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William Bass

Male 1790 -

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  • Name William Bass 
    Birth 1790 
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • 1820 Federal Census of Caswell County, North Carolina
      Patsey Bass FCP 1100-2110
      1mU14,1m14-25,2fU14,1f14-25,1f26-44
      William Bass FCP 2100-2010
      2mU14,1m14-25,2fU14,1f26-44

      1830 Federal Census of Caswell County, North Carolina
      Martha Bass FCP 010000-220100
      1m10-24,2fU10,2f10-24,1f36-55
      Moses Bass FCP 201000-201000
      2mU10,1m24-36,2fU10,1f24-36
      William Bass FCP 220100-121000
      2mU10,2m10-24,1m36-55,1fU10,2f10-24,1f24-36

      1850 Federal Census of Caswell County, North Carolina (1 Nov 1850)
      Mahaly Bass Mu 75 M Caswell County, NC
      Barnett Mu 28 M Caswell County, NC Painter
      Catherine Bowers Mu 22 F Caswell County, NC
      William Mu 23 M Caswell County, NC
      & 3 others

      1870 Federal Census of Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina
      Barnett Bass 58 M North Carolina Painter
      Clarisa 41 F Virginia Keeping House

      From Kianga Lucas:

      1810 Census, Caswell Co, NC - Head of household of 3 free persons of color
      26 Dec 1816, Person Co, NC - William Bass married Mahaley Goins with McFarland Oakly as
      bondsman. The Goins family are a FPOC family that often intermarried with the Bass family.
      1820 Census, Caswell Co, NC - William Bass head of household of one free colored male age
      14-25, one free colored female age 26-44, two free colored males under the age 14, two free
      colored females under the age of 14.
      1830 Census, Caswell Co, NC - William Bass head of household of one free colored male age
      36-54, one free colored female age 24-35, two free colored males ages 10-23, two free colored
      females ages 10-23, two free colored males ages under 10, and one free colored female age
      under 10. One of the two males under the age 10 is James Bass who was approximately 5
      years old in the 1830 census.
      1830/1840 - William Bass died sometime between the 1830 and 1840 censuses. According to
      Chowanoke tribal historian and Bass descendant Douglas Patterson, when William Bass died,
      his sons were apprenticed out to be shoe makers . This is why James Bass is found in the 1850
      census living with a white family and learning the shoe making trade.
      1850 Census, Caswell Co, NC - William Bass? widow Mahaley (Goins) Bass is still living and
      head of household. Her son Barnett Bass and daughter Katherine (Bass) Bowers are living in
      her household. Also living in her household is a man named Albert Piles .

    Person ID I55935  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2023 

    Father Absalom Bass,   b. 1760 
    Mother Patsy Haynes 
    Family ID F12664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mahaley Goins 
    Children 
    +1. James Bass,   b. 1825
     2. Barnett Bass,   b. 1822, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Catharine Bass,   b. 1828, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F19146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2023