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Elizabeth Martin[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Female 1787 - Aft 1860  (> 74 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Martin 
    Born Feb 05, 1787  Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 1860  Watkinsville, Oconee county, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • Elizabeth (Martin) Cloud was appointed administrator of Jeremiah Cloud's estate.  She filed an inventory of the estate on September 12, 1815.  A sale of Jeremiah's  personal property was held on the first Saturday of January, 1816 in Stokes County.  The sale brought a total of $453.06.
      The three children of Elizabeth and Jeremiah were placed under the guardianship of Elizabeth's father, John Martin.
      Elizabeth applied for widow's pension under the Congressional Act of April 16, 1816.  She and her children received half pay of $12.50 per month for the next five years.
      Elizabeth married John Harris on April 12, 1817.  A quarrel between John Harris and John Martin followed almost immediately after the marriage.  John and Elizabeth Harris filed a suit against John Martin on January 6, 1818 accusing Martin of trespass.  They lost their suit and appealed to the Superior Court of Stokes County.  Their suit was heard on appeal and during the trial John Martin's attorney asked for a judgment of a non suit and this was approved.  John and Elizabeth Harris had to pay court costs.
      John Harris' next move was to file for a Writ of Dower against the estate of Jeremiah Cloud.  The Court ordered the sheriff to appoint a jury of good and lawful men unconnected by affinity or consanguinity to Elizabeth Harris.  The sheriff was further instructed to appoint a day for the jury to meet on Jeremiah Cloud's premises and lay off and allot the Dower to which Elizabeth was entitled by Act of Assembly.  The sheriff was also instructed to make known to John Martin the time and place of the meeting of the jury.  John Martin was responsible for protecting the inheritance interests of Jeremiah Cloud's three minor children.
      The jury met on August 25, 1818, and partitioned 66 acres including the dwelling and improvements for Elizabeth's dower.  Jeremiah Cloud's land lay along both sides of Peter's Creek, joining the lands of John Martin and Joseph Cloud and encompassed two hundred acres.  James Lyon Jr., Deputy Sheriff for Stokes County, carried out the court orders.
      Matthew R. Moon, Stokes County Court Clerk, was appointed guardian of Elizabeth's son, John Martin Cloud, on 11th March, 1819.  Moon posted a bond promising to protect the inheritance of John M. Cloud until he should reach full age, at which time Moon would deliver the full value of the inheritance to J. M. Cloud.  Moon was also responsible for the education of John.
      John Harris died in September, 1821.  Elizabeth's brother, James Martin, was appointed guardian of Elizabeth's children in 1822.  Elizabeth's father, John Martin, died on 5th April, 1823.  He provided in his will for his three grandchildren, John Martin, Maryann and Jeromeliza Cloud. The will stipulated the grandfather's wish that John Martin Cloud be enrolled in the study of law, "if capacity will allow of it."  Apparently capacity did allow it and John M. Cloud entered the practice of law in Surry County, NC.  He was destined to become a Court Judge in Salem, Forsyth County, NC.
      Elizabeth filed for reinstatement of her widow's pension under the Congressional Act of February 3, 1853.  She lived in Clarke County, GA at the time.  She appointed her son, John, as her lawful agent and attorney for prosecuting her pension application.  John was successful in getting his mother's pension application approved in 1856.  She was awarded a payment of $12.50 per month retroactive to the date the Act was passed.
      Sources:  NC State Archives, Stokes County Estates, Jeremiah Cloud (1815), CR. 090.508.20.
                      NC State Archives, Marriage Bonds, Stokes County, 1740 - 1868
                      National Archives, War of 1812 Pension Applications, OW Widow's File No. 13463
                      Wills of Stokes County, NC, Microfilm No. 0546241, Vol. 3, p 807
                      Mrs. Deborah Hallecook, Compiler, Stokes County, NC Deed Abstracts, 1817 - 1818, Vol. 6,
                      pp 186, 187
                      Stokes County, NC Deed Book 18, p 186
    Person ID I88012  mykindred
    Last Modified Mar 25, 2019 

    Father Lt. John Martin,   b. circa 1761, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 05, 1823, Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Mother Nancy Shipp,   b. 1763, Lunenburg county, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 24, 1841, Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married Jun 1784  Surry county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F29574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lt. Jeremiah Cloud, R.S.,   b. circa 1783, Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 01, 1815, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Married 1810  Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    • North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 lists a marriage bond of 180? of Jeremiah CLOUD to Elizabeth MARTIN, bondsman Andrew BOWMAN.
    Notes 
    • There is a conflict in the documents submitted to Washington, DC in support of Elizabeth's application for pension as the widow of Jeremiah Cloud, veteran of the War of 1812.
      Elizabeth declared in her sworn testimony that her marriage with Jeremiah was solemnized by Johnson Clemmond, Acting Justice of the Peace, Stokes County, NC.
      William Moon Esq., Justice of the Peace, Stokes County, NC filed an affidavit stating that he solemnized the marriage.  This may have been a situation where a close family friend, William Moon, was trying to help Elizabeth get her pension.
    Children 
     1. Judge John Martin Cloud,   b. 1811, Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     2. Eliza Jane Cloud,   b. 1812, Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1899, Oconee county, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Mary Ann Cloud,   b. 1815, Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
    Family ID F29573  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John Harris,   d. Sep 1821, Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Apr 12, 1817  Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. Ruth Cloud \ Harris,   b. Jul 28, 1818, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 18, 1893  (Age 74 years)
     2. Burrel Harris,   b. 1819, Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     3. John Harris,   b. 1821, Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
    Family ID F29580  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1383] Stokes County, NC Wills, Microfilm No. 0546241, Vol. 3, p 80.
      The Will of John Martin wherein his children and grandchildren are named.

    2. [S1182] National Archives, OW Widow's File No. 13463.
      War of 1812 Pension Applications.

    3. [S1470] Bibb County, GA 1830 Census, p 50.
      Elizabeth Harris listing

    4. [S1474] Forsyth County, GA 1840 Census, p 268.
      Elizabeth Harris listing.

    5. [S1434] Clarke County, GA 1860 Census, Watkinsville, p 947.
      Elizabeth was living with her son, John Harris. Another son, Burrel Harris, lived next door.

    6. [S1128] Gedcom - Shirley, Raymond.

    7. [S1434] Clarke County, GA 1860 Census, Watkinsville, p 941.
      Elizabeth was living with her unmarried son by her second husband. His name was John Harris, Jr. Another son by her second husband, Burrell Harris, lived next door. Her daughter by her first husband, Eliza Jane (Cloud) Foddrill, was also living in Clarke County, GA in 1860.

    8. [S1137] The Draper Manuscript Collection, Vol. DD - 2, pp 421 - 429.
      Affidavit of Thomas Shipp notarized on 28th August, 1840 in Surry County, NC and sent to Lyman Draper. Thomas stated that John Martin married Nancy Shipp, sister to Thomas Shipp. The wedding was held in the home of Thomas.
      Dr. Lyman Draper, Historian, "The Draper Manuscript Collection," Series DD, King's Mountain Papers, State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

    9. [S1182] National Archives, War of 1812 Pension Applications, OW Widow's File No. 13463.
      Affidavits submitted to prove that Elizabeth was the widow of Jeremiah Cloud.

    10. [S1458] Stokes County, NC Marriage Records, 1783 - 1868, p 15.

    11. [S1158] NC State Archives, Marriage Bonds, 1740 - 1868.