Old West Cemetery
Spring Lake, Harnett County, North Carolina

Contributed by Lucille West [raymondlucille.west@worldnet.att.net]. Transcribed and compiled by Lucille West (c)1999. Submitted by Lucille West January 15, 2000. Total records = 21.

OLD WEST CEMETERY, Hwy 210, north of Spring Lake, NC. Traveling 210 South from Lillington, NC to Spring Lake, cemetery is located about 1/4 mile past OverHills Rd (Overhills Rd. crosses 210) on the left, possibly 200 ft. from the road on a rise in some trees.

Listed below are names of individuals buried in this cemetery or probably buried there. There are markers for 9 individuals plus several wooden markers. Information on individuals, who do not have readable markers, was gathered from Fred West's Book (1987) and from Bradley West's Family Tree Page on the Internet.

The asterisks (*) indicate individuals with tombstones. Jacob, Alexander, Daniel, James and Joseph are sons of Levi West.

Clark, Sabina West*, b.4/25/1850, d.9/21/1913, (dau of Jacob)
West, Alexander, b.1830, d.?
West, Catherine Jane, b.6/10/1827, d.11/9/1906, (wife of Daniel R)
West, Catherine S. Cameron, b.1853, d.?, (Wife #3 of James H)
West, Daniel R., b.1833, d.?
West, Daniel W., b.9/16/1870, d.9/5/1917, (son of Alexander)
West, Elizabeth Barrot, b.1800, d.1840, (wife #1 of Levi)
West, Jacob*, b.5/26/1824, d.12/6/1906
West, Jacob A.*, b.12/23/1877, d.1/27/1938, (possible son of Alexander)
West, James H. West*, b.7/1834, d.7/18/1909
West, Joseph, b.8/10/1839, d.9/23/1894, (one source had Joseph buried at Old Bluff Church Cemetery, Godwin, NC, the other source has the Old West Cemetery. His wife is probably buried wherever he is. His name did not appear on the Old Bluff Church Cemetery list recorded on the Cumberland County Genealogy Web site prepared by John Rosser.)
West, Levi, b.1790, d.1849 /1855
West, Mary E.*, b.3/29/1849, d.3/22/1894, (dau of Jacob)
West, Mary M. Bolton, b.?, d.1894, (wife #2 of Jacob)
West, Nancy "Betty" McCorquedale, b.1847, d.?, (wife #2 of James H)
West, Pharibe E. Williford*, b.10/3/1826, d.7/10/1881, (wife #1 of Jacob)
West, Sarah Margaret Parker, b.?, d.5/25/1895, (wife #1 of James H)
West, Sarah (Sallie) Page, b.1817, d.1860, (wife #2 of Levi)

The following individuals are buried at the Old West Cemetery but their relationship
to the Levi West family has not been determined yet. They are:

West, David W.*, Born 1904, Died 1942
West, Mary R.*, Born 1864, Died 1933
West, Wiley G.*, Born 1854, Died 1942