Thomas WEST

                   3rd great grandfather to Eleanor Law Johnson
He came into Tennessee with forty families from Maryland about 1781....Adam Dal, a relative was the first to settle there...


Goodspeed's History of
Dekalb County
1887

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The settlement of Dekalb County dates back to the year 1779, at which time Adam Dale settled on Smith Fork, in the immediate neighborhood of the present town of Liberty. Dale was a Marylander in search of a home, and was attracted to Tennessee by the abundance of cheap land, and to the above locality by the fertile land and healthy climate. Being satisfied with the outlook he at once sent word back to*** *his friends in the East, and two years later a colony of forty families, composed of his relatives, friends and acquaintances, left Maryland to join the pioneer in his frontier home. The colony came down the Ohio River, up the Cumberland to Nashville, and from that point made their way overland to the Dale settlement in wagons. There were no roads in those days and the journey from Nashville required several weeks' time, passages for the teams having to be cut as they went along, the forests and canebrakes being impenetrable. Reaching Smith Fork they settled in and around what is now Liberty, and being of a hardy, industrious nature, were in an incredibly short time comfortably housed and domiciled. Among those who composed the colony were William and John Dale,
***** Thomas West, William and George Givens, Thomas Whaley, Josiah Duncan, James and William Bratton,
*** Henry Burton, The Walks, Fruits and others.
   Between 1800 and 1820 many new comers settled in various parts of the county, among whom were Jesse Allen, Allan Johnson, Martin Phillips, Britton Johnson, James Lockhart, John Martin, James Davis, Giles Driver, I. H. Hayes, Tobe Martin, John Robinson, George, Samuel H. and John Allen, John C. Kennedy, Milton Ward, John Wooldridge, John Frazier, David Taylor, Nicholas Smith, D. League, John Maynor, Henry Cameron, P. G. Magness, Zachariah Lafever, Jacob and Abraham Overall, Robin Forester, Ruben Evans, Matthew Selleers, James Powell, James Tubb, Jack Reynolds, Reddick Driver, Thomas Given, William Boyd, Thomas Duncan, Thomas Durham, Davidand William Adcock, William Floyd, Hezekiah Bowers, James Powell, John Vantrees, Jonathan and Stewart Dorse, E. Turner, James Goodner, Wm. Grandstaff, Thomas Simpson, William Wright, Benjamin Garrison, Anderson Pickett, Isaac Jones, James Jones and Edmund Turner, Sr.


Adam Dale erected the first mill, which was a log, water-power corn-mill, on Smith Fork, near Liberty, built in 1800. The patronage of the mill came from the immediate Dale settlement, for the benefit of which it was established. Other early mills of the county were those of Leonard Fite, at Big Springs, on Smith Fork; Jesse Allen, on Eagle Creek; Thomas Durham and Abraham Farrington, on Pine Creek; James Lick, on Cane Creek, and Nicholas Smith, on Smith Fork. In connection with Allen's mill was a cotton-gin and distillery, probably the first established in the county. The same gentleman also established and operated for a number of years an iron forge on Pine Creek, the ore being secured in the neighboring mountains. Between 1805 and 1815 the settlers would make frequent trips to New Orleans in keelboats, taking to market furs, produce, etc., and returning with salt, which would be sold in the settlements at as high a price as $10 per bushel. The voyagers were embarked on Caney Fork, floating into the Cumberland River, then the Ohio and into the Mississippi. From four to five months were required to make the trip to New Orleans and return. The principal mills of the county at present are as follows: Brown Bros. & Donnell's steam flour mill, at Alexandria; J. H. Overall's steam flour, meal and saw-mill, and Hale Bros.' water-power grist-mill, at Liberty; Allen T. wright's steam woolen-mill, at Dowelltown, and W. T. Robinson's steam grist-mill, at Dowelltown, and T. H. W. Richardson's, Wash. Reynolds', James Oakley's, W. G. Crowley's, John Bone's and James Kelton's grist-mills in various parts of the county.
AFN:   1R6J-1XD

BIRTH:
Book:  Tennessee Bible Records........
Original Thomas West Bible is in possession of Thomas Potter, Jr.,Nashville, Tennessee.

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            BIRTHS 
            page 235
            Thomas West, born Jan. 28, 1760.

            BIRTHS 
            page 235
            Tabitha Dale, his wife, born Aug. 12, 1769.

            BIRTHS 
            page 235
            Children of Thomas and Tabitha Dale, his wife:

            BIRTHS 
            page 235
            Betsey Calling, born June 12, 1792.

            BIRTHS 
            page 235
            John Clemmon, born March 6, 1798.

            BIRTHS 
            page 235
            Mathias Starky, born Sept. 23, 1798.

            BIRTHS 
            page 235
            Jonathan Pickral, born 1801.

            BIRTHS 
            page 235
            Joel Nelson, born May 16, 1803.

            BIRTHS 
            page 235
            Nancy H., born Oct. 9, 1805.

            BIRTHS 
            page 235
            Martha Dale, born July 21, 1808.


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            DEATHS 
            page 235
            Thomas West, died July 12, 1848, at quarter past 3 o'clock in the evening.


            DEATHS 
            page 235
            Tabitha West, died March 2, 1849, at five minutes before 3 o'clock in the evening.


            Father of James Newton Beard 
            page 235
            Jonathan P. West, died Sept 13, 1823, at half past 10 o'clock in the morning.

CENSUS:
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There is a Thomas West located in Smith Co.,Tenn 1820.  Probably our Thomas.
WEST
THOMAS
Smith  County
TN
98
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Federal  Population  Schedule                                                     
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WILL:
Dekalb County Tennessee Wills
Thomas West Will, Will Bk A 1838-1854  p.26

CEMETERY
The Dales of Eastern Shore Maryland & Tennessee compiled by Clarice Neal (Mrs. Joe W.), copyright 1986, 2209 Shoal Creek Blvd.,Austin, Texas  78705 P.131-133.  See page 205.... "Traditionally, the family burying ground was on the home place and the West Cemetry is located on a present day dairy farm on upper Helton Creek, near Alexandria, Tenn.  The loation is close to what is now Wilson County boundry and accounts for some marriage and other records appearing in the Wilson County records instead of Smith or Dekalb Counties. 
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                         WEST CEMETERY

There are also about 20 graves marked with fieldstones.
This church is near Alexandria, Tennessee.  Located in the Upper Helton
area of Dekalb County about 1 1/2 miles past Upper Helton Baptist Church.  
Also known as the Dinwiddie Cemetery.

Transcribed by Amy Bostic   bostic@cwix.com

NAME                        BIRTH        DEATH         INSCRIPTION     

WEST, TABITHA             8/12/1769     3/2/1849     Widow of T. West
ILLEGIBLE                                                  Footstone says T.W.
ESKEW, MARTHA D           7/2/1808      2/27/1880
WEST, M.S.                9/23/1798     3/4/1880
WEST, MARTHA P.           10/4/1807     5/22/1835    Wife of M.S. West
                                                       There is another stone
                                                       for Martha that gives
                                                       birthdate as 10/1/1807
WEST, WILLEY B.                         1/18/1858    Age 17 yrs, 5 mos, 21 days
BOYD, MATILDA             6/17/1820     7/23/1849    Consort of M. Williams
WEST, JOHN F.                           7/17/1854    Age 58 yrs, 3 mos, 11 days
WEST, MARY                6/1/1802      12/20/1891   Age 89 yrs, 6 mos, 19 days
                                                       Wife of John F. West
WEST, NANNIE E.           12/19/1847    1/2/1879     Wife of W.E. Rich
FOUTCH, AMANDA            8/7/1843      6/19/1885    Wife of G.R. West
WEST, ERA FRANCIS         1/13/1875     7/1/1878     Daughter of G.R. & Amanda West
WEST                      No Date       No Date      Infant son of G.R. & A.J. West
BARRY (Infant)            8/6/1891      9/15/1891    Infant son of J.P. & H.T. Barry
PEMBERTON, JIMMIE G.      7/11/1876     5/23/1877    Son of J.K. & Sallie L. Pemberton
West (Infant)             6/4/1876      6/4/1876     Daughter of J.B. & M.J. West
BARRY (Infant)            1/17/1876     2/5/1876     Infant son of J.P. & T.H. Barry
WEST, JAMES W.                          1/12/1872    Age 22 yrs, 4 mos, 18 days
WEST, T.W.                11/7/1815     11/14/1887
WEST, M.A.                8/31/1816     9/23/1898
WEST, FILEAN A.           JAN? 1804?    JUN? 1835?   Headstone crumbled, footstone
                                                       says J.A.W.
WHEELER, SARAH TENNESSEE  7/9/1854      7/19/1859    Daughter of J.D. & M.T. Wheeler
WHEELER, THOMAS M.        10/20/1856    5/28/1860    Son of Capt. J.D. & M.T. Wheeler
TAMER, D.C.                             1/25/1841    Homemade-only information

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MISC. INFORMATION:
Letter from Thomas Webb, Historian in Dekalb County, Tenn...(filed in Obadiah Garrison folder) says Thomas West's father is John West..

familysearch.org          This book is in the Family History Library in SLC;  I also have a copy in my possession.
                  The Dales of eastern shore Maryland and Tennessee 
    Stmnt.Resp.: 
                  compiled by Clarice Neal ; with parts written by Margaret Dale,
                  Harry Wright Newman, and Clarice Neal 
    Authors: 
                  Neal, Clarice (Clarice G. Hollman) (Main Author) 


    Notes: 
                  Includes bibliographic references.

                  Includes index.

                  Includes Bratten, Evans, Givan, West and related families.

                  "Privately published."

                  John Dale (Deal or Dial) (d. 1708) came to America from "near
                  Londonderry, Ireland sometime between 1683 and 1686" and settled
                  in Somerset County, Maryland. He married Katherine Fletcher
                  before 1689. Descendants lived in Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee,
                  Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and elsewhere.

                  Library's copy lacks p. 269. 


    Subjects: 
                                        Dale
                                        Deal
                                        Dial
                                        Bratten
                                        Evans
                                        Givan
                                        West           


    Copies 
            Call Number  929.273 D152n 
    Location        JSMB FAMHIST Book                                 
     Format:  Books/Monographs (With Fiche) 
    Language:   English 
    Publication:   Austin, Tex. : C. Neal, c1986 
    Physical:     iii, 278 p., [9] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. 
    Subject Class:
                  929.273 D152 

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       ID: I5487 
       Name: Tabitha DALE 
       Sex: F 
       Birth: 12 AUG 1769 in Snow Hill, Worcester, Maryland 
       Death: 2 MAR 1849 in Dekalb Co., Tennessee 
       Reference Number: 5487

       Father: John DALE b: ABT. 1731 in Old Somerset, Maryland 
       Mother: Tabitha MILBOURN b: ABT. 1735 in Somerset, Maryland

       Marriage 1 Thomas WEST b: 28 JAN 1760 in Snow Hill, Worcester, Maryland

       Children

          1. Betsy Calling WEST b: 12 JUN 1792 in Worcester, Maryland
          2. John T. WEST b: 1794 in Dekalb, Tennessee
          3. Elizabeth C. WEST b: 1795
          4. John Flemmon WEST b: 6 MAR 1796 in Dekalb, Tennessee
          5. Thomas WEST b: 1798 in Stokes, North Carolina
          6. Matthias Starky WEST b: 23 SEP 1798 in Dekalb, Tennessee
          7. Fenathan Pickeral WEST b: 21 MAR 1801
          8. John Nelson WEST b: 11 MAY 1803
          9. Nancy Hazzard WEST b: 9 OCT 1805 in Tennessee
         10. Martha Dale WEST b: 21 JUL 1808 in Dekalb, Tennessee
         11. Tabitha Melborn WEST b: 12 AUG 1811 in Tennessee
         12. Thomas William WEST b: 7 NOV 1815 in Tennessee