WEST Family DNA Project
Granville West, 1808 SC

Descendents of Granvillle WEST and Frances SHACKELFORD.
This is the family represented by DNA sample W102.
Each male with the surname WEST in this chart has a Y chromosome that is a copy of the Y chromosome of Granville WEST b 1808.   This passing of genetic code from father to son is the key to using Y-DNA for genealogy research.  Any living male with the surname WEST, who is descended from one of the WESTs in this chart, will have Y-DNA that matches W102.

1 Granville WEST, b 1808 SC, d 1878 Henderson Co TN
  +Frances Narcisus SHACKELFORD, b 1821 Madison Co AL, d aft 1896, Jack's Creek, TN
  2 Male WEST b 1837-40, Henderson Co TN, d Bef 1850 Henderson Co., TN
  2 Mary Jo WEST, b 1838 Henderson Co TN, d 1918 Henderson Co TN
  2 Sarah Louise WEST, b 1841 Henderson Co TN, d  1925 Chester Co TN
    +Aaron M BRITTON, b 1851 TN, d 1926 Chester Co TN
  2 George Miles WEST, b 1845 Henderson Co TN
    +Sarah J. HART, b 1848 TN, married  Abt 1868 Henderson Co TN
    3 James T. WEST, b 1869 Henderson Co TN, d bef 1880 Henderson Co TN
    3 Ada WEST, b 1872 Henderson Co TN
      +L N HARRELL, b 1865, TX
    3 Sidney Robert WEST, b 1873 Henderson Co TN, d 1936 Runnels Co TX
      +Unknown, married 1894
    3 Mary M WEST, b 1876 Henderson Co TN
    3 Emma S WEST, b 1878 Henderson Co TN
    3 M. H. WEST, b 1880 Henderson Co TN
      +J. T. HARRELL, b 1865 TX
    3 Rutie WEST, b 1885 TX
  2 John Reed WEST, b 1846 Henderson Co TN, d 1905 Henderson Co TN
    +Rebecca Ann VAUGHN, b 1838 Prontotoc MS, d 1893 Madison Co KY
    3 Mary Rebecca WEST, b 1877 Henderson Co TN
    3 Female WEST, b 1881 Henderson Co TN
    3 John Robert WEST, b 1882 Henderson Co TN
    3 Female WEST b abt 1884
  2 James Madison WEST, b 1848 Henderson Co TN, d 1931 Carroll Co TN
    +Nancy Jane MOORE, b 1854 Henderson Co TN, d 1924 Carroll Co TN
    3 Lewella WEST, b 1874 Henderson Co TN
    3 Cora L. WEST, b 1877, Henderson Co TN
      +Unknown Hays
    3 Coma B. WEST, b 1879
  2 Thomas J WEST, b 1850 Henderson Co TN, d 1929 Grayson Co TX
    +Mary Esadora MOORE, b 1855 Henderson Co TN, d 1930 Grayson Co TX
    3 Mary F(rances?) WEST, b 1879 Henderson Co TN
    3 William Pinckney WEST, b. 20 Aug 1880, Henderson Co., TN
      +Louise
    3 Rhoda A. WEST, b 1882 Henderson Co TN
    3 Walter Lee WEST, b 1885 Henderson Co TN
      +Betty Lee
    3 Lilly M. WEST, b 1887 Henderson Co TN
      +Lafayette SMITH, b 1887 TX. married 1909 Ellis Co TX
    3 Luther WEST, b 1891 Henderson Co TN, d 1892 Henderson Co TN
    3 Eldridge M.(Miles)? WEST, b 1893 Henderson Co TN, d 1958 Grayson Co TX
    3 Howard Clanton WEST, b 1899 Ellis Co TX, d 1949 Grayson Co TX
  2 Richard E WEST, b 1852 Henderson Co TN, d 1921 Kaufman Co TX
    +Mary A., b 1854 Henderson Co TN, d aft 1930
    3 Laura WEST, b 1883 Henderson Co TN
    3 Mary F. WEST, b 1885 Henderson Co TN
    3 Sidney WEST, b 1887 Henderson Co TN
    3 Richard Austin WEST, b 1889 Henderson Co TN
      +Laura, b 1893 TX, married 1914 TX
    3 Thomas WEST, b 1891 Henderson Co TN
    3 Ora L. WEST, b 1894 Henderson Co TN
      +Guy W. BRAZZEL, b 1890 TX, married 1920
  2 Henry Clay WEST, b 1855 Henderson Co TN, d aft 1910 Jones Co TX
    +Sara Elizabeth RHODES, b 1861 Henderson Co TN, d Jones Co TX
    3 Symatha Cleveland WEST, b 1885 Henderson Co TN, d 1950
