Biography of Thomas A. Bassett

Father: William Bassett Born: 18 April 1755 in ,Surrey, England
Mother: Margaret "Peggy" McQuiddy Born: 1768 in Spotsylvania, Virginia
Marriage: (1) Polly Jackson Born: 1791 in Kentucky
Marriage: (2) 16 July 1812, in Franklin, Kentucky

Children

  • William H. Bassett, Born: ABT. 1816
  • John Bassett Born: 1818 in Ripley County, Indiana
  • Thomas A. Bassett Born: 1821 in Ripley County, Indiana
  • Nancy Bassett Born: 1 April 1823 in Cross Plains, Ripley County, Indiana
  • James Bassett Born: 1825 in Ripley County, Indiana
  • Sarah Ann Bassett Born: 1828 in Ripley County, Indiana
  • Stephen M. Bassett Born: 1830 in Ripley County, Indiana
  • Margaret M, Bassett Born: 1830 in, Ripley County, Indiana


    • 1812: Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812 (Ancestry.com)

    Thomas A Bassett, Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812, Kentucky Index pg 374

    Also shown: Elija, James & William BASSETT

    1820 US Census

    Basset, Thomas 300010-00010-01003 3 males under 10yr,1male 26-45 yrs,1female 26-45 yrs.

    Source Citation: Year: 1820; Census Place: Ripley County, Indiana. Microfilm page 75.

    1830 US Census

    Thomas Bassett: Males: 1 under age 5:, 2 under age 10: 2 under age 15: One under 50.

    Females: 1 under age 5; 1 under 10; 1 under age 50

    Year: 1830; Census Place: Not Stated, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: 32; Page: 23.

    1840 US Census:

    THOMAS BASSETT

    State: IN County: Ripley County Township: No Township Listed Year: 1840 Record Type: Federal Population Schedule Page: 088. Database: IN 1840 Federal Census Index/Ancestry.com

    1850 US Census:

    THOMAS BASSETT, 59, M, Farmer, value $1000, born KY

    Mary, 59, F, KY

    Stephen M, 19, M, IN

    Margaret F, 17, F, IN

    State: IN County: Ripley County Township: Brown Township Year: 1850 Record Type: Federal Population Schedule. Roll 169, Page: 300, Roll: M432_169. Database: IN 1850 Federal Census Index. Taken 22 Aug 1850. [Living between John & Rebecca and James & Dilia Bassett]

    1. Listed as one of the first land owners in Ripley Co., IN: Tract book 1, pg 18, land purchesed 1 Sep 1817
    BLM Land Reocrds show Thomas Bassett issued (1) Doc# 5309 for 160 acres of land in Ripley Co., IN., on 16 Sept 1835.(2) Doc#13258 for 40 acres of land in Switzerland Co., IN., on 15 Aug 1838./

    2. Original Land Purchasers of Ripley County, IN

    Bassett, Thomas, Tract Book 1, Pg 18: 1 Sept 1817.

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~inripchs/landa-b.html

    3. Cross Plains Baptist Church (Brown Twp. Ripley Co.)

    The original church structure was completed in June 1844 and is still in use. George A. and Mary Roberts sold the trustees one acre for $12 on Dec. 25,1845 in the N1/2 NW1/4 Section 28 Twp. 6N Range 12E (Ripley Co. Deed Book M p. 499.) The trustees were Augustus Lathrop,William Bassett and Thomas Bassett. The church joined the Long Run Baptist Association on the third Saturday September 1852. Messengers were J.M. Nicholson and John Bassett. The church reported forty members at the time. The church graveyard dates from at least February 1855 when it is first mentioned in church records.

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