Berry West

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Berry Bayne West Gender: Male Birth Place: MS Birth Year: 1798 Spouse Name: Sarah Holden Spouse Birth Year: 1801 Marriage Year: 1816 Marriage State: LA Number Pages: 1

“Go West”: Battling pioneers blazed trail taking Berry West from the Battle of New Orleans to Texa

Thanks to Barbara Garrison http ://sbgenealogy.com/berry/html/WestAmPress.html Taken from the Lake Charles American Press, Sunday, March 11, 1990 Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jeff Davis, and Vernon Parishes

“ Go West”: Battling pioneers blazed trail

                     By Nola Mae Wittler Ross            American Express Writer    

Nearly every generation of Louisiana pioneers had to stop and fight for freedom on their long journey south. The West family of Beauregard Parish was no exception.

The American Revolutionary War probably claimed the attention of one or more members of the West family. And later, as they moved south to the Spanish Territory of Louisiana, family members were again involved in a freedom fight - the War of 1812.

Littleberry and Tabatha West were listed in early records as living west of the Pearl River and east of the Mississippi River on St. Catherine Creek in the late 1700s. Soon afterward, their son Berry, served in the Battle of New Orleans, where he fought with the strangest group of military fighters ever assembled.

Gen. Andrew Jackson was desperate because of the shortage of men available to defend New Orleans against the British. So he called on the “brave and determined men” from the hills of Kentucky and Tennessee. They responded, and came to New Orleans in homespun clothes, carrying rifles in the crooks of their arms.

Jackson made use of the small number of New Orleans militia men available, fortifying them with Acadians from the bayou country. He also enlisted a number of men from the nearby German Coast and added a small group of Choctaw Indians. He also called up a number of older plantation owners from south of New Orleans, and bestowed such titles as major or general on them.

Berry West, like other volunteers, must have been surprised by Jackson’s use of the pirate Jean LaFitte and his buccaneers, who were uncanny in their ability to cross and re-cross the treacherous marshlands south of New Orleans where the British were trying to penetrate the city. Jackson knew firsthand of the pirates’ skill with artillery.

In fact, Jackson was quoted as saying about Dominique You, one of Jean LaFitte’s pirates: “If I were ordered to storm the gates of Hell with Dominique You as my lieutenant, I would have no misgivings.”

It was with this motley crew that Berry West helped defend New Orleans. Shortly afterward, he married Sarah Holden in St. Tammany Parish, and decided to move on to Texas.

Aaron Burr was advertising the area between Louisiana and Texas as a “free state,” and West might have gone that way because of the large land grants on “open and unclaimed land.” Or, he might have gone there because Judge Claiborne West, probably a relative, was a well-known resident of East Texas. Judge West, called the “Father of Jefferson County,” was a delegate to the Texas political convention of 1832 and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

Whatever the reason, Berry and Sarah West did go to Texas, and soon he was enlisted in the War of Texas Independence, serving in the Sabine area under Captain Swearington. Shortly thereafter, Berry West received a league (4428 acres) and a labor (177 acres) of land in Jasper County, Texas. The couple settled to raise six living children: Margaret West Kalb, Simon, John, Pleasant, Mahlon, and James Marion West.

During their early years in East Texas, there were frequent Indian skirmishes near the West Homestead. Although not open warfare, there were problems between the white and red men.

The Alabama Indians had been chased out of Alabama when Mobile was ceded to Great Britain. They did not like the English, so they moved into Texas where they were joined by their kinsman, the Coushattas, who were also hoping to find peace.

“However,” stated a Beaumont Enterprise article, “when Texas began fighting for its independence, Gen. Sam Houston, a friend of these Indians, asked them to either aid Texas or remain neutral. They chose the latter course and crossed back into Louisiana.

“At the end of the Texas Revolution, there began a long and sorry tribulation for these red men. The Texas congress had voted them two leagues of land in east Texas, but predatory white men burned them out and drove them off.

“The War between the States came along and again they were driven away because of the hostile attitude among the white military.” After the War between the States they settled peacefully around Livingston and Woodville.

James Marion West, son of Berry and Sarah, enlisted during the War between the States as a Confederate soldier in Company C, Spates Battalion under Captain Gibbs in Newton, from 1863 to 1865.

