Person:Edward West (12)

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Maj. Edward West
b.1802 Virginia
d.8 May 1868 Red River County, Texas
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  • H.  Maj. Edward West1802 - 1868
  • W.  Susan Jones1809 - 1882
m. Bef 1828
  1. Adelia F. West1828 - 1871
  2. John C. West1829 - 1905
  3. Arabella M. WestAbt 1833 - Bef 1863
  4. Wade R. West1840 -
  5. Louisa Martha West1842 -
  6. Susan M. West1842 - 1925
  7. Lucy West1847 -
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Name[1] Maj. Edward West
Gender Male
Birth[2][3] 1802 Virginia
Marriage Bef 1828 Red River County, Texas?to Susan Jones
Census[3] 1850 Red River County, Texas
Census[8] 1860 Red River County, Texas
Death[2] 8 May 1868 Red River County, Texas
Burial[2] Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas

Red River County, Texas, 1850 census:[3]

West, Edward 48 yrs Farmer (real estate = $2,500) b. Virginia
      Susan 41 yrs b. Tennessee
      John 21 yrs b. Texas
      Wade 10 yrs b. Texas
      Martha 8 yrs b. Texas
      , Lucy 3 yrs b. Texas
Sanders, John 32 yrs b. Virginia

Red River County, 1860 census:[8]

West, E. 58 yrs Farmer (real estate = $4,000; personal estate = $13,100) b. Virginia
      Susan 51 yrs b. Virginia
      Wade R. 20 yrs Farmer b. Texas
      Sue M. 17 yrs b. Texas
      Lucie 12 yrs b. Texas
References
  1. ↑ Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
    p. 10, abt 1836.

    First sheriff of Red River County. He refused to carry a weapon on the grounds that the law directed him to serve legal papers, not to go around shooting people.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Grave marker, Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas.

    Find a Grave

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Red River, Texas, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 220B, house/family 351/351.
  4.   Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
    p. 147.

    Unanimously elected captain of Co. F, Whitfield's Legion, Texas Cavalry, 7 Mar 1862. The Legion eventually was redesignated the 27th Texas Cavalry.

  5.   Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
    pp. 212-13.

    Arrived in Red River County in 1833.

  6.   Texas. General Land Office. Abstracts of All Original Texas Land Titles Comprising Grants and Locations. (Austin, Texas: Texas General Land Office)
    Patent #436 (Abstract # 897), 13 May 1848.

    Received 1st Class headright certificate #87 for 889.25 acres, which he located just northwest of Clarksville.

  7.   Clarksville, Red River, Texas, United States. Northern Standard (Clarksville, Texas)
    22 November 1851.

    In a series of crop reports, he is said to have raised this year 15 bushels [of corn?] per acre on 13 acres; 1,100 bushels of corn total on 40 acres 2.5 miles northwest of Clarksville; and 95 bales of cotton from 30 acres.

  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Red River, Texas, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 111, dwelling/family 699/699.
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