Individual Details

Reuben Bass

(1761 - Abt 1835)

Events

Birth1761Granville, North Carolina
Military11 Jun 1783Revolutionary War Pay Voucher - Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina
Property-shared10 Mar 1784(Lewis Anderson Sr) gave 200 acres in deed of Gift from Sr to Jr. for 200 Acres on both sides of Fishing Creek [DB O:299]. Reuben Bass, Bartlet Tiler, Drury Taburn, Lewis Anderson, Jr., & Jacob Anderson were buyers At the sale of his estate on 3 DEC 1785 [N.C. Archives, Estate Files, Anderson, Lewis (1805)]. We can determine Lewis & Sarah's children from the early Granville Co. tax lists & Lewis's 1783 will - North Carolina
Census1786Fishing Creek, Granville, North Carolina
Marriage23 Dec 1788Granville, North Carolina - Mary Ann “Polly” Hines
Census1800Wake, North Carolina - Wake, North Carolina
Legal15 Apr 1815he & his daughter Lydia Pettiford petitioned the Wake Co. court on 15 APR 1815 to bind her children to him. She Asked the Wake Co. court to Apprentice them to her father because her husband was hiring them out Against her will [CR 099.101.1].
DeathAbt 1835German Township, Darke, Ohio
Admixture-EthnicityHe was called A "free man of color" when he & his daughter Lydia Pettiford petitioned the Wake Co. court on 15 APR 1815 to bind her children to him.

Families

SpouseMary Ann “Polly” Hines (1763 - 1835)
ChildLydia Bass (1779 - )
FatherBenjamin H Bass Sr (1722 - 1800)
MotherMary Bass (1722 - )
SiblingSelah Bass (1750 - 1767)
SiblingSarah “Sallie” Carey Bass (1752 - 1814)
SiblingWinifred "Winney" Bass (1752 - 1809)
SiblingHardy Bass (1755 - 1807)
SiblingBenjamin H Bass Jr (1756 - 1800)
SiblingMourning Bass (1756 - 1844)
SiblingWyatt Bass (1756 - 1850)
SiblingMary Bass (1757 - 1844)
SiblingAbsalom Bass (1760 - 1827)
SiblingPriscilla 'Prissy' Bass (1764 - 1782)
SiblingMildred Bass (1765 - 1843)
SiblingMilly Bass (1766 - 1798)
SiblingFrederick Bass (1770 - 1863)