[JOHNWESTSR.FTW] ATTENDED GREENSBORO ACADEMY IN GREENSBORO, GEORGIA Was on the Police Board in Leake County, Mississippi in 1860. No date or place of death for Rufus Sr. has been found. "Rufus " appears to be a nickname for Robert. There were several letters in the Post office in Jasper County, Ga. in 1820-1830 for Robert K. West, and there was no one of that name on the census.