After leaving the military, he married Mary E. Collins and the couple raised their family in Harris County, Texas. Several of his children later found their way to Beauregard Parish. His son, Frank West, worked on his father’s farm in Texas as a boy, then later became a railroad detective, as well as an amateur poet.

When he came to Louisiana, he married Edna Magdalene “Maggie” Craft and they settled between Merryville and DeRidder in a small community known as April, which had its own post office.

Of their children, Verda is deceased, Frank lives in Port Acres; Obadiah lives in New Llano; Berry, James and Vergie (Mrs. William Samuel Lewis) lived in DeRidder.

A daughter of James Marion West, Nettie, married David Thompson. The Thompsons were lifelong residents of DeRidder. Of their children, Ruby Henry is deceased, Ruth Sailor and Beatrice Ward live in DeRidder, and Genevieve Hemphill lives in Texas.

Another son of Berry and Sarah West, Mahlon H. West, became prominent in Beauregard history. Mahlon married Lucinda Collins and they moved their five children - William, Jefferson, Simon, Pleasant, and Mathilda Guess - to DeRidder in 1880.

They settled near Flat Creek, three miles east of the present city of DeRidder. There Mahlon and his son, Jefferson, opened a water and grist mill, a cotton gin and a general mercantile store which an early DeRidder newspaper describes as the first store in the area.

Next to the store, the old roadway carried many wagons south to Lake Charles. “Nearby,” stated the Jasper News, “there was a seep-hole, oozing black gooey substance convenient for greasing those squeaky wagon wheels. Travelers stopped along the way to use this gooey substance. Everyone called it “tar,” and today it is known as a petroleum byproduct.

In 1896, when he was 63,” stated the DeRidder Enterprise, “Mahlon H. West got on his horse and rode many miles in the thinly-settled community to secure 200 signatures on a petition asking the railroad to build a siding and depot at DeRidder.”

This request was granted, and Mahlon Street near the railroad was named for West. In 1942, West Park, a 43-acre tract along Hickory Branch, was bought and donated as a memorial to Mahlon H. West by his son, Pleasant W. West.

Mahlon’s wife, Lucinda Collins West, requested she be buried on their original homestead on Hickory Flat Creek. Her grave, the only one there, clearly marks the site where the Wests first settled. The property is still in the West family, and today is called Tarhill Resort.

Pleasant W. West, son of the original settlers, was brought to Beauregard from East Texas when he was four and grew up to become one of DeRidder’s most influential citizens. He’s best remembered for starting the Rouss Racket Store, although he also took part in many DeRidder civic projects.

“Pleasant W. West’s business career began as a clerk, in 1900,” stated the DeRidder Enterprise, “with a salary of $10.00 per month, plus board, in the general mercantile owned by his father and brother.

“Two years later, he moved to Leesville and formed a partnership with another brother, Simon West and C.C. Davis.”

Pleasant West returned to DeRidder and opened a business, Rouss Racket Store, named for a New York businessman named Rouss, who’d loaned West $3000.00 to start his store.

In later years, Pleasant West gave his formula for success: “Be 100 percent sober, honest; work like a Trojan, and advertise. Plus keep in mind the slogan, ‘It is not good times, but difficulties that make men and women.’ “

Madeleine West (Mrs. Harry Thompson) recalls him saying, “One day, after we’d opened the Zwolle store, I sold only one spool of thread for 2 cents, all day long. That’s when I decided to close that store.”

A January 1905 ad in a Zwolle newspaper gave the following prices: “1-cent sale, coat and hat hook, 2 punches of hair pins; 3-cent sale, tin pie plate, nice pen and pencil tablet; 7-cent sale, bed castors; 9-cent sale, ladies stainless hose, men’s fancy tan hose.”

Pleasant West married Arthemise Cole, and the couple had three daughters. Eleanor Denise (Mrs. Teddy L. Berry) lives in Leesville, Madeleine (Mrs. Harry P. Thompson) lives in DeRidder and Jasper, and Lucille (Mrs. Robert Nichols) lives in DeRidder.

Mrs. Lucille West Nichols recalls that her father, P. W. West, organized City Savings Bank and Trust and was president for 16 years.

Another son of Mahlon West was William H. West, who married Emor E. Davis and fathered 10 children. A daughter, Jewel (Mrs. Merle Harper), lives in DeRidder and with her husband, a long-time member of the parish school board, has operated Harper’s Dress Ship for 35 years. Their son-in-law, Gerald Johnson, is the current mayor of DeRidder.

