Full Context of Jefferson County, Mississippi Wills, 1800-1833 Previous Page Next Page Executor - Mr. Charles West & John Wills. Witnesses - Israel Spinor?, Jesse M. White, N. M. Stewart Dated: 17 April 1828 Page 100 Will of Jesse Bernard of Augusta Co., VA & Petit Gulf, Jefferson Co., MS Brothers - Greenberry Bernard, Jobb Bernard, land in Nelson Co., VA. Father & Mother & survivors- unnamed, land and $400. Sister - Polly Ferguson Slaves - woman Sally & her child, George, Henry, and a Copyright Ancestry.com, Inc. 1998

Full Context of Jefferson County, Mississippi Wills, 1800-1833 Previous Page Next Page Youngest children - John Smith West, Richard Claiborne West , Benjamin Franklin West, Cato West, Martha Elizabeth West, Mary Jane West. Lands purchased of William Stampley. Executors - wife; and Cowles Meads, Esq., son; Charles West, son. Witnesses - Isaac McClutchen; Robert Cocks; Adam Cloud Dated July 13, 1818

did something strange happen? My digest format today just had the heading Thomas West and nothing else! At 02:14 PM 3/6/99 -0500, you wrote: > >WEST-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 77 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [WEST-L] Thomas West ["linda Hodge" <lhodge1@nycap.rr.co] > #2 [WEST-L] Wayne Co. 1850 Federal Ce ["linda Hodge" <lhodge1@nycap.rr.co] > #3 [WEST-L] John Wesley West [Bahbah2@aol.com] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from WEST-D, send a message to > > WEST-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________ >ANCESTRY OF THOMAS WEST > > > Ginger West "The 3 hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong." " Sydney Harris

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_920767764_boundary Content-ID: <0_920767764@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Maybe someone can help this person find her ancestors. Myra --part0_920767764_boundary Content-ID: <0_920767764@inet_out.mail.inna.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <jcdenby@inna.net> Received: from rly-za02.mail.aol.com (rly-za02.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.98]) by air-za05.mail.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Sat, 06 Mar 1999 16:25:01 -0500 Received: from tuna.inna.net (tuna.inna.net [208.243.107.1]) by rly-za02.mail.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id QAA15945 for <CHAMBERSII@aol.com>; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:24:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from mine (dialup-130-courthouse.inna.net [208.245.110.136]) by tuna.inna.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id QAA18725 for <CHAMBERSII@aol.com>; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:25:03 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <00f701be6818$e3e08ac0$886ef5d0@mine> From: "J. C. Denby" <jcdenby@inna.net> To: <CHAMBERSII@aol.com> Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Fwd: {not a subscriber} James Isham West Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:32:51 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable I am loooking for James West who had a child named Samuel Sampsom. any connection? thanks. theresa -----Original Message----- From: CHAMBERSII@aol.com <CHAMBERSII@aol.com> To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com <WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 6:07 PM Subject: [WEST-L] Fwd: {not a subscriber} James Isham West >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >--part0_920156841_boundary >Content-ID: <0_920156841@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> >Content-type: text/plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII > > > >--part0_920156841_boundary >Content-ID: <0_920156841@inet_out.mail.email.msn.com.2> >Content-type: message/rfc822 >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >Content-disposition: inline > >Return-Path: <WEST-L-request@rootsweb.com> >Received: from rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (rly-zd04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.228= ]) by > air-zd04.mail.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 13:40:59 > -0500 >Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) > by rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > with ESMTP id NAA20846 for <CHAMBERSII@aol.com>; > Sat, 20 Feb 1999 13:40:55 -0500 (EST) >Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA06707 > for owner-WEST@lists.rootsweb.com; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:27:51 -0800 (PST) >Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:27:51 -0800 (PST) >X-From_: TopLawDog@email.msn.com Sat Feb 20 10:27:48 1999 >Received: from bl-3.rootsweb.com (bl-3.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.19]) > by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA06585 > for <WEST-L@bl-14.rootsweb.com>; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:27:47 -0800 (PST) >Received: from smtp.email.msn.com (cpimssmtpu03.email.msn.com [207.46.181.19]) > by bl-3.rootsweb.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA03499 > for <WEST-L@rootsweb.com>; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:33:05 -0800 (PST) >Received: from default - 208.254.191.200 by email.msn.com with Microsoft > SMTPSVC; > Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:40:50 -0800 >Message-ID: <001101be5d01$23d589a0$c8bffed0@default> >From: "C. William West" <TopLawDog@email.msn.com> >To: <WEST-L@rootsweb.com> >Old-Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 11:45:06 -0700 >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} James Isham West >X-Envelope-To: WEST-L >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >I have been searching for ancestors of my great-great grandfather Isham >Wesley West. It appears his father may have been James Isham West. One of my >recent contacts has been with Carol (CABWEBB@aol.com). She told me that y= ou >had some marriage records from North Carolina that included one or more >James Wests. Are those available on a web site? If not, could you please >e-mail the info to me? Thanks for your help. Isham Wesley West was born i= n >1780, either in North Carolina or South Carolina, and came to Indiana in >about 1812. > > > > >--part0_920156841_boundary-- > >______________________________ --part0_920767764_boundary--

#42 John West-51-M-Farmer-1,500-NC Elenor West-40-F-AL Thomas S. West-15-M-Miss.-School William P. West-14-M-Miss.-School Mary L. West-11-F-Miss.-School John West-9-M-Miss.-School Archibald West-7-M-Miss. Ann West-3-F-Miss. Vinson West-1-M-Miss.

