UNSUBSCRIBE On Tue, 30 May 2006 05:24:23 -0700 (PDT) Teresa <mstree_2u@yahoo.com> writes: > Thanks to all who replied to my original message regarding West's in > Madison County, KY on the 1792 tax list. > > The individual I am seeking family for is Samuel West, born circa > 1773-75, probably VA. He married Lydia White (Whiteside?) in Clark > County, KY in 1796. They had a large family of 13 children all born > in counties of Madison, Montgomery and lastly Estill County, KY. > Samuel is on the 1810, 1820 & 1830 census in Estill County. Early > 1830's he and many of his children moved to Indiana. His son Willis > had preceded him. Samuel settled in Montgomery County and some of > his children in neighboring, Boone, Hendricks & Putnam County, also. > Several of his children and their families remained in Estill > County, KY. > > Samuel died circa 1845 in Montgomery County, Indiana. The only > sources I've been able to use up to this point to determine Samuel's > birth place have been the census enumerations of his surviving > children who all gave VA as the birth place for their father, and > various written biographies, family notes, etc., all stating he was > born in VA. > I've been researching the descendants of this family for quite > some time, and just now would like to tackle finding Samuel's > family. I've never located anyone who has conclusively connected him > to a particular West family or identified parents, who I estimate > would be born circa 1750, give or take. > > I've seen mention that some believe he is linked to the Bladen > County, NC West's, but I haven't found anything proving that. Many > GEDCOM's list a Willis West as his father, but I've never found > anyone with a source for that relationship, either, and have no idea > where the original information came from so I can't prove or > disprove that. > > I've tried to educate myself on the early days of Kentucky and the > rapidly changing county lines of that time. I've decided this Samuel > may or may not have moved much during those years, or at all, but > the counties and even the state of Kentucky may have evolved around > him, considering much of that area was actually Virginia originally. > I've found these graphical, animated maps of the county formations > excellent to visualize the counties as they formed or changed in KY > and VA: > > Map of Kentucky > http://www.mykentuckygenealogy.com/ky_maps/ky_cf.htm > > Map of Virginia > http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_maps/va_cf.htm > > I've also been scanning the West-L archives and others reading > prior discussions regarding West's that may have been in the same > general areas of KY and formally VA hoping to find some leads. I'm > not quoting verbatim, so excuse me for not crediting the original > poster, but some of these posts have mentioned: > > > Someone posted to the West List (I believe?) a few years ago, > that the family of Samuel West that was in Estill County is linked > to the West's that were in Sussex County, Delaware to VA and then to > KY. Does anyone have more information on this? > > > It was mentioned by another poster that one way to sort out the > two Samuel West's in Madison County was to read John West's will. It > was stated, "His branch of the West family moved north to Indiana I > think." Does anyone know who this John West was and what his will > says? > So, I don't have much to go on, but always hoping someone might > have a lead or see a conncection for this Samuel West who was born > circa 1773-75, in probably VA and then found in the Clark, Madison, > Montgomery, Estill Counties of KY by 1796 - 1830. Any suggestions > appreciated. > > Teresa > > > --------------------------------- > Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. > Just radically better. > > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send a post to <WEST-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Type UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > For Digest substitute the letter D for the L in the address. > > >