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From: "Paul W. West" <>
Subject: Re: [WEST-L] My West family
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:21:42 -0700
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beebewest,

I can't say for sure that the information I have is about your Lemuel West, but
the only one I've found so far in all my searching is - a Lemuel West, born
sometime in the early 1700s to William West of Princess Anne County, VA. The
following references are extracted from some old handwritten notes made by my
great aunt back sometime around the 1930s, so I hope you can follow them. I've
tried to make some sense of these notes as best I could

Taylors Magazine, Vol VIII (p. 244 - 5)
J(?) Princess Anne Co.
William West carried on the line. He leased land in 1718. He & his WIEF
Francis WEST sold land to his brother-in-law Wm Brown in 1720. Also in 1730
he made gifts to Mary and Amy DOWLEY. DIED 1764 leaving wife AMY who DIED
1771. Issue:
1) William
2) Thomas
3) Lemuel and
4) Willoughby
sons of Wm and FRANCES WEST. Daughters
1) Mary and
2) Lydia.

P. 387
WILLIAM WEST son of William & Frances WEST DIED 1790. In his tax list of 1783
he men his sons:
1) Calib
2) Willoughby
3) William
Daughters
1) Elizabeth

I wish I knew more about this family as it may be mine as well, but I can't
prove it yet. I hope this information is helpful. Let me know if this helps. I
may be able to find some more notes that will help.

Paul West


beebewest wrote:

> My father was Claude Earl West, b. 1895 in West Union, Adams Co., Ohio.
> His father, James Pointer West, was b. 1869 in West Union also.
> His father, George Henry West was b, 1847 in Bracken Co., Kentucky
> George’s parents, Lemuel/Samuel West and Nancy Story were married in
> Bracken Co., Oct. 15, 1846.
>
> George Henry West was a soldier during the Civil War, and when making
> application for a pension in 1899 said that his elder son, William W. West
> who lived in Montgomery Co., Ohio at the time, had possession of the family
> Bible that had his family history recorded in it. George and his wife,
> Abigail Pointer, were separated at the time and he did not have access to
> this document.
>
> There were many West families in Ohio and Kentucky and I have not been able
> to make the link from Lemuel (or Samuel) West to any of them. I would like
> very much to find the Bible in question. And any help at all in tracing
> this family would be greatly appreciated.
>
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