This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GkB.2ACI/961 Message Board Post: Is anyone familiar with John Bassett who purchased land in Bowie County during 1844 and 1848? Martha Bassett was living in Bowie for the 1850 census, but no John. Could John be from Louisiana or Tennessee? Thank you