-----Original Message----- From: Carolcathy@aol.com <Carolcathy@aol.com> To: lhodge1@nycap.rr.com <lhodge1@nycap.rr.com> Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 9:23 PM Subject: James C. West/Benjamin West >I am curious about your Benjamin West who was b. 1900 in NC, but was a sheriff >in Wayne County, Mississippi. That is unusual. Most of the Wayne County MS >Wests were "in place" in the county or gone to Texas before the end of the >19th century. > >None of the descendants (that I have) of James C. were named Benjamin. Do you >have any other info about him? I have lots of info about Wayne County Wests. > >Carol West > >Here are the children of James C. West. > >Descendants of James C. West > > 1 James C. WEST b: March 22, 1809 in South Carolina d: October 08, 1898 in >Wayne County, MS >. +Jane BELL m: Abt. 1834 b: March 26, 1818 in Georgia or South Carolina d: >May 11, 1896 in Wayne County, MS >........ 2 Sarah or Clara L. WEST b: February 10, 1836 in Georgia >............ +__________ WILLIAMS >........ 2 James D. WEST b: May 26, 1841 in Alabama d: in buried in New >Hope Cem., Wayne County MS >............ +Mary E. m: 1864 b: January 1841 d: May 1912 in buried in New >Hope Cem., Wayne County MS >........ 2 Synthia WEST b: November 08, 1844 in Alabama? d: June 16, 1907 >in Buried in Yellow Creek Cemetery, Wayne County, MS >............ +Frank ARNOLD >........ 2 John I. WEST b: May 27, 1848 in Walton County (?) FL d: April >03, 1912 in buried in Yellow Creek Cemetery, Wayne County, MS >............ +Nancy DAVIS m: 1870 b: November 06, 1851 in Wayne County, MS d: >April 09, 1909 in buried in Yellow Creek Cemetery, Wayne County, MS >........ 2 Samuel E. WEST b: March 16, 1851 in Florida (most likely) >............ +Annie Amanda BOUTWELL m: 1869 b: 1850 >........ 2 William C. WEST b: August 26, 1855 in FL? d: August 07, 1940 in >Buried in West Shady Grove Cemetery, Wayne County, MS >............ +Nancy OVERSTREET b: May 05, 1847 in MS d: December 25, 1942 in >Richton, MS; buried in West Shady Grove Cemetery, Wayne County, MS >