Family/Spouse: William Hayward BASS. William was born about 1822 in , , North Carolina; died on 16 Dec 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Hayward died 16 Dec 1865 when Federal troops broke into their house in Bladon Springs, Choctaw Co., Alabama, and shot him in the head. Soldiers forced eight-month pregnant Ann to carry a light around the house as they stole everything they had. Afterward, the family returned to Baldwin Co. where Ann had family and she gave birth to Willie Hayward.

1. W2.1.5.4.1 Mary Jane BASS was born in 1859 in Bladon Springs, Choctaw, Alabama.
2. W2.1.5.4.2 Josephine M. BASS was born in Oct 1860 in Bladon Springs, Choctaw, Alabama; died in 1957 in Long Beach, Harrison, Mississippi; was buried in Long Beach, Harrison, Mississippi.
3. W2.1.5.4.3 Mount Hilliard BASS was born about 1862 in Bladon Springs, Choctaw, Alabama.
4. W2.1.5.4.4 James Earle BASS was born about 1863 in Bladon Springs, Choctaw, Alabama.
5. W2.1.5.4.5 Mattie Lee BASS was born on 27 Aug 1864 in Bladon Springs, Choctaw, Alabama; died on 7 Jan 1907 in Castleberry, Conecuh, Alabama; was buried in 1907 in Castleberry, Conecuh, Alabama.
6. W2.1.5.4.6 Willie Hayward BASS was born on 18 Jan 1866 in Latham, Baldwin, Alabama; died on 10 Nov 1949 in Bountstown, Calhoun, Florida; was buried in 1949 in , Calhoun, Florida.

James married Mary Jane STEADHAM on 8 Feb 1831 in , Baldwin, Alabama. Mary was born in 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information on Mary's parents ws obtained from a query on the Baldwin Co., Alabama site on Rootsweb, http://www.rootsweb.com/~albaldwi/query002.htm

James married W2.1 Elizabeth TARVIN. Elizabeth (daughter of William TARVIN, II and Mary MILLER) was born in 1790 in Creek Nation, Baldwin, Alabama; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This family is included in Caroline Stafford Forbes' Boon, Tarvin Family posting at http://genforum.genealogy.com/tarvin/messages/129.html. However, Caroline lists Elizabeth Tarvin as a child of John Tarvin, son of William who went to Georgia, and a brother of William II. Of the children we list here, Caroline only shows Francis and Nancy.
Information on this family came from Walter Tarvin, Mrs. Thomas Earle, and the records kept by Dr. Marion Elisha Tarvin. Carol Middleton published this on her Among The Creeks website.

Notes:

Many descendants believe he died at Ft. Mims (30 Aug 1813).

Carol Middleton's comments: In the book, "Massacre at Ft. Mims", by David Pierce Mason, there is this: an early visitor after the killings noted "Old man Moses steadham, and old man Tarvin must have really put up a fight, considering how they looked". William left a will dated 1812. It should be noted that Dr. Marion Elisha Tarvin does NOT say William died at Ft. Mims.

He is often listed as having been born 1744 as the first son of William Tarvin who moved to Georgia.

William's children were born beginning in 1790, so he was probably married in 1789.

Because of this age difference, some researchers speculate there was another generation between him and William Tarvin of Charles Co., Maryland who moved to Georgia.

He died in 1813, possibly in the Ft. Mims Massacre. See Carol Middleton's website, Among the Creeks. In particular, http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmamcrk4/smfm15.html#anchor1033675 .

According to the "Reports from the Court of Claims", William Tarvin II died in 1810. This is based on the testimony of Diego McVoy that was provided to the House of Representatives by Justice of the Peace Basil Mesher (Mobile County, Alabama; 21 Apr 1834). The heirs of William Tarvin II presented their claim to 960 arpents of land, with the help of Neil Smith (Administrator of the estate). The claim was not confirmed by Congress until 7 Jun 1858.

Carol Middleton's note: William received land grants in 1787 from Spain in the Mississippi Territory (Baldwin Co.). He settled his family in Baldwin Co., AL in about 1789. Their family were some of the many who died in the terrible Ft. Mims Massacre during the Creek War.

15 April 1789: Guillermo Tarvin, 45, wife 35. (Guillermo is Spanish for William)
Carol Middleton's comments: In the book, "Massacre at Ft. Mims", by David Pierce Mason, there is this: an early visitor after the killings noted "Old man Moses steadham, and old man Tarvin must have really put up a fight, considering how they looked". William left a will dated 1812. It should be noted that Dr. Marion Elisha Tarvin does NOT say William died at Ft. Mims.
This is "William II." He is often listed as having been born 1744 as the first son of William Tarvin who moved to Georgia. See http://www.tarvinfamily.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I30627&tree=1

William's children were born beginning in 1790, so he was probably married in 1789.
Because of this age difference, some researchers speculate there was another generation between him and William Tarvin of Charles Co., Maryland who moved to Georgia.
He died in 1813, possibly in the Ft. Mims Massacre. See Carol Middleton's website, Among the Creeks. In particular, http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmamcrk4/smfm15.html#anchor1033675

William married Mary MILLER in 1789 in , Burke, Georgia. Mary was born about 1770 in , Richmond, Georgia; died on 30 Aug 1813 in Fort Mims, Baldwin, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]