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- When Joseph Everett Bass was 18, he moved to Sumter County, Georgia where the city of Americus is now located. He participated in the Cherokee Indian war and after it was over he went back to his old home and married Miss Christian Cameron. He came back to Sumter County, and later moved to Irwin County. He was sheriff of Irwin County for eight years. A few years prior to the Civil War he moved to Clinch County and settled three miles south of Moerville. In 1868 he was elected sheriff to Clinch County, an office which he held three years.
Pioneer Familes of the Kissimmee River Valley
By Kyle S. Van Landingham, 1976
Bass Family
The founder of the Bass family in the Kissimmee River Valley was Joseph Everett Bass. He was born Feb. 11, 1811, in Sampson County, North Carolina, a son of Everett Bass. J.E. Bass moved to Georgia in 1829, settling in Sumter County. He returnerd to North Carolina during the late 1830?s where he married Christine Cameron. They then moved back to Georgia and had six children. Mrs. Bass died during the Civil War, and J.E. married Amanda (Johnson) Spikes. Four children were born to this marriage.
Mr. Bass moved in 1848 to Irwin County and in 1859 to Clinch County. In 1872 he moved to Orlando, Florida, and served as Deputy Sheriff of Orange County for four years. About 1880 he moved to Tampa, Fla. where he died Aug. 25, 1897.
Among J.E. Bass?s sons by his first marriage were Archibald C. Bass and Thomas A. Bass. Thomas served as first Sheriff of Osceola County when it was created in 1887.
Archibald C. Bass, son of J.E. and Christine (Cameron) Bass, was born July 6, 1843. He married Ann Victoria Brack, daughter of John Brack, on Aug. 19, 1865. She was born Nov. 5, 1849. Archibald and Ann Victoria (Brack) Bass had the following children:
1. Augustine ?Gussie? L. Bass, born Sept. 16, 1866; married Minnie Johns,
Jan. 25 1892
2. Rosa Bell Bass, born Oct. 15. 1868; married Mose Tindall.
3. Quinn J. Bass, born Sept. 29, 1870; died July 9, 1952; married Callie
Ham.
4. Oliver Rudolph Bass, born May 5, 1872; died 1950; married Rebecca
Nettles, June 10, 1894.
5. Oscar J. Bass, born Oct. 27, 1875; died May 21, 1900.
6. Lee L. Bass, born Dec. 28, 1878; married Lena McClelland.
7. Alice Bass, b orn Dec. 24, 1885; married Julian Montesdeoca.
8. Grant Bass, born Oct. 20, 1887; married Leatie Baisden.
9. Nat P. Bass, born March 9, 1890; died March 12, 1972; married Mattie
Baisden.
10. Iva M. Bass, born April 12, 1894; married Rudy Ashton.
Archibald ?Arch? Bass moved to South Florida with his father in 1872 and soon moved to the Whittier settlement in Brevard, now Osceola County. There he was engaged in the cattle business and operated a general store. He died Feb. 21, 1909. Ann Victoria (Brack) Bass died Jan. 14, 1941. Both are buried in the Kennansville Cemetery.
Pioneers of The Wiregrass
Volume IV pg 14-15
BASS, JOSEPH EVERETT
1811-1897 CLINCH
Joseph Everett Bass was born Feb 11, 1811, in Sampson County, N.C., and was a son of Everett Bass, who died there in 1833, intestate. J.E. came to Georgia in 1829 and located in Sumter County. He was there when the indian War came on in South Georgia in 1836. After taking part in it he went back to his old home county in North Carolina where he married Miss Christine Cameron, born there in 1817. He then returned with his bride to Sumter County. To them were born six children:
1.David A. Bass b.c1840, never m. Missing MIA at Boonesboro, Md.
2. Archibald Cameron Bass b. c1843, m. Victoria Brack, d/o John (Vol I
3. Joseph E. Bass Jr. b. c1847, m. Mariah O'Steen, d/o John R.
4. James Bass b. c1851, never m.
5. Thomas Bass b. c1854, m. Missouri Bass (cousin)
6. John T. Bass b. c1857, m. Lydia Powell in Fla.
After the death of his first wife during the civil war, Mr. Bass was married in Clinch county in 1867 to Mrs. Amanda Spikes, widow of Isaac Spikes (a Confederate casualty) and a daughter of John J. Johnson of Homerville. She was born in Jefferson County, Fla., in 1840. Four daughters were born by her, viz:
7. Lucinda Bass b. c1868, m. Charles Taylor in Fla.
8. Amanda Bass b. c1870, m. Unknown Davis in Fla.
9. Missouri Bass b. 1872, m. (unknown) in Fla.
10. Ellen Bass b. c1875, m. Unknown Prescott in Fla.
Mr. Bass lived on the east half of lot 368, 28th district of Sumter County, during his residence there. He sold this property to Martin G. Brady, July 24, 1848 (deed book "H", page 336, Sumter County), and moved that fall to Irwin County. He served as Sheriff of Irwin County, 1850-1852, and was Justice of Peace in 901st district (now Worth County), 1852-53. In 1859, he moved from Worth to Clinch county and bought a lot of land about three miles southwest of Homerville and made his home there. He was elected Sheriff of Clinch County in the 1868 election on the Democratic ticket and served three years, 1868-71. He then served as deputy under his successor, Sheriff James M. Nelms, for one year. in 1872 he moved to Orlando, Fla., where he served as deputy sheriff four years. About 1880, he moved to Tampa, Fla., where he lived until his death, August 25, 1897.
The second wife was baptized into the Homerville Baptist Church, Oct 3, 1868, and was dimissed by letter, August 13, 1871. Mr. Bass was a member of the Masonic order, affiliating with Cassia Lodge, No. 224, at Homerville, in 1864. He was demitted Sept. 10, 1872, when he moved to Florida. He then affiliated with the lodge in Orlando, Fla.
History of Clinch County, Georgia
Joseph Everett Bass
Joseph Everett Bass was born in Sampson County, N.C., February 11th, 1811. When eighteen years old he moved to Sumter County, Georgia, where the present city of Americus now is. He engaged in the Cherokee Indian war when it came on, and after it was over he went back to his old home and married Miss Christian Cameron. Coming back to Sumter County, he lived there until a few years later. While in Sumter County, four children were born to them, David A. Bass, Archibald C. Bass, Mary J. Bass, and Joseph E. Bass, Jr. mOving to Irwinsville, in Irwin County, he was sheriff of that county for eight years. A few years prior to the war he moved to Clinch County and settled three miles south of Homerville, but when the Civil War broke out, he moved his family to town. In 1868 he was elected sheriff of Clinch County, an office which he held three years. After his term of office expired, Mr. Bass served as a deputy under his successor, James. M. Nelms, until 1872, when he removed to Orlando, Fla. Here he served as deputy sheriff four years, afterwards moving to Tampa, Fla., where he died August 25th, 1897, aged 86 years. At the time of his death he was survived by seven children.
1840 Federal Census of Sumter County, Georgia
Jos. E. Bass 10001-00001
1mU5,1m20-30,1f30-40
1850 Federal Census of Irwin County, Georgia (19 Aug 1850)
Joseph E. Bass 33 M North Carolina Farming
Christian 33 F
David A. 10 M
Archd 7 M
Everett 3 M
1860 Federal Census of Magnolia, Clinch County, Georgia (16 Jul 1860)
E.J. Bass 42 M North Carolina Farmer 700 300
Christian 41 F North Carolina
Everett 13 M Georgia
James 9 M Georgia
Thomas 6 M Georgia
John T. 3 M Georgia
1860 Federal Census of Palatka, Putnam County, Florida (4 Jun 1860)
David Bass 20 Georgia Laborer
Archibald 17 Georgia Laborer
1870 Federal Census of Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia (25 Jun 1870)
Joseph E. Bass 52 M North Carolina Farmer 900 310
Amanda 25 F Florida Keeping house
Thos. 15 M Georgia Ast in farm
John 11 M Georgia Ast in farm
Sarah 5 F Georgia At home
Lucinda 2 F Georgia At home
James 2/12 M Georgia At home
Martha Spikes 9 F Georgia At home
1880 Federal Census of Third Division, Orange County, FL (Jun 1880)
Joseph E. Bass 68 M NC NC NC Head Jailer
Amanda 38 F FL GA NC Wife Keeping House
Martha 18 F GA NC FL Daughter
Lucinda 12 F GA NC FL Daughter
Emma J. 10 F GA NC FL Daughter
Missouri 7 F FL NC FL Daughter
Ellen 5 F FL NC FL Daughter
Joe 3 M FL NC FL Son
1900 Federal Census of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida (2 Jun 1900)
Joseph Bass 24 M Jan 1876 FL GA GA Head Cigarmaker
Josephine 20 F Nov 1879 FL BA FL Wife
Virgil 1 M Feb 1899 FL FL FL Son
(Married 2 years, 1 child, 1 living) (BA ? Bahamas)
The Tampa Tribune
August 8, 1896
Joseph E. Bass Sr.
Mr. Joseph E. Bass Sr., died in this city at 9 oâ??clock Sunday morning. His remains were interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in the afternoon by Undertaker Cooe, and Reverend W.H. Osborne conducted the funeral service.
(Find-a-Grave note says Woodlawn has no record of this burial. Grandfather said he was buried at Kennansville.)
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