Re: MCCLOUD Slathiel, Leota; IRL > Lohrville IA,USA; 1820-1920 Try the following site for land grants. It is owned by the US government's Bureau of Land Management. Iowa is one of the states listed. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Good luck JIM Tim McCloud wrote: > MCCLOUD Slathiel, Leota; IRL > Lohrville IA,USA; 1820-1920 > > &@#^%@#*!! Compuserve... This is the correct posting, and the correct > subject name... > > I am searching for information on descendants and ancestors of Slathiel > McCloud and Leota McCloud. I am a direct descendant through Slathiel's > son Jesse McCloud son Joe McCloud. I am looking for information about > other descendants of Slathiel, his siblings, and particularly any about > his parents, whom our oral history says he was born in Ireland, and also > says he migrated out of Ireland during the great potato famine. Oral > history states he had 7 other siblings, most of which are unknown to me. > I am looking for the birthdate of Slathiel, and any information about his > wife Leota including birth, death dates and maiden name. Slathiel died in > 1918 in Lohrville Iowa, where some of his descendants (my uncle Richard > McCloud) still live to this day. > > Other oral history that I am trying to confirm about Slathiel is that he > served in the US Civil War, was deeded 80 acres of land in Iowa as a > direct result of his participation in that war, that he may have ridden in > the pony express and that he wildcated for oil in Texas at one time. > > TimMcCloud@Bigfoot.com > > Tim McCloud <tim.mccloud@rcmt.com> Jim Gallagher <jimg20@earthlink.net>