Hello I would like to mention, my Schofields married into the Cloud family in the mid late 1700's. Leonardo Andreas did a article on the Clouds, Nettles and Schofields of South Carolina. They were in the Fairfield County, SC area. You should check that Andreas document on this family. The Winns, Busbees, Schofields and others from these lines migrated west to Twiggs, Bibb & Houston County in the early 1800's. Some of them might have been in Washington County GA prior to Twiggs opening up, you might look there. The Bateman's were also a prominent family in Houston County, but I am not sure when they arrived there and of course, I don't know if they are your branch. I am sure you realise that the Obituary could be incorrect, it really depends on the source. Good luck with your search. Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: <cloud@peaches.ph.utexas.edu> To: <GATWIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:18 AM Subject: Re: [GATWIGGS] History of Stone Creek Baptist Church > > Jennifer, Cecil and I are descendants of Jeremiah Cloud, whose > obituary says he was born in Twiggs cty GA in 1784. But, as you > know, Twiggs wasn't formed at that time. > > I have speculated that our Jeremiah may have been the son of > a trader in that Indian territory and may have been orphaned at > an early age, possibly being taken to South Carolina for a time. > His obit says he married at 16, but we don't know where. > > We cannot find our Jeremiah CLOUD's family and are hoping church > records will help. He and his family came to Texas about 1837 and, > for those we know about, were Baptists. We don't know whether any > of his relatives stayed in Georgia or, for that matter, ever lived > there (perhaps only his father came there ???). > > We are looking for any clues ... **ANYTHING** .... some of us have > been hunting for several decades for his family. We hope church > records of early Georgia will help us make a breakthrough. > > I will list here some names that are either family or closely associated. > If you don't mind, could you take a look in that book for us ... and > perhaps give us some suggestions where else to look? > > ============================================================= > > The surnames in the family list below are: > BATEMAN > CLOUD > COBB > FRIZZLE (FRIZZEL, etc.) > GRIFFIN > McDADE > > ============================================================= > > 1-Jeremiah "Jerry" CLOUD, ca 1784 Twiggs GA-MAR 14 1861 TX > sp: Elizabeth (_____), 1784-1790 GA-bef 1874 TX > m: ca 1800 > . . 2-William CLOUD, ca 1800-bef 1850 AL > . . sp: Margaret FRIZZLE, ca 1809 GA-AUG 22 1865 > . . 2-Mary CLOUD, ca 1810 GA (poss. Twiggs cty)-1840/1843 AL > . . sp: Joseph COBB, AUG 1 1799 Washington cty, GA-NOV 12 1876 AL > . . 2-Henry George Washington (H.G.W.) CLOUD, MAR 14 1810 Twiggs cty, GA-AUG 5 1897 Groesbeck, Limestone cty, TX > . . sp: Mary Adeline (Polly) MCDADE, 1809 Summerville, Chattooga cty, GA > . . sp: Mary T. BATEMAN, 1818 GA > . . 2-James M. CLOUD, 1812 or 1816 Twiggs cty, GA > . . sp: Virginia Jane "Jennie" MCDADE, ca 1815-bef 1874 > . . 2-John Clark (J.C.) CLOUD Sr., 1812 or 1815 GA-FEB 1868 TX > . . sp: Mary Polly GRIFFIN, 1818 GA-bef 1874 > > ============================================================= > > spouses, in order of "appearance": > > Margaret FRIZZLE, eldest dau of Thos FRIZZLE & Temperance "Tempy" ELLIS > Joseph COBB, eldest son of Jacob COBB & Henrietta McDADE > Mary Adeline "Polly" McDADE, eldest child of Chas A. McDADE & Edna A. FIELDS > Jennie McDADE, 4th child of Chas A. McDADE & Edna A. FIELDS > Mary GRIFFIN, dau of Jno & Nancy GRIFFIN > > > At 09:30 AM 2/15/01 , Jennifer S. Braswell wrote: > >Stone Creek Church (est. 1808) was a very prominent church in Twiggs County > >and is still existent today. > >This congregation held a major role in the beginning of the 1st Baptist > >Church in Macon, GA. > > > >I have a copy of the history of the church in Macon on loan from a cousin. > >What would you like to know about Stone Creek? > >I will do my best to help you. > > > >Jennifer S. Braswell > >jensgen@integrity.com > > > > > >BTW. Cecil, there several Stokes listed in this book as well! > > ============================ > Tom Cloud <cloud@peaches.ph.utexas.edu> > > > ==== GATWIGGS Mailing List ==== > Visit the Twiggs County GAGenWeb Archives > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/twiggs.htm > We welcome your material! > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >