West, Jacob C.

Born: 1776-XX-XX North Carolina

Died: 1868-03-09

West moved to what became Menard County, Illinois, sometime before 1834. In 1850, he was living in Petersburg and working as a magistrate with $800 in real estate. West moved to Abingdon sometime before 1860.

Gravestone, Cherry Grove Cemetery, Abingdon, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Menard County, IL, 274; Petition of Mentor Graham and Others to the Sangamon County Commissioners’ Court; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Knox County, IL, 470.