Bassetts Creek

Wagarville, Alabama

The Historical Marker is located on the Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 43) 0.4 miles south of Sullivan Lane, on the right when traveling south. Located at the Creek Bank Restaurant, adjacent to the Tombstone River. GPS coordinates: 31° 27′ 52.6″ N 88° 01′ 54.5″ W. This marker was erected in 1976 by the Alabama Historical Association.

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Named for Thomas Bassett, a British Loyalist and native of Virginia. Migrated to Tombstone area from near Augusta, Ga. circa 1772 to escape persecution by American patriots. Received in 1776, from King George III, a grant of 750 acres on the west side of river Tombstone, five miles east of this site, where he established his residence and plantation.

Bassett also received a Crown grant to lands at McIntosh Bluff. He was murdered by Indians circa 1780 on the east side of Tombstone near a creek that also bears his name. As a minor in Georgia, one of his guardians was General Lachlan Milligram. Numerous Bassett descendants presently live in this area.