Life History

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• Mike Taylor listed the children of Marick West and Edith Colista McHanie as follows:
  
  Perry West
  John West, b abt 1798 in South Carolina, received a land grant in Bosque County, Texas
  Precious West b 29 May 1803 Spartanburg, South Carolina, d 11 June 1891, Pickens Co, Georgia
  Mary Ann West b abt 1807 in South Carolina
  James West b abt 1811 in South Carolina, d after 1880 in Pickens County, Georgia
  Willis West b abt 1815 in South Carolina, minister of Talking Rock Baptist Church, Pickens Co, Georgia; bought land in Bosque County, Texas
  and
  Eber West b abt 1816 in South Carolina, d May 1864 in Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia
  Some of the above information came from Ancestors of Benjamin West, by Mike Taylor
  --  Mike Taylor, http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy/benjaminwest.txt
  
  Ron West provided the link to Mary West Rumera's genealogy of the West lineage.  For George West, born ca 1776, she has a list of children.  Her list lacks a George W West, thought by some West researchers to also be a son of George and his wife Colista McHanie.
  
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  GEORGE WEST (BENJAMIN, WILLIAM, JOSEPH P) was born 1776 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and died 1859 in Gilmer County, Georgia. He married EDITH COLISTA MCHANIE Abt. 1797 in South Carolina. She was born Abt. 1778, and died Aft. 1850 in Gilmer County, Georgia.
  
  Children of GEORGE WEST and EDITH MCHANIE are:
  
  i. KENDRICK5 WEST.
  
  ii. JOHN WEST, b. Abt. 1798, South Carolina.
  
  102. iii. PRECIOUS PRICILLA WEST, b. May 29, 1803, South Carolina; d. June 11, 1891, Jewell, Pickens County, Georgia.
  
  103. iv. PERRY WEST, b. 1805; d. 1891.
  
  104. v. BENJAMIN WEST, b. 1806, South Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Bosque County, Texas.
  
  vi. MARY ANN WEST, b. Abt. 1807, South Carolina; m. (1) GEORGE CAMPMIN; m. (2) MR GREENBERRY.
  
  105. vii. JAMES WEST, b. 1811, South Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Talking Rocks, Pickens County, Georgia.
  
  106. viii. JANE WEST, b. 1812, South Carolina.
  
  107. ix. WILLIS WEST, b. 1815, South Carolina; d. Abilene, Texas.
  
  108. x. EBER WEST, b. 1817, South Carolina; d. 1863, Jasper (Talking Rock), Pickens County, Georgia.
  
  109. xi. MERRICK H. WEST, REV., b. April 10, 1821, South Carolina; d. 1862.
  --  Mary West Rumera, West Family, http://johnmarshallwest.com/Gen4.htm
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  A marriage record in the Pickens County Marriage Book appears to be for Mary (Polly) and George Campire (or Campmin).  Two different transcriptions of the marriage license are found in the Ancestry.com library, one with each spelling.  The marriage occurred in April 1860, then Mary and Geowrge appear in the 1860 census in June, with her father George in their household.
  
  On the marriage record the clerk wrote Mary's name as Polly Rest, but the judge who performed the ceremony wrote it as Mary Rast.  The surname Rast may be from a previous marrige for Mary.  When they married, George was about 52 and Mary about 53 (ages in the 1860 census).
  
  Pickens County, Georgia
  G W Campmire and Polly Rest as written by the clerk, Mary Rast as written by the JIC (Mary Ann West)
  License issued 11 April 1860
  Marriage 13 April 1860, performed by Philip R Limmons, Judge of the Inferior Court
  Registered Pickens County, Georgia, Marriage Book, p 133
  
  In 1860, after Mary Ann's mother had died, her father George was enumerated in her household.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 18 June, Talking Rock District, PO Talking Rock, page 931, Hse #446, Fam #376
  George Campmin 52 M Farmer $1000 Real Estate $1000 Personal  born SC [b abt 1808]
  Mary Campmin 53 F born So Carolina [b abt 1807]
  George West 83 M born So Carolina [b abt 1777]
  Marsick Hazlewood 48 M born So Carolina [b 1812]
  Jane Hazlewood 54 F born So Carolina [b abt 1806]
  Emeline Hazlewood 13 F born SC [b abt 1847]
  Sarah Hayse 25 F born SC [b abt 1835]
  
  In the 1860 census George's surname appears to be written Campmin.  But it is queezed and scribbly near the end.  Mary's husband is found listed with this name in several genealogies, with no further information.  In the 1870 census, the name is clearly Campmire, and the personal details of George W and Mary match on the two censuses.  The date for this marriage record matches their appearance as husband and wife in the 1860 census.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 4 August, Talking Rock District, PO Jasper, page 125, Hse/Fam #969
  Campmire, George 64 M W Farmer $100 Real Estate $100 Personal Estate born North Carolina [b abt 1806]
  Campmire, Mary 63 F W born South Carolina [b abt 1807]
  
  Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892
  George W Campmire
  Town 1098, Pickens County, Georgia
  1871-1879
  
  1880 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 10 June, Town District, Enumeration District 163, page 16, Hse #135, Fam #136
  Campmire, George W W M 73 Farmer SC Scotland SC Cannot write [b abt 1827]
  Campmire, Mary W F 74 Wife Keeping House SC MD SC [b abt 1825]

Sources

• 1. Mary West Rumera
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 18 June, Talking Rock District, PO Talking Rock, page 931, Hse #446, Fam #376
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 4 August, Talking Rock District, PO Jasper, page 125, Hse/Fam #969
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 10 June, Town District, Enumeration District 163, page 16, Hse #135, Fam #136
• 5. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
• 6. Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892
• 7. 1860 Georgia, Census Slave schedule, 1790-1890
  • Pickens County, Georgia, Town District, p 96