If this William Cloud had large land holdings, including land in at least two states, how was it disposed of after his death without probate proceedings? Tom At 02:32 PM 2/15/2005, you wrote: >Tom -- I don't think he left a will, but there's a big packet at the Archives here in D. C. on him, as a result of his widow's attempt to keep (or restore) the Rev. veteran benefit which (as I recall) she lost after the War (for Southern Ind.). He did in fact have a son named Jeremiah, who went to Tennessee and lived in several counties (incl. Hamilton) before heading for some State in the Midwest (MO, I think). He was married to Karen Berry and had a pretty hefty bunch of issue. CFA member Frances Hayes (John't wife) is a descendant. Harry

Good question, and I don't know the answer. He sold a number of the TN tracts duriong his lifetime -- whether all, I don't know. Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Cloud" <cloud@peaches.ph.utexas.edu> To: <CLOUD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [CLOUD] William CLOUD of Fairfield, SC > > If this William Cloud had large land holdings, including land in > at least two states, how was it disposed of after his death without > probate proceedings? > > Tom > > > At 02:32 PM 2/15/2005, you wrote: >>Tom -- I don't think he left a will, but there's a big packet at the >>Archives here in D. C. on him, as a result of his widow's attempt to keep >>(or restore) the Rev. veteran benefit which (as I recall) she lost after >>the War (for Southern Ind.). He did in fact have a son named Jeremiah, >>who went to Tennessee and lived in several counties (incl. Hamilton) >>before heading for some State in the Midwest (MO, I think). He was >>married to Karen Berry and had a pretty hefty bunch of issue. CFA member >>Frances Hayes (John't wife) is a descendant. Harry > > > > ==== CLOUD Mailing List ==== > Visit the Cloud Family Association web pages: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cloud ... http://mykindred.com/cloud > >