Bladen County NcArchives Biographies.....Families, West ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Fran Powell westhistorian@yahoo.com February 10, 2009, 11:29 am Author: Fran Powell Bible and Family Records of Bladen County North Carolina Volume 1 January 1982 Wanda Suggs Campbell West Family Bible Published by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., Philadelphia, 1852. In the possession of Mrs. Bonnie West Parker of Bladen County. Zeroxed copy contributed to the Bladen County Historical Society. Marriages John West to Mary McBryde on Feb. 16, 1821 Nicholson West to Molsey Harvey on March 27, 1852 Duncan C. Shaw to Sarah A. West on Aug. 30, 1854 Daniel S. Tatum to Margaret C. West on Nov. 22, 1854 William H. Luck to Mary E. West on May 8, 1856 James W. West to T. A. Peterson on Jan. 21, 1858 William W. West to Susan Tatom on Feb. 9, 1882 Births T. A. Peterson, daughter of Stephen and Mary Ann Peterson was born on May 10, 1832 William Worth West was born Nov. 3, 1858 Leona Jane West was born Jan. 22, 1861 Mary West was born Dec. 29, 1863 John P. West was born June 18, 1866 James Walter West was born June 26, 1868 Luiza West was born Feb. 19, 1871 Maggie B. A. West was born Sept. 26, 1872 Haywood Nicholson West was born April 7, 1876 John West, son of William West and Hannah, his wife, was born on Aug. 19, 1798 Mary West, wife of John West was born April 17, 1792 Nicholson West, son of John and Mary West was born Feb. 9, 1822 Hannah Jane West was born Oct. 17, 1823 Margaret C. West was born May 9, 1826 James W. West was born Feb. 20, 1830 Sarah Ann West was born Dec. 2, 1832 Mary E. West was born July 20, 1835 Jasper West, son of J.P. and Lyda West was born Mar. 16, 1898 Howard West was born May 1, 1901 DEATHS Hannah Jane West died Nov. 7, 1846 Mrs. Mary E. Luck died March w1, 1859 Mary West, wife of John West, died Oct. 26, 1862 John West died Sept. 20, 1865 Luiza A. West died Sept. 10, 1886 J.W. West died June 9, 1892 Howard West, son of J.P. and Lyda West died May 23, 1904 John P. West died Oct. 29, 1960 Mattie K. West died Dec. 4, 1959 Cemeteries of Bladen County North Carolina Volume IV Northeastern Bladen July 1999 21. Shaw Family Cemetery, a.k.a. McBryde-West Cemetery Location: From the Ammon intersection, go SE on SR 1002 to SR 1505, then turn S onto this road. On the E side of SR 1505,look for dirt road leading to the cemetery which can be located by spotting the large cedar tree beside an open field, only 1/10 of a mile from SR 1505. Recorded by Nash A. Odom, Feb.17, 1971; visited by committee members on Jan. 24, 1985, with Frank Harrelson as guide. Arthur G. Shaw, June 24, 1906 - Sept. 8, 1907 Malcom C. Shaw, Aug. 3, 1873 - March 24, 1958, age 83 yrs 7 mos 21 days Mary Eliza Shaw, wife of Malcom C. Shaw, July 19, 1874 - Apr. 5, 1915 Additional information from Wanda Suggs Campbell: John West has a large wooden marker with cedar tree at head of grave. He married Mary McBryde who is also buried here. From Bible and Family Records of Bladen County, North Carolina, Volume 1, pp. 22 & 23, is found a record of the West family, with the information that John West was born Aug. 19, 1798, died Sept. 20, 1865, married Mary McBryde on Feb 16, 1821. Mary McBryde was born April 17, 1792, died Oct. 26, 1862. Vital Records of Bladen County North Carolina 1753-1915 1995 Charles F. McKee October 26, 1862 - Died in Bladen Co., Mrs. Mary West, consort of John West, in the 71st year of her age. Additional records searched at the NC Archives: Bladen County Original Records a. Title: Marriage records, 1868-1961; b. Stray record and stock marks, 1873-1931 c. Marriages 1892-1961 Film 262503 Items 1-5 d. Bladen County Wills: surname and cross-reference. FIND NANCY'S REPORT In Bladen Stray record & stock marks, there were no stock mark records for WEST. Here is the one reference for Stray: Strays Reported to Office of Ranger of Bladen County p. 385 11 May 1895 Reporting: J.B. West, Elizabethtown Township; Appraisers appointed: B.A. Downing, W.J. McDuffie ESTATES RECORDS Bladen Index to Final Accounts: Executors, Administrators, and Guardians, 1869-1968, 1 reel C.011.50020 Mostly after 1900. Earliest West is J.O. West 1919. RECORD OF ACCOUNTS Vols. 1-2 1868-1917, 1 reel CR.011.50001 Volume 1 1868-1885 Volume 2 1892-1917 Inventory of W.W. West, Guardian of Minnie C. West 20 Nov 1903 page 340 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Index to Special Proceedings, Plaintiff, 1868-1968, 1 reel C.011.90015 no West Index to Special Proceedings, Defendant, 1868-1968 C.011.90016 West Lumber Company 2-74 Special Proceedings Docket, 2-597 Civil Issue Docket, 3-43 Civil Issue Docket File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bladen/bios/families14bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb