Laura Frances Burt[1]
1846 - 1923 (77 years)-
Name Laura Frances Burt Born Jul 24, 1846 Prattville, Autauga county, Alabama, USA 
Gender Female Census Jun 10, 1880 Waller county, Texas, USA [2] Died Sep 21, 1923 Prattville, Autauga county, Alabama, USA Notes - She returned to Alabama with her children.
Person ID I684 mykindred Last Modified Jun 22, 2011
Father Martin Ross Burt, b. Oct 17, 1804, Halifax county, North Carolina, USA , d. Jun 29, 1870, Prattville, Autauga county, Alabama, USA (Age 65 years) Mother Delilah Griffin, b. Aug 21, 1814, South Carolina, USA , d. Mar 04, 1896, Prattville, Autauga county, Alabama, USA (Age 81 years) Notes - -
1850 census, AL, Autauga, Huddleston, HH 369/333
Jemima, THACKER, 30, F, W
Sarah, THACKER, 40, F, W
Martin R, BURT, 45, M, W
Delila A, BURT, 35, F, W
John, BURT, 19, M, W
Thomas, BURT, 16, M, W
Mary A, BURT, 13, F, W
Sarah J, BURT, 11, F, W
Margarett C, BURT, 9, F, W
Harriett E, BURT, 9, F, W
Henry C, BURT, 5, M, W
Laura F, BURT, 4, F, W
Martha D, BURT, 3, F, W
Susan R, BURT, 0, F, W
Estha, McCRAY, 41, F, B
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Lura Black wrote NOV 4 2000:
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1860 Autauga Al, page 143, taken 25 Aug
M. R. BURT, 55, AL, Planter, $13000, $50000
Delilah BURT, 46, SC
Sallie BURT, 21, AL
Margaret BURT, 19, AL
Henry BURT, 15, AL
Frances BURT, 14, AL
Martha BURT, 12, AL
Susan BURT, 12, AL
Ellen BURT, 8, AL
Willie BURT, 5, AL (male)
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1870 Autauga AL, page 39, taken 10 Jul
Delilah A. BURT, 55, SC, $3000, $500 (what happened to their money?)
Fannie BURT, 23, AL
Martha BURT, 21, AL
Susan BURT, 19, AL
Of interesting note, living next door were the following:
Mary A. BATEMAN, 30, AL
James M. BATEMAN, 12, AL
Daniel P. BATEMAN, 10, AL
John W. BATEMAN, 8, AL
William M. BURT, 15, AL (this would be Willie from the 1860 census)
Rachael BURT, 45, AL (she is black)
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Family ID F290 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family James W.J. Cloud, b. 1845, Alabama, USA , d. Sep 17, 1886, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA (Age 41 years) Married Jan 04, 1871 Autauga county, Alabama, USA Notes - -
1880 census, TX, Waller, pct 1, p 37, sd 4, ed 158, (T9-1331, 384)
June 10, HH 399/439
CLOUD, JWJ, W, M, 34, AL, GA, GA
CLOUD, LF, W, F, 33, AL, NC, VA
CLOUD, HL, 5, dau, TX, AL, AL
CLOUD, WW, 2, son, TX, Al, AL
CLOUD, HGW, W, M, 70, father, GA, GA, GA, blind
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Cecil Stokes, Jr. wrote:
His widow, the 39-year-old Laura Frances, bundled up the three kids and moved back to her hometown, Prattville (Autauga County), Alabama. She established a boarding house on the Main Street so that she could be independent and feed her kids."
"Laura's father, Martin BURT, was an early settler of Autauga County. He was famous for arriving by flatboat and building a home with bedroom(s) for his daughters upstairs and the only stairway ascending from the master bedroom. (That home is now owned and occupied by a retired Air Force colonel.)"
"Howell MURPHREE of the Dothan/Troy, AL, area went to Prattville to take a good job with Continental Gin Company of Prattville. He stayed at Mrs. Cloud's boarding house and got acquainted with Mrs. Cloud's daughter, Willie, and they married. Then, Howell's little sister came visiting. She met and subsequently married Mrs. Cloud's son, James Ross Cloud (father of James William "J.W." Cloud and grandfather of Cecil Gaines Stokes Jr.). The two couples remained in Prattville and had a bunch of kids who grew up in houses facing one another across Main Street."
"One of those kids was J.W. "Jim" Cloud, who settled in Huntsville after WWII. Cec's [my] mother was one of the others. Their brother, Burt, was the third. Unfortunately, neither Willie Cloud Murphree nor James Ross Cloud survived to see all of their children reach adulthood. Thus, the double-first cousins became even closer and the Cloud connection was lost if not discarded. Only Jim Cloud has exhibited any interest in learning more about it, and he has influenced Cec [me] to be interested."
"Cec [I] went to high school in Nashville (because that's where my father found opportunity in the shoe industry), graduated from Auburn University, and settled in Huntsville because this is where the high-tech challenges of "the missile gap" were being worked. My siblings and Cloud-related first cousins are currently in AL (Huntsville & Gulf Shores), GA (Atlanta & Griffen), TX (Houston), NC (Concord), and Argentina."
"While Cloud kinship was apparently being forgotten in the 1886 to 1975 period, there was plenty of interaction with Murphree kin. The Murphrees had settled in the middle-Tennessee region (Murfreesboro, TN), gone to southeast Alabama with a herd of Tennessee horses, and found new homes. Cec [I] grew up with lot's of interaction with Murphree kinfolks; but my two uncles and their wives and kids were the only Clouds I ever knew until I joined CFA and the email "Cloud-list"."
Children 1. Hattie Lou Cloud, b. Nov 10, 1874, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA , d. Oct 23, 1931, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, USA (Age 56 years)2. Willie W. Cloud, b. Jun 15, 1878, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA , d. May 25, 1926, Prattville, Autauga county, Alabama, USA (Age 47 years)3. James Ross Cloud, b. Sep 25, 1883, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA , d. Nov 06, 1935, Prattville, Autauga county, Alabama, USA (Age 52 years)Photos 
Cloud, James & Laura Burt Family ID F283 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- She returned to Alabama with her children.
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Photos Cloud, Laura Frances (Burt) (1846-1923)
J.W.J. Cloud & Laura Burt Cloud
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