b. 1753 or 1765, d. 11 December 1818
Birth | 1753 or 1765 | Bazel Talbert was born in 1753 or 1765, probably in Maryland.4,1 |
Name Other | | Bazel's name was spelled numerous ways in the early records; I have not consistently used any particular variation. His headstone reportedly used Bazel. |
Marriage | 15 Dec 1788 | He married Mary Logan, daughter of James Logan and Barbara (?), on 15 Dec 1788 in Washington County, Virginia.5 |
Legatee | Dec 1792 | In Dec. 1792 several deeds were recorded in Washington County in which Basil's father, also named Basil, divided his slaves among his sons and sons-in-law. The younger Basil received a 10 year old slave named Bob and all his father's "goods."6 |
Land-Grant | 13 Jul 1796 | On July 13th, 1796 Bazil Talbert Jr., by virtue of a military warrant dated 13 June 1780 and issued under the "Kings Proclamation of 1763", and by virtue of a Land Office Treasury Warrent, was granted 170 acres on both sides of Lee's Creek, a branch of the North Fork of the Holston River.7 |
Land-Buy | 16 Sep 1800 | In the fall of 1800 Bazil acquired several additional tracts of land in Washington County. On Sept. 16th he bought 160 acres from Thomas and Sarah Stewart. The tract sat on the waters of Little Holston Creek just northeast of the present site of Emory and Henry College. Years later, following Bazel's death, his heirs sold this land to William Byars.8,9 |
Land-Grant | | In addition, Basel Talbert Jr. received 5 grants in Washington Co. based on Treasury Warrants. Four were for relatively small amounts of land: 2 to 35 acres. These parcels all referenced Talbert's Mill Creek, described as a south branch of the North Fork of the Holston River. The 5th grant was to Bazel and Thomas Talbert for 200 acres on the south side of Piney Mtn (same area?). The grants were dated Sept. 26, 1800 through Oct. 2, 1800.10 |
| | It is likely the above grants were all for Basil Talbert, son of Basel and not for his father (who was alive at the time), however I have not traced the later disposition of this land. Bazel and Mary likely made their home on one of these tracts during the early days of their marriage. |
Land-Buy | 19 Oct 1807 | However on Oct. 19th, 1807 Bazel purchased the land with which the family would long be associated. It consisted of 328 acres on the waters of the Middle Fork of the Holston River. Bazel bought the land from George and Ann Kincannon for $2,666.66.11 |
| | This tract first belonged to Francis Kincannon for whom it was surveyed on Oct. 28th, 1782. Francis left it to his son George who was living on the tract in 1795 when Francis wrote his will.12,13 |
Land-Buy | Aug 1816 | On 8 Aug. 1816, Bazel enlarged the tract when he purchased an adjacent 34.5 acres from Ezra Pierce and his wife wife, Rachel.14 |
| | Bazel and Mary's 1807 purchase sat on both sides of the "Great Rd." as it passed through Washington County. As travel (both by horse and stage coach) increased, homes along the road began to provide food and lodging for travelers. Bazel and Mary's home sat at the edge of the road and was ideally situated to serve as an inn. By 1818 (and probably earlier) Bazel Talbert was among those listed on the Washington County personal property lists as running a house of Private Entertainment [meaning he provided, for compensation, lodging or food to a person boarding in his house. It differered from an "ordinary" in that alcohol was not sold].
Bazel and Mary's great grandson wrote of the old log kitchen and slaves that served the travelers. The property also included stables, a granery, a spring house, a tanyard, outhouses and other buildings.
After Bazel's death Mary continued to run the inn. Her name appears on tax records for several years; sometimes she held a license for an ordinary, other times for a house of private entertainment. Some records noted that her establishment was on the "Great Road."15,16 |
Death | 11 Dec 1818 | Bazel died on 11 Dec 1818.1 |
Burial | | He was buried next to Mary and several of their daughters (Margaret Talbert, Bethia Logan and Barbara Clark) at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.1 |