For what it is worth.... In my GGG Grandfather papers....(actually his Blackhawk War Pension file). There are document with both spellings; CLEVELAND and CLEAVELAND in the body of the same documents. The documents themselves were signed with "their marks" ... X The bottom line to me is that "Gold is where you find it" and "Spelling doesn't count" /s/ kNorm (<- the k is silent as in knife)