Notes on the CLOUD Families of Montgomery County, AL
(Submitted by Ron Head.)

Jeremiah CLOUD (res. Montgomery Co., AL 1830, to TX by 1840, died in TX 1861; estate settlement names deceased son William CLOUD, below)

    William CLOUD b. ca 1800-10 GA d. 1840-50 (Pike or Montgomery Co., AL?)
         m. 22 Dec 1825 Montgomery Co., AL: Margaret FRIZZLE (FRIZZELL, etc.) b. ca 1809 GA, d. after 1860 when in Pike Co., AL (da. of Thomas FRIZZLE and Temperance "Tempie" ELLIS)

         [Jeremiah’s estate settlement lists the four heirs of his deceased son, William CLOUD]:

      A. Elizabeth CLOUD b. ? (d. after being listed in Jeremiah’s estate settlement)

      B. Elzina CLOUD b. ca 1825 d. after 1850, when living in her mother’s household
           m. 24 May 1846 Mntgy: John A. SESSIONS (died by 1850?)

      C. William Jasper CLOUD (went to TX ca 1852 with the BOYD family—died Milam Co., TX)
           m. 24 June 1849 Mntgy: Elizabeth Jane CLOUD (da. of Sam’l and Elizabeth E. CLOUD)

      D. Thomas Newton CLOUD b. July 1843 d. 19 Nov 1915 Pine Level, Mntgy Co., AL bur. Sandy Creek Cem., near Pine Level
           poss. marr. 1st 26 Dec 1866 Mntgy: M. Z. PUGH
           poss. marr. 2nd ca 1869: Martha A. _______ (b. Nov 1842 AL, d. after 1915)

        1. Alice Laura CLOUD b. ca 1870 (d. by 1900?)
             m. 18 Dec 1895 Mntgy: George O. COCHRAN
             [George appears alone in 1900 census, same ED as his parents-in-law]

        a) Laura A. COCHRAN b. Feb 1897
             [with maternal grandparents in 1900 and 1910 censuses]

        2. Mary E. CLOUD b. Apr 1873 (1874?)
             [unmarried in 1910, with parents]

        3. William T. CLOUD b. Dec 1874 (1875?)
             m. ca 1909-1910: Gussie (MONEY?) b. ca 1889 AL
             [with him in 1920 was sis-in-law, Carrie MONEY, b. ca 1892 AL]

          a. Athias CLOUD (fem.) b. ca 1914
          b. Albert CLOUD b. ca 1916
          c. Martha CLOUD b. ca 1919

             [SSDI shows one Gussie CLOUD, b. 3 Feb 1888, d. 15 Mar 1972, Selma, AL; SS# 423-16-0406]

        4. Margaret CLOUD b. ca 1876
        5. Lydia M. CLOUD b. ca 1879

        6. James Wesley CLOUD b. ca 1882
             m. 3 Jan 1910 Mntgy: Minnie Bell ANDREWS

Noah CLOUD b. ca 1752 VA
     m. Ennola Unity CARROLL (b. ca 1755 GA or SC)

his children (acc. to his will) seem to have been these:

  • William CLOUD (died before father, leaving heirs)
  • Reuben CLOUD (died before father, leaving heirs)
  • James CLOUD (died before father, leaving heirs)
  • Mary SWEARENGIN (died before father, leaving heirs)
  • Jeremiah CLOUD (died before father, leaving heirs) and
  • John B. CLOUD (see below)

John B. CLOUD b. 1789 Elbert Co., GA d. 1856 Macon Co., AL
     m. Margaret Ann SWEARINGEN (b. 29 Jan 1790 SC, d. 18 Nov 1868 Macon Co., AL)
     [both buried at Old Calebee Baptist Cemetery, near Shorter, Macon Co., AL]

Descendants of John B. & Margaret (SWEARINGEN) CLOUD:

I. Reuben CLOUD b. ca 1805 GA d. 29 Nov 1862
     m. Charlotte GIDEONS (b. ca 1805)

    [see WorldConnect for descendants of his children]:

    A. Peter M. CLOUD b. ca 1836
    B. Martin CLOUD b. ca 1838
    C. Barbara CLOUD b. ca 1840
    D. Reuben CLOUD b. ca 1841
    E. Byron DeKalb CLOUD b. 27 Nov 1847
    F. William Jasper CLOUD b. ca 1850 [notice these names!]
    G. Ira Newton CLOUD b. ca 1853
    H. Adeline C. CLOUD b. ca 1856

II. Noah Bartlett CLOUD b. 26 Jan 1809 Edgefield Dst., SC d. 5 Nov 1875 Mntgy, AL (bur. Oakwood Cem.)
     m. 1) 20 July 1835 Jeff. Co., GA: Mary Marshall BARTON (d. after 1860 when in Montgy Co.)
     m. later: Hattie N. _______ (b. ca 1815, d. ca 7 May 1893; bur. Oakwood Cem.)
     [owned 16 acres on north end of NW quarter, section 8, T’ship 16, Range 18]

