| Birth | 1775 | Anson, North Carolina | | | |
| Census | 1800 | Anson, North Carolina | | | |
| Census | 1800 | Robeson, North Carolina | | | |
| Legal | 9 Apr 1801 | He was Granted Administration on the Robeson Co. estate of (his brother?) Frederick Bass on £200 security on 9 APR 1801 [Minutes 1797-1806, 149]. | | | |
| Occupation | Jul 1807 | freeholder ordered to work on a road with Breton Barnes on the 1st Monday in July [Minutes 1806-13,38] but was not mentioned Again in Robeson Co. records. - Robeson, North Carolina | | | |
| Census | 1810 | Robeson, North Carolina | | | |
| Census | 1810 | Kershaw, South Carolina | | | |
| Slave Owner | 1810 | owned 2 slaves | | | |
| Will | 28 Dec 1839 | Kershaw, South Carolina | | | |
| Legal | Aug 1846 | A Grandchild of Elijah Bass named Mrs. White sued A SC tax collector for Attempting to collect the "free Negro" capitation tax from her. She testified that her Grandmother was A "mulatto," her Grandfather A Revolutionary soldier, her father Elijah Bass A "dark quadroon if he was one," & her brother An "ordinary white sandhill boy" [Catterall, Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery, II:400-1]. | | | |
| Death | 18 Jun 1854 | Kershaw, South Carolina | | | |
