Bluford
West
Born in Cherokee nation,Tennessee
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob West
and Sarah (Harlan) West
Brother of
John W West, Ezekiel West, Eliza (West) Markham, George West, Rosanna (West) Rogers and Ellis West
Husband of
Nancy (Alberty) Markham
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Died
at age 37
in Washington, District of Columbia
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Aug 2016
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Biography
Bluford was Cherokee.
Bluford West was born January 13, 1808 in the Cherokee Nation, [1] the son of Sarah Harlan, a Cherokee, (granddaughter of Nancy Ward), and Jacob West, a white man. He married Nancy Alberty about 1829 [2] and shortly afterwards the family emigrated to Indian Territory and settled in the Saline District. They had no children. He served as a Councilor and a judge. Bluford died in Washington, D.C. on April 2, 1845 [3] and is buried in Congressional Cemetery. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Tombstone inscription, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., transcript in the Newsletter of the Association of the Descendants of Nancy Ward, Vol. 5, No. 1, Feb.,1998
- ↑ Baker, Jack D. transcriber. Cherokee Emigration Rolls 1817-1835. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1977. Original Records: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1793-1999. p. 22
- ↑ Hampton, David K. and Baker, Jack D., eds. Old Cherokee Families Notes of Dr. Emmet Starr. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1987. Vol. 1, p. 206. Note E294
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 February 2019), memorial page for Judge Bluford West (13 Jan 1808–2 Apr 1845), Find A Grave Memorial no. 9452318, citing Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bluford by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bluford by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Allene (Gay) Kearney
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup C1c, FTDNA kit #115669
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~1.56%
Keith Shoemake :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Yd6822464 [compare], Ancestry member Kwshoe
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~0.78%
Charlie Rogers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A929259 [compare], Ancestry member Kandiaple
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~0.78%
Joe B. Parks :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T248947 [compare]
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~0.39%
Kathie (Parks) Forbes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A340796 [compare], Ancestry member kathieforbes1
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~0.39%
Diane (Purcell) Dean :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Terry West :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch JL9686960 [compare]
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