I Wonder if this fits into your scheme of the Wests and whether you are aware of the West Charities. I am a potential recipient as my pedigree shows. THE WILL OF THE WEST The grand father of JOHN WEST had a brother called WILLIAM WEST who married DOROTHY and had a son called WILLIAM WEST. He married SUSANNA and had a daughter ANN. She married William Fay and had a daughter ANN. She married CHARLES WILLIS and had a daughter MARY. She married JOSIAH NEWMAN and had a daughter ANN. She married CHARLES BALL and had a son WILLIAM. He married FANNY BENNETT and had a daughter ANNIE. She married WALTER SMITH and had a daughter MARY. She married REGINALD PETERS and had a daughter who is my MOTHER ADMINISTERED BY:- Head Commissioner West Charities Christ Hospital 26 - 29 Great Tower Street LONDON EC3 ENGLAND As to dates Josiah Newman C. 30/9/1792 - Great Bedwyn, Wilts This seems to fit with your dates for John.

Searching for anything on John Wesley West, born in Mississippi, married Louisa. # sons, James Harrelson, William Franklin, and John. Resided in Alabam but supposedly buried in Mississippi. This is my great grand father and I am not having any luck. If any one knows anything I would appreciate it. Thanks B. West Holcomb

ANCESTRY OF THOMAS WEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Chapter 1 The West’s were An Ancient family of Knightly Rank -connected by ties of marriage and descent with royal lineage and other families of peerage, and among the landed gentry of the oldest type throughout the Kingdom. Thomas West of the Family of Lord Delaware, m. Ann Gilpin. >From History of Chester County Futhey & Cope. Sir Thomas de West, the first of whom there is a record, was knighted in 1326. There seems no doubt but he was the ancestor of the English West. However, no genealogical descent has been traced from him down to the West of this sketch. The West’s has lived at Long Crendon since the time of Richard II. They became Quakers in 1667. Col James West, the friend and proselyte of Hampden, was the first West Quakers. Extract from Galt’s A Benjamin West. William West, of Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, England, m. Elizabeth ____?___, died Jan 11, 1696. Elizabeth d. Aug 6 1684. They were Quakers. Both were buried at Meadle. Thomas West, son of William and Elizabeth, m. about 1682 to Ann (or Rachel) Gilpin, daughter of Thomas and Joan Bartholomew Gilpin, of Shillingsford, Oxfordshire. ISSUE OF THOMAS AND ANN (OR RACHEL) GILPIN WEST 1. William West m. Deborah Coppock, daughter of Bartholomew Coppock. After coming to Pennsylvania he first settled in Concord Township, Chester Co., but removed to Springfield as early as 1709. He was a member of the Friends Society. 2. Thomas West, of the parish of Wapping Stepney, County of Middlesex; m. Mary Dean, of Shoreditch, at Devonshire House, London, Oct 19, 1709. He came to Pennsylvania and purchased a small tract of land in Concord in 1712. Most of his family of several children moved to what is now Wilmington, Delaware, about 1732. From Futhey and Cope. 3. A daughter with whom John West lived part time after his return to England. From letter of Benjamin West to Dr. Jonathan Morris June 25, 1769. 4. John West, b. Oct. 28,1690, at Long Crendon, Bucks., England; m. Elizabeth Beisley in 1714 according to Friendly ceremony, at Warborough Monthly Meeting. In 1716 a son Thomas was born (this is the line Clarence Earl West born 1894 follows) and died in 1792.Elizabeth died giving birth to Thomas. In the Friends Register, newspaper and parish church records of Warborough is to be found the death notice of John West. A John West of Philadelphia in the West Indies, Quaker. Extract from A Benjamin Wests Mother, Sarah Pearson and her Family by Albert Cook Myers. Some biographers have suggested that because John West, presumably a Quaker by birthright, come to Pennsylvania without a certificate of transfer, he was not on good standing in the Society in England. Birthright membership was not an established policy of Friends before 1745 or a little later. That John West was a member in good standing is proved by the fact that he was married to Elizabeth Beisley by A Friendly Ceremony in Warborough. It is not unreasonable to believe that he came to Pennsylvania to visit his brothers, and to make a survey of the situation with the idea of bring his family when it was practicable, and to produce his certificate when he was established. the death of his wife evidently changed his plans and he did not return to England until 1764. He remarried Sarah Pearson, daughter of Thomas and Margery Smith Pearson of Marple. She had been a member of Friends, but at the time of her marriage she had been disowned, so that the marriage was not accomplished in the meeting. Whereas Sarah Pearson of Marple in the County of Chester being a child of Believing Parents and educated in the way of Truth as professed by the People called Quakers notwithstanding which Since she attained to the years of understanding for want of keeping to the Leading of Gods Spirit which hath Drawn her into Disobedience to the Leadings of the holy Spirit of Truth which we own and Profess we can do no Less than testify against the said Sarah Pearson and we do hereby for the above said transgression Deny her to be of our Society until she by unfeigned repentance obtain Mercy to Almighty God and by a sober Conversation Recommend herself to his Church and People which that she may we heartily Desire. Signed in Behalf & by appointment of our Monthly Meeting the 24th of 12th month 1717. Henry Miller, Clerk Mary Dell At a monthly Meeting held at Providence Meeting House twelfth month twenty fourth, seventeen hundred seventeen. Our women friends having Drawn A Paper of Denial against Sarah Pearson belonging to Springfield Meeting which John Steadman and Bartholomew Coppock are desired to read to her first and after in Springfield Meeting to be read by Joseph Colby giving a copy if she desire one and return original to our next monthly meeting. At a Monthly Meeting held a Providence first month thirty first seventeen hundred and eighteen. The friends that were Appointed to read the paper of Denial against Sarah Pearson Report that she being absconded it should not be read to her and that it was read in Springfield meeting and it is returned to this meeting. As far as the author has been able to ascertain, none of the children of John and Sarah Pearson West, except William united with the society in 1752. Nothing appears to be known of the activities of John West for four or five years after his arrival in Pennsylvania. His marriage record can not be found, but family documents state that he and Sarah Pearson were m. in 1718. In 1722 he was a resident of Upper Providence in Pennsylvania and owner of a small tract of land in that Township In 1735 he resided in Chester, Probably in the borough. A year of two later, he was taxable in Springfield Township, and then it is to be presumed he occupied the farm and dwelling where his son Benjamin was born; but he did not own this property, and it is not certain that he ever owned land in Chester County except the small tract in Upper Providence. Extract from Smiths History of Delaware County, p.512. On May 29,1773 John West received a license and had taken to farm the house with the appurtenances where James Trego lately dwelt on the Green near the Courthouse in Chester where a house of entertainment hath been for some time and is now kept. August 30,1743 he >Has Rented a Commoudyas and all other the Conveniences there and to belonging for a house of Entertainment on the Road Leading from Darby to Springfield and from thence to Conestoga which is of late much frequented by Dutch Wagons to the number of forty of fifty an day. He was granted a license. The next year he in Newton Township August 28,1744, John West having obtained a license for keeping a public House of Entertainment in the County of Chester for one year, which is now expired, Your Petitioner Craves to be continued in the same Station in the Township (Newton) >From that time until 1748 he continued in that business, but in that year the lease was acquired by other parties. In 1755 he again obtained the lease and kept it until 1758. In 1759 he untied with the Society of Friends. At our Monthly Meeting held at Goshen the 15th 1st month 1759 John West with the approbation of Newtown Meeting made application to come under the care of friends wherefore Richard Jones, Thomas Goodwin are apd to pay him a Visit on the occasion and make report thereof to our next Mo. Meeting. At our Monthly Meeting held at Goshen the 19th 3rd month 1759 One of the friends appointed to visit John West report that he with the other friend appointed have done accordingly and did not apprehend any cause to obstruct his request. Wherefore he is accepted as a Member of this Meeting as his future conversation corresponds with our principles. At a Monthly Meeting held at Goshen on the 7th 10th month 1763. The friends appointed to prepare a Certificate in behalf of John West have done accordingly which was approved and signed directed to Philada. Mo. Meeting. At our Mo. Meeting held the 10th 8th mo 1764" A certificate in behalf of John West having in the 11th mo last been signed by this Meeting directed to phial Mo. Meeting, but the sd Certificate was not produced to Philad Mo. Meeting, but the sd West having chiefly resided in Maryland or the Lower Country most of the time since: the sd Certificate was not produced to Phila Mo. Meeting. And now the sd John West being lately Embarked for London hath sent our Certificate back to this Meetg requesting by his son William another directed to London. Thos. Massey & Francis Yarnall are appointed to make the necessary inquiry concerning him & report. At our Mo. Meeting held at Goshen the 5th 10 mo 1764. The friends appd to prepare a Certificate on behalf of John West have done accordingly which was produced here, approved of & signed, directed as Requested. Data furnished by the Department of Records of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends of Philadelphia and Vicinity. The minute of 9th month 10th, 1764 is convincing of the accuracy of the tradition that John West visited Joseph, his son, and other relatives in Virginia, and took with him one of his bibles which he gave to Joseph’s son John, two years old at the time of his grandfathers visit. He stipulated that it was to be passed on to the John of the family. It is now in the possession of John Arthur West, Cameron, Missouri. Readable inscriptions in the Bible are John West, his Bible, 1752: Isaac West, 1753; and John West, 1779" (Joseph’s son, John) The Bible was printed after 1715, for it bears the Ratification mark of the Prayer From, dated at the Court of St. James, June 13,1715, under King George II. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has another of John West’s Bibles. The one herein illustrated, was probably purchased about the time he contemplated uniting again with Friends. John West sailed for England June 24, 1764, accompanied by Elizabeth Shewell who became the wife of Benjamin West. They made the trip in 28 days. At the marriage of Benjamin West and Elizabeth Shewell, Matthew Pratt states that he acted as father of the bride and gave her away. The marriage was consummated Sept. 2, 1764. After the marriage, Matthew Pratt visited all Mr. West’s relatives; old Mr. West’s sister, then living in Warborough, Oxfordshire, and Mr. West’s family at Reading in Berkshire, who is a very respectable member of the Society of Friends. After his return from England, John West lived most of the time with his son, Thomas, at Reading his sister at Warborough. He died October 5, 1776, and is buried in the friends burying ground at Warborough. John Williamson says at Springfield meeting >Friend West and his wife have blameless reputations. They have had ten children whom they have carefully brought up in the fear of God and the Christian Religion. >From Jackson’s Benjamin West BACK TO WEST GENEALOGY West Site established 1998 by Andrea at WayWard Cats Studio. MYTHOS: HISTORY, GENEALOGY, STORYTELLING | HISTORY | GENEALOGY | STORIES | BIBLIOGRAPHY | LINKS | HOME | Mythos established 17 June 1997 Last updated 15 February 1999 Graphics by Trajectories Studios Contents and Graphics copyright ©1999, Mythos and Trajectories Studios Comments to: rshannon@mail.utexas.edu