Of William West’s children, Ida Wiggins lives in Mansfield, Ruby Smith in Warren, Ark., and Betrie Kennedy, Mary Clark, James, Herman, Sheridan, Gilbert and William Durham are deceased.

In 1921, William Durham West bought half interest in the Rouss Racket Store from his uncle, Pleasant West. They soon began a chain of stores known as West Brothers, which grew to be the largest on the Gulf Coast. In 1923, Durham bought the other half of West Brothers Stores and they continued growing until there were 55 stores employing 2,000 people from Texas to Florida. They also operated the Gibson Discount Stores.

W. Durham’s son, Glen West, began working with the stores in 1949 as an assistant manager in Arkansas. Eventually, he became president and chairman of the board, serving the business for 37 years.

Durhams West’s son-in-law, Ed Brandt, came on board the West Stores in 1954 and was executive vise president until they were sold in 1984.

Lake Charles also reaped rewards from the West Brothers’ ventures. In the 1930s, the Wests bought a large tract of land by Lake Charles High School, south of Broad Street and East of Third Avenue, and subdivided it into the High School Park Addition. One street in this subdivision was named Denise for Pleasant West’s daughter.

In the 1950s and ‘60s, the Wests opened the West Highlands Subdivision in Lake Charles, which runs along Common Street to the east and north of McNeese State University. A street in this subdivision was named Madeleine for Pleasant West’s daughter. They also opened Lake City Subdivision, east of Prien Lake Mall to Ryan Street. June Street is named for Mrs. Ed Brandt and Lucille is named for Mrs. Robert Nichols.

Another son of the first settlers was Jefferson West. He married Missouri Hennigan, sister of state Sen. Gilbert F. Hennigan of Fields. They lived near Merryville for a time, then moved to Amarillo in the 1920's.

Simon West settled near Leesville and was associated with the West Brothers as well as the First National Bank of Leesville and the City Savings and Trust Company of DeRidder. He had one son, Simon West, Jr. of Many.

A daughter of Mahlon’s, Matilda West, married Jack Guess. The couple lived most of their lives in Leesville and have one daughter who lives in Bossier City.

The West family has been an essential part of the business community of Beauregard Parish for over 100 years. Now their descendants follow in the footsteps of the first West pioneer, Mahlon H. West, who dared to homestead a new land.

Gadie West, Polly Bivins, Samuel Bivins: Nacogdoches, Gateway to Texas: A Biographical Directory 1773-1840, Vol I Revised

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Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814): Andrew Jackson and Indian/Cherokee Allies vs. Red Stick Creeks

1814 , Dadeville, Alabama

Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814): Andrew Jackson and Indian/Cherokee Allies vs. Red Stick Creeks

" Of the 23 million acres (93,000 km²) Jackson forced the Creeks to cede, 1.9 million acres (7,700 km²) was claimed by the Cherokee Nation who had allied with the United States.[5] After becoming President, Jackson took the land ceded to his former allies, the Cherokees, together with other Cherokee lands in his removal of the Cherokees to the Oklahoma Territory. Chief Junaluska, the Cherokee Chief who saved the life of Jackson in Battle and who led 500 Cherokees in support of Jackson at Horseshoe Bend, stated that "If I had known that Jackson would drive us from our homes, I would have killed him at Horseshoe".

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search This article is about the Creek War battle. For the 1832 Black Hawk War battle of the same name, see Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1832). Battle of Horseshoe Bend Part of the Creek War

Note: Lt. Cato West, and nephews including Gadi, Levi, Berry, William fought in this conflict led by General Andrew Jackson against the Red Stick Creeks in Alabama. Without Indian allies against Tecumseh, the Americans might have lost the battle, and the Creeks might have created a pan Indian area between the eastern colonies and western settlements such as New Orleans and Natchez.

Diorama of the battle from the Horseshoe Bend Museum Date March 27, 1814 Location near Dadeville, Alabama [near where Creed Harrison Collins, son Result Decisive U.S./Native American victory

Belligerents Red Stick Creek United States Lower Creek Cherokee Choctaw Commanders Menawa Andrew Jackson Strength ~1,000 warriors American: ~2,000 infantry, ~700 cavalry, unknown artillery Native American: ~600 warriors Casualties and losses 857 killed, unknown wounded[1] American: 47 killed 159 wounded Native American: 23 killed 47 wounded[1]

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Burnt Corn - Fort Mims – Tallushatchee – Talladega – Holy Ground – Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek – Horseshoe Bend

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend (also known as Tohopeka, Cholocco Litabixbee or The Horseshoe), was fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Indian allies under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe inspired by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, effectively ending the Creek War.

Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Battle 3 Results 4 In fiction 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Background The battle is considered part of the War of 1812. The Creeks went to war at the urging of Tecumseh, the leading ally of the British, who was trying to build a pan-Indian resistance to American expansion. The British planned to create a large "neutral" Indian state that would be a buffer to the Americans.[2] Horseshoe Bend was the major battle of the Creek War, in which Andrew Jackson sought to "clear" Alabama for American settlement. General Jackson was in command of an army of West Tennessee militia, which he had turned into a well-trained fighting force. To add to these militia units was the 39th United States Infantry and about 600 Cherokee, Choctaw and Lower Creeks fighting against the Red Stick Creek Indians. After leaving Fort Williams in the spring of 1814, Jackson's army cut its way through the forest to within 6 miles (10 km) of Chief Menawa's Red Stick camp near a bend in the Tallapoosa River, called "Horseshoe Bend," in central Alabama, 12 miles (19 km) east of what is now Alexander City. Jackson sent General John Coffee with the mounted infantry and the Indian allies south across the river to surround the Red Sticks camp, while Jackson stayed with the rest of the 2,000 infantry north of the camp.[2]

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Battle positionsOn March 27 at 10:30 a.m., Jackson began an artillery barrage which consisted of 2 cannons firing for about two hours. Little damage was caused to the Red Sticks or their fortifications. Coffee's Cherokees and cavalry began crossing the river and fought the Red Sticks on their rear. Jackson then ordered a bayonet charge. The infantry charged the breastworks surrounding the camp and caught the Red Sticks in a cross fire. Sam Houston (the future governor of Tennessee and Texas, as well as the President of the Republic of Texas) served as a third lieutenant in Jackson's army. Houston was one of the first to make it over the log barricade alive and received a wound from a Creek arrow that troubled him the rest of his life.[3]

The battle raged for about five hours. Roughly 550 Red Sticks were killed on the field, while many of the rest were killed trying to cross the river.[4] Future United States Senator John Eaton wrote "This battle gave a death blow to [the enemy's] hopes, nor did they venture, afterwards, to make a stand... In this action, the best and bravest of their warriors were destroyed".

Chief Menawa was severely wounded but survived and led only about 200 of the original 1,000 warriors across the river and into safety among the Seminole tribe in Spanish Florida.

[edit] Results On August 9, 1814, Andrew Jackson forced the Creeks to sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson. Despite protest of the Creek chiefs who had fought alongside Jackson, the Creek Nation ceded 23 million acres (93,000 km²)—half of Alabama and part of southern Georgia—to the United States government. Even though the Creek War was largely a civil war between the Creeks, Andrew Jackson saw no difference between the Creeks that had fought with him and the Red Sticks that fought against him. Of the 23 million acres (93,000 km²) Jackson forced the Creeks to cede, 1.9 million acres (7,700 km²) was claimed by the Cherokee Nation who had allied with the United States.[5] After becoming President, Jackson took the land ceded to his former allies, the Cherokees, together with other Cherokee lands in his removal of the Cherokees to the Oklahoma Territory. Chief Junaluska, the Cherokee Chief who saved the life of Jackson in Battle and who led 500 Cherokees in support of Jackson at Horseshoe Bend, stated that "If I had known that Jackson would drive us from our homes, I would have killed him at Horseshoe".

This victory, along with the Battle of New Orleans, gave Andrew Jackson the popularity to win election as President of the United States in 1828.[citation needed]

The battlefield is preserved in the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park.

[edit] In fiction The Battle of Horseshoe Bend is the initial point of divergence in the Trail of Glory series of alternate history novels by author Eric Flint. In Flint's altered timeline, Houston is only lightly wounded in the battle. He is then breveted to captain by Jackson and sent to Washington to help negotiate a peaceful settlement between the United States and the Cherokees, Creeks and other southern tribes. He arrives in Washington shortly after the Battle of Bladensburg and rallies defeated US troops and organizes black teamsters into an ad-hoc artillery force to successfully defend the Capitol building, preventing the burning of Washington.

