Fallen Graver, Trish Holaway wrote:
Edward West (my 4th Great Grandfather) married Elizabeth Humphreys 25 December 1792.
father of nine:
Elizabeth "Betsy" West (married Looney) (my 3rd Great Grandmother)
Richard Humphreys West
Joseph West
Humphreys West
Edward West III
Samuel Hamilton West
Anna West
Robert Gentry West
Mark West
* * * * * * *
My fourth Great Grandfather
[SMG]
WILL of EDWARD WEST ~~~~ April 2, 1842
Children: Thomas, Richard, Samuel, West dec'd. heirs, Edmund Humphreys, Ann Clark, Mark, Elizabeth Looney, Jentsey [Robert's middle name?], and Joseph West. All real and personal estate to be divided among the above named. I have heretofore emancipated several slaves. Now my colored man, Airy, is to get: a horse, $50 cash, plow, hoe, straw beds in kitchen, five acre entry on the ridge adjoining Joseph West and James Jones. Purchase land for freed slaves in state of Ohio.
Executors: Edward [Edmund?] West,
John Humphreys.
Wit.: Wm Slemons, Robert McKee,
A E Jackson.
signed: Edward West
"Washington Co Tennessee Wills 1777-1872"
Edward West (my 4th Great Grandfather) married Elizabeth Humphreys 25 December 1792.
father of nine:
Elizabeth "Betsy" West (married Looney) (my 3rd Great Grandmother)
Richard Humphreys West
Joseph West
Humphreys West
Edward West III
Samuel Hamilton West
Anna West
Robert Gentry West
Mark West
* * * * * * *
My fourth Great Grandfather
[SMG]
WILL of EDWARD WEST ~~~~ April 2, 1842
Children: Thomas, Richard, Samuel, West dec'd. heirs, Edmund Humphreys, Ann Clark, Mark, Elizabeth Looney, Jentsey [Robert's middle name?], and Joseph West. All real and personal estate to be divided among the above named. I have heretofore emancipated several slaves. Now my colored man, Airy, is to get: a horse, $50 cash, plow, hoe, straw beds in kitchen, five acre entry on the ridge adjoining Joseph West and James Jones. Purchase land for freed slaves in state of Ohio.
Executors: Edward [Edmund?] West,
John Humphreys.
Wit.: Wm Slemons, Robert McKee,
A E Jackson.
signed: Edward West
"Washington Co Tennessee Wills 1777-1872"
Fallen Graver, Trish Holaway wrote:
Edward West (my 4th Great Grandfather) married Elizabeth Humphreys 25 December 1792.
father of nine:
Elizabeth "Betsy" West (married Looney) (my 3rd Great Grandmother)
Richard Humphreys West
Joseph West
Humphreys West
Edward West III
Samuel Hamilton West
Anna West
Robert Gentry West
Mark West
* * * * * * *
My fourth Great Grandfather
[SMG]
WILL of EDWARD WEST ~~~~ April 2, 1842
Children: Thomas, Richard, Samuel, West dec'd. heirs, Edmund Humphreys, Ann Clark, Mark, Elizabeth Looney, Jentsey [Robert's middle name?], and Joseph West. All real and personal estate to be divided among the above named. I have heretofore emancipated several slaves. Now my colored man, Airy, is to get: a horse, $50 cash, plow, hoe, straw beds in kitchen, five acre entry on the ridge adjoining Joseph West and James Jones. Purchase land for freed slaves in state of Ohio.
Executors: Edward [Edmund?] West,
John Humphreys.
Wit.: Wm Slemons, Robert McKee,
A E Jackson.
signed: Edward West
"Washington Co Tennessee Wills 1777-1872"
Edward West (my 4th Great Grandfather) married Elizabeth Humphreys 25 December 1792.
father of nine:
Elizabeth "Betsy" West (married Looney) (my 3rd Great Grandmother)
Richard Humphreys West
Joseph West
Humphreys West
Edward West III
Samuel Hamilton West
Anna West
Robert Gentry West
Mark West
* * * * * * *
My fourth Great Grandfather
[SMG]
WILL of EDWARD WEST ~~~~ April 2, 1842
Children: Thomas, Richard, Samuel, West dec'd. heirs, Edmund Humphreys, Ann Clark, Mark, Elizabeth Looney, Jentsey [Robert's middle name?], and Joseph West. All real and personal estate to be divided among the above named. I have heretofore emancipated several slaves. Now my colored man, Airy, is to get: a horse, $50 cash, plow, hoe, straw beds in kitchen, five acre entry on the ridge adjoining Joseph West and James Jones. Purchase land for freed slaves in state of Ohio.
Executors: Edward [Edmund?] West,
John Humphreys.
Wit.: Wm Slemons, Robert McKee,
A E Jackson.
signed: Edward West
"Washington Co Tennessee Wills 1777-1872"
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER WHO BROUGHT HIS FAMILY TO TENNESSEE FROM VIRGINIA IN 1778
THOMAS WEST DIED JAN 1796 * HIS WIFE * RACHEL DIED APR 1814 * THEIR SON, EDWARD WEST 29 OCT 1766 - 8 APR 1849 * HIS WIVES * LYDIA DIED 1792 * ELIZABETH 5 AUG 1774 - 23 AUG 1839
ERECTED BY HIS DESCENDANTS 1968
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