Harry, I found a will for a Benjamin Cloud in Claiborne County, TN with Susanna Cloud as wife. See the following: Will of Benjm Cloud Sept Term 1842 "I Benjamin Cloud being sound and perfect mind and meory (sic) do make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following -- I Give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Susanna Cloud all my Estate both real and personal to have the use and benefit of during her natural lifetime and after her death I will and order that said real Estate and whatever of the said peronal Estate may remain shall be equally divided among all my heirs. "And whereas something has been received b the heirs that has left my house I want it to be noted on paper and kept for final Settlement --- And should my wife give the heirs that are now miners anything let it also be noted for the Settlement. -- "I hereby appoint my beloved wife Susanna Cloud Sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal this fifth day of July one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine -- Sined, sealed and published and declaired (sic) by the above named Benjamin Cloud to be his last will and Testament In the presents of us who have here unto subscribed our names in the prestents of the Testator Benjamin Cloud (seal) his Michael Pearson mark Jacob Shultz Jr. Found in the Tennessee Records of Claiborne County Will Book (A) 1837-1846 Copied under the Work's Progress Administration ....copied by Miss Pauline Essary; Typed by Miss Edith McVey April 4, 1938. THIS IS PROBABLY OUR SUSANNA BONDURANT BUT WHICH BENJAMIN IS THIS? Ron Wilson

Ron -- many thanks. I hadn't seen the will. Do you judge that the date (i.e., Sept. term, 1842) refers to the time it (the will) was probated? As we see, it was executed in 1839, so I can't see what alternative there might be to concluding that 1842 was the year in which it was probated and that therefore B. F. most likely died in 1842. As I said in my message, a CFA member who descends from this B. F's son William R. Cloud, seems convinced that he (B. F). was the son of William Rev. S. I know that she has done a lot of research, including a hands-on examination of available documents in Tazewell. One other point. I don't think your list of Susannah Bondurant Cloud's children included a Benjamin F., Jr., as have all other lists I've seen. Acc. to the group that runs the Claiborne Co. list on Rootsweb, the widowed Susannah was caught by the 1860 census in Webster Co., MO, where she was living with her son Benj. F. Cloud, a physician. The birth date I have for him is 1826, and acc. to what I have seen, he's the one who married Nancy Middleton. Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: <MRJGA@aol.com> To: <CLOUD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 2:29 AM Subject: [CLOUD] BENJAMIN CLOUD WILL FOUND IN CLAIBORNE > Harry, > > I found a will for a Benjamin Cloud in Claiborne County, TN with Susanna > Cloud as wife. See the following: > > Will of Benjm Cloud Sept Term 1842 > > "I Benjamin Cloud being sound and perfect mind and meory (sic) do > make > and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form > following -- I > Give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Susanna Cloud all my Estate both > real > and personal to have the use and benefit of during her natural lifetime > and > after her death I will and order that said real Estate and whatever of the > said > peronal Estate may remain shall be equally divided among all my heirs. > "And whereas something has been received b the heirs that has left > my > house I want it to be noted on paper and kept for final Settlement --- And > should my wife give the heirs that are now miners anything let it also be > noted > for the Settlement. -- > "I hereby appoint my beloved wife Susanna Cloud Sole Executrix of > this > my last will and Testament in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand > and affixed my seal this fifth day of July one thousand Eight hundred and > thirty > nine -- Sined, sealed and published and declaired (sic) by the above named > Benjamin Cloud to be his last will and Testament In the presents of us who > have > here unto subscribed our names in the prestents of the Testator > > Benjamin Cloud (seal) > > his > Michael Pearson > mark > > Jacob Shultz Jr. > > Found in the Tennessee Records of Claiborne County Will Book (A) 1837-1846 > Copied under the Work's Progress Administration ....copied by Miss > Pauline > Essary; Typed by Miss Edith McVey April 4, 1938. > > THIS IS PROBABLY OUR SUSANNA BONDURANT BUT WHICH BENJAMIN IS THIS? > > Ron Wilson > > > > > > ==== CLOUD Mailing List ==== > Visit the Cloud Family Association web pages: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cloud/ ... http://mykindred.com/cloud/ >