    A. M. Anna H. CLOUD b. ca 1839 AL (res. Norwich, Connecticut in 1876)
         m. 1st: 19 July 1859 Mntgy Co., AL: B. B. VAUGHN [d. after 1860]
         m. by 1876: Charles H. MAY

     B. Willoughby Barton CLOUD b. ca 1845 AL
         m. Mary DAVIS

      1. Henry Baylor CLOUD b. ca 1876
           m. Susan Caswell VAIL

 

    C. John B. CLOUD b. ca 1847 AL d. 24 Oct 1883 (bur. Oakwood Cem., Mntgy)
    D. Henry A. CLOUD b. ca 1849 AL [res. Texas in 1876]
    E. Sarah "Sallie" R. CLOUD b. ca 1849
         m. 9 Oct 1872 Mntgy: Wm. H. CRUSIUS


    F. Noah B. CLOUD, Jr. b. 8 Mar 1852 d. 13 Mar 1902 Mntgy, AL (bur. Oakwood)
         m. 1st 16 Sep 1877 Mntgy: Fannie H. WARD (b. ca 1859, d. ca 23 Nov 1879)
         m. 2nd 17 June 1880 Mntgy: Martha Garner HILL (b. ca 1857, d. 18 Dec 1938)
         [da. Of Wm. Hamilton HILL & Martha Frances SCOTT]

      [bur. In their lot in Oakwood Cem.: James CLOUD b. ca 1873, bur. 17 Aug 1877; as yet unidentified]

      1. Bertha Turner CLOUD b. 17 Oct 1878
           m. 26 Dec 1899 Mntgy: H. M. CAMPBELL

      2. Fannie H. CLOUD (stillborn; buried Oakwood Cem. 22 Nov 1879)

      3. Willie Hamilton CLOUD(fem.) b. 6 Oct 1881 d. 8 Jan 1882

      4. Reuben Walton Sharp CLOUD b. 18 Nov 1882 d. 26 Jan 1953
           m. 7 May 1903 Mntgy: Lula LAVENDER (b. ca 1889)

        a. Leonard B. CLOUD b. ca 1904 (res. Dothan, AL 1953)
        b. William H. CLOUD b. ca 1905 (res. New Orleans, LA 1953)
        c. [prob.] Lula Elizabeth CLOUD b. ca Aug 1906 d. ca 25 Jan 1907
        d. Nellie May CLOUD b. ca 1908 (res. New Orleans, LA 1953)
             m. _______ LYNCH
        e. Reuben S. CLOUD, Jr. b. ca 1912 (res. Santa Barbara, CA 1953)

       5. Mamie Anna CLOUD b. 30 Sep 1884 d. after 1933 when in Mntgy
           m. 20 Dec 1905 Mntgy: Pierce A. HARRIS
           m. by 1939: W. L. CANADA
           [these could be Mamie’s children, or her sister Mary Frances’s]:

        a. Albert E. HARRIS b. ca 1910
        b. Charles P. HARRIS b. ca 1914

      6. Lewis Nolen CLOUD b. 30 Jan 1887 [bur. Oakwood: 16 Sep 1887]

      7. Eugene Clifton CLOUD b. 30 Jan 1887 d. 6 May 1922
           m. 2 Oct 1912 Mntgy: Lola FLORIN

      8. Milton Woods CLOUD b. Jan 1889 d. after 1953 when in Mntgy
           m. 25 Jan 1949 Mntgy: DeAlva Estelle JONES

      9. Mary Frances CLOUD b. Apr 1891 aft. 1953 when in Linwood, AL (Pike Co.)
           m. 20 Aug 1905 Mntgy: J. M. HARRIS
           m. by 1939: _______ ALFORD

        [these could be Mary Frances’s children, or her sister Mamie’s]:

        a. Albert E. HARRIS b. ca 1910
        b. Charles P. HARRIS b. ca 1914

      10. Sallie Estelle CLOUD b. 18 Nov 1893 d. 26 Apr 1914 (bur. Oakwood)

      11. Thomas Madigan CLOUD b. 13 Aug 1895 d. 10 Jan 1917 (bur. Oakwood)

      [with Martha G. CLOUD and her younger children in 1910 census was Theodore CLOUD, born ca 1900; acc. to dth. certif. index, one Theodore R. CLOUD died 19 Nov 1915 in Montgomery Co., AL]

     G. Lewis N. CLOUD b. Mar 1856 (res. Montgomery in 1876)
         [unmarried in 1900 household of his sister Sallie & her husband Wm. H. CRUSIUS]

  III. Mansico CLOUD b. ca 1810 SC

 IV. Jeremiah T. CLOUD b. ca 1812 SC
       m. ?

    A. Sampson Carroll CLOUD b. 15 Jan 1848 d. 4 July 1904 (Greenwood Cem., Mntgy, AL)
         m. ca 1871: Alice ROBERTS
         m. ca 1882: Florence HAMILTON (b. 1 Sep 1853, d. 6 Apr 1928; bur. Greenwood)

      1. Archie H. CLOUD b. ca 1884
      2. Florence D. CLOUD b. ca 1887
      3. John S. CLOUD b. ca 1891
          [prob. J. S. CLOUD who m. 19 July 1911 Mntgy: Bessie WILSON]

 V. Carroll A. CLOUD b. ca 1815 SC
VI. Daniel CLOUD b. ca 1815 GA
VII. Phillip CLOUD b. ca 1815 GA
VIII. Unity Ella CLOUD b. 14 June 1816 Edg. Dst., SC
IX. James CLOUD b. ca 1820 GA

X. Sampson B. CLOUD b. 2 Apr 1820 Edg. Dst., SC
                                      d. 2 June 1891 bur. (Old Calebee Cem., Macon Co., AL)
     m. Amanda A. A. _______ (b. 29 Jan 1824 Edg., SC, d. 2 Sep 1895 LaPlace, Macon Co., AL)

    A. Elizabeth L. CLOUD b. ca 1849 AL
    B. Unity A. CLOUD b. ca 1843 AL
    C. Charles C. CLOUD b. ca 1845 AL
    D. Callie E. CLOUD b. ca 1848 AL
    E. Mary M. CLOUD b. ca 1850 AL

As yet unidentified CLOUD families in Montgomery Co., AL

James Thomas CLOUD b. ca 1872 (Obit dated 25 Apr 1944)
     m. Minnie C_______
     [one Minnie Chesson CLOUD’s obit appeared 11 Nov 1951—bur. Greenwood Cem.]

Anna Ruth CLOUD
     m. _____ WILSON

female CLOUD
     m. W. I. WILSON

female CLOUD (res. Savannah, GA in 1944)
m. George S. SMITH

female CLOUD (res. Washington, AL in 1944)
     m. Oscar BEASINGER
     [one Carrie Lee CLOUD m. 6 Mar 1920: Norman C? BEASINGER]

Sudie Glenn CLOUD (sister of James Thomas CLOUD) res. Cairo, GA in 1944
     m. Henry J. PAR(R)ISH

Onie F. CLOUD (sister of James Thomas CLOUD) res. Shorter (Macon Co.), AL in 1944
     m. 25 Feb 1912 Mntgy: John P. HANNON

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Rev. J. N. CLOUD   b. ?    d. ca 1907 (per widow’s obit)
          (prob. bur. Shorter Bapt. Church, Macon Co., AL)
     m. Carrie A. (H?) (SMITH?) (b. 1855, d. 19 Feb 1919 Mntgy, AL, bur. Shorter Bapt. Ch.)

    [no children; widow referred to Sarah R. CLOUD (Mrs. J. H. AVINGER) as her "adopted da.; Carrie was with the AVINGER family in 1910, listed as "aunt." Carrie’s will was witnessed by M. M. SWEATT, who had been the guardian of William J. CLOUD, below]

unknown CLOUD  b. ?     d. before 1911
    (brother of Rev. J. N. CLOUD, if he was uncle to these children):

      Sarah "Sallie" R. CLOUD b. ca 1888 AL
           m. 14 June 1908 Mntgy: John H. AVINGER (b. ca 1876 AL)

      Elizabeth Cloud AVINGER b. ca 1909 AL

      William J. CLOUD b. 22 Feb 1894 (res. Navarro Co., TX in March 1915, just turned 21)
           [In 1911, according to his sister Sallie, he was a minor, age 17, living in TX, father deceased, with an estate in his own right of ca $250. His g’dn had been O. S. LEWIS, but M. M. SWEATT took over as g’dn in 1911.]

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James V. CLOUD (minor; Wm. H. POOL g’dn [thru 9 Apr 1862], then O. R. BELL, g’dn)

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Mary E. CLOUD (death certificate) d. Oct 1910
     [Oakwood interments: Mary E. CLOUD age 10 mo. & 2 days, bur. 10 Apr 1910—location not specified]

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 James H. CLOUD married 27 June 1913 Mntgy: Kathleen LUNDY

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 Beckie CLOUD married 29 Dec 1897 Mntgy: C. H. BROADAWAY

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Jane CLOUD married 5 June 1855 Mntgy: Thadeus D. HENDERSON

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Sallie E. CLOUD married 26 Dec 1906 Mntgy: Louis E. JAMISON

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Thomas W. CLOUD married 2 Nov 1865 Mntgy: Mary J. JONES

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Will CLOUD married 7 July 1907 Mntgy: Caroline SCOTT

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1910 census:
James CLOUD b. ca 1875
Annie L. b. ca 1878
Carrie L.b. ca 1901
Lutie (da.) b. ca 1907
Florence b. ca 1908

[prob. the Annie L. CLOUD (death certificate) who d. Montgomery Co., AL 8 July 1910]

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Eliza Evans CLOUD b. ca 1841 d. 20 July 1927 bur. Oakwood Cem., Mntgy

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