WEST, J WESLEY

SERVICE RECORD:

- enlisted on Dec 11, 1863 (joined from camp instruction)

- Jul & Aug 1864; present

- Sep & Oct 1864; present

- Nov & Dec 1864; present

- Jan & Feb 1865; present

On April 18, 1919, J Wesley West applied for a Confederate pension on his service in the Gist Guard.  The following information was listed at that time:

NAME:  J Wesley West

BORN:  December 15, 1845

RESIDENCE:  Pauline, Spartanburg Co.

HEALTH:  -----

INCOME:  is not in excess of $500.00

PROPERTY VALUE:  not in excess of $500.00

SERVICE:  Enlisted McBeth's Light Artillery in September 1863 and served in that unit until April 1864, discharged at Greensboro, NC in April 1865 as a member of Chichester's, Rhett's Brigade

The Spartanburg Herald ran a special Confederate Veterans' Edition on August 17, 1910.  John Wesley West was listed:

West, John Wesley – Born Dec. 15, 1844, Walnut Grove.  Enlisted 1863, Gist’s Guard, S.C.V. Art., Rhett’s  Brigade, Capt. Edward Chichester.  Transferred from Boyce’s Bat. to Chichester’s.  Farming.