| Birth | 1790 | Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Census-shared | 1801 | (Pvt James Bass) List of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, Deep Creek, Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Taxes | 1810 - 1813 | called "son Jas" (son of James) [PPTL, 1791-1812, frames 720, 738; 1813-24, frames 15, 56, 96, 126, 242, 366], | | | |
| Taxes | 1810 - 1819 | A "B.M." taxable As A "Free Negro" - Deep Creek, Norfolk, Virginia | | | |
| Admixture-Ethnicity | | A "B.M." taxable As A "Free Negro" | | | |
| Census | 1820 | Bedford, Tennessee | | | |
| Taxes | 1836 | with 2 males over the age of 45, 1 tithe [Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895, p.149; http://ancestry.com]. - District 13, Bedford, Tennessee | | | |
| Death | Aft 1836 | | | | |