Hezekiah West ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- "Perhaps the most famous of all the Cache settlers was Hezekiah West. He was born in 1763 in Frederick County, Maryland. It is said that his father was descended from an English family that included a Colonia governor of Virginia. The family finally settled in South Carolina in 1770. The father, John, died in the American Revolution and soon after, Hezekiah, at the age of 17 years, joined the Continental Army in South Carolina. After his marriage to Priscilla Osborn, he settled in the West Eden Community about 1810-1811. He was instrumental in the early government of Johnson County and became a delegate to the Constitutional Convention at Kaskaskia when Illinois gained its statehood. He thought the area in which he settled was so beautiful and he being a religious man, call the area "Eden." It later became known as West's Eden and eventually West Eden. He purchased land in the area in 1818 upon which he already lived and continued on there until his death, raising a large family and influencing all with his religious convictions as long as he lived and even afterward through his children. His home was on the eighty acre site where Violet McClellan lives, just south of the West Eden Methodist Church." BACK TO WEST GENEALOGY West Site established 1998 by Andrea at WayWard Cats Studio. MYTHOS: HISTORY, GENEALOGY, STORYTELLING | HISTORY | GENEALOGY | STORIES | BIBLIOGRAPHY | LINKS | HOME | Mythos established 17 June 1997 Last updated 15 February 1999 Graphics by Trajectories Studios Contents and Graphics copyright ©1999, Mythos and Trajectories Studios Comments to: rshannon@mail.utexas.edu

