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United States Census, 1830 Balus West
m<5 m10-15 m30-40 f5-10 f20-30 f70-80 Alexander Balus West probably the male under 5.
United States Census, 1840 Bailus West
m<5 m5-10 m10-15 m20-30 m40-50 2f<5 f5-10 f15-20 f30-40 f80-90 Alexander Balus probably the male in the 10-15 age category.
United States Census, 1850
Name: Alec West Event Place: Wilkes county, Wilkes, North Carolina Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1828 Birthplace: North Carolina House Number: 1926
Role Sex Age Birthplace
Balus West Male 53 South Carolina = John Balus
Mary West Female 50 North Carolina
Alec West Male 22 North Carolina = Alexander Balus
Wm West Male 19 North Carolina
Malinda West Female 18 North Carolina
Mary West Female 12 North Carolina
John West Male 10 North Carolina
Lucy West Female 7 North Carolina
North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979
Name Alexander B. West Spouse's Name Nancy Land Event Date 04 Feb 1851 Event Place Wilkes, North Carolina
United States Census, 1860
Name A B West Event Place The Upper Division, Wilkes, North Carolina Age 33 Birth Year (Estimated) 1827 Birthplace North Carolina Page 5
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number M653
HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE
A B West M 33 North Carolina farmer NC illiterate
Nancy West F 29 North Carolina NC
Susan Walker F 19 North Carolina domestic NC
Thomas H West M 1 North Carolina NC
Hamilton Barnet M 13 North Carolina domestic NC
findagrave
Alexander Balus West BIRTH 1828 Wilkes County, North Carolina DEATH 19 Sep 1864 (aged 35-36) Frederick County, Virginia BURIAL Banner Elk Cemetery Banner Elk, Avery County, North Carolina MEMORIAL ID 178426427
Parents John Balus West 1798-1871 Mary Ann Swanson West 1798 - unknown
Spouse Nancy Land West 1830-1903 (m. 1851)
Siblings
Franklin W. West 1818-1897
Margaret West Hendrix 1821-1895
Mary Anne West Barnett 1837-1917
John Witherspoon West 1840-1915
Children
Thomas Harvey West 1858-1949
Alexander Balus WEST died in the Third Battle of Winchester.
Third Winchester was the bloodiest battle of the Shenandoah Valley, resulting in more casualties than the entire 1862 Valley campaign. By the end of October, 1864, Sheridan had brought the Valley firmly under Union control.
The Third Battle of Winchester is known as the Battle of Opequon. Opequon is an unincorporated community along Opequon Creek in Frederick County, Virginia. It is located on Cedar Creek Grade (VA 622) at Miller Road (VA 620) and is also known as Kernstown, Virginia. The battle, which was fought on September 19, 1864, was the bloodiest battle ever fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
Gravesite Details: Alexander in NOT buried in this cemetery. He is probably in a mass grave in Frederick Co., Virginia.
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Alexander B. West (born about 1828) married (1851) Nancy Land of Stony Fork; he was a licensed Baptist preacher (i.e., a lay preacher). On 28 Feb 1862 he enlisted in Company K, 53rd North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States Army; was subsequently promoted to Corporal, was wounded at Gettysburg (3 July 1983) , and killed 19 September 1864. The captains of this company were both men from the Wests' home neighborhood - William J. Miler, killed at Gettysburg, & Jesse F. Eller, killed in civil war.
Geneanet Community Trees Index
Name Alexander Baylis West Birth Date 1828 Birth Place Wilkes County, North Carolina Death Date 19 sept. 1864 Death Place Winchester, Frederick (Winchester), Virginia Father John Baylis West Mother Mary Swanson
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1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Jno West [John West] Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Burke, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 5
Contributed IGI
John West birth: 1760 , Orange, Nc death: 1800 father: Alexander West I
no doc evidence for birth, marriage or death or children's names
Geneanet Community Trees Index
Name John West Birth Date 1760 Birth Place Orange, British Colonial America, North Carolina Marriage Date 1796 Marriage Place South Carolina, South Carolina Death Date 1800 Death Place Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Father Alexander West
Spouse Margaret Peggy Witherspoon
Child
Melinda West
Henry West
John Balus West
Lavinia West
Charlotte note
Early land and tax records indicate that there were fathers and sons named John West in Orange and Wilkes Counties. Sometime between 1752-1768, John West, Sr. sold and deeded land in Orange Co, NC, to John West, Jr. and Alexander West. Tax records show that Alexander West was in Orange Co, NC, in 1755; in 1775, he was Surry Co, NC; and by 1775-1782 he was on Glady Branch in Wilkes Co, NC. The changes in county boundaries may account for the name changes of the locations; i.e. Wilkes was created from Surry in 1777.
