This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WEST Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReB.2ACE/2893.1 Message Board Post: Don't know if your James West was born in Gibson Co. TN, but in the 1850 Gibson TN census there were 2 James West's in the right age group. There is a listing for James West age 1, son of Philip West and Deborah. There is another listing for a James West age 2, son of Philip and Deborah. I think this is the same family that got enumerated twice in that census. I believe this Philip West is a son or grandson of John West and Elizabeth Frazier, who migrated from NC to TN. Dennis West WEST DNA project co-admin http://web.utk.edu/~corn/westdna/