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- Handbook of Texas Online, Diana J. Kleiner
Hamblin Bass (1816 - ?) (Birth year is incorrect)
Hamblin Bass, Brazoria County planter and committee of correspondence member, was born in Georgia in 1816 and lived in Alabama before moving to Texas. In November 1859 he acquired Waldeck, a sugar plantation three or four miles from the sitef present West Columbia, from Morgan L. Smith. Sources differ about whether Bass owned the plantation or managed it for Count Ludwig von Boos-Waldeck as an agent of Spofford and Company of New York. In 1859 Waldeck was one of only two Texas plantations devoted solely to the cultivation of sugar (see Sugar Production). That year the plantation slaughtered more animals than any other plantation in Texas; their value was $9,700. In the 1860 census Bass reported real property valued at $163,830 and personal property valued at $97,705, including 172 slaves. In 1860 he served as a member of the Brazoria County committee of correspondence.
1830 Federal Census of Capt. Horace Shaws District, Putnam County, Georgia
Hamlin Bass 10001-10001
1mU5,1m20-30,1fU5,1f20-30
1840 Federal Census of District 368, Putnam County, Georgia
Hamlin Bass 011001-0113101
1m5-10,1m10-15,11m30-40,1f5-10,1f10-15,3f15-20,1f20-30,1f40-50
1850 Federal Census of District #70, Putnam County, Georgia (19 Oct 1850)
Robert Adams 25 M Georgia MD 50
Rebecca 23 F Georgia
Robt. H. 5 M Georgia
Frances J. 1 F Georgia
Hamlin Bass 45 M Georgia Farmer
Mary E. 35 F Georgia
Augustus 21 M Georgia Lawyer
Elizabeth 18 F Georgia
John 16 M Georgia
Edward 10 M Georgia
George 7 M Georgia
1860 Federal Census of Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas (17 Jul 1860)
Hamlin Bass 54 M Georgia Planter 163830 97705
Geo P. 17 M Georgia
Ed. F. 19 M Georgia
Robt. Adams 35 M Georgia Planter 26800
Rebecca A. 33 F Georgia
R.H. 14 M Georgia
Julia B. 11 F Georgia
David 9 M Georgia
Elizabeth 6 F Georgia
Sallie L. 4 F Georgia
Rebecca A. 2 F Georgia
George 6/12 M Georgia
& 1 other Planter
1870 Federal Census of Houston, Harris County, Texas (11 Jul 1870)
Hamblin Bass 61 M Georgia Retired Planter
Mary F. 38 F Louisiana Keeping House 5000 700
Mary E. Jordan 13 F Texas Atds. School
Before selling his land in Alabama, Hamblin Bass went to Texas and purchased over a thousand acres of land near East Columbia, in November, 1859.
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