I am subscribed to onelist and I thought I would give you this info from it. LETTERS WRITTEN TO JOSEPH S. WEST BY LESLIE C. WEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Red Oak, Ohio April 21th , 1890. Mr. L.C. West In answer to your of the 18th, I write. I suppose from what you say, you belong to our family connection. I am sorry that you did not state to what branch of the family you belong. I will give you what history I have on family. My great grandfather (Thomas) lived in Fairfax County Virginia. His wife’s maiden name was Sarah Trammel. They had six sons. John, William, Hugh, George, Thomas, and Robert and three daughters Nancy, Sally, and Sibba. William settled opposite Marietta, Ohio; Hugh, near Brookville, Indiana; George, near Bethel, Clermont Co.,Ohio; Thomas, remained in Virginia; Robert, the youngest, lived near Centerville, Clinton Co., Ohio. My grandfather (John) settled in this county opposite Maysville, Ky. Near Aberdeen, the noted “Gretna Green” of Ohio. Nancy married Joab Reed and lived in this county; Sally, remained in Virginia, marrying some one whose name I do not know; Sibba never was married. Please answer if you belong to the connection and give me the history of your branch of the family. I have seen George, Hugh, and Robert, also Joab Reed. Robert married Henrietta Fairfax. It is likely, from the best information I have, that the family traces back to Lord De La War, who settled the State of Delaware. Give my kind regards to Mr. J.B. Norton, who was an old pupil of mine and a very bright one. Very sincerely yours Joseph S. West Red Oak, Brown County, Ohio ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Red Oak, Ohio May 25th, 1892 Mr L. C. West Dear Sir: I received you very welcome communication some days since and delayed answering till I could talk with some of the relatives here. I am sorry that I cannot now give you a more satisfactory account of our family. As I wrote you. my great grandfather, Thomas West, lived in Fairfax county, Old Virginia, and I suppose died there. Our great grandmother, Sarah Trammel West, live to come west with her children and make her home with the family of her son, John. there are three of tour of the relatives living here who remember her. An older sister of mine says she was at my father’s home the morning after I was born, being the 8th of December, 1828, at my Aunt Ellen Baynes’. Alfred West, son of George West, of Clermont County, came and got her effects for a sister of his to whom she had bequeathed them. She died at the age of 83. The children of Thomas and Sarah West were ( I don’t know the order of their birth, except that Robert was the youngest), sons Thomas, William, John, Hugh, George, and Robert. The daughters were Nancy, Sally and Sibba. Thomas remained in Virginia, I do not know anything of his family, except that I think his son, George, came west and lived for a time in my grandfather’s family, afterwards married and settled near Williamsburg, Clermont County, where he raised a family of respectable children, one son serving in the Legislature of the State and one being a Methodist preacher of some note, located for a time in Cincinnati. Of William’s family, to which you belong, you have given a very satisfactory account. Hugh settled near Brookville, Indiana/ One of his daughters visited us about 1896, making the trip on horseback. My recollection is her father visited us about the same time. George was married four times and raised 23 or 25 children, living near Bethel, Clermont County. I have seen him several times, his son James was noted as a drinker and fighter. Alfred was a very worthy man. He and others of the removed to the vicinity of Vincennes, Indiana, bought land, which proved to contain coal. from which they realized a competency. I know nothing further of the family, except the youngest. Andrew, left an orphan, lived with relatives of his mother and went to school with me about 1851. He is now, if living , about 50 years old. Robert, the youngest son of Thomas Sr., married Henrietta Fairfax, and settled near Centerville, Clinton County. I visited them about 1846, at which time both were living. He was a very fleshy man (something quite unusual in the family), about 5 feet 8 inches in height, yet weighing over 300 pounds. He had three sons and eight daughters. Harrison married a McFadden; Benson married a Grace; Vincent, died young; Melinda, married I.N. McVay; Kate married C. McVay; Nancy married James Evans; Polly, married Hugh McFadden; Martha married Thomas Babb; Hannah, married E. Edwards; Eliza, married John Morton; Henrietta married Thomas McVay. Quite a number of the family still live I Clinton County Ohio. Sarah West married “well” as I was told, and I suppose remained in Virginia, as I know nothing more of her family. Nancy married Moab Reed, she must have been among the oldest of the family, as her husband was in the Revolutionary War. I use to set at his feet, when a child, and hear him tell anecdotes of the war, and old Virginia, of which he had a bundles store and delighted in nothing so much as to fight his battles over again with delighted listeners, such as we were. He was a brother to your great grandmother. My sister says that one of George West’s wives was also a Reed there was always a vein of waggery running through the Reed stock. While Joab was in the Army, they were short on rations. The home folks cooked a big kettle full of hominy. One of the girls, looking at the hominy, and thinking of the brother in want, said, “I wish Joab had all that hominy in his belly.” The men were in the army and the women had to work in the fields. Two of the Reed girls were grubbing , a man rode up to them and said: “How are you ladies?” One of them, looking up, said: “You certainly must be a ____ fool to think you see ladies’grubbing.” Joab had two sons and four daughters. The sons, Travis and William, spent their lives and left families here. The daughters married, one a man named Tiller, one Booz, one Warren, and the other Lawwill. Joab used to talk much of overseeing at Henderson’s quarters, which, I understood to be in West Virginia. His tongue would get a little thick sometimes and he would say: “ I whipped skin enough off of niggers’ backs to shingle a barn.” And now I come to speak of John’s family. He married Eleanor Edwards in Virginia and 5 or 6 of their children were born there. They removed to Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, about 1796, where my father was born the first day of January, 1797. In 1798, they removed to the Ohio side opposite Maysville, then called Limestone, where he continued to reside until 1808, when he died, leaving my father, then 11 years old, as the main stay of the family. There were four brothers and five sisters. The brothers were William, James, John, and Edward. The sisters were Lizzie, Lettuce, Sarah, Jane, and Ellen. Lizzie married John Middleton. They lived together as husband and wife for 75 years. The last of their life was spent in Champaign County, Ohio. Moving there about 1835. They had six sons, William, James, Thomas, John, Washington, and Edwards. They had five daughters, Lettuce, Eleanor, Susan, Sally and Lizzie. Lettuce married David Hatfield, Ellen married Steven Thompson, Susan married Abraham Thompson, Sally married Hiram Dernald, and Lizza married ____ Perry. Lettuce West married John Brown, their sons were David, William, John, George, James, and Edward. James and Edward settled in Peoria, Illinois. two of George’s sons John and William, are near Mt. Hope, Kansas. The daughters of John and Lettuce West Brown; Milly married ___ Brown; Jane married Joel Martin; and Sarah married Charles Abbot. My Aunt Sarah( daughter of John and Eleanor) married John Wood and settled at Indianapolis. Their sons John and William, are there yet. The daughters were Eleanor, Phebe, Mary, Martha, and Cornelia. Phebe married ___ Daugherty and is still living in Columbus, Ohio. Cornelia married Robert Browning and is still living somewhere in the west. The others are dead. My Aunt Jane (daughter of John and Eleanor) married her cousin, Travis Reed. To them were born sons John, Joab, Edward and Terry; daughters Nancy, Ellen, Sarah, Julia, Lucy, Lizzie, Hannah, Mary and Emily. These all married except Ellen, who remained single and still lives in Shelby County, Indiana, and Lucy who married James Middleswart and lives somewhere in Iowa. My Aunt Ellen (daughter of John and Eleanor) married Samuel Bayne. With them my great grandmother (Sarah Trammel) died. They had two sons, James and John, who both died in Southern Kansas. James in Wichita of heart decease and John at Anthony in and about which they both lift