Col. John West II

(1633-1688) Inherited 6000 acres of this land from his father, John West I.Land grant ca. 1650. John West was taken prisoner during Bacon's Rebellion. He later sat on court martial for those "Rebels." He was Colonel of Militia and Burgess for New Kent county 1685-1686. In the 1659-60 session of the House of Burgesses an act passed to exempt him from the taxes for life in consideration of "the many important favors and services rendered to the countrey of Virginia by the noble family of the Wests, predecessors to Mr. John West, their now only survivor."