Alexander Bassett purchased and sold land throughout Henry, Patrick County, Virginia and Franklin County, Virginia. He inherited a large portion of his father's estate of land. In addition to the government land warrants from his service, when parts of his family moved to Missouri in 1844, he also purchased their land plots of over 203 acres along Stroud's Creek as well. In 1845, he also purchased his brother William's tobacco acres as well. In 1858, he turned over 195 acres of land near Preston, Virginia to his son, Woodson.Bassett, Mary Henrian. The Bassett Family in Henry County, Virginia, with Stories, Mainly of the Woodson Bassett Branch. Martinsville, Va: Bassett, 1976. Page 3. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2856828
