Age 78. Was married to Jane for 52 years. They were members of Shiloh Methodist Church. They farmed and raised their family of 5 children and lived long and productive lives.
They married on Feb. 12, 1815 in Barnwell County SC.
Stephen Bassett, son of William Bassett and his wife Mary Phillips, was born in Cumberland County, NC in 1788, and grew up in that area. He married Jane Morris, daughter of Elisha and Rachel Morris, in Barnwell SC in 1815. Along with many thousands of others, especially settlers from the Carolinas, they arrived in Georgia with the hopes of the land and a new life, offered by the Georgia Land Lotteries.
Family tradition says that the young family settled first near old Fort Hawkins, close to Macon, when that part o fthe state was still on the frontier and the Cherokee Indians were still inhabiting the area. By the 1820 Census, they had moved to Jones County, near Clinton.
In 1828 Stephen purchased 202 1/2 acres from Alexander B. Kennedy for Lot 33, District 5, of Houston County for $250. This land was originally drawn by Mr. Kennedy in the 1821 Georgia Land Lottery. The property was approximately a mile and a half southeast from Byron GA. This is where the Bassetts settled permanently.
Their church, believed to have been the Shiloh Methodist Church, near their farm, was undoubtedly the mainstay of both their spiritual and social lives. Notations in the Bassett Bible list the dates that each of the Bassett sons and daughters joined the Church, indicating its great importance to them. Stephen and Jane farmed, raised their family of 5 children an d lived long and productive lives, accumulating a considerable amount of land in the process.
The Civil War brought great personal tragedy to the family with the lost of 3 garndsons in service; Stephen an d Will Clark (sons of daughter Mary), and Walter Pattishall (daughter Harriet's son), as well as the death of a son-in-law, Wiley Clark (Mary's husband). Two of their young Melvin grandchildren (children of daughter, Georgia) also died of illness during this time (1863).
Stephen Bassett died in 1867 (age 78) and Jane in 1870 (age 71). Family tradition says that they are buried in the Shiloh Methodist Churchyard near Byron GA. While there are no markers for them in evidence, there are estimated to be as many as 150 unmarked graves within the cemetery. They were married for 52 years.
- This information from usgwarchives.net, contributed by Sue Bassett Folawn.
They married on Feb. 12, 1815 in Barnwell County SC.
Stephen Bassett, son of William Bassett and his wife Mary Phillips, was born in Cumberland County, NC in 1788, and grew up in that area. He married Jane Morris, daughter of Elisha and Rachel Morris, in Barnwell SC in 1815. Along with many thousands of others, especially settlers from the Carolinas, they arrived in Georgia with the hopes of the land and a new life, offered by the Georgia Land Lotteries.
Family tradition says that the young family settled first near old Fort Hawkins, close to Macon, when that part o fthe state was still on the frontier and the Cherokee Indians were still inhabiting the area. By the 1820 Census, they had moved to Jones County, near Clinton.
In 1828 Stephen purchased 202 1/2 acres from Alexander B. Kennedy for Lot 33, District 5, of Houston County for $250. This land was originally drawn by Mr. Kennedy in the 1821 Georgia Land Lottery. The property was approximately a mile and a half southeast from Byron GA. This is where the Bassetts settled permanently.
Their church, believed to have been the Shiloh Methodist Church, near their farm, was undoubtedly the mainstay of both their spiritual and social lives. Notations in the Bassett Bible list the dates that each of the Bassett sons and daughters joined the Church, indicating its great importance to them. Stephen and Jane farmed, raised their family of 5 children an d lived long and productive lives, accumulating a considerable amount of land in the process.
The Civil War brought great personal tragedy to the family with the lost of 3 garndsons in service; Stephen an d Will Clark (sons of daughter Mary), and Walter Pattishall (daughter Harriet's son), as well as the death of a son-in-law, Wiley Clark (Mary's husband). Two of their young Melvin grandchildren (children of daughter, Georgia) also died of illness during this time (1863).
Stephen Bassett died in 1867 (age 78) and Jane in 1870 (age 71). Family tradition says that they are buried in the Shiloh Methodist Churchyard near Byron GA. While there are no markers for them in evidence, there are estimated to be as many as 150 unmarked graves within the cemetery. They were married for 52 years.
- This information from usgwarchives.net, contributed by Sue Bassett Folawn.
