Abraham was born abt 1726-1738 in Edgecombe or Northampton Co., NC. He was the son of John Bass Jr and Elizabeth Jordan (Winborne) Bass.[1]. His death location was either Halifax or Nash Co., NC.
In 1782 Abraham (age about 44) was living in Early Tax List, Nash County, NC.[2]
In 1782 Abraham (age about 44) was living in Nash County, NC.[3]
In the 1790 census Abraham (age about 52) was living in Nash, North Carolina, United States.[4]
In the 1800 census Abraham (age about 62) was living in Hallifax, Nash, North Carolina.[5]
Abraham died in the summer at the age of about 67 in 1805 in Halifax, Nash, NC. Age: 79[1]
↑ 1.01.1Death: Title: Millennium File Author: Heritage Consulting Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. Ancestry Record 7249 #10674246 (accessed before 4 December 2023).
↑Residence: Title: North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Author:. Ancestry Record 3566 #16980732 (accessed before 4 December 2023).
↑Residence: Title: North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Author:. Ancestry Record 3566 #16976693 (accessed before 4 December 2023).
↑1790 Census: Title: 1790 United States Federal Census Author:
Page: Year: 1790; Census Place: Nash, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 2; Image: 17; Family History Library Film: 0568147. Ancestry Record 5058 #182694 (accessed before 4 December 2023).
↑1800 Census: Title: 1800 United States Federal Census Author:
Page: Year: 1800; Census Place: Hallifax, Nash, North Carolina; Roll: 32; Page: 88; Image: 97; Family History Library Film: 337908. Ancestry Record 7590 #333420 (accessed before 4 December 2023).
↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLYF-8RP : 16 March 2018), Abraham Bass, 1804; citing Nash, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,048,185.
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"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK1-BKMX : 18 March 2018), Abraham Bass, 18 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711081.
"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-8GKP : 18 March 2018), Abraham Bass, 02 Nov 1779; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711081.
"North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LG82 : accessed 10 February 2019), Bass, 09 Feb 1785; citing Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-J2G : accessed 10 February 2019), Abram Bass, Nash, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 2, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-R4K : accessed 10 February 2019), Abraham Bass, Hallifax, Nash, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 88, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 32; FHL microfilm 337,908.
"Book, BASS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, Albert D. Bell, Library, Family History Library, West Temple St., Salt Lake City, Utah"
Nash County, North Carolina, Wills, Abraham Bass, 17 Jun 1803, loose will; digital images.
Nash County, North Carolina, Wills, Abraham Bass, 17 Jun 1803, WB 1, p157; digital images.
Stephen E. Bradley Jr., editor, The Wills of Nash County, North Carolina, Volume 1: 1777-1848 (Keysville, Virginia: Stephen E. Bradley, Jr., 1992), 12.
Nash County, North Carolina, Estate Files, Abraham Bass, 1804; digital images.
Mountain Press, 1782 Nash County: North Carolina Tax Series (Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, n.d.), 7.
Abraham Bass, 30 Oct 1753, Edgecombe County, Secretary of State Records Group: Land Warrants, Plats of Survey and Related Records; digital images, North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data (https://www.nclandgrants.com/).
Abraham Bass, 9 Dec 1760, Edgecombe County, Secretary of State Records Group: Land Warrants, Plats of Survey and Related Records; digital images, North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data (https://www.nclandgrants.com/).
Abraham Bass, 30 Jun 1760, Edgecombe County, Secretary of State Records Group: Land Warrants, Plats of Survey and Related Records; digital images, North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data (https://www.nclandgrants.com/).
Abraham Bass, 16 Mar 1761, Edgecombe County, Secretary of State Records Group: Land Warrants, Plats of Survey and Related Records; digital images, North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data (https://www.nclandgrants.com/).
Nash County, North Carolina, Deed Books, 1: 189, Abraham Bass and Mary his wife to Stephen Webb, 26 Feb 1781.
Northampton County, North Carolina, Deed Books, 6: 175, Bass et al to Jesse Bittle, 31 Jul 1777.
Northampton County, North Carolina, Deed Books, 1: 225, John Reddick to John Bass, 30 Dec 1745.
Northampton County, North Carolina, Will Books, John Bass, 14 Jun 1777, WB A, p285; digital images.
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