families. Aunt Ellen daughters were Julia, Ellen, Malinda, Nancy, Abby, Mary, and Susan. Julia married William King, Ellen married her cousin George Brown, whose boys are in Mt. Hope Kansas; Malinda married James Wright, who lived near Washington Illinois; Nancy married ___ Thompson, also in Woodford County Illinois. Susan married George Brown whose family live in western Kansas. My Uncle James (son of John and Eleanor) was killed by a horse running away from a plow when he was 9 years old. Uncle William (son of John and Eleanor) married Mary White. Their sons were, John who died here leaving a large family. William B., who you wrote, lives here with quite a large family, and James is a Presbyterian preacher some were in Illinois. Of the daughters, Lucy married James Campbelland still lives at the age of 85 near Marion Indiana. Sarah married John Beasley, and Jane married Harrison Beasley. The Beasley’s were uncles of James Beasley Norton, your friend. Hester, married Nicholus F. Devore, and Helen married Joseph Hamilton. Harrison and wife still live in Marshelltown, Iowa. My Uncle Edwards ( son of John and Eleanor) married Sarah Edwards. ( they were 1st cousins) To them were born, John, George, (married Marry Thorp) Alexander, Russell, and Edwards; daughters were Martha, Susan, Ellen, Amanda, and Letitia. These all married and have families and live mostly here. My father John married Levinah Stewart. They live here and had eight children who lived to be grown. Susan married Harrison Pickerill and moved to Indiana, died young, leaving one daughter, who married I. N. Saunders, and lives somewhere in the west. My sister Ellen married J.W. Pickerill. They are living here. Abigail married W. N. Ramey and is living in Unadillia, Nabraska. Caroline married O. H. Bartholomew and they live in St. Louis. He is pastor in one of the city church. My brother James lives near Washburn, Illinois. William lives near Unafilla, Nebraska. He was a major in the army and served two years in the Legislature of Ohio. My brother died here leaving a family, and last but not least ( I have weighted 325 pounds), I married Susan Dixon and we are the parents of 12 children, 6 sons and 6 daughters. The sons are John William, William Nimon, Thomas Archie, James Henry, and Joseph Stewart, and Oscar Aid. the girls are Lizzie, Louisa, Mary, Levinah, Martha, Ellen, Sarah Wood, and Susan, Of these four are married John W. is practicing in Philadelphia. Wm N. is farming near here, Archie is at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, expecting to graduate this spring. Lizzie married Archie Liggett and he lives on a farm. Levinah married William Smith and is in Ogee County Nebraska. Our family of West, the Reeds, and the Browns have been Democrats, the Reeds, Middletons, and the Browns have been members of the Christian ( Campbellite) church. Uncle Williams (son of John and Eleanor) family are Methodists and Presbyterians. Baynes were United Presbyterians. Robert West and families were Christian ( New Lights). I am afraid you won’t read this. I hope and think you ought to. It won’t be as much trouble to you to read as to me to write it. If you don’t read it, please send it back. I have always of late years taken quite an interest in family history. I suppose from the best information I have the families in Virginia were poor; and it has been with the most of us “root pig or starve” ; and most of the family have chosen to root. I think there is much honesty and a great deal of energy in the blood. If this should interest you, please answer. Yours Truly Joseph S. West I have supposed that Joseph’s statement that Thomas West, one of the brothers, had remained in Virginia, was correct. But in an effort to get into communication with some of George West’s family in Clermont county, Ohio I wrote Samuel A. West ( Major) of Milford of that county, but the fact I gave him did not agree with the history of his family, and he handed my letter to Rev, R. E. Smith a Methodist minister, stationed at Milford at that time, January, 1895. After several litters had passed between us, I became convinced that Thomas West had come west about 1800, and settled at, or Bethel, Clermont county, Ohio. Mr Smiths mother was Sarah West, and Thomas West was his great grandfather. He suggested I write his Uncle William at Ames, Iowa, for additional facts, as to the family, which I did, and received the following letter: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Rock Rapids, Iowa, Mar. 2, 1897 Mr. Leslie C. West, Spring Hill, Kansas Dear Sir: My father has turned your litter over to me to answer. He is not living in Ames at present, but is making his home at this place. I presume you are correct in your conclusion athat your great grandfather and mine were brothers, and that your the great great grandgather was one and the same man Thomas West of Fairfax County Virginia. Rev. R.E. Smith iss a nephew of my father’s, a cousin of mine. My great grandfather was Thomas West and came from near Culpeper, Virginia, to Clermont County, Ohio. He died near Bethel, in that county. His sons were John, James, William, George, and Hugh. Of the daughters I have no definite information, but I believe ;one was Elizabeth, who married a Bennet; andother Hannah, whose name agter marriage was Beck. I believe the entire family lived and died in Clermont county, Ohio. George, my grandfather, married an Elsberry. His children were Agatha, thomas, Elizabeth, Sarah, Nancy, Mary, George, Isaac, William, Enoch and Falvius. Agatha West, the olderst is in her 88th year. She probable could give you more definite information than my father. Thomas died in infancy, Elizabeth married Charles Harry Palmer, is now living in Kansas. Sarah married a Smith; and Rev R. E. Smith is her son. Nancy married Daniel Smith, Mary married Wm L. Kane. George died in infancy. Issac shen 14 years of age. William, my father, maried Harriet Porter and came to Iowa in 1863. Enoch, an M. E. minister, died at Urbana, Ohio, and left a family of two boys and two girls, who still reside thhere. Flavius died at the age od nineteen. I think my father told me that Nancy and Mary still live at Williamsburg. Almost the entire family remained in that vicinity, my father being an exception. Of our immediate family, there are two, Falvius and William, at Ogden, Oowa, Nannie West Breneman and Orella West Fitchpatrick at Ames, Iowa, Clara Manning at Sheldon, Iowa. Harriet West and myself at this place. Possible I have given you a more extended accoount of our branch og the fomily than you desire, but I trust you may be able to get some useful information from it. From the accout you give of athe family, I an convinced that we are cousins thrice removed. My father was much interested in your letter, as was also I. Very truly, Agatha West Ramsey William West Sr., my great grandfather, lived in Fairfax County, Virginia. He married Susana Reed and their children were all born there. They removed to Wood County Virginia, now Pleasant County West Virginia, about 1805. Susana Reed West died about 1823 and William Sr. was drowned in the Ohio river, at the mouth of Bull Creek, in Virginia about 1827. I think their graves are unmarked. He was a cabinet maker, and a “secretary-bureau” he made is now in my possession and prized very highly by me. My information is that he was about 70 years old when he died. I suppose his brother, Hugh, who afterwards settled at Brookville, Ind. came to Wood County, with him, as he lived there for a time, going to Indiana about 1827. William Sr. and Susanna’s children were: Newman, Sally, William, Russell Wilson and Susanna. Newman wasborn January 19,1792. He married Eliza Sharp in Wood County. They moved to Carroll County, Ind. He died April 10,1866. their children were: Susan, Sarah, Charles Russell, John Wilson, Martha Ann, Jane Elizabeth, George Gale and Mary Minerva. Susan married Hiram Berkshire: had no children. Sarah married Felix McLaughlin, had three boys and three girls. William Spencer married Elizabeth Kuns, Archibald Tich married Elizabeth Feather? they had no children. John Wilson married Delilah A. Cronk; they had ten childtrn, three boys and seven girls. Lived in McCain County, Ill. Martha did not marry. Jane married Christian Wood They lived in Texas whin the Civil War came on BACK TO WEST GENEALOGY West Site established 1998 by Andrea at WayWard Cats Studio. MYTHOS: HISTORY, GENEALOGY, STORYTELLING | HISTORY | GENEALOGY | STORIES | BIBLIOGRAPHY | LINKS | HOME | Mythos established 17 June 1997 Last updated 15 February 1999 Graphics by Trajectories Studios Contents and Graphics copyright ©1999, Mythos and Trajectories Studios Comments to: rshannon@mail.utexas.edu

Hi listmembers! Yesterday I obtained from the NC Archives a WEST deeds index to Bladen and Duplin deeds. I will look up for you a WEST given name. If that given name is found, I will send the information to you. Some of the information found will be Deed Book number/letter with page number, date (in Duplin), type of instrument--deed, mortgage, grant, etc., Grantor/Grantee. There are no dates on the Bladen index. If interested, give me a day or two to get the info back to you. Fran

Penny, hi! I am interested in an EVERETT/WEST connection in Baker Co., GA some time from the creation of Baker (1825) to about 1880. If you have any information on any EVERETT/WEST connection during that time frame, will you please contact me either via the group or privately? Thank you. Fran Chinquapin@bigfoot.com permanent mail address -----Original Message----- From: Penny J Everett <pennytx@juno.com> To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com <WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 10:52 AM Subject: [WEST-L] Ken WEST >Sorry to use the mailing list for this forum! > >I have been told there is an individual named Ken WEST, that used to be >on the mailing list, with possible information on the John WEST & Martha >Patsy OVERSTREET family. > >Ken, if you are still on the list PLEASE contact me at: pennytx@juno.com > >If anyone on the list knows a snail-mail address for Ken WEST I would >certainly appreciate you sharing it with me (understand you have to check >with Ken first). > >Thanks SO much for your Help!! > >Penny, TX >John WEST, abt 1775, Ireland>Catherine WEST, abt 1830, MS?>Mary Susannah >LEE, 30 Nov 1869, MS?>Emolyn CAMPBELL, 28 Jan 1902, Wayne Co., MS>Elsie >Virginia HARRISON, 15 Mar 1921, Lauderdale Co., MS>Fredrick Louis >EVERETT, 02 Nov 1944, Lauderdale Co., MS(my Husband) > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > >

Sorry to use the mailing list for this forum! I have been told there is an individual named Ken WEST, that used to be on the mailing list, with possible information on the John WEST & Martha Patsy OVERSTREET family. Ken, if you are still on the list PLEASE contact me at: pennytx@juno.com If anyone on the list knows a snail-mail address for Ken WEST I would certainly appreciate you sharing it with me (understand you have to check with Ken first). Thanks SO much for your Help!! Penny, TX John WEST, abt 1775, Ireland>Catherine WEST, abt 1830, MS?>Mary Susannah LEE, 30 Nov 1869, MS?>Emolyn CAMPBELL, 28 Jan 1902, Wayne Co., MS>Elsie Virginia HARRISON, 15 Mar 1921, Lauderdale Co., MS>Fredrick Louis EVERETT, 02 Nov 1944, Lauderdale Co., MS(my Husband) ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I'm looking for the parents of Jacob West, b. 3 Aug 1823 in Baltimore Co., MD. Moved (with family?) to Franklin Co., PA in abt 1833. Served in both War with Mexico and the Civil War (1st Lt). Married Mary Ann Bryan and raised lots of kids. Died 8 Feb, 1899. Any info about this line of Wests would be appreciated. Also, any other Wests from Baltimore.

Hello, I'm looking for anyone researching or that has info on the following West's: J.T. WEST or Thomas WEST, birth date unknown, but according to his childrens death records he was born in England. m. Rebecca HELMAN, b. Pennsylvania unknown date. I have no information on their deaths. The following are atleast two children that are known of: Bertha M. WEST b. April 17, 1884 in Illinios. m. GEIGER unknown first name. d. Feb. 14, 1948 Marion County, Oregon. Arthur Vernon WEST b. June 28, 1888 Illinois. m. Hazel D. MITCHELL Butte, Montana. Both Arthur and Hazel died from drowning April 25, 1919 Lane County Oregon. They had one son: Arthur Vernon WEST, Jr. b. Nov. 13, 1915 Eugene, Oregon. m. Pearl Etta SHOLEY Butte Montana, 1937. d. June 8, 1947 accidental drowning in Montana. Any info that someone could provide would be much appreciated. Thanks, Jim West westj@televar.com

>From the Shelton Discussion Group Mail. Does anyone know anything about this Jane West Sir Ralph Shelton, son of Sir Ralph Shelton and Mary Wodehouse was born 1560. He died in 1627 0r 1628. He was married to Jane West, daughter of the First de La Warr, William West. Jane was born approximately 1558. Barbee Hodgkins bhodgkin@OregonVOS.net

Anybody searching for Asa F West should check out the following. Adair County Ky. Query Forum A new message, "west family," was posted by brenda venaas on Thu, 25 Feb 1999 It is a response to "Asa F. West," posted by Frank Dickerson on Thu, 08 Oct 1998 <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Adair#Subscribe> Barbee Hodgkins bhodgkin@OregonVOS.net

Hi, Am looking for information on Esther (perhaps Easter West), who may have had a first husband named George Duncan, had a first or second husband named Robert Dowden or Bowden, and lived in Missouri. Family history says that she and her son Hiram (my g.g. grandfather) were originally from Madison County KY. Hiram born 1816, died 1891. Sorry for the sketchy info but any help would be most appreciated. Thanks, Carol B.

This morning I posted a message looking for tips on photographing gravestones. I got many great responses and I want to thank each and everyone who esponded. Since many of the messages were sent to me and not the List I will share all the responses with the List. They all make sense to me and I will try a few until I get the finished product I am looking for. 1. Do it in winter and rub snow across the letters. 2. Try a nice sunny day, early in the morning or later in the afternoon and then try shooting at an angle.. Whatever inscription there is will show up better at those times.. To make a poor inscription clearer, spray with plain water. 3. The cemetery caretaker suggested using colored chalk that will wash away in the rain. It worked well for me. 4. Use large pieces of aluminum foil or white paper to reflect light onto the stone from different angles. 5. Wet the stone with water to darken it. 6. Use a red filter (with black & white film) to increase contrast. 7. Use shaving cream to fill the lettering and scrape off the excess with a plastic putty knife or piece of cardboard. (Be sure to wash it off when you're done.) 8. Get to the cemetery right after sunrise, the dew will have wet the stones, as the dew dries, the face of the stone lightens while the etchings are still wet. 9.The idea of using a mirror is a very good one. However, there are a few things to remember. First, the mirror must be quite large, big enough to reflect off the whole stone. It is best to have a helper with you to hold the mirror. Second, the sun has to be out for this method to work; and, third, the sun must be in the right position to properly reflect off the mirror onto the stone you are photographing. 10. First use a film with variable lighting speeds like a 400. Next always try to have the sun over your right shoulder when taking the picture. Then to bring the tombstone out a bit more in the picture I have used regular white flour brushed softly over the headstone lettering. This will help make the words stand out better but in no way harm the tombstone it self. After you get the shots you want brush lightly as much flour as you can off and mother nature with her wind and rain will take care of the rest with no damage left behind. 11. Rather than a mirror or flour, or anything of that sort, try a 20 x 24 piece of white poster board to reflect the light across the face of the stone. 12. Have you tried outlining the inscriptions with chalk? This is one of the ways people make paper impressions of inscription plaques and so on in Great Britain. If you picked a light colored chalk, brightly orange perhaps? You could trace the inscription and take a picture that might look strange but would probably show the inscription. The chalk will wash off in the rain. 13. Put wax paper on the stone and use a crayon (black preferred) to make what is called a 'rubbing'. You will end up with a black on white or white on black, depending if the inscription is raised or carved, imprint of the stone. Then photo the rubbing and post on web. 14. Try the Resource Room at Chignecto http://www.chignecto.net/cwa/cwa.nsf/menus/resourceroom. OpenDocument, look under Cemeteries, Open the tips document, bottom of that document. 15. All photography is dependant on light and, if you are going to capture the features of any three-dimensional object, you must have shadows. The shadows must be cast by the uneven surfaces of the subject, whether it is a face, a brick wall or a headstone. I would try to develop a standard, all-purpose method to achieve consistent results, regardless of weather and available light. I would begin by setting up an off-camera electronic flash on a tripod and experiment until I find the combination of angle and distance that produces the best results. With an off-camera flash, the distance from the camera to the subject is not a factor in determining exposure. Once you have set the exposure, you will be able to shoot from the most advantageous positions without having to make continual adjustments. If possible, your lens opening and shutter speed should be such that the background trees, sky, etc. have the exposure and focus best suited to your preference. 16. The other thing I do is I videotape if there is a lot of gravestones I am interested in and I read the inscriptions as I go. That way I have a visual record and an audio record in case some stones are not easily read on the videotape. I also have video capture software so I can capture a pic of a particular gravestone from a video if I want and save as a jpeg. 17. I have used Tombstones of Your Ancestor by Louis Schafer by Heritage Books Inc. 156 pages cost $15.00. -- Dale West e-mail: dwest@banet.net Visit the West Family Genealogy web site - http://westfamily.genealogy.org Major Surnames: WEST, HOLLIS, OSBORN, RAYMOND, RIPPY, ROSS