Age 78. Was married to Jane for 52 years. They were members of Shiloh Methodist Church. They farmed and raised their family of 5 children and lived long and productive lives.
They married on Feb. 12, 1815 in Barnwell County SC.
Stephen Bassett, son of William Bassett and his wife Mary Phillips, was born in Cumberland County, NC in 1788, and grew up in that area. He married Jane Morris, daughter of Elisha and Rachel Morris, in Barnwell SC in 1815. Along with many thousands of others, especially settlers from the Carolinas, they arrived in Georgia with the hopes of the land and a new life, offered by the Georgia Land Lotteries.
Family tradition says that the young family settled first near old Fort Hawkins, close to Macon, when that part o fthe state was still on the frontier and the Cherokee Indians were still inhabiting the area. By the 1820 Census, they had moved to Jones County, near Clinton.
In 1828 Stephen purchased 202 1/2 acres from Alexander B. Kennedy for Lot 33, District 5, of Houston County for $250. This land was originally drawn by Mr. Kennedy in the 1821 Georgia Land Lottery. The property was approximately a mile and a half southeast from Byron GA. This is where the Bassetts settled permanently.
Their church, believed to have been the Shiloh Methodist Church, near their farm, was undoubtedly the mainstay of both their spiritual and social lives. Notations in the Bassett Bible list the dates that each of the Bassett sons and daughters joined the Church, indicating its great importance to them. Stephen and Jane farmed, raised their family of 5 children an d lived long and productive lives, accumulating a considerable amount of land in the process.
The Civil War brought great personal tragedy to the family with the lost of 3 garndsons in service; Stephen an d Will Clark (sons of daughter Mary), and Walter Pattishall (daughter Harriet's son), as well as the death of a son-in-law, Wiley Clark (Mary's husband). Two of their young Melvin grandchildren (children of daughter, Georgia) also died of illness during this time (1863).
Stephen Bassett died in 1867 (age 78) and Jane in 1870 (age 71). Family tradition says that they are buried in the Shiloh Methodist Churchyard near Byron GA. While there are no markers for them in evidence, there are estimated to be as many as 150 unmarked graves within the cemetery. They were married for 52 years.
- This information from usgwarchives.net, contributed by Sue Bassett Folawn.
They married on Feb. 12, 1815 in Barnwell County SC.
Stephen Bassett, son of William Bassett and his wife Mary Phillips, was born in Cumberland County, NC in 1788, and grew up in that area. He married Jane Morris, daughter of Elisha and Rachel Morris, in Barnwell SC in 1815. Along with many thousands of others, especially settlers from the Carolinas, they arrived in Georgia with the hopes of the land and a new life, offered by the Georgia Land Lotteries.
Family tradition says that the young family settled first near old Fort Hawkins, close to Macon, when that part o fthe state was still on the frontier and the Cherokee Indians were still inhabiting the area. By the 1820 Census, they had moved to Jones County, near Clinton.
In 1828 Stephen purchased 202 1/2 acres from Alexander B. Kennedy for Lot 33, District 5, of Houston County for $250. This land was originally drawn by Mr. Kennedy in the 1821 Georgia Land Lottery. The property was approximately a mile and a half southeast from Byron GA. This is where the Bassetts settled permanently.
Their church, believed to have been the Shiloh Methodist Church, near their farm, was undoubtedly the mainstay of both their spiritual and social lives. Notations in the Bassett Bible list the dates that each of the Bassett sons and daughters joined the Church, indicating its great importance to them. Stephen and Jane farmed, raised their family of 5 children an d lived long and productive lives, accumulating a considerable amount of land in the process.
The Civil War brought great personal tragedy to the family with the lost of 3 garndsons in service; Stephen an d Will Clark (sons of daughter Mary), and Walter Pattishall (daughter Harriet's son), as well as the death of a son-in-law, Wiley Clark (Mary's husband). Two of their young Melvin grandchildren (children of daughter, Georgia) also died of illness during this time (1863).
Stephen Bassett died in 1867 (age 78) and Jane in 1870 (age 71). Family tradition says that they are buried in the Shiloh Methodist Churchyard near Byron GA. While there are no markers for them in evidence, there are estimated to be as many as 150 unmarked graves within the cemetery. They were married for 52 years.
- This information from usgwarchives.net, contributed by Sue Bassett Folawn.
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