Background
West was the third son of Colonel John West and Unity Croshaw.
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Nathaniel West
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Career
The House of Burgess was the representative assembly in colonial Virginia. The First elective governing body in a British overseas possession. The assembly was one division of the legislature established by Governor George Yeardley at Jamestown July 30, 1619.
The other included the governor himself and a council, all appointed by the colonial proprietor (the Virginia Company).
Because each Virginia settlement was entitled to elect two burgess, the original membership of the House of Burgess was 22.
Membership
Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel West was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for King William County, Virginia 1703–1705.
