James and Nathaniel West of Johnston, Duplin, Bladen, and Robeson Counties, NC

James and Nathaniel West of Johnston, Duplin, Bladen, and Robeson Counties, NCThis book includes a detailed study of the lives of James and Nathaniel West in Johnston, Duplin, Bladen, Robeson, and Anson Counties, NC. By 1760, James and Nathaniel West acquired land in Duplin County, NC on the east side of the Great Coharie River. James West owned land in Duplin (later Sampson), Bladen, and Anson Counties, NC. The last known record for James West is a deed for the sale of land in Anson County, NC to his son in law Elmore Carter

This book includes a detailed study of the lives of James and Nathaniel West in Johnston, Duplin, Bladen, Robeson, and Anson Counties, NC. By 1760, James and Nathaniel West acquired land in Duplin County, NC on the east side of the Great Coharie River. James West owned land in Duplin (later Sampson), Bladen, and Anson Counties, NC. The last known record for James West is a deed for the sale of land in Anson County, NC to his son-in-law Elmore Carter in 1798. Nathaniel West died around 1778 or 1779. His wife Sarah Bonn West and his children were living in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana by 1778. At that time, Louisiana was under Spanish control.

In 1987, Fred West published his book, "The Wests of Cape Fear Valley." Mr. West believed James and Nathaniel West were sons of Robert West, who died before 1790 in Johnston County, NC. He strongly suspected our West family line is connected to William and Rebecca Bracewell West of Isle of Wight, Colonial Virginia. Rebecca Bracewell was the daughter of Robert Bracewell, the minister of the Old Brick Church on Pagan River.

The second section of this book includes a the study of records in Isle of Wight, Colonial Virginia for William and Rebecca West and their son Robert, who married Isabellah and wrote his will on June 7, 1712 in Isle of Wight County. This writer suspects Robert West of Johnston County, NC is possibly the son of Robert and Isabellah West of Isle of Wight County and the grandson of William and Rebecca West. No record has been found to definitely prove this theory. However, a study of records in North Carolina gives evidence the Wests of Isle of Wight County moved into North Carolina in the early 1720s with other families from Isle of Wight. Around 1735, these families migrated to Fishing Creek in Edgecombe County, the Tar River in the 1740s, and into Johnston and Duplin Counties in the late 1740s to early 1760s.

Genealogy records give strong evidence that James and Nathaniel West were sons of Robert West of Johnston County. Hopefully, others will join in the research to find definitive evidence of the ancestry of Robert West of Johnston County.