I am tracing ancestors and descendants of: William West Sr. of Loudon Co., Virginia, died 1769 whose children are said to be: 1. Charles West 2. Ann West married Mr. Peyton 3. Littleberry West 4. Cato West, born ca. 1765, died in Jefferson Co., Mississippi. He served as Secretary and Acting Governor of Mississippi from Dec. 18O3 to May 18O5. 5. John West, born ca. 1767 in Virginia. Lived 183O in St. Helena, Louisiana. 6. Nathaniel West born ca. 1770, married Viny Sellers on 12 April 1792. 7. Edmund West, born ca. 1773. Lived in 182O in Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. He married Susan Chapman on 12 Feb. 1815, in Wilkerson County, Mississippi. 8. Keziah West 9. Thomas West, born ca. 1776, died 18O8, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Married Susanna "Nancy" Faulk (also spelled Folk and Farque). SEE BELOW 10. James West born ca. 1778, died 11 Sept. 1829, married Hannah. 11. William West, Jr., born ca. 178O, settled in Natchez District, Spanish Louisiana, married Mary Howard? Thomas West of Avoyelles Parish Louisiana died in 18O8. He had at least 4 children: 1. John West, born Sept. 26, 1798. Baptized at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, Mansura, Louisiana. 2. Richard West, born July 31, 18O2. Baptized at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, Mansura, Louisiana. SEE BELOW 3 Thomas West, baptized on Sept. 5, 18O6, at age of nine months at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, Mansura, Louisiana 4. Caroline West married 7 April 1818 George Laughlin, son of Thomas Laughlin and Catherine Foreman. Marriage Records, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, package B, number 5. Richard West married (1) Ann Foreman married (2) on 22 June 1824, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, to Sarah "Sally" Lyons married (3)on 3O May 1854, Chambers County, Texas Children of Richard West: (one child by first marriage) 1. Ezimily West married Alexander Ledoux (fourteen children by second marriage) 1. Abel J. West married Azama Ledoux 2. Ralph West married Eulvia Faulk (or Folk/Farque) 3. Elizabeth West married (1) Joseph Arthur Gibson and (2) David French 4. Michael West married Amanda Lavinia Cryer 5. Amelia West married William Perry 6. Thomas Howard West (twin) married Sophia Hughes 7. John Jefferson West (twin) married Zealia Guidry 8. Richard Lyons West married Ellen Harriett Moss 9. Mary Annie West married Alfred Moss (brother of Ellen) 10. Benjamin Franklin "Frank" West married Margaret "Maggie" Fox 11. Andrew Jackson West married Mary Azama Cormier 12. Martha West 13. Nancy West 14. Solomon West married (1) Clara Ophelia Moss (cousin of Ellen) and (2) Susan McRae (third marriage) no children Richard Lyons West is my great-great-great-grandfather. This West family were among the first settlers of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. I am tracing all descendants. Richard D. Culbertson, Attorney 6428 Arthur Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76134