Richard Basham: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Richard Basham was born about 1787 in Bedford Co, Virginia; died on 17 Mar 1854 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee.

Other Events and Attributes:

Will: 10 Mar 1854, Lawrence Co, Tennessee; written

Notes:

Will:

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF RICHARD BASHAM
In the name of God Amen.
I Richard Basham of the County of Lawrence and State of Tennessee do hereby proceed to make this my last will and Testament as follows (viz)
First that my body be decently buried and that all my funeral expenses be paid. Secondly that all my just debts be paid out of the proceeds of my personal property.
Thirdly I give to my beloved wife Phebe Basham all of my tract of land on which now live during of her natural life. Together with all my stock consisting of horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, household and kitchen furniture of every description also all my poultry of all kinds except that it may take of the above named personally property to pay my just and lawful debts.
Fourthly I will after the death of my wife Phebe Basham to my son Samuel H. Basham the described tract of land on which I now live to him and his heirs forever.
I further will that all my personally property, except what it may take to pay my just and lawful debts be sold at public sale on twelve months credit, and the proceeds of sale be equally distributed amongst all my heirs viz Winny Kinnemore wife of Preston Kennemore, the heirs of my daughter Mary Feugett, the heirs of my daughter Frances Poteet, Nancy Wood wife of Solomon S. Woods, Malinda Basham wife of James M. Basham, William D. Basham, Archibald B. Basham, and Samuel H. Bashan making eight in all that shall share and share alike in the proceeds of my personal property that remains after paying my just debts and after the death of my wife Phebe Basham.
Fifthly I further will and appoint my son William D. Basham my Executor to carry into effect this my last will and testament. I further desire that all former wills and testaments made by me to be null and void. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this the 10th day of March 1854.
Signed and sealed by thet estator in the presence of
his
Richard X Basham this the 10 day of March 1854
mark W. F. Appleton Jones Coleman

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Richard married Phebe Pinnicuff on 1 Oct 1807 in Wayne Co, Kentucky. Phebe was born about 1787 in Virginia; died in 1860 in of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Winnie Basham was born on 15 Aug 1813 in Tennessee; died about 1876 in Texas.
3. Mary Basham was born about 1814 in Tennessee; died before 1854.
4. Frances P. Basham was born about 1816 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died before 1854.
5. Nancy Basham was born about 1818 in Tennessee; died on 11 Jun 1896 in Leighton, Colbert Co, Alabama.
6. Tempy Malinda Basham was born in 1823 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died on 18 Nov 1857 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee.
7. William D. Basham was born on 6 Nov 1820 in Tennessee; died on 22 Jan 1881 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee.
8. Thomas Archibald B. Basham was born on 15 Nov 1822 in Tennessee; died on 27 Apr 1855 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee.
9. Levi Sampson Basham was born on 14 Aug 1825 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died before 1854.
10. Samuel Frederick Howard Basham was born on 29 Sep 1829 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died on 21 Jan 1911 in Willis, Marshall Co, Oklahoma.

Generation: 2

2.	Winnie Basham (1.Richard¹) was born on 15 Aug 1813 in Tennessee; died about 1876 in Texas. Winnie married Preston Kennemer (or Kennamour, Kennamore) about 1830. Preston was born about 1810; died about 1884. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.	Mary Basham (1.Richard¹) was born about 1814 in Tennessee; died before 1854. Mary married Benjamin Feugett about 1834. Benjamin was born about 1812; died after 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

4. Frances P. Basham (1.Richard¹) was born about 1816 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died before 1854.
Family/Spouse: Poteet. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5.	Nancy Basham (1.Richard¹) was born about 1818 in Tennessee; died on 11 Jun 1896 in Leighton, Colbert Co, Alabama. Nancy married Solomon S. Woods before 1854. Solomon was born before 1832; died after 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tempy Malinda Basham

(1.Richard¹) was born in 1823 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died on 18 Nov 1857 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee.

Tempy married James Monroe Basham, Jr. on 12 Jan 1840 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee. James (son of James Monroe Basham, Sr. and Arta M. Holloway) was born on 12 Aug 1817 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died on 2 Sep 1889 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; was buried in Mt. Zion Cem, Lawrence Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

11. Hiram C. Basham was born on 23 Dec 1842 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died after 1860 in of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee.
12. Martha Elizabeth Basham was born on 17 Oct 1846 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died after 1870.
13. Levi Johnson Basham was born on 6 Apr 1851 in Tennessee; died on 18 May 1926 in Lawrence Co, Tennesse.
14. James Richard Basham was born on 18 Dec 1854 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died on 5 Apr 1920 in Moko, Fulton Co, Arkansas; was buried in State Line Cem, Arkansas.

