He married
Cassandra WATERS, daughter of
Thomas B. WATERS &
Sarah JONES, abt 2 Apr 1784 in Prince George’s Co., MD.
[36] marriage license.
Born abt 1756-1764. [35], [24] age 26-44 in 1800 census and assuming > age 20 at marriage. Cassandra died aft 1821. [12] listed in 1820 census (taken on 15 Feb 1821).
According to land records, she was living in Montgomery Co., MD in 1813-1818. [12]
On 3 Sep 1813, Cassandra sold property (a mare, a roan, a bay, a heifer, a loom, a bedstead, a dozen splitter bottom chairs, a dining table, a tea kettle and other kitchen items, and corn growing with flax in the stack straw) to her children Cordelia Basford and Adamson Waters Basford. [37]
On 10 Mar 1815, she indentured her sons John Waters Basford and George Washington Basford to Matthew Brown, a cloth manufacturer, until they reach the age of 21. John was to be taught spinning and weaving and George was to be taught fulling and dying. In lieu of a suit of clothes, Matthew Brown agreed to allow the mother of the orphans $8 per month and she was to provide their clothes. [38]
On 3 Mar 1817, Cassandra Basford purchased one acre of “Timber Neck” from Francis Murphy for $20. This land was located in Medley, Montgomery Co., MD. On 9 Nov 1818 she sold this land to her son Alfred Basford. [12]
Although the age doesn’t seem to match up, she is probably the Cassandra Basford in the 1820 federal census for Goshen, Montgomery Co., MD, 15 Feb 1821, p. 171 [26]
Cassandra Basford
1 male under 10
1 male 10-15
1 male 26-44
1 female under 10
1 female 26-44
She is probably the Cassandra Bassford who, together with a negro named Dick who was the property of Samuel Johnson, was arrested for suspicion of murdering Solomon Thompson on 27 Mar 1823 near Clarksburg, Montgomery Co., MD. [39] It was reported that Cassandra had been living with Samuel Johnson “in habits of supposed intimacy.” [40] On the night of the murder, Samuel and Cassandra left the home of Solomon’s mother to walk home, a distance of about two and a half miles. Cassandra stated that she was following behind Solomon when a person rushed out of the woods and struck him with a club. She fled and returned with a Mr. Lowman, where they found Solomon’s corpse. The negro Dick stated to the constable who arrested him that Cassandra had for 18 months been trying to persuade him to kill Solomon, but that he had always refused. [41] Cassandra and Dick were found not guilty during the trial. [42]
[35], [26], [20], [15], [12], [36], [39], [43], [41], [38]