Jacob West (1824 - 1906)

Born 26 May 1824 in Cumberland County, North Carolina

Husband of Phariba E. (Williford) West — married 1846 (to 10 Jul 1884) in Cumberland County, North Carolina

Husband of Mary M. (Bolton) West — married 16 Dec 1886 (to 22 Mar 1894) in Cumberland County, NC

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1906 at age 82 in Cumberland County, North Carolina

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Native of North Carolina
born in Cumberland County

Biography

................ "An Honest Man is the Noblest Work of God"

Jacob West was born in 1824. He was the son of Levi West and Elizabeth Barrot.

James Monroe was President of the United States when Jacob was born, only the 5th to have held the office at the time. There were 22 Presidents during his lifetime, ^[1] including Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant, and Teddy Roosevelt. Jacob lived in the South during the U.S. Civil War, and bore witness along with the rest of the nation when Presidents Lincoln and Garfield were assassinated. The African Slave Trade was in full swing when he was born and by his death Jacob had survived the era of Reconstruction, the re-integration of the South into the Union, and the turn of the 20th Century.

Jacob was married to Phariba E. Williford at age 23 and fathered at least 8 children before dying at age 82, widowing his second wife Mary Bolton.

Jacob lived in Westville, where he operated the U.S. Post Office. He donated the land on which the original Bethel Baptist Church was built. Jacob West passed away in 1906 at age 82 and is buried in the 'Old' Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery , now referred to as the Old West Graveyard. ^[2]

Timeline

1824: born.

1830: Where did he live? Where is the US Census? Gabbard-31 20:23, 6 November 2016 (EST)

1840: Household of Levi West in Cumberland County, NC. ^[3]

• Jacob formed a family of his own:

1847: (Abt.) married Phariba E. Williford.

1847: (Abt.) Son Louis T. West born.

1849: Daughter Mary E. West born.

1850: Daughter Nancy J. West born.

1850: Lived in Cumberland County, NC according to the Census: Head/Husband Jacob West, wife Ferebe E., and children Lewis P., Mary E., and Nancy J. ^[4]

1851: Son Levy Barrett West born.

• Harnett County was created from part of Cumberland County in 1855.

1856: Son Alexander West born.

1858: Daughter Sabina C. West born.

1860: (Abt.) Daughter Julia West born.

1860: Lived in Harnett County, North Carolina according to the Census: Head/Husband Jacob West, wife F.B., children W.T. (probably Louis), M.E., N.G., L.B., Alexd, L.B. (female, probably Sabina or Amanda), and Alfd (Jacob's younger brother). ^[5]

• American Civil War, 1861-1865

1866: Daughter Amanda West born.

1870: Lived in Barbecue Township, Harnett County, NC according to the Census: Head/Husband Jacob West, wife Ferebie E. and children: Louis T., Mary E., Nancy J., Levi B., Alexander, Sabrina, Amanda, and Julia. ^[6]

1880: Lived in Anderson Creek, Harnett County, North Carolina according to the Census: Head/Husband Jacob West, wife Ferebee S., their children Mary E., Alex, Rmanda, and Julia, and a 35-year-old black farm laborer named Simon Stewart. ^[7]

1884: Jacob is widowed when his wife Phariba E. Williford passes away on July 10. He buried her at the 'Old' Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery , now referred to as the "Old West Graveyard" .

• Jacob remarried:

1886: Married Mary M. Bolton on December 16 in Cumberland County, NC. ^[8] According to the 1900 U.S. Census, Jacob and Mary were married in 1888. ^[9]

• 1890 Census unavailable.

1900: Lived in Anderson Creek Township Westville, Harnett County, NC according to the Census: Head/Husband Jacob West, wife Mary M., and children Mary E. and Julia; and two white servants: Black Neill and Colies McLean. ^[10]

• Jacob died at age 82:

1906: died on December 3rd in Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Jacob served as executor of his father's estate and filed a quit claim deed as his father had "provided for him while living," leaving any remaining property to his siblings to divide amongst themselves. His brother Richard A. West served as guardian for the minor children, and his brother James Howard West also made no claim and is not included in the probate. See North Carolina Estate Files, Cumberland County, 1849, Jacob West, Executor. ^[11]

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Sources

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1. ↑ James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland (again), William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt .
2. ↑ Entered by Michael Gabbard, Nov 5, 2011
3. ↑ United States Census, 1840; Index, Family Search AND United States Census, 1840; Image, Ancestry.com
4. ↑ United States Census, 1850; Index and Image, FamilySearch
5. ↑ United States Census, 1860; Index, FamilySearch
6. ↑ United States Census, 1870; Index and Image, FamilySearch
7. ↑ United States Census, 1880; Index and Image, FamilySearch
8. ↑ North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979; Index, FamilySearch
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSYL-NQZ : accessed 18 December 2016), Jacob West, Anderson Creek Township Westville, Harnett, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 6A, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,199.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSYL-NQZ : accessed 18 December 2016), Jacob West, Anderson Creek Township Westville, Harnett, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 6A, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,199.
11. ↑ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1968, Cumberland County; West, Levi