Life History

Notes

• 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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  Various sources reprot that Benjamin West was born in South Carolina.  A listing in Spartanburg matches him for the 1840 census.
  
  1840 Federal Census, Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Stephen Lee Division, p 37
  Benjn West
  Under 5  1 Male, 1 Female
  5 thru 9  1 Male, 1 Female
  30 thru 39  1 Male, 1 Female
  1 White Person over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write
  Total 6 Persons
  
  On the same page are these related names:  JOhn West, Jesse Rippey,
  
  There is a listing for Benjamin and Elizabeth in the 1850 census.  They are located in Subdivision 33 of Gilmer County, Georgia.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia, 4 October, Subdivision 33, page 771-772, Hse/Fam #528
  Benjamin West 44 M Farmer $500 Real Estate b SC
  Elizabeth West 41 F SC Cannot read and write
  Elmina A West 19 F SC
  -- page 772 --
  Pulaskie West 17 M  Farmer b SC
  Susan A West 13 F SC Attended School
  Adolphus West 10 M SC
  Amanda West 8 F SC
  Ferdinand 6 M SC
  Frances West 4 F SC
  Tripand West 1 M [sic] SC
  
  Note that the daughter Tipann is reported as Male.  The child Ferdinand, age 6 in 1850, does not appear in the household in 1860.
  
  In 1860, I find the family in Pickens County, with a Post Office of Jasper, but the location is Dug Road District.  In notice that in the 1860 and 1870 census, one daughter's name is spelled as Francis, while in the 1850 census I found it spelled in the expected manner for a girl.  A woman's name is normally spelled Frances.  The child reported here as Columbus matches the child named Ferdinand in 1850.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 10 June, Dug Road District, PO Jasper, Page 20 (898), House #169, Family #135
  Benjamin West 54 M Farmer SC
  Elithebeth [sic] West 52 F SC
  Susan M West 21 F SC
  Adolphus West 19 M SC
  Amanda West 18 F SC
  Columbus West 16 M SC (b abt 1844)
  Francis [sic] West 13 F GA (b abt 1847)
  Trapan A West 10 F GA
  
  1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia
  Benjamin West
  Residence Pickens County
  Age 57, Birth abt 1807 South Carolina
  
  In 1870, the family still have a Jasper P O address in Pickens County, but their location is not given on this page.  We find that Benjamin West is a widower. I do not have a date of death for Elizabeth.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 6 July, P O Jasper, page 59, Hse/Fam #464
  Benjamin West M W 64 Farmer b SC
  Francis [Frances?] West F W 23 Daughter b GA
  Trip Ann West F W 20 Daughter b GA
  Elmina Bradley F W 38 Housekeeper b SC [daughter of Benjamin]
  William J. West M W 17 Assisting on Farm b GA [son of Elmina]
  John L. West M W 11 Assisting on Farm b GA [son of Elmina]
  
  Benjamin appears with no wife, so it appears that wife Elizabeth died before 1870.  It appears also that Elmina is a widow with two children.  I note that the first daughter's name is spelled as a man's name.  This is likely an enumerator spelling error.  We do find, however, that sometimes families spelled a woman's name as Francis.
  
  In the 1880 census, Tripann and her family with Sanford Giffin Mullins are in Texas, along with his parents in the same household.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas, 11 June, District 14, page 30B, Hse #267, Fam #274
  S G Mullins Age 36 Farmer b. GA, father b. SC, mother b. NC
  Tripan Mullins Age 31 Wife b. GA, father b. SC, mother b. SC
  Ida L. Mullins Age 9 Daughter b. GA
  William L. Mullins Age 7 Son b. GA
  Lindsey C. Mullins Age 5 Son b. GA
  Ross Ben Mullins Age 3 Son b. Tex
  George R. Mullins Age 61 Father b. NC, father b. SC, mother b. SC
  Elvira M. Mullins Age 62 Mother b. NC, father b. VA, mother b. SC
  
  A few houses away are also Tripann's sister Elmina and son John, with their father Benjamin West.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas, 11 June, District 14, page 30, Hse #261, Fam #268
  Bradley, E A  W F 48 Keeping House GA GA GA
  Bradley, John L   W M 21 Son Laborer GA GA GA
  West, Ben J  W M 74 Father GA GA GA

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas
  • 11 June, District 14, page 30, Hse #261, Fam #268
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 6 July, P O Jasper, page 59, Hse/Fam #464
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 10 June, Dug Road District, PO Jasper, Page 20 (898), House #169, Family #135
• 4. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
  • 4 October, Subdivision 33, page 777-772, Hse/Fam #528
• 5. 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia
• 6. Mary West Rumera
• 7. Ancestors of Benjamin West
  • Location: No longer online;
• 8. Mullins Genealogy
  • Name: Name: Includes Info from Mike Taylor and Will Pearson; Location: no longer online;
• 9. Ancestry Trees
  • Bradley, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26084417/person/1775409509?ftm=1
• 10. 1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas
  • June 11, District 14, p 30B, Hse #261, Fam #268
• 11. 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 17 June, Dug Road District, PO Jasper, Page 10, House #90, Fam #64
• 12. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
  • 4 October, Subdivision 33, page 771, Hse/Fam #528
• 13. Confederate Death Record of Count Pulaski West
• 14. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
  • 4 October, Subdivision 33, page 772, Hse/Fam #528
• 15. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
  • 4 October, Subdivision 33, page 771-772, Hse/Fam #528
• 16. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 17. California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898
• 18. 1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Arkansas, 4 June, District 14, page 28-29, Hse #252, Fam #259
• 19. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
  • 4 October, Subdivision 33, page 77-78 (386), Hse/Fam #528
• 20. 1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas
  • 11 June, District 14, page 30B, Hse #267, Family #274
• 21. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900