Bassett Family Association Database
Wright Bass
Abt 1787 --
Name Wright Bass Born Abt 1787 Wayne County, North Carolina Gender Male _UID 34567A692DCB3C498BA6940EDC80716EF8E9 Notes - Wright Bass was a soldier in the War of 1812.
1820 Federal Census of Wayne County, North Carolina
Wright Bass
4 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 2 females under 10, 1 female 26-44
1830 Federal Census of Wayne County, North Carolina
Wright Bass
2 males 10-14, 2 males 15-19, 1 male 40-49, 2 females under 5, 1 female 5-9, 2 females 10-14, 1 female 40-49
THE WILL OF WRIGHT BASS
I Wright Bass of the County of Wayne and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make and declare this my last will and testament in the manner and form following, that is to say - - -
First I leave to my beloved wife Annis Bass all of my land where on I now live together with my tract of land on the south side of the Great Swamp to have and to hold during her natural lifetime or widowhood also my negro man Sam I leave to my wife during her natural lifetime -
2nd I give to my son Thomas Bass my gray horse, one feather bedstead and furniture and one shot gun to have and to hold, him and his heirs forever also one cow and calf - - -
3re I give to Vicey Bass, my daughter, one feather bed, bedstead and furniture to have and to hold, her and her heirs forever - - -
4th I give to my daughter, Penelope Bass, one cow and calf, one feather bed, bedstead and furniture to have and to hold, her and her heirs forever - - -
5th I give to my daughter, Nancy Bass, one cow and calf, one feather bed, bedstead and furniture to have and to hold, her and her heirs forever - - -
The balance of my property that I have not given away I leave unto my beloved wife to have and to hold during her natural lifetime or widowhood and after her marriage or decease as the case may be I give to my son Thomas Bass all that tract of land whereon I now live to have and to hold him and his heirs forever and also one Beaufet I give to Thomas Bass and the land on the other or south side of the swamp I give unto my sons Elisha Bass and Arthur Bass to be equally divided between them two, the balance of my property that may be remaining at the decease of my wife I leave to be sold and divided as hereinafter named Vis. To Eliza Atkinson to have forty dollars in money or notes also Vicey Bass Penelope Bass and Nancy Bass to have forty dollars in cash or notes. - - -
And lastly I constitute and appoint my sons Elisha and Arthur Bass executors to this my last will and testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same and every part and clause thereof hereby revoking and declaring utterly null and void all other wills and testaments by me here to fore made in Witness thereof I the said Wright Bass have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of April anno Domini 1848.
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Signed sealed published and declared by the said Wright Bass to be his last will and testament in the presents of us who at his request and in his presents do subscribe our names as witness thereto
John Hayes - - - Joseph Rowe
Proved May 1850.
Person ID I39533 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 19 Oct 2019
Father Arthur Bass, Sr., b. Abt 1748, Dobbs County, North Carolina , d. 30 Nov 1823, Wayne County, North Carolina (Age ~ 75 years) Mother Mourning Richardson Family ID F13933 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Annis Umfleet or Umflet, b. Gates County, North Carolina Children + 1. Elisha Bass, Sr., b. Abt 1813, Black Creek Township, Wayne County, North Carolina , d. 1872, Wilson County, North Carolina (Age ~ 59 years) + 2. Arthur Bass, b. Abt 1814, Wayne County, North Carolina , d. 1872, Wilson County, North Carolina (Age ~ 58 years) + 3. Thomas Bass, b. 14 May 1819, Black Creek Township, Wayne County, North Carolina , d. 22 Mar 1896, Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina (Age 76 years) + 4. Noah Bass, b. Abt 1825, Wayne County, North Carolina , d. 1849, Wayne County, North Carolina (Age ~ 24 years) 5. Eliza Bass, b. Abt 1827, Wayne County, North Carolina 6. Vicey Bass, b. Abt 1828, Wayne County, North Carolina 7. Penelope Bass, b. Abt 1830, Wayne County, North Carolina 8. Nancy Bass, b. Abt 1831, Wayne County, North Carolina Last Modified 4 Nov 2019 Family ID F13940 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Wright Bass was a soldier in the War of 1812.