Fran, Good point. My Grandmother's middle name was Belle - her maiden name was West. Her mother's maiden name was Webb...so doesn't work at least for my Jessie Belle - Fabel ----- Original Message ----- From: " Frederick Powell Sr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 3:45 AM Subject: Re: [WEST-L] West Genealogy > Joan Taylor at [email protected] writes: > My Thomas was born in Jasper County, GA on December 2, 1823. He died > February 21, 1905 in Somervell County TX. > > I have never followed the WEST line of Jasper Co., GA, but suspect there is > a NC connection due to the marriage of John WEST to Nancy TEDDER/AR. Both > families had roots in NC. Nor do I know the siblings/children of the John > WEST of Jasper Co., GA, but this possibly is a lead for you to follow if you > wish. Bob DAVIS has done a book on Jasper Co., GA and likely some of these > families will be found in the book. > > Regarding the given name of Jessie Bell: is BELL the person's maiden name? > I ask because in the deep south in days gone by, a popular given name for > some folks was Jessiebell, Marybell, Lulubell, etc. > > There were also a number of BELL families in south GA who had migrated from > parts of NC. > > Best regards in your searches. > > Fran [email protected] > > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send a post to <[email protected]> > Type UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > For Digest substitute the letter D for the L in the address. > >