William D. Basham

(1.Richard¹) was born on 6 Nov 1820 in Tennessee; died on 22 Jan 1881 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee.

Notes:

Birth:
his father's will lists him in sequence after Malinda Basham wife of James M. Basham, and before Archibald B. Basham.

William married Nancy Ann Hinsely on 13 Nov 1839 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee. Nancy was born on 18 Jan 1821 in Tennessee; died on 15 Sep 1862 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Kizziah Roper on 21 Mar 1865 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee. Kizziah (daughter of James Roper and Edney Jones) was born on 29 Mar 1839 in Tennessee; died after 1884 in of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

15. Unis E. Basham was born in 1867 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died after 1870 in of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee.

William married Mrs. (third wife of William D.) Basham on 24 Sep 1884 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee. (third was born about 1840; died after 1885 in of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas Archibald B. Basham

(1.Richard¹) was born on 15 Nov 1822 in Tennessee; died on 27 Apr 1855 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee.

Notes:

Birth:
Name: Thomas Archibald Bassham
Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Griffith
Birth: 1822 - TN
Birth: 1823 - TN
Marriage: 1843 - TN

Thomas married Elizabeth Ann Griffith on 15 Jun 1843 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born on 16 Aug 1823 in Tennessee; died on 12 Dec 1909 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

9. Levi Sampson Basham (1.Richard¹) was born on 14 Aug 1825 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died before 1854.
10. Samuel Frederick Howard Basham (1.Richard¹) was born on 29 Sep 1829 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died on 21 Jan 1911 in Willis, Marshall Co, Oklahoma.

Generation: 3

11. Hiram C. Basham (6.Tempy², 1.Richard¹) was born on 23 Dec 1842 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died after 1860 in of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee.

12.

Martha Elizabeth Basham

(6.Tempy², 1.Richard¹) was born on 17 Oct 1846 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died after 1870.

Martha married William Warner Legg about 1826 in Tennessee. William was born on 28 Apr 1846 in Bowie, Montague Co, Texas; died on 30 Dec 1925 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; was buried in Mt. Zion Cem, Lawrence Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.	Levi Johnson Basham (6.Tempy², 1.Richard¹) was born on 6 Apr 1851 in Tennessee; died on 18 May 1926 in Lawrence Co, Tennesse. Other Events and Attributes: Census: 1880, Lawrence Co, Tennessee Notes: Census: 1880 L.J. (Levi Johnson) age 27, living with parents as a widower, working on farm.

14.

James Richard Basham

(6.Tempy², 1.Richard¹) was born on 18 Dec 1854 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died on 5 Apr 1920 in Moko, Fulton Co, Arkansas; was buried in State Line Cem, Arkansas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1880, Lawrence Co, Tennessee

Notes:

The Basshams were not the first settlers in Lawrence County, Tenn but they were among the earliest settlers. It is believed that they arrived in the Third Civil District of Lawrence County, Tennessee in the late 1820's and settled in what is now known as the Mt. Zion church area near the Giles County, Tennessee border. It is not clear how all the early Bassham families are interrelated. However, it is believed that two or three unrelated families migrated to the area from Virginia and Kentucky.
James Richard Bassham, the principal of this paper, descended from two separate lines of Basshams. His paternal grandfather, James Bassham was born about 1787 in Virginia and his maternal grandfather, Richard Bassham, was born also in Virginia about 1790. James Richard Bassham's father, James Monroe Bassham, was born in Tennessee in 1817 and his mother, Tempa Malinda Bassham, was also born in Tennessee in 1823. It is believed that James Monroe and Tempa were born in Lawrence County,Tennessee, but there is no proof of this.
James Richard Bassham severed his deep roots with Lawrence County, Tennessee in 1902 and moved his family to Fulton County, Arkansas. It is possible that the actual move took place in late 1902 after the harvest of that year. In any event, he is known to have received mail there in January 1903. The reason for this move was not clearly understood. It seems strange that he would take such a step since he had no close relatives living in Arkansas. However, relatives who corresponded with him after the move said he never mentioned any regret in his letters. James Richard Bassham never revisited his old home again. From document written by Johnny Clopton King in April 1988 Document stored with Johnny C King letters.

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Census:
J.R. Basham, age 24, living with parents, single, working on farm.

15. Unis E. Basham (7.William², 1.Richard¹) was born in 1867 in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; died after 1870 in of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee.