Ted, After an email from Al Bass I went to the NC Archives today in Raleigh and got some additional information. Exaline, Washington and James were all siblings. Clarry Bass was the mother. Based on what I found, I believe Clarry was the second oldest of William and Nancy Bass. William died in 1858 and that is the reason Nancy was alone in the 1860 census> Clarry's husband and father of the 3 kids was John Mathis who according to the 1850 Wayne Co census was born in VA. It also lists Clarry and the oldest 2- Exaline and Washington as being born in SC. I tend to doubt that since the Bass family had been in this area for a long time. More research will help me here. Al indicated he could help me trace the Bass family back several generations. I saw the book on the "Bass Family of Black Creek". It had lots of info but was layed out differently from most books so I will need to revisit it. Thanks for your note. It has been a fun day even though I had to work until 12:00 today and I have been up since 3:00 AM this morning. Time to turn in. Thanks again, Larry Matthews PS: I would like to have an email address for Clement Lucas. Does he live in the Black Creek area? At 11:37 PM 3/5/99 EST, you wrote: >Larry -- I am pretty sure that the Exaline Eatmon that you mentioned married >one of our Lucas or Boyette folks. I'll get back to you as soon as I can >track it down. > There is a ton of Bass material from Al Bass and Clement Lucas. If you don't >have their addresses, I'll get those to you, too. > > Keep rootin'! > Ted Lucas >[Researching: BOYETTE NC; BRYANT NC; CARTLEDGE GA; DUDLEY VA>GA>TN>AL>TX; >FELKER TN>MO>TX; LUCAS NC; MAPLES TN>AL; STUBBLEFIELD AR - ring any bells?] > > >