      +Irving BURTON, d 1969
    3 Minnie A. WEST, b 1887 TX, d 1920
    3 Hettie WEST, b 1889 TX, d 1969
    3-Mexie Elbert WEST, b 1891 TX
      +Ollie A.,  b 1891, married 1915
    3 Miles WEST, b 1893 TX, d 1966
    3 Vernettie Melissa WEST, b 1895 TX, d 1979
    3 Jessie Lee WEST, b 1899 TX
    3 Willard Hollis WEST, b 1904 Ellis Co TX, d 1965
  2 Riley Benton WEST, b 1856 Henderson Co TN, d 1936 Henderson Co TN
    +Katheryn Belle MOORE, b 1860 Jack's Creek, TN, d 1948, Jack's Creek, TN
    3 Della Mae WEST, b 1886 Henderson Co TN, d 1969 Madison Co TN
      +James Thomas McADAMS, b 1879 Henderson Co TN, d 1947 Henderson Co TN
    3 Noda Wilma WEST, b 1889 Henderson Co TN, d 1985 Mitcheville, IA
      +Gabe Atlas JOHNSON, b 1892 Henderson Co TN, d 1983 Mitcheville IA
    3-Effie Jane WEST, b 1892 Henderson Co TN, d 1990 Henderson Co TN
      +William WHITE, b 1883, d 1951 Henderson Co TN
    3 Bennett Nelson WEST, b 1894 Henderson Co TN, d 1968 Clyde OH
      +Minnie SNYDER, married 1936
    3 Lloyd Vaston WEST, b 1898 Henderson Co TN, d abt 1902 Henderson Co TN
    3 Thelmer Lee WEST, b 1901 Henderson Co TN d 1974 Henderson Co TN
      +Mary Vesta RHODES, b 1902 Henderson Co TN, d 1988 Henderson Co TN
  2 Willis Nelson WEST, b 1858 Henderson Co TN, d 1934 Henderson Co TN
  2 Martha Frances WEST, b 1860 Henderson Co TN, d 1905 Henderson Co TN
    +John Alexander Wilkinson RHODES, b 1856 Henderson Co TN, d 1917 Henderson Co TN
  2 Isaac Newton "Peter" WEST, b 1861 Henderson Co TN, d 1924 Henderson Co TN
    +Martha GILLIAM, d bef 1900 Henderson Co TN
    3 Lessie C. WEST, b 1899 Henderson Co TN
      +Cordelia Hays
    3 Daisy E WEST, b 1891 Henderson Co TN, d 1921 Henderson Co TN
      +Benjamin Franklin BOWMAN, b 1889 Henderson Co TN,
    3 Gladys WEST, b 1892 Henderson Co TN
    3 Susan O. WEST, b 1895 Henderson Co TN
    3 Sussa P WEST, b 1899 Henderson Co TN
    3 Lonnie WEST, b 1904 Henderson Co TN
    3 Josie B. WEST, b 1906 Henderson Co TN
    3 Otis WEST, b 1909 Henderson Co TN
  2 Margaret E. WEST, b 1864 Henderson Co TN
    +W. C. SMITH

Additional information provided for W102.

Please post to see if anyone else is working on these ancestors. The names are Joseph & Mary West, Joel West and Elsey/Elsy/Elzy West of Giles Co., TN. I know that Joseph and Mary were the parents of this Joel. There is a Giles Co. deed dated 1832 with this info in it. I know that Joseph, Joel and Elsey were in Giles Co. from 1812. Tax records and jury duty. I know that a Joel and a younger Elsey West migrated to Henderson Co., TN and are on a tax record along with Granville. Tax Records, land records and census. There was also a Jesse West about the same age as Joel and Elsey in Giles early. Except for Joel being the son of Joseph and Mary, I don't know how or if the others are related. Only speculation since Joel and Elsey are together in the same counties repeatedly. The father of Granville may not be a West. Possibly Joel West married a Rutherford woman who had a small son named Granville. That son was either adopted by Joel or was just given the name. We are seeking a descendant of the younger Elsey who moved to Henderson and later to Obion Co., TN for the DNA test. Descendents of this line may still live in Henderson or Obion Counties Tennessee.

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