The West Family Line

James West

As promised, here is the page from the Bible. The Bible's copy-write date is 1850 so we are now thinking that the information was transferred by a daughter later.

West Family Bible

James died without a will in 1806. Included in his estate sale were 9 books.

Sarah's widow's portion was: 

• 9 barrels of corn
• 25 barrels of brown sugar
• 8 lbs. of coffee
• 100 lbs of bacon
• 100 lbs of pork
• 1 bushel of salt
• 1 mare about 4 years old

James West's estate sale was held on 26 May 1806.

A few of the sold items are listed below.

Sarah purchased the following items:

• 1 book and a pair of flat irons
• 3 pewter dishes and 1 basin and spoon
• 1 flax wheat and 1 barrel
• 1 coffee mill and 1 coffee pot
• 1 chest and 1 ? of furniture
• 1 sow

Son Peter purchased the following items:

• 1 ax sythe blade
• saw
• rifle
• 2 raw cowhides
• 3 shears
• 1 saddle
• 3 books
• 1 chest
• 1 bay mare

Son Abraham purchased

• 2 books
• 1 bay horse
• 2 ducks

During his life in Granville James purchased 5 tracts of land that equaled 624 acres. This land is listed as being on Ruin Creek and Mountain Creek. The earliest purchase was in January of 1785.

This date seems to go with that first record of James in Granville.

Another family story is that James was from Wales. Several descendants have researched this and have concluded that James was probably from the area of Manorowen in Wales. However no proof has been discovered as yet. 

Searching on Find My Past I found a possible 117 entries for a baptismal for James West but none were in Wales. This is an example of a James West in Middlesex where he was transported from. I have no idea if this is James but thought you might like to see an example of the parish records for that time. 

Next post will be about James and Sarah's children and the records found for them.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time have fun climbing your family tree!

Pattie