Wayne County Heritage Book ANDREW BASS FAMILY OF DOBBS AND CRAVEN COUNTY Andrew Bass lived in Craven County, N.C. and died there in 1767. He was a large land owner, in Craven and Dobbs County. One vast holding of his was referred to by some of the local gentry as Bass's Folly. It has not been proven where this man was from, or who his parents were. However, he seemed to be an educated man and well liked by all his comtemporaries. Richard Bass, son of Andrew Bass and wife Anne Bass, was born in Craven County, N.C. ca 1730, died in Wayne County, N.C. in 1814. He is thought to have married Sarah McKinnie of Wayne County. Anne Bass was born ca 1732 in Craven County, N.C. She married Richard Blackledge, Esq. of Craven County, N.C., son of Benjamin Blackledge, Sr. Andrew Bass born ca 1734 in Craven County, N.C., died 1791 in Wayne County. He married Alice Anne Rhodes, a daughter of William Rhodes and Sarah (Nancy) Pipkin of Wayne County. Andrew was Wayne County's first physician. Waynesboro was built on the lands of Dr. Andrew Bass. They were the parents of Alice Anne Bass who married General James Rhodes. Sources: Wills, gift deeds, etc. Gladys Bannrick Weeks DR. ANDREW BASS - GENERAL JAMES RHODES General James Rhodes (b. 1765 d. 1810) was the son of James and Elisabeth Rhodes. General James Rhodes stands out in Wayne County History as a merchant, land owner and the husband of Anna Bass (b. 1776 d. 1817), the daughter of Dr. Andrew Bass and Alice Rhodes, daughter of William and Sarah Rhodes. Dr. Bass was a leader in the American Revolution and one of the founders of the town of Waynesborough. He willed to his daughter, Anna, twenty-two slaves and more than four thousand acres of land. His will was probated April 1791 Wayne County Court. Henry Rhodes of Dobbs County, will probated 25 January 1774, is thought to be the grandfather of General Rhodes. The Rhodes Family Bible shows that General Rhodes and Anna Bass were married April 10, 1793 and that they had three sons and three daughters to wit: Joseph Andrew, James, William Thomas, Sallie Ann, Anna Maria and Rhodes Clarissa. James was the only son who lived to marry and that was to two daughters of Daniel Kornegay. After the death of General Rhodes in 1810, his widow married Cullen Blackman. Daughter Sallie Ann married Stephen Smith; Anna Maria married (1)General Edward Ward (2) Buckner Lanier Hill; and Rhodes Clarissa married Richard Blackledge Hatch. Sources: James Rhodes Bible, Wayne County Wills, Grimes Abstract of Wills and records of Cullen Blackman Hatch. Jr. Yvonne C. Hatch (Mrs. Cullen B.) DR. ANDREW BASS AND FAMILY Revolutionary War. They settled in Waynesborough. He was a physician and soldier during the War. He went to Halifax, N.C. to help make the laws. His daughter, Anna, married General James Rhodes. After his death, she married Cullen Blackman. Their daughter, Rhodes Clarissa Rhodes, was married to Richard Blackledge Hatch. I have copy of the wills of General Rhodes and Rhodes Clarissa Rhodes and Dr. Andrew Bass. Their daughter, Maria Louisa Hatch married Dr. Daniel Everitt Smith. For information on John Smith see the John Smith article. John Smith was father of Everett. Dr. Andrew Bass is buried at old Waynesborough cemetery. Sources: Bass Familes of the South by Albert D. Bell; family records. Margaret K. Tolson ANDREW BASS, JR. Andrew Bass, Jr., son of Richard Bass and Sarah McKinnie, was born ca 1751 in Wayne County, N.C., in what was formerly Dobbs County. He died in Wayne County in 1790 or 91. He married Kiddy , last name unknown, and had five children. After the death of Kiddy, he married Christian and had two children. He owned several tracts of land in Wayne County on both sides of Neuse River. After the death of Andrew, Jr., Christian married William Bennett. John Smith was appointed guardian for his children at his death, later Henry Stevens was appointed guardian for Thomas Alexander Bass until his twenty first birthday. Children of Andrew Bass, Jr. were: Ann Bass born ca 1770. She married Holland. Elizabeth Bass was barn 8 Nov., 1772. She married on 23 April, 1807 in Johnston County, N.C. to Henry Stevens, M.D., son of Jacob Stevens and Belinda Jernigan. Sally Bass married Admiral John Thompson. Uriah Bass was born ca 1776 in Wayne County. He married Sarah Green born 1777, died 1846, the daughter of Col. Joseph Green and Sarah Whitfield of Wayne County, N.C. Thomas Alexander Bass, born 1785 in Wayne County, died about 1876 in Sampson County, N.C. He married Ist, Ferebe Thornton, 2nd, Lucretia. John Bass, son of Andrew, Jr. and Christian, was born in Wayne Co., N.C. after 1786. Richard Bass, son of Andrew Bass, Jr. and Christian, was born in Wayne County, NC after 1786. Sources: Wills, deeds, guardian papers, land divisions, census records, family Bibles and personal records. Gladys B. Weeks