John Clark Cloud, Jr.^{[1, 2]}

1845 - 1929  (84 years)

• Name	John Clark Cloud
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	Aug 22, 1845	Austin county, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Austin county, Texas, USA
  Census	1860	Milam county, Texas, USA
  Census	1880	Brown county, Texas, USA
  Census	Jun 18, 1900	Comanche, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA   [3]
  Buried	Sep 1929	Yuma Cemetery, Yuma, Yuma county, Arizona, USA
  Died	Sep 05, 1929	Yuma, Yuma county, Arizona, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I77	mykindred
  Last Modified	Apr 24, 2012

  
  

  Father	John Clark Cloud,   b. 1815, Georgia, USA ,   d. Feb 1868, Milam county, Texas, USA  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Mary Polly "Polly" Griffin,   b. 1818, Georgia, USA ,   d. Bef 1874  (Age < 55 years)
  Married	Jan 07, 1836	Montgomery, Montgomery county, Alabama, USA
  Notes	On NOV 15 1999, Ellen Crawford emcraw-at-azstarnet.com> wrote: "John C Sr and Mary Griffin were married the 7th of Jan 1836 in Montgomery Co AL.  I believe that her father John Griffin came along with Jeremiah for he got a land grant dated the same as Jeremiah's and John's.  They are dated 1839 and states they have been in TX since 1836.  All of John and Mary's children were born in TX including my gr grandfather John Jr in 1845.  They may not have moved at all.......Since the changing of the county boundaries...    Ellen The family is on the - 1840 Texas Tax list - 1850 TX, Austin, p 89, HH 18/18: Cloud, John C., 35, M, farmer Cloud, Mary, 32, F Cloud, Mary Jane, 11, F Cloud, Marion, 8, M Cloud, John, 5, M Cloud, Margurette, 2, F - - 1860 TX, Milam, Cameron, p 12, (M653, 1301) Cloud, J.C.,  Farmer, 45, M, GA, Cameron, 110 Cloud, Polly, 35, F, GA, Cameron, 110 Cloud, Marion, Laborer, 16, M, Tex, Cameron, 110 Cloud, John, 14, M, Tex, Cameron, 110 Cloud, Margaret, 13, F, Tex, Cameron, 110 Cloud, Fanny, 10, F, Tex, Cameron, 110 Cloud, Melissa, 8, F, Tex, Cameron, 110 - On October 19, 1998 Ellen (Williams) Crawford wrote regarding the following 1875 deed record: "The children of J C  Sr and Mary Griffin Cloud sold the land she had bought sometime earlier (I also have that deed).  The deed mentions all the children except Marion and Melissa...so they were probably deceased by that time." - Dec 16, 1875 J C CLOUD ET AL TO L B RUTHERFORD State of Texas Milam County Know all men by these presents that we Margaret Carter and her husband T Carter, Francis Rutherford and her husband J H Rutherford, J C Cloud and Jerry Cloud, J D Rogers, his wife M E Rogers, all of the County of Milam for and in consideration of the sum of Five hundred dollars, one hundred and twenty two dollars and fifty cents have been received in cash and three hundred and seventy seven dollars and fifty cents to be paid in twelve months from this date, do by these presents, grant, bargain and sell and convey to the said L B Rutherford, his heirs and assigns, the half of the following described land situated in the county of Milam and state of Texas and more particularly described in metes and bounds as follows, to wit:  Beginning on the N E corner of Stovall's survey, thence N 19 degrees West with the lines of John Griffin's tract 924 varas passes Griffin's corner 1323 varas to N E corner of this survey a black jack from which a post oak bears 87 degrees W 21 varas, thence S 71 degrees W 590 varas crossing a prong of a creek called Sand 1066 varas to the N W corner of the tract from which a post oak bears S 88 degrees W 8 varas and a black jack bears S 62 degrees W 4 varas, thence S 19 degrees E 1320 varas entering N line of Stovall's survey for the south west corner of this survey from which a post oak bears N 50 degrees E 4 varas, thence N --?-- E with Stovall's line 1066 varas to the place of beginning, two hundred and fifty acres off of the Jose Lead claim, to have and to hold the half of the above described land, one hundred and twenty five acres, with all the rights, members, herediments and appurtenances  to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining unto the said L B Rutherford, his heirs, assigns forever.  