I was at the Indiana State Library and got the following which I hope will be helpful to some. This is on the internet but I could not get it to work when I tried, maybe some have had better luck than I have. It worked great at the Library. Indiana State Library Genealogy Division, Indiana Marriages Through 1850: Eliza WEST married Daniel W. MILLER on 9-5-1850 in Howard County, Indiana. Jacob P. WEST married Mary Ann MCLURE on 8-19-1847 in Howard County, Indiana. John W. WEST married Rebecca J. DIMITT on 9-19-1847 in Howard County, Indiana. The following are all marriages in Marion County, Indiana: Alexander WEST married Temperance SMITH on 7-24-1836. America WEST married John A. SUMMERS on 1-2-1840. Caroline WEST married Tim TANSELL on 6-4-1844. Catharine S. WEST married Alexander HIX on 4-28-1836. Frances WEST married Richard WATTS on 7-15-1830. Henry F. Jr. WEST married Mary F. IRWIN on 9-6-1849. Leonard WEST married Anna BANNEN on 2-5-1829. Margaret Jane WEST married George W. WILSON 10-17-1841. Mary Ann WEST married Henry W. ELLSWORTH on 1-11-1844. Nathaniel WEST married Margaret Jane HARVEY on 2-21-1848. Patsey WEST married Andrew AVERY on 3-11-1828. Perlina WEST married William DEFORD on 9-30-1835. Rebecca Martha C. WEST married Martin BROWN on 5-14-1849. Robert WEST married Hannah HUSTED on 1-19-1837. Sarah D. WEST married Thomas M. MEEKER on 2-12-1845. Thomas G. WEST married Zilphy TORRANCE on 3-3-1825. William F. WEST married Eleanor BELL on 11-3-1842. William Henry WEST married Sarah Agnes SANDERS on 11-15-1836. The following WEST marriages took place in Carroll County, Indiana. Belinda WEST married William Henry BOSE on 6-9-1846. Charles R. WEST married Catharine A. WILLISON on 4-24-1842. Jane E. WEST married Christian K. WOOD on 4-28-1849. John W. WEST married Delila A. CRONK on 1-28-1847. Nimrod WEST married Mary MILLS on 10-8-1833. Sarah WEST married Felix MCLAUGHLIN on 3-6-1838. Susan WEST married Hiram BERKSHIRE on 4-9-1849. William E. WEST married Elizabeth KUNS on 7-4-1844. The following were married in Putnam County, Indiana. Angeline WEST married Edward RANDALL on 12-18-1840. Elijah WEST married Sarah WILLIAMS on 8-23-1844. Emily WEST married William R. DARNALL on 11-6-1844. Frances WEST married Edmond W. LEWIS on 5-11-1841. Jane WEST married Samuel SINCLAIR on 12-23-1840. Lydia WEST married George HOWARD on 11-29-1849. Nancy WEST married William A. SHEPHARD on 12-24-1842. Robert WEST married Naomy DICKS on 2-18-1841. The Montgomery County Indiana marriages of the WESTS were: Benjamin F. WEST married Elizabeth FERGUSON on 9-12-1846. Joseph J. WEST married Huldah DUNKLE on 5-23-1842. Letitia WEST married John LEE on 5-12-1849. Mannervy WEST married Jesse CLINE on 8-14-1834. Nicholas WEST married Rhody H. LONG on 6-19-1844. Samuel WEST married Mary BALDWIN on 4-13-1837. And the WESTS marrying in Hendricks County Indiana were: Elizabeth A. WEST married Nelson TROTTER on 12-6-1849. George S. WEST married Bethany HEDRICKS on 2-18-1836. Hannah WEST married John PEARSON on 11-17-1842. Harriett WEST married John SHANNON on 10-8-1829. John C. WEST married Elizabeth Ann MAHAN on 7-8-1836. Joseph M. WEST married Elizabeth MOBERLY on 4-29-1841. Malinda WEST married William KELLY on 3-12-1832. Mary Ann WEST married William H. BLAKE on 12-17-1849. Nancy WEST married Pleasant H. PARKS on 7-9-1837. Samuel WEST married Margaret STRANGE on 9-3-1847. Sarah Jane WEST married Rinker K. CARTER on 2-1-1835. Sarah Jane WEST married James STEPHENSON on 8-13-1846. William WEST married Eunice ESTES on 7-30-1848. Zilpha WEST married Russel W. SHANNON on 9-27-1831. I know there are some names spelled wrong in here but I have left them as I found them, because you may need to know the wrong way to spell it to find the record. I hope this helps someone. If someone is able to get this type of information for Hawkins County, Tennessee and/or surrounding counties, I would appreciate it very much. Phyllis WEST Parsons from the East Tennessee WESTS.