Edith Colista MCHANIE1,3,5

17791,2,3 - 18502,4

Life History

1779	Born in South Carolina.1,2,3
about 1798	Birth of son John WEST in South Carolina.5
1798	Married George WEST in South Carolina.1
29th May 1803	Birth of daughter Precious Priscilla WEST in South Carolina.5
1805	Birth of son Perry WEST.5
about 1806	Birth of son Benjamin WEST in South Carolina.6,7,8,9,10,5
about 1807	Birth of daughter Mary Ann WEST in South Carolina.5,11,12,13
about 1809	Birth of son Kendricks WEST
1811	Birth of son James WEST in South Carolina.5
1812	Birth of daughter Jane WEST in South Carolina.5
1815	Birth of son Willis WEST in South Carolina.5
1817	Birth of son Eber WEST in South Carolina.5
about 1818	Birth of son George W WEST in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina.14,15
10th Apr 1821	Birth of son Marick H WEST in South Carolina.16,1,17,18
1850	Died in Gilmer County, Georgia.2,4

Notes

"Have read that Edith was a widow with at least 2 daughters when she married George."
-- Linda Nelson, cited by 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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Sources

1. Ancestry Trees
- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v133t0575&id=I1176&ftm=1
2. Ancestors of Benjamin West
- Location: No longer online;
3. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
- 4 October, Subdivision 33, p 771(scan 386), Hse/Fam #526
4. One World Tree (sm)
5. Mary West Rumera
6. 1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas
- 11 June, District 14, page 30, Hse #261, Fam #268
7. 1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
- 6 July, P O Jasper, page 59, Hse/Fam #464
8. 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
- 10 June, Dug Road District, PO Jasper, Page 20 (898), House #169, Family #135
9. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
- 4 October, Subdivision 33, page 777-772, Hse/Fam #528
10. 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia
11. 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
- 18 June, Talking Rock District, PO Talking Rock, page 931, Hse #446, Fam #376
12. 1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
- 4 August, Talking Rock District, PO Jasper, page 125, Hse/Fam #969
13. 1880 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
- 10 June, Town District, Enumeration District 163, page 16, Hse #135, Fam #136
14. Facebook
15. Jennealogy - Research and genealogy of Jennifer Dunn
16. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
- 4 October, Subdivision 33, page 78, Hse/Family #526
17. 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
- 3 July, Towndsons District, PO Jasper, Page 100 (978), Hse #831, Family #704
18. Find a Grave Memorial Registry