Each male with the surname WEST in this chart has a Y chromosome that is a copy of the Y chromosome of James WEST b 1798.   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 W48 and W175.

Descendants of James WEST

1.  James WEST, b 1798 SC, d 1861 MS

     + unknown

      2.  Margaret WEST, b abt 1821 TN/GA

           + William C. HARDER, b abt 1826 AL, married in Itawamba Co MS 1844

      2. Lavinia WEST, b abt 1822 TN/GA

      2. Nancy WEST, b abt 1825 TN/GA

          + Alfred M. BALLARD, b 1838 AL, married 1857 Itawamba Co MS

      2. Isham/Isom WEST, b 1826 TN, d Wayne Co TN

          + Ellen MATRHENY, b 1830 KY, d Wayne Co TN

             3. Mary E. WEST, b 1852 Wayne Co TN, d 1930 Wayne Co TN

             3. Margaret WEST, b 1855 Wayne Co TN, d 1888 Wayne Co TN

             3. Roda Jane WEST, b 1858 Wayne Co TN d 1858 Wayne Co TN

             3. Susan WEST, b 1861 Wayne Co TN, d 1897 Wayne Co TN

             3. William James WEST, b 1864 Wayne Co TN, d 1920 Wayne Co TN

                  + Sally ROBNETT, b 1870 Lauderdale Co TN, d 1923

                   4. Clyde WEST, b 1890 TN

                   4. Clara WEST, b 1892 TN, d 1965 Wayne Co TN

                   4. Edna WEST, b 1896 TN

                   4. Joseph S. WEST, b 1896 TN

                   4. Isham Harrison WEST, b 1898 TN

                   4. Andrew WEST, b 1901 TN

                   4. Luther WEST, b 1904 TN

                   4. Landrun WEST, b 1907 TN

                   4. Pearl WEST, b 1908 AL

                   4. Velma WEST, b 1909 AL, d 1992, Wayne Co TN

                   4. Herschell WEST, b 1915 TN

             3. Simon WEST, b 1872 Wayne Co TN, d 1875 Wayne Co TN

      2. Samuel WEST, b abt 1829 TN

     + 2d wife of James WEST

         Sarah Jane (Jincy) TAYLOR, b abt 1814 GA, d MS, married 1848

      2. Mary E. WEST, b abt 1849, Itawamba Co MS

      2. James C. WEST, b 1850 Itawamba Co MS, d 1932 Lubbock TX

          + Sarah Frances CANTWELL, b 1856 Lafayette Co MS, d 1920 Mills Co TX

           3. Tommie Theodora TRANUM (stepchild), b 1874 Lafayette Co MS, d 1951 Wichita Falls TX

           3. Aramata Bell WEST, b 1878 Lafayette Co MS, d 1956 Fort Worth TX

               + William Albert GILLENTINE, b 1874 Mills Co TX, d 1948

           3. Lilly WEST, b 1880 Lafayette Co MS, d 1940

           3. Thomas Leonard WEST, b 1882 Lafayette Co MS, d 1955

               + Amanda Florence GILLENTINE, b 1884 Erath Co TX, d 1958

           3. James Marion WEST, b 1886 Lafayette Co MS, d 1941 Lubbock TX

               + Ethel Ray BENNETT, b 1895 Randolph Co AL, d 1983 Lubbock TX

           3. Samuel B WEST, b 1887 TX, d 1907 TX

           3. Ruth Jane WEST, b 1890 Mills Co TX, d 1939

                + Thomas George HUTCHISON, b 1887 Hood Co TX, d 1957

           3. Mattie E. WEST, b 1892 Mills Co TX, d 1892 Mills Co TX

           3. Sarah Frances WEST, b 1894 ills Co TX, d 1896 Mills Co TX

           3. Beatrice WEST, b 1896 Mills Co TX, d 1963

               + Franklin Butler WATSON, b 1890 Fannin Co TX, d 1969 Taylor Co TX

      2. Catherine WEST, b abt 1852 Itasamba Co MS, d abt 1918

           + John Henry HARMON

               Second husband of Catherine WEST

           + John David WATSON,  b abt 1854 MS, d bef 1900

      2. Samuel Marion WEST, b abt 1854 Itawamba Co MS, d 1898 Lafayette Co MS

          + Mary Elizabeth STARNES, b 1857 MS, married 1884 in Lafayette Co MS

           3. Elizabeth WEST, b 1888 MS, d 1923 MS

               + Henry  MOORE, b 1881 MS, d 1922

           3. Henry Dave WEST, b 1889 Lafayette Co MS, d 1962

               + Anna L (unknown), b 1889 Dogtown MS

           3. James Wesley WEST, b 1893 MS, d 1955

               + Versie L. HOLDMAN, b abt 1896 MS

           3. Mary Frances WEST, b 1895 MS

               + George FOSTER, b abt 1888 MS

      2. George Washington WEST,  b 1856 Itawamba Co MS, d 1931 Mills Co TX

          + Martha Ann WOMACK, b 1852 MS, d 1937 Mills Co TX, m 1875 Lafayette Co MS

          3. Egbert Nathan WEST, b 1876, d 1949

          3. Ella WEST, b 1880

          3. Sarah Pearl WEST, b 1882 Lafayette Co MS, d 1924 Brown Co TX

              + Horace Kirk REYNOLDS, b 1883 NC, d 1965, m 1903 Mills Co TX

          3. G. S. WEST, b 1896

          3. John WEST, b 1887

          3. Bertie WEST, b 1893 Mills Co TX, d 1995 Brown Co TX

             + Prichard Stame REYNOLDS, b 1885 NC, d 1963

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