Benjamin Cloud (1788 - 1854)

Ancestors

Biography

Benjamin was born in 1788 in what is now Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee. Tennessee wasn't a state then, so this was either Washington County North Carolina or territory. His father was Jeremiah H Cloud (1754-1832) iand mother: Judith Henderson (~ 1758 -1830)

He married Nancy Netherland, born 1798 in Powhatan, Virginia, in Kingsport, Sullivan county, Tennessee. Soon after their marriage, Benjamin and Nancy built a house near the present Ridgefields area of Kingsport, Tennessee. Benjamin and Nancy removed to Jackson ounty., Alabama by 1823 and from there to Scott County, Virginia where he is listed in the 1830 census. Following the death of his father, Benjamin was named adminitrator of his estate and returned to Kingsport where they lived and farmed the remainder of their lives.

Benjamin Cloud served as a 1st Lieut. in Capt. Joseph Everett's Company of Col. Ewen Allison's 1st Regiment East Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812 from 7 Jan. to 18 May 1814. . ^[1][2]

Children include

1. James O'Brian b: 28 December 1815
2. John b: 20 October 1817
3. Margaret Woods b: 14 October 1818
4. Jeremiah b: 1 January 1821
5. Richard Netherland b: 25 February 1823 in Alabama
6. George b: 16 October 1824
7. William Henderson b: 28 October 1826
8. Angerony A. b: 28 October
9. Judith "Judy" b: 4 September 1831
10. Mary W. b: 22 February 1834
11. Benjamin b: 12 March 1839
12. Samuel Netherland b: 12 March 1839

He died in 1854 at Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee where he and Nancy were buried in the small family cemetery at the rear of their home.

• Residence (1830) Claiborne, Tennessee, United States
• Residence (1850) Sullivan county, part of, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
• Residence (1850) United States Federal Census Division 1, Sullivan, Tennessee, United Sttaes
• Military Service (29 Oct 1850) Jonesboro, Maury, Tennessee, United States
• Burial (1854) Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States of America

Sources

1. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29V-BB73 : 8 March 2021), Benjamin Cloud, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 41; FHL microfilm 882,559.
2. ↑ Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units During the War of 1812

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 June 2020, 13:53), entry for Benjamin Cloud(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZLT-VHT); contributed by various users.
• Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 1, Sullivan, Tennessee; Roll: M432_897; Page: 15B; Image: 36 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC69-4ZJ : 23 December 2020), Benj Cloud, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).