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Hi Doc,
TEMPERANCE WEST b. 1790 was a daughter of HEZEKIAH WEST and PRICILLA Prissilla) OSBORN. Scroll to the last part of this response to see the 1844 will of HEZEKIAH WEST. THOMAS M. MERCER was a witness to the will. HEZEKIAH d. July 28, 1845. He is buried at West Eden Cemetery in Johnson Co. Illinois.
I descend from Hezekiah's daughter Sarah "Sally" West b. 1785 in Sandy River, Chester Co. South Carolina and m. Theodoricks "Rix" Carter in Johnson Co. Illinois. Hezekiah and his family lived at West's Eden near Cypress in Johnson Co. Illinois. Hezekiah was b. in Maryland and moved with his parents to Chester Co. SC. Hezekiah married in Chester Co. SC and later moved with his family to Jackson Co. TN, then KY, then Johnson Co. Illinois.
Connie
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From "Descendants of Hezekiah WEST 1763 - 1845 Vol. 1"
Henry Hebard West, Los Angeles, 1938
R929.2 W522-2 v.1
I found a copy of this research at the Downtown Los Angeles Public Library, Genealogy Section. A copy can also be found at the library in Vienna. This is an unpublished work. I made a complete copy of Vol. 1 during my trip to L.A. (Connie McKenzie)
THE HEZEKIAH WEST BIBLE
Correspondence sent to Henry Hebard West and included in his Volume 1:
From Mrs. CORA (WEST) HOOPER, Danville, IL Aug. 1, 1933
"Mrs. SPALDING also has HEZEKIAH WEST'S Bible. She will not let any one, even myself, have it, but she will furnish any dates that are recorded in it to you at any time. I can tell you this much, the dates are not very many, and the writing is faded too. This Bible is rather a funny looking
thing, being about 7 inches wide, 9 inches long and 4 inches thick."
And August 26, 1933
" Well that I know, LYDIA (LYDIA ( WEST) SPALDING) does not have any kind of papers or records of the WEST Family. All she has is the HEZEKIAH WEST Bible, and this is the way she happens to be in possession of it. Mother gave it to JOE (JOSEPH K. WEST) and in 1916 when he got sick and had to lay off from his work and enter the Illinois Central R.R. Hospital at Paducah, he brought his suit case to her home, and opened it and took out the Bible and gave it to her with the request that she keep it always in her possession, which she has done ever since. Where ever she goes, she carries it with her."
And September 12, 1933
"My sister, Mrs. SPALDING has three Bibles in her possession, namely HEZEKIAH WEST, WILLIAM MOBLEY WEST and JOSHUA P. WEST. She has the last two stored among her household goods. The HEZEKIAH WEST Bible, JOE gave to sister in August 1917. He died December 30, 1917."
And May 10, 1934 (after a visit to her sister in Detroit)
"Well, Mr. WEST, there is absolutely nothing in the HEZEKIAH WEST Bible only what you already have. We compared your data with the Bible and it is exactly the same, and there is no other in the Bible. Nothing on the plain unprinted leaves in either the front or the back of the Bible. The Bible is 8 inches wide by 10 inches ling; not a very large one. Bound in rawhide. Looks as if he had done the binding himself as there are large stitches of rawhide thread on either side of the back binding. The s's are all like f's in the print. No date of the printing is anywhere in it. It must have been rebound by him and it must be a real old, old Bible. How we wish it could speak and tell us, but it is a mute evidence of long, long ago. Sister keeps it well wrapped in celophane paper, then in taffeta silk, trying to preserve it."
"Detroit, Mich.
Dec 3, 1934
Mr. H.H. WEST,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear Sir;
I am enclosing copy of the records as they are in the book. Hope it is satisfactory. Was delayed on account of my husband being hit by an automobile, Nov. 3, has very badly bruised shoulder and side also broken arm. Not being very well myself the shock of his accident almost made me sick.
As I am not very much interested in old data, maybe the reason I overlooked this, however I hope you get everything as you wish it.
Yours truly,
Mrs. SPALDING"
From H.H. WEST Vol. 1
BIRTHS..............This is how Mrs. SPALDING presented the information in her letter [I capitalized the names, CKM]
HEZEKIAH WEST, Sr. was born 7th November 1763.
PRISSILLA WEST his wife was born 22 March 1766.
SALLY WEST their first child was born 22 November 1785.
JOHN WEST their first son was born 23 December 1787.
TEMPY WEST was born 27 April 1790.
MARY WEST was born 30th April 1792 & lived about three years.
LUCY WEST was born 19 November 1794.
ASA WEST was born 7th January 1797.
ELIZABETH WEST was born 28 February 1799.
MARCY WEST was born 1st August 1801.
PATSY WEST was born 6th July 1804.
FANNY WEST was born 10th November 1806.
WILLIAM M. WEST was born 8th June 1809.
TEMPY WEST daughter of ELIZABETH was born 20 March 1819.
JOSHUA P. WEST was born 8th September 1831.
ASA WEST son of WILLIAM and LYDDA WEST born on the 2nd day of July - 1833.
JOHN WEST son of WILLIAM & LIDDY was born 3rd November 1835.
ZILLY M. WEST daughter of WILLIAM & LIDY was born 25 April 1838.
JAMES CORBIN WEST son of WILLIAM & LIDDY was born 11 of February 1840.
MARTHA J. WEST was born January 5th 1843.
A.J. WEST was born Nov. 8th 1845.
GEORGE W. WEST was born December 6th 1848.
SALLY C. WEST - Daughter of ASA D. WEST & FANNY his wife was born 13 Oct.1816.
POLLY WEST - Daughter of ASA & FANNY was born 10 September 1818.
JOHN WEST son of ASA & FANNY was born 18 December 1819.
ELIZABETH WEST Daughter of ASA & FANNY was born 11 May 1822.
EDWARD WEST son of ASA & FANNY was born 17 October 1824.
PRISSILLAH WEST - Daughter of ASA & FANNY was born 27 March 1827.
HOLLAND COLLIE was born the 16th of March 1848.
ELLIN C. WEST was born the 24th of June 1851
WILLIAM E. WEST was born the 10th of January 1853.
From H.H. WEST Vol. 1
Deaths listed in HEZEKIAH WEST Bible....................................
JOHN WEST son of HEZEKIAH , senior died 19 November 1820
POLLY WEST - Daughter of ASA & FANNY departed this life 19 October 1818.
ELIZABETH WEST - Daughter of ASA & FANNY departed this life 27 August 1824.
EDWARD WEST son of ASA & FANNY departed this life 15 November 1824.
PRISSILLA WEST - Daughter of ASA & FANNY departed this life 19 February 1828.
FANNY WEST - wife of ASA - departed this life on Thursday morning, 3 o'clock -
18 Sept. 1828.
PRISSILLA WEST senior departed this life on Sunday the 2nd of August 1840 about 8 o'clock in the morning - aged 73 years. Her funeral preached by JAMES W CORBIN 11th October 1840 from John XVII & 24th
HEZEKIAH WEST senior departed this life July 29th A.D. 1845 in his 82 year and his funeral sermon was preached on Sunday August 2nd day of the same date by Rev. I. S. W. D. CHASE from Psalm 112 and 6 verse - The Righteous shall be in everlasting rememberance.
WILLIAM M. WEST departed this life March the 22nd A.D. 1853. Aged 43 years, 9 months,
14 days.
ZILLY M. WEST departed this life April the 16th A.D. 1857. Aged 18 years, 11 months &
22 days.
JOHN WEST died August 23rd 1847.
LYDIA E. WEST died January 24th 1849.
WILLIAM E. WEST, Jr. died July 17th 1853.
ELLIN C. WEST died October 8th 1857.
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HHEZEKIAH WEST and PRISSILLA his wife was married together on Thursday the 18th day of November 1784 in Chester County in South Carolina on Sandy River by SQUIRE HITCHCOCK.
[THIS IS THE ONLY MARRIAGE LISTED, CKM]
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Western Intelligencer (newspaper) http://www.iltrails.org/randolph/western.htm
"October 2, 1816 The estate of JAMES WEAVER will be settled in Johnson Co by HEZEKIAH WEST and MARY WEAVER."
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http://www.iltrails.org/johnson/hwest_will.htm
Hezekiah West, Probate Judge's Docket August 1821 - December 1846, Johnson County, Illinois:
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of HEZEKIAH WEST deceased are recorded in the words & figures following towit, IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN
I HEZEKIAH WEST of the county of Johnson State of Illinois being weak in body but of perfect memory & mind, be given unto ---- calling into memory the mortality of my body and knowing that is appointed unto all men to die do make and ordain this my Last will & testament that is today
Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a christian decent burial at the discretion of my executor nothing doubting that at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as to such worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of in the following manner and form, towit,
First I will to my present wife MERRY WEST all the stock household & kitchen furniture with half the increase there of that has not been disposed of for our support that is the property household kitchen furniture she had when we were married also one cow and pigs one gilt (?) and two second rate borrows if such are to be found belonging to me at my death and the remainder of my property I will and bequeath to my son WILLIAM M. WEST for him to dispose of it as his will for my support while I live and after my death to pay himself for all the trouble that I may have been to him then if there should be anything remaining after satisfying himself to divide equally amoungst the rest of my children that are living at the time the dividend shall be made equal except my daughter LUCY If she should be living at the time of the divident being of age and if there should be a suffiency to give her ten dollars more than the rest I appoint my son WM M. WEST my executor to put this will into affect with our? letter testamentary --- he shall think it best as to do I utter(?) and publish this to be my last will and testament I in testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand affixed my seal this 30th day of October Anno domini 1844
HEZEKIAH WEST {Seal}
In presence of
WM B. CARTER
THOMAS M. MERCER
WILLIAM GRIFFIN
State of Illinois}
Johnson County}
This day appeared THOMAS and WM. B. CARTER two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing will and made oath that the within named HEZEKIAH WEST deceased signed sealed and delivered the within and that he at the time of signing the same was of sound mind & memory Given under my hand & seal this 23rd of August 1845
?GORING? P. J. P. {Seal} (Probate Justice of the Peace)
As a special term of the court of probate began and held for the county of Johnson on the 23rd day of August 1845 presnt ? Goring Probate Juctice of the Peace.
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