Tom, I haven't located my source yet but the following will explain how William Cloud's land holdings could be disposed. He had given "power-of-attorney" to his son, William Morgan Cloud. Relationships of Stokes County, NC, Sullivan County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, McMinn County, TN and Roane County, TN Cloud Families in Early 1800s. William Cloud was living in the Salisbury District of Stokes County, NC in 1790. He was listed in the census as being between ages 16 and 45. There was one other male over age 16, five males under age 16 and four females of unknown age. If he was the same William who married Mary Elizabeth Morgan, they had lived much of their lives in Patrick County, VA. Joseph Cloud lived close by William in the Salisbury District of Stokes County, NC in 1790. His age was also listed as being between ages 16 and 45. There was one other male over age 16, two males under 16 and six females of unknown age. William Cloud had left Stokes County, NC by 1800. He had come into possession of 5,000 acres or more of land. In 1808, William gave power of attorney to his son, William Morgan Cloud of Hawkins County, TN to represent his interests in "all his land affairs on the Western Waters, particular in a certain tract of land held by the heirs of Samuel Cummings, being on Elk Creek in State of Tennessee, 5,000 acres, which land he claims with just title to in part with my brother Isaac Cloud." Land records for East Tennessee show that William, Isaac, Jason, Joseph and Peter Cloud were entering large tracts of land in Sullivan, Green, Hawkins and Davidson counties beginning as early as 1782. William Morgan Cloud married Rebecca Mitchell around 1813. They raised their family in Hawkins County, TN. They had fourteen children. The names were Isaac, Benjamin, Joseph, John, George, Martin, Greenberry, William, Nancy, Polly, Elizabeth, Samuel, a half sister unnamed and a half brother, Washington. Jeremiah Cloud, possibly a son of Joseph, was living in the Salisbury District of Stokes County, NC at the time of the 1800 census. His age was listed as between 16 and 26. He had married Elizabeth Martin, daughter of John and _____ Martin. Ray > [Original Message] > From: Tom Cloud <cloud@peaches.ph.utexas.edu> > To: <CLOUD-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 2/15/2005 4:15:30 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 >