[edit] Notes 1.^ a b Borneman p.151 2.^ a b Robert Remini, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 (1977) ch. 13 3.^ Remini, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 ch. 13 4.^ Heidler, p. 135 5.^ Ehle p. 123 [edit] References "Creek War" in Heidler, David Stephen and Heidler, Jeanne T. Encyclopedia of the War of 1812, Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1997. ISBN 9780874369687 Borneman, Walter R. Borneman (2004). 1812: The War That Forged a Nation. New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 9780060531126. Robert Remini, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 (1977) ch. 13 Steve Rajtar, "Indian War Sites" (McFarland and Company, Inc., 1999) John Ehle, Trail of Tears The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation (Anchor Books Editions 1989), pg 117-121 ISBN 0-385-23954-8 Andrew Burstein The Passions of Andrew Jackson (Alfred A. Knopf 2003), p. 105-106 ISBN 0-375-71404-9 [edit] External links See The Battle of Horseshoe Bend: Collision of Cultures for a lesson about the Battle of Horseshoe Bend from the National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places. A map of Creek War Battle Sites from the PCL Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. ”The Battle of Horseshoe Bend: Collision of Cultures”, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan Battle Horseshoe Bend article, Encyclopedia of Alabama Tohopeka, page 79 Googlebooks.com, Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 4

