Thomas
Nathaniel
West
Born in Buckingham, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
Brother of
Benjamin West, Edward West [half], Drury Amelius West [half], Hector Rowan West [half], Claiborne Dandridge West Jr. [half], William Henry Harrison West [half], Louisa Virginia West [half], Elvira Ann (West) Crawford [half], John Jones West [half] and Elizabeth Claiborne West [half]
Husband of
Nancy Ann (Woodson) West
— married
2 Oct 1817 in Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Sanders West, Albert L. H. West, Sarah Elizabeth (West) Ferguson, Almeda A. S. (West) Pugh, Mary Douglass (West) Scarborough, Cora M. (West) Hargrove and Benjamin Thomas West
Died
at about age 73
in Hood, Texas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jul 2011
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Biography
Thomas Nathanial West was born in 1797 to Claiborne West and FNU Tindall in Virginia. He married around age 20 in Kentucky and lived there until the 1830 US Census shows him living in Tennessee. By 1840, he'd moved his family to Arkansas, where his wife died in 1847. According to the article below, he moved for the final time to Texas in 1854. The 1860 Census shows two of his widowed daughters and his youngest son are living with him.
While most of his children are known, there are at least 3 still unidentified: one son born between 1823-25 and two daughters between 1825-1830, all either in Kentucky or Tennessee, who show up in the 1830 and 1840 Census records. They are not listed in the 1850 Census, the first one to identify household members by name.
The West Family at Mount Pleasant Cemetery
by Judith Richards Shubert[1]
A family named West came to Texas from Kentucky in the year 1854. A friend of Kentucky’s Davy Crockett, Robert Saunders West, settled with his young wife, Maura Pugh West, in the area called Squaw Creek. Robert’s father, Thomas West, followed his son in 1856. Thomas was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, in 1797.
The land where Mount Pleasant resides was given to the people of the community by Thomas West, the father who followed his son to Texas. Robert and Maura remained on the land they originally settled for the rest of their lives. It stayed in the West family for 90 to 100 years.
During those early years there was a lot of trouble with Comanche Indian raids. In fact, one of Robert’s sons, Owen Collin West, was captured by a raiding party when he was only 8 years old. I imagine an urgent call went out among the settlers around Squaw Creek for volunteers to find young Owen. In any event, he was rescued within a few hours. During his lifetime, Owen was known throughout the territory as an expert on Comanche lore and for his Indian stories.
In Owen’s obituary found in an October 13, 1938 Dallas, Texas, newspaper his father was identified as “Robert West, old-time Indian fighter, early Hood County settler and friend of Davy Crockett.”
Timeline
- 1797 - Birth - Buckingham County, Virginia
- 1817 Oct 2 - Marriage to Nancy Ann Woodson - Christian County, Kentucky[2]
- 1818 Jun 19 - Birth of Son Robert Sanders West - Herndon, Christian, Kentucky
- 1820 Christian Co, Kentucky Census (enumerated Aug 7, 1820)[3][4] - Head of Household Index listed in the 1820 Federal Census of Christian County, KY - West: Charles,. Clabourne, Jeptha, Jesse, John, Philip, Richard, Temple, Thomas, Thomas;
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1; 16 thru 25: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
- Slaves - Males - 45 and over: 1
- Slaves - Females - Under 14: 1
- c 1820 - Birth of Son Albert L. H. West - Christian Co, Kentucky
- 1822 - Birth of Daughter Sarah Elizabeth West - Christian Co, Kentucky
- Move to Tennessee
- 1823-1825 - Birth of unknown son[5]
- 1825-1830 - Birth of two unknown daughters[5]
- 1830 United States Federal Census[5] - Haywood Co, Tennessee
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3; 30 thru 39: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2; 5 thru 9: 1; 20 thru 29: 1
- Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1; 10 thru 23: 1
- Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
- 1833 Nov 26 - Birth of Daughter Almeda A S West - Haywood Co, Tennessee
- Move to Arkansas
- 1834 Lafayette County, Arkansas Tax List[6]
- 1835 Oct 30 - Birth of Daughter Mary D West - Lafayette County, Arkansas
- 1837 Jun - Birth of Daughter Cora M West - Lafayette Co, Arkansas
- 1840 United States Federal Census[7] - Lafayette Co, Arkansas
- Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 3; 40 thru 49: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2; 5 thru 9: 1; 10 thru 14: 2; 15 thru 19: 1; 30 thru 39: 1; 40 thru 49: 1
- Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
- Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
- 1842 Aug 16 - Birth of Son Benjamin Thomas West - Lafayette Co, Arkansas
- c 1847 - Death of Wife Nancy Ann Woodson - Sulpher Fork, Lafayette, Arkansas
- 1850 United States Federal Census[8] - Sulphur Fork, Lafayette, Arkansas
| Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace | Mar Stat | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas West | Head | Male | 49 | Virginia | W | Farmer |
| Robert S West | Son | Male | 28 | Kentucky | S | Farmer |
| Almeta A S West | Daughter | Female | 17 | Tennessee | S | |
| Mary D West | Daughter | Female | 14 | Arkansas | S | |
| Cora M West | Daughter | Female | 11 | Arkansas | S | |
| Benjamin T West | Son | Male | 5 | Arkansas | S |
- Move to Texas
- 1860 United States Federal Census[9] - Beat 4, Erath, Texas - Real Estate Value: 100 - Personal Estate Value: 260
- Note: His son Robert is listed next to him - Occupation: Stock Farmer - Real Estate Value: 800 - Personal Estate Value: 570
| Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace | Mar Stat | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas West | Head | Male | 61 | Virginia | W | Farmer |
| Almida Pugh | Daughter | Female | 25 | Tennessee | W | |
| Mary Hart | Daughter | Female | 23 | Arkansas | W | |
| William Pugh | Grandson | Male | 4 | Louisiana | S | |
| Eliza Pugh | Grand- daughter | Female | 2 | Louisiana | S | |
| Benjamin F West | Son | Male | 14 | Arkansas | S |
- 1870 - Death - Tolar, Hood Co., Texas - Burial - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Tolar, Hood Co., Texas [10]
Sources
- ↑ West Family[1]
- ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWRS-W6T : 17 May 2018), Thomas West and Nancy Woodson, 2 Oct 1817; citing Marriage, , Christian, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 465,562.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-461 : accessed 15 September 2019), Thomas West, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 30, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 20; FHL microfilm 186,180.
- ↑ CHRISTIAN COUNTY CENSUS OF 1820 INDEX
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-34D : 7 September 2017), Thomas West, Haywood, Tennessee, United States; citing 430, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 176; FHL microfilm 24,534.
- ↑ Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870 Ancestry Record 3534 #944199
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBX-XCV : 13 August 2017), Thos West, Lafayette, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 2, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 2,474.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67Z-NX3 : 12 April 2016), Thomas West, Sulphur Fork, Lafayette, Arkansas, United States; citing family 21, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFR-DY7 : 12 December 2017), Thomas West, 1860.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Thomas Nathaniel West (1797–1870), Find A Grave: Memorial #15051513, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Tolar, Hood County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Andrea Maloney (contributor 46812465).
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