Thank you; I didn't have that info on the Wests/Harneds. I'm going to check out that book, too.
As for Nancy West and James Williams: I have them in my tree exactly the way you do; no parents! There were so many descendants of Thomas West Sr; some have been researched and some not. My intention was to get something on all of them in my tree, but there are a few on whom I have nothing. As far as I can tell, all the Wests except Ignatius and Jesse went to Kentucky from NC. Jesse is still living in 1850, with daughter Matilda, but where did his son go? Is he the Jonathan West who appears in Christian Co. in 1850? The age is right. Jesse had only one son and one daughter, so we know Nancy West isn't Jesse's. The only Nancy West I show in the right time frame married Henry Brewer. There are 3 sons of Thomas West Sr. that I find nothing much on: Phillip, Berry, and Rutherford, and we know John went to KY but I have nothing on him. Evidently Nancy belongs to this bunch but WHERE?? As for the Williamses, I have a Joseph born abt 1814 in NC; married Delilah Mann... Manns also married Brewers, Meachams, and Wests... I bet Joseph belongs to the same family as your James. However, I have nothing yet on Joseph's family.Will definitely let you know what I find on him.
Nancy