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BASSETT SETTLEMENT of Ervin Township (Howard County -Kokomo IN)
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    • About Bassett Settlement
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BASSETT SETTLEMENT of Ervin Township (Howard County -Kokomo IN)
  • Home
  • About Bassett Settlement
  • Research - Resource - Bio
  • Our Stories and Legacy
  • Historic Bassett Cemetery
  • Buffalo Soldier Hero

Devoted to Preservation of Early African American Settlement History & Culture (Circa: 1830 -1900)

Welcome to the Historic African- American Bassett Settlement Website

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Dedicated to the People of Bassett-Ellis and Rush African-American Indiana Settlements and their Descendants (Circa 1830). 


Devoted to Preservation of Early African American Settlement History & Culture (Circa: 1830 -1900)

Welcome to the Historic African- American Bassett Settlement Website

Welcome to the Historic African- American Bassett Settlement Website Welcome to the Historic African- American Bassett Settlement Website Welcome to the Historic African- American Bassett Settlement Website

Dedicated to the People of Bassett-Ellis and Rush African-American Indiana Settlements and their Descendants (Circa 1830). 


The Legacy and Stories

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This is the original land map for Bassett Settlement in Erving Township of Howard County IN

Map of Ervin Township, Howard County IN 1877

Bassett Settlement was located in Howard County (Ervin Township). 


The settlement was a  thriving community of African Americans established circa 1830s.  The original founder Britton Bassett was a "free born colored" that immigrated from Greene County NC to Indiana.


They  owned large amounts of  land and were self-sufficient. 

Rev. Miles Bassett

Descendant of Britton Bassett (founder of Basset Settlement). Established, funded and built churches throughout Indiana. Educated by Quakers.

Rev. Richard Bassett

Descendant of Britton Bassett (founder of Basset Settlement). Was the 2nd African American elected to Indiana state legislator(1892).

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