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Berry Bayne West was a soldier in the War of 1812 and fought at the Battle of New Orleans. He is listed in the first census of Texas Bevil District in 1835 with his four oldest children. He was issued a League and a Labor of land, Certificate #284 on 5 July 1838 in Jasper County for settling in Texas. Many land records show division of this property. He received a patent on 320 acres in Fort Bend Co. on 17 February. 1875 for services in 1837. Berry & Sarah Holden West were parents of nine children: six living. Bevil, Jasper Co, TX Note: Berry and Sally West Berry WEST, Married Farmer 37 Sally HOLDEN, " 33 Senor WEST 16 John H. WEST 11 Peggy WEST 5 Mahlon WEST 2 Date: 1 MAY 1835 Texas Archives- Service RecordsWest, Berry Everett, S. H. AU 3497 112 340 340 11200340.pdf 98022 Republic of Texas County of Jasper Know ye that I Berry West have appointed S H. West as my proper attorney to transact any business for me and in my name at the seat of government forward and _____ a discharge for 3 months service in the armies of said republic. Done at the said _______ the fifteenth day of September 1837, one thousand eight hundred thirty seven. Berry B. X West his mark L&D-115: Newton County Nuggets, p. 176. THE WEST by Opal Sterling Jackson. Character Certificates in the General Land Office of TX. 3324. Barry West, native USA with wife and 4 children.... Barry (x) West L&D-192: LOUISIANA VETERANS OF THE WAR OF 1812. Berry West, Pvt. - 12th & 13th Consolidated Regiment, Louisiana Militi Ft. Worth Gen. Society. "Footprints" Bound Vol. 21-22, 1978-79 & Vol. 22, No. 1. Feb 1979, p. 39-47. 1835 Census taken by order of The Company of the Precinct of Bevil. 1 May 1835. West, Barry 37 1798 Married Farmer (Berry) Holden, Sally 33 1802 Married Wife West, Siner 16 1819 Single Son Simon R. ..........John H. 11 1824 Single Son John H. ..........Peggy 5 1830 Dau .........Mahlon 2 1833 Son Curtis Jacobs Collection. Ref. p. 120. Written Notes. 1835 Texas Census. See above. 1850 Newton Co., TX Census. #21, Index p. 1476. West, Berry 54 1796 Farmer MS $2500 ..........Sarah 50 1800 Wife MO ..........Peggy 19 1831 Dau LA ..........Malina 17 1833 Dau TX Mahlon - Son ..........Pleasant 14 1836 Son TX .........James 10 1840 Son TX Troxell, Elizabeth 14 1836 ? LA Curtis Jacobs Collection. Ref. p. 38. 1850 Newton Co., TX Census. See above. Curtis Jacobs Collection. Ref. p. 44. 1860 Newton Co., TX Census. #24. West, Berry 68 1792 Farm MS ..........Sarah 63 1797 Wife OH .........James 21 1839 Son TX .........Mahlon 25 1835 Son TX Kolb, A. 6 1854 ? TX Prodigy Printout to Samuel West from Betty Vaughn. Charlotte Larson File. Pedigree Charts, FGR & Information Sheets. Betty Vaughn File. ...Berry Bayne West was a soldier in the War of 1812 & fought at Battle of New Orleans. He is listed in the first census of Texas, Bevil Dist. in 1835 with his four oldest children. He was issued a League and a Labor of land. Cert. #284 on 5 Jul 1838 in Jasper Co. for settling in Texas. Many land records show division of this property. He recieved a patent on 320 acres in Ft. Bend Co. on 17 Feb. 1875 for services in 1837. Gives DOB as 1800. L&D-115: Newton County Nuggets, p. 176. THE WEST by Opal Sterling Jackson. Pedigree Charts & Notes. Shar Lee West File. Living 17 Feb 1875. Curtis Jacobs Collection. Ref. p. 83. FGR Sheet. See Berry Bayne West. Gives POB as Natchea Dis., GA. Curtis Jacobs Collection. Ref. p. 87. FGR Sheet. See Berry Bayne West. Berry West received patent on 320 acres in Ft. Bend Co., TX 17 Feb 1875 for services in 1837. He may have moved there. Curtis Jacobs Collection. Ref. p. 13. FGR Index File Cards. See Berry Bayne West. Curtis Jacobs Collection. Ref. p. 17. FGR Index File Cards. See Littleberry West. FTM Family Archive #227, 1728-1850. Berry Weste m. Sally Holden 2 Dec 1816, St. Tammany Par., LA. Information Exchange, 10 Jul 1997. Linda Wright File. 1835 Census of Bevel Dist., The first census of Texas, 1829-1836. See above. Descendant Chart of William West, Sr. Patricia Forrest File. CAPT. WILLIAM BICKHAM'S CO., BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, p. 220. Frank Barrow File. Shar Lee West Packet dated Sep 1998. Notes. Frank Barrow File. ...1840 Citizens of Texas Tax Rolls, Vol. 2 by Gifford White. 7 Jul 1840 Jasper Co., TX, p. 93. Berry, Willis, Jefferson, William & James West. Shar Lee West Packet dated Sep 1998. Notes. Frank Barrow File. ...Republic of TX Newton Co., Poll Lists for 1846, by Mullins. Berry, James, John H. and Sarah West Packet dated 5 Nov 1998. Ruth Walker File. LOUISIANA ANCESTORS, by Damon Veach. ...In 1829, George Washington Jones places $1,000 with the court as security for the appearance of "Berry West, Littleberry West and Gade West" in court of Washington Parish. Littleberry and Gade pledged "a certain negro boy named Peter" to George W. Jones in the event they forfeited the bond. Packet dated 5 Nov 1998. Ruth Walker File. St. Tammany Par., LA Marriage Records ...Berry Weste to Sally Holden, p. 113 Packet dated 5 Nov 1998. Ruth Walker File. Family Sketches. In Colonial America, F516 Packet dated 5 Nov 1998. Ruth Walker File. Family Sketches. James Marion West F518-F519 Packet dated 5 Nov 1998. Ruth Walker File. Family Sketches. Mahlon H. West, F520-F521 E-mail dated 14 Jan 1999. Ruenell Vaughn File. ...Gadi West ODC. ...1835 Bivel Dist. Census. Other Wests listed on this census were: Berry & Sally HORTON (sic - Holden) and four children: Siner, John H., Peggy & Mahlon CHACTER CERTIFICATES IN THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE OF TEXAS. From the files of the Gen. Land Office, Austin. Frank Barrow File. 2152 - West, Berry Dist. of Bevil. 12 May 1835. Certify Berry a native of MS hath a family of six persons.....Wm. William Alcalde. De la Warre Pedigree Chart. Charles West File. ...very long and rolled up and will not be found in Charles West File. ...YOD given as 1877, TX Information Exchange, June 1999. Charles West File. Archie E. & Opal STERLING Jackson Pedigree Chart. ...gives DOD as 1877 ...gives POD as Newton Co., TX, a prior POD is given as prob. Ft. Bend Co., TX E-mail dated 22 Apr 2000 fwd from Wilma Linder. Kitty Hoffman File. ...see James Biven, Sr. for content. aka: Littleberry West, Jr.??? Descendants of Thomas West. ODC by Bob Spurgeon. Lorraine Provine File. aka: Littleberry

• Residence: Newton, Texas, United States - 1860
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Born between 1792 and 1798

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