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dob - cannot have been a minor in 1753 when he served as a juror theresfore dob about 1730 or earlier. Would have married unusually young to become a father in 1750.
dob might be 1726 see Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 South Carolina entry = West Alexander 74
no evidence of his marriage or children but marriage was about 1750 if dob of first child is correct
see pos Media attachments BUT both relate to South Carolina
From Wests of DelMarVa Ann Guthrie
Court Records: Jury Duty - Orange County Court Minutes 1752-1761 Book 1
15 June 1753 • Orange, North Carolina, USA Alexander West and John West Junr among assigned jurors
Court Records: Jury Duty - Orange County Court Minutes 1752-1761 Book 1
18 June 1753 • Orange, North Carolina, USA Alexander West assigned as a juror in the case of the King vs Robert Patterson & wife
1755 Tax Records - Orange, North Carolina, USA John West Jr., John West Sr., Solomon West, Alexander West, Hezekiah Collins
Court Records Orange County Court Minutes 1762-1766 Book II
August 1764 • Orange, North Carolina, USA Ordered that Alexander West (& others) lay out a road from Hars Road to haw River Mill.
Property (Purchase) - Orange County Records Volume II
21 July 1755 • Orange, North Carolina, USA John West Senr of Orange, planter, to Alexander West, of same, planter, 10 pounds, 100 acres on N side of Stoney Creek, part of a tract of 550 a belonging to said John West...to include the plantation whereon said Alexander West now lives.
27/10/1778 Land Grant in Burke, NC Entered. Issued in 6 Dec 1799
1790 United States Federal Census
Name Alex West Senior Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Burke, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 2
Free White Persons - Females 6
Number of Household Members 9
COPIED TO ENTRY FOR NORMAN
1790:Revised Edition of Burke, The History of a North Carolina County/Pg. 393/Appendix D: Alphabetical Compilation of Heads of Families of Census of 1790, Burke County [numbers in parentheses indicate militia district]:
Alexander West, Sr. & Jr. (8), John West (11), William West (13),
Norman West June 16 @ 5:51am
Charlotte, My direct ancestor, Isaac West had at least three brothers named Solomon, John, and Alexander. Their father, John West, gave Solomon, John and Alexander 100 acres each in 1755 along Stoney and Toms Creek in Orange County, North Carolina. He also gave 100 acres to his two daughters in the name of their husbands. Isaac was too young to receive land in 1755. We think Isaac was born about 1745 so older brothers, Alexander, John and Solomon would have arrived on earth earlier. Alexander had three sons named Solomon, John and Alexander Jr. also. Does any of this fit your Alexander?
Charlotte West June 19 @ 5:14am
Norman, Thanks so much. That's good news for me. That's my family--Alexander West, John West, Jr./Margaret "Peggy" Witherspoon, John Balus West/Mary Ann Swanson, Alexander Balus West/Nancy Land, Thomas Harvey West/America McNeil, William Charles West, Sr./Ada Beatrice McQueen, and then my father, William Charles West, Jr. Your research is almost exactly like mine. I've found John West, Sr, who married Mary Madden giving land to Alexander and John, Jr. in Wilkes County, NC which was likely the same place but in Surry before Wilkes was created. I have believed for quite some time that my Alexander was the brother of Solomon, John Jr., and Isaac. All of these pieces fit together. My problem is finding a male West in my family to take the Y-DNA test. Our line of males is diminishing. My sister has a match with a man who descends from John West and his 2nd spouse, Eleanor Massey. My sister and I both match a male West who descends from a John West, b c1732 in Tryon, NC.
In her book Mrs. Allie Everhart-Miller indicated that Edy’s father was Alexander West, Jr. She also stated that his father, Alexander West, Sr., was thought to have come from North Carolina.
see text below
pg 170 Everhart-Miller and Allied Families
Alexander West Jr. is the son of Alexander West, Sr.. whom we believe came from NC originally; he lived on Richland Creek near Town of Greenville and near the forks of the Spartanburns and Laurens roads. No will. Wrote Probate Judge at Laurens and he says no Alex West on record there. He had five children as follows:
1. Edith (Edy or Eda). married Archie Fowler. She died July 19, 1855.
2. Phoebe (died Sept. 3. 1868, married Isaac Green July 8 1790. He was born 1762, died Feb. 6, 1831
3. Polly, married Joe Bates.
4. Isaac.
5. William, settled in Tenn. on Hiawassee River.
Above dates furnished by Virginia Miller Price of Greenville. S. C. and a member of the family, who is making every effort to keep exact records; she has furnished me a great deal of data. Alexander West's Rev. War record has not been proven, but we feel sure he served
alt IGI entry Pedigree Resource File
Alexander /West/ birth: 1730 Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, United States death: 1774 Georgia father: John /West/ mother: Florence /Haskell/
