Welcome to Newton County, Texas Winney Elizabeth Bivens West
Winney Eliza Bivens was born in the Edgerly Community in Georgia in 1804. Her family later moved to the Natchez District of Spanish Louisiana where She married Levi Oliver West in 1858. By 1850 she was listed in the Newton County Texas Census. In 1851 she was living with her husband in Brazoria County Texas. By the time of the Civil war she was a resident of Caldwell County Texas. They were living in Caldwell County Texas during the Civil War where in 1864 she was assessed 42 pounds of bacon as "tax in kind". She was a midwife and she took care of the sick & delivered babies. "One dark rainy night a man rode up & asked for her & told her she was needed but would not tell her where. She was blindfolded & told to ask no questions. They rode till morning & arrived at a fine home. The girl was a lovely, young blond. Her baby was born & a negro woman took it away. They brought her back the same way - she never knew or would not tell who they were." She died in 1885 in Caldwell County Texas.
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1860 Caldwell Co.Tx. Census, #209, No P.O. --------------------------- Winney Elizabeth Biven, daughter of James Biven. aka: Eliza; Bivins; Bevins; prob Winifred Elizabeth; Eliza Cryer; Winnie Cryer Housewife/Farmer Newton County Nuggets, p. 176. THE WEST by Opal Sterlin Jackson. -------------------------- Winnie Cryer. Caldwell County 1864 Tax in Kind. Plum Creek Almanac, vol 2, p. 145, 1984. Assessed 42 pounds of bacon. -------------------------- Estate and Will of Levi West. Gonzales Co., TX Deed Book Z, p. 310. ---------------------------
Levi West. Caldwell County Probate Records. 1820 (also Information Exchange, 10 Jul 1997. Linda Wright File Census Check - Check GA Winney E. Bevens would be abt 16, b. abt 1806).
1830 Natchitoches Par., LA shows no Bevens.
1860 Caldwell Co, TX Census. Lockhart. 395-380, p. 209 WEST, WINNIE
E. 50 1810 Farmer GA 160 - 1790
1870 Age abt 66. Caldwell Co., TX Census. 1880 Age abt 76. Caldwell Co., TX Census. James and Elizabeth BIVENS and their chilren. James died in St. Tammany in 1814. Legal records give George STOKES and Jesse PARKER as appraisers of his estate valued at $412.50. Wife, Elizabeth was appointed administerix of her husbands estate. Minor children named: Winney (md. Levi WEST), Wiley, Polly (md. Gadi WEST), Henry (md.Martha/Massey), and James. Witnesses listed: George STOKES, Henry JARRELL, John H. MILES, AND J.R. JONES. James TATE, Judge. Levi and Gadi WEST were brothers; sons of Littleberry WEST, Sr.. Henry moved to Newton Co., Texas. Tx census records indicate Winney was b. in GA; Henry b. in Miss.. A James Bevan was found on the tax roll in Washington CO., AL (Mississippi Territory) in 1805 gone by 1808. Elizabeth was found on the 1812 St.Tamany Tax list. What connection did PARKER, STOKES, JARREL, & MILES have to James or Elizabeth Bivens? Winney (md. Levi West s/o Littleberry West, Sr.)
1850 FEDERAL CENSUS INDEX TO ONLINE IMAGES, NEWTON COUNTY, TEXAS;
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