Person:Charles West (32)

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Court Papers, Blacks) Arthur Pue West vs. Charles H. L. West ITEMS: record 1 October 1828; deposition of John Bird 3 November 1828; article of agreement 17 April 1829 COMMENTS: Court record, including copy of original petition, involving the contested will of slave master Stephen West who according to one version emancipated a number of slaves and others, including his two servants Polly and Charlotte "whom I heretofore liberated;" 62 1/2 acres of land; agreement sought "deeds of manumission" SOURCE: MSA C1187-27, 28, and 30 Microfilm: M 11024 Accession No.: MSA SC 4239-26-11 <dsp_unit.cfm?speccol=4239&box_no=&folderno=&serno=26&item=11&level=item&id=74382> Location: 01/21/11/31

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Court Papers, Blacks) Hannah Jackson et al. vs. Arthur P. West ITEMS: petition 26 November 1835; bill docket 26 November 1835; summons 26 November 1835 COMMENTS: Group of five free blacks held by Arthur P. West in the Upper Marlboro jail as slaves; they asserted they were "persons of color free & entitled to freedom under the laws of the State of Maryland" SOURCE: MSA C1187-44 Microfilm: M 11024 Accession No.: MSA SC 4239-26-14 <dsp_unit.cfm?speccol=4239&box_no=&folderno=&serno=26&item=14&level=item&id=74385> Location: 01/21/11/31

Alexander West's son, Charles, settled on Hughes Fork of Skin Creek, on land said to have been "tomahawked" by his father during a hunt. 1860 WEST CHARLES Gilmer County WV 932 Cox's Mills P.O. Federal Population Schedule WV 1860 Federal Census Index WV45189193

1. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
   Database online.

   Record for Charles H. L. West

2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census. (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
   Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: , Wirt, Virginia; Roll: M653_1384; Page: 214; Image: 217.

   Record for Charles H L West

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59742590&ref=acom, in Find A Grave
   Database online.

   Record for Charles H. L. West

4.   Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census. (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;)
   Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 70, Wirt, Virginia; Roll: M432_981; Page: 82; Image: 163.

   Record for Charles H L West

5. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, in 1850 Census Wirt Co. WV
   Year: 1850; Census Place: District 70, Wirt, Virginia; Roll: M432_981; Page: 82A; Image: 167, 1850.

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