The said half of the said two hundred and fifty acres tract of land hereby conveyed to the said L B Rutherford to include the house and other  improvements upon said land occupied by the said L B Rutherford, the division line to be run strait through said tract so as to have the greater part of all the improvements on said tract on the half conveyed to L B Rutherford and we hereby bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators and assigns forever, to warrant and defend the title to the said half of the said tract of land unto him the said L B Rutherford, his heirs and assigns against the claim of all persons or any claiming the same by through or under us.  In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hands this the 6th day of December 1875. (............  remnant not quoted here) Filed for record at 6 o'clock PM Sept 22 1885 W Paden, clerk Milam County Land Records, Book 14 pages 577, 578, 579, and 580 (LDS Film # 981410). [5]
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Sallie Carter,   b. Jan 25, 1849, Attala county, Mississippi, USA ,   d. Apr 10, 1918, Yuma, Yuma county, Arizona, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	1864	Cameron, Milam county, Texas, USA
  Notes	1880 census: living in Brown County, TX taken June 1880. J.C. Cloud, 35, farmer, TX, GA, GA Sarah (wife), 30, house keeper, MS, VA, VA Gina (Gena??), 13, TX Clark  age: 10, TX Alex(?), 5, TX Tenny, 4, TX Lorena, 1, TX - Arrived in Comanche, I.T. shortly after 1890 and is on the 1900 Chickasaw Nation census in I.T.  They moved to California and then to Arizona around 1911. - 1900 census, I.T., Chickasaw Nation, twp 2, Comanche, e.d. 165, sheet 10-B, June 18 (T623-1849, p. 10), HH 175/188 Cloud, J. Claud, head, W, M, Aug 1844, 55, m 35 yrs, TX, AL, AL, farmer Cloud, Sallie, wife, W, F, Jan 1849, 51, m 35 yrs, 10/8 children, MS, MS, VA Cloud, Bennie, son, May 1886, 14, TX, TX, MS Cloud, Eutha, dau, Feb 1889, 11, TX, TX, MS - [6]
  Children	1. Lugenie Cloud,   b. Sep 26, 1868, Texas, USA ,   d. Apr 18, 1948, San Bernardino county, California, USA  (Age 79 years)   2. Clark C. Cloud,   b. Nov 18, 1870, Texas, USA ,   d. Sep 24, 1895, Texas, USA  (Age 24 years)   3. Alexander Cloud,   b. Sep 05, 1872, Texas, USA ,   d. Oct 09, 1873  (Age 1 years)   4. Elzie C. Cloud,   b. Dec 27, 1874, Texas, USA ,   d. Aug 05, 1925, Glendale, Maricopa county, Arizona, USA  (Age 50 years)   5. Tennie Belle Cloud,   b. Feb 22, 1877, Texas, USA ,   d. Nov 20, 1959, Riverside, California, USA  (Age 82 years)   6. Lorena Rene Cloud,   b. May 17, 1879, Texas, USA ,   d. Jan 01, 1920, El Centro, Imperial county, California, USA  (Age 40 years)   7. Mary Henely Cloud,   b. Sep 08, 1881, Comanche, Comanche county, Texas, USA ,   d. Dec 28, 1967, Yuma, Yuma county, Arizona, USA  (Age 86 years)   8. Fannie Dale Cloud,   b. Apr 11, 1884, Texas, USA ,   d. May 07, 1972, Young county, Texas, USA  (Age 88 years)   9. John Benjamin "Ben" Cloud,   b. May 26, 1886, Buckhorn, Austin county, Texas, USA ,   d. May 11, 1969, Antioch, Contra Costa county, California, USA  (Age 82 years)   10. Euphie Ellen Cloud,   b. Feb 17, 1889, Buckhorn, Austin county, Texas, USA ,   d. Mar 02, 1964, San Bernardino, California, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Cloud, John Clark Jr. (1845-1929) Back row: Elza Cloud, holding son, Linzy Williams, Will Spier, Tinnie Spier, Elza's son Dave, Mary Williams, Homer Williams Front row: May, Cody, Lester Cloud, Sally (Carter) Cloud, Charlie Spier (adopted son of Will), John Cloud, Euphie Williams, Fannie Belle Williams, Sam Williams (on tricycle)
  		Cloud, John Clark & Carter, Sarah

  
  

  Documents

  Cloud, John Clark (1845-1929) Death Certificate

  
  

  Histories

  Carter, Alex Deed for Sandy Creek Baptist Church

  
  

• Sources

  [S136] 1860 US federal census, 1860 census, Milam county, Cameron P.O., Texas, p. 18. [S3961] 1900 US federal census, 1900 census, Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, twp 2, Comanche, e.d. 165, 10-B. [S3961] 1900 US federal census, 1900 census, I.T., Chickasaw Nation, twp 2, Comanche, ed 165, 10-B, (T623-1849, p. 10). [S561] Death Certificate, Arizona, Yuma, state # 433, reg # 156 (Reliability: 3). [S30] Milam County Courthouse. [S135] 1880 US federal census.