tennessee
James Bass 01101-02101
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Ths. Bass 00100-10100
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John Bass 01010-0001
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1820 Federal Census of Rutherford County, Tennessee
James Bass 101201-01210 & 26 slaves
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1830 Federal Census of Rutherford County, Tennessee
Temperance Bass 00000000-00000001
1f50-60
James Bass 210001-01001
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1761 - 1826 (65 years)