Individual Details

Moses Bass

(Abt 1728 - Bef Feb 1777)

Events

BirthAbt 1728North Carolina
Property21 Nov 1752received land on the north side of Bear Swamp by his father's will. He entered 100 Acres on the west side of the Northwest River About 3/4 mile from Raft Swamp including his improvements - Raft Swamp Township, Robeson, North Carolina
Residence1 Feb 1754when Robert Carver entered 100 Acres there [Philbeck, Bladen Co. Land Entries, nos. 677, 934 - living near "the drains of Drowning Creek", Bladen, North Carolina
Taxes1755taxable on 3 "white" tithes [T&C 1], - Cumberland, North Carolina
Property21 Oct 1758he received A Grant for 100 Acres on Raft Swamp [Hoffman, Land Patents, I:474]. - Cumberland, North Carolina
Legal19 Aug 1761Cumberland Co. court Granted permission for the mill he had erected on Raft Swamp to be designated A public Grist mill, & the court Granted him A license to keep An ordinary [Minutes 1759-65, 70].
LegalMay 1762he posted bond not to leave the Co. before the next court to Answer A suit by the Governor & James Simpson with Joshua Braveboy As witness, but he was not mentioned Again in the Cumberland Co. court Minutes.
DeathBef Feb 1777
Will28 Feb 1777Georgetown District, Prince George Parish, South Carolina
Legal-shared29 Jun 1786(Wright Bass) described court record of the estate of his uncle Moses As "eldest son of Edward Bass, dec., who was the eldest brother of Moses Bass [SC DB S-5:283, 284].

Families

FatherJohn Bass Sr (1673 - 1732)
MotherMary Love Harris (1673 - 1732)
SiblingJohn Bass Jr (1700 - 1777)
SiblingWilliam Bass (1700 - 1771)
SiblingSarah Bass (1704 - )
SiblingAnn Bass (1706 - )
SiblingEdward Bass (1710 - )
SiblingJudith Bass (1712 - 1732)
SiblingLovisa Lovey "Love" Bass (1714 - 1771)
SiblingMary Bass (1722 - )
SiblingAaron Bass (1724 - )
SiblingPatience Bass (1726 - )
SiblingElizabeth Bayse (1730 - )