One clue for you--your ancestor most likely was not born in Twiggs Co., GA in 1784--it didn't exist that early. He was probably raised there and assumed he was born there. I found the same occurence with some of my relatives. Joel Carter said in a newspaper article that he was born in Crawford Co., GA, in 1810--there was no Crawford county that early, but that was where he was raised. By searching GA records, it is quite obvious he was born in Twiggs County, GA. In 1784, the area that was to become Twiggs was very much Indian Territory. Good luck, Cynthia CARTER DYER Cecil Stokes wrote: > > Surnames of interest in Twiggs-Wilkinson-Mimms County area: CLOUD, YOUNGBLOOD, > McDADE, BATEMAN > > Most migrated to AL in about 1816 and then some continued to TX in about 1845. > > Primary interest is in information related to Jeremiah CLOUD, whose published > obituary in TX in 1861 TX said that he was "born in Twiggs County, GA, in 1784." > Youngblood texts refer to CLOUD origins in Edgefield, SC; but, not much else is > known. One researcher says the family farmed land in the part of Twiggs County > that was taken in by Mimms County. A number of CLOUDs, including several Jeremiah > CLOUDs, are known to have lived in the area in the turn-of-the-century > (1775-1820) era. There were some in the GA-SC, VA-NC, KY-TN, OH-IN, and PA-DE > areas. Sorting them out has been a challenge for a good number of CLOUD > researchers. Any suggestions? > > Cec > > in response to what PTMACAW@aol.com wrote: > > > Hello All! > > I would like to WELCOME all the new subscribers. I think this would be a > > great time to have a ROLL CALL with so many new people on the list. Please > > type the following in the SUBJECT heading: > > > > ROLL CALL>SURNAME > > > > This Roll Call will begin today (Monday) and will end on (Wednesday). Normal > > postings may still continue during this time. > > > > I would also like to thank KAY for all her hard work. She has been typing > > entries from the "Day Book" at Ira Peck's Store once loacted in the old > > Marion, Ga. > > THANK YOU!!!!! > > > > (xxxxxxxxxxdrum rollxxxxxxxxxxx) > > Now let the Roll Call Begin !!!! > > > > Sincerely > > Pat Evans > > Twiggs List Manager > > > > ==== GATWIGGS Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Twiggs County GAGenWeb Page > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gatwiggs > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > > ==== GATWIGGS Mailing List ==== > Post your Queries for Twiggs County > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Twiggs > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM