Individual Details

Pvt James Bass

(Aug 1760 - Aft 1836)

Events

BirthAug 1760Norfolk, Colonial Virginia
Military1778Revolutionary War - Virginia Militia, Virginia
Taxes1787. According to his pension Application, was taxable on A free tithe - Norfolk, Virginia
Occupation1798 - 1819A labourer in A "List of Free Negroes & Mulattoes - Deep Creek, Chesapeake, Virginia
Census1801List of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, Deep Creek, Norfolk, Virginia
Slave Owner1810taxable on a slave
Taxes1810taxable on a slave - Norfolk, Virginia
Admixture-Ethnicitylisted under white tithes
Admixture-Ethnicityfree negroes & mulattoes
Taxes1814on list of Free Negroes & MUlattoes - 2 tithes, Norfolk, Virginia
PropertyMar 1814 - Mar 1815leased 5 acres on the road to the Canal for $85 [DB 46:121]. - Norfolk, Virginia
Admixture-Ethnicityblack male
Taxes1815A "B.M." (black male) - Deep Creek, Norfolk, Virginia
Admixture-Ethnicityfree negro
Taxes1816A "B.M." (black male) - Deep Creek, Norfolk, Virginia
Taxes1817A "free Negro" with 2 horses - Deep Creek, Norfolk, Virginia
Taxes1818PPTL, 1782-90, frame 562; 1791-1812, frames 243, 295, 351, 427, 461, 479, 555, 572, 674, 720]. - A "free Negro" in Western Branch District, Deep Creek, Norfolk, Virginia
Census1820Bedford, Virginia
Property28 Apr 1826received land grant on north side of Duck River adjoining his own land - 45 acres, Bedford, Virginia
Military12 Nov 183272 years old went to court to apply for a pension for his service as a private in the VA Militia - Court, Bedford, Tennessee
Taxes1836District 13 [Middle TN Land Grants, roll 112, book 11; Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895, p.150; http://ancestry.com]. - 188 acres, Bedford, Virginia
DeathAft 1836

Families

SpouseLott (1762 - 1800)
ChildWillis Bass (1787 - 1836)
ChildJohn Bass (1790 - 1836)
ChildLane Bass (1792 - 1801)
ChildSarah Bass (1794 - 1801)
ChildLovy Bass (1796 - 1801)
ChildHenry Bass (1798 - 1820)
ChildLemuel Bass (1800 - )
FatherWilliam Bass III (1725 - 1772)
MotherNaomi Hall (1727 - 1772)
SiblingJoseph Bass Sr (1750 - 1810)
SiblingThomas Bass (1760 - 1796)
SiblingWilliam Bass (1762 - 1820)
SiblingWillis Bass Sr (1763 - 1834)