William R. Cloud (abt. 1805 - 1868)

Born about 1805 in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Hartin) Cloud — married about 1826 in Tennessee, United States

Husband of Angeline (Burrow) Felps — married 16 Mar 1853 in Cherokee, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 1868 at about age 63 in Cherokee, Texas, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Julie Mangano [send private message]

Biography

William R. Cloud was born about 1805 in Claiborne, Tennessee to Benjamin Franklin Cloud Sr. and Susannah Bondurant. He was married by 1826 to Mary Ann Hartin and the couple had 8 children.

• Manila Cloud, born 1827, died 1870
• Benjamin Cloud, born 1828
• Elvina Cloud, born 1831, died 1859
• Angeline Cloud, born 1835, died 1870
• Matilda S. Cloud, born 1837, died 1870
• Mary Ann Cloud, born 1841, died 1888
• Leander Polk Cloud, born 1845, died 1891
• William Dallis Cloud, born 1849, died 1928

There were apparently two Benjamin Franklin Clouds who lived in Clairbone, Tennessee, and William was the son of the younger of the two men. In 1830, William R. Cloud lived next door to his father. ^[1]

1830 United States Federal Census ^[2]

Name: William Cloud

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1830

Event Place: Claiborne, Tennessee, United States

Page: 106

By 1851, he had moved from Tennessee to Texas and purchased land in Cherokee, County. He is listed in the 1851 tax rolls for Cherokee County. It appears that his wife did not want to make the journey to Texas for she stayed behind in Missouri with some of her children. The couple eventually divorced, and William Cloud remarried in 1853 to Angelina Burrow, the widow Felps.

1851 Texas, County Tax Rolls ^[3]

Name: Wm R Cloud

Event Year: 1851

Event Place: Cherokee County, Texas, United States

FHL Film Number: 002282136

Second Marriage Record ^[4]

Name: W. R. Cloud

Spouse's Name: Angelina [Burrow] Felps [probably the widow of Britton Felps]

Event Date: 16 Mar 1853

Event Place: , Cherokee, Texas

1860 United States Federal Census ^[5]

Name: Wm R Cloud

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1860

Event Place: Beat 8, Cherokee, Texas, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 54

Race: White

Race (Original): [Blank]

Birth Year (Estimated): 1806

Birthplace: Tennessee

Page: 193

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Wm R Cloud M 54 Tennessee

Angeline Cloud M 38 Tennessee

Marthena P Cloud F 4 Texas

John J Phelps M 17 Tennessee [surname should probably be spelled Felps, he was likely Angeline son with Britton Felps]

Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers ^[6]

Name: Wm R Cloud

Event Type: Military Service

Event Date: 1863

Military Unit Note: McClung's Co, Light Artillery AND Capt Morton's Co, Light Artillery

1866 U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists ^[7]

Name: W R Cloud

Tax Year: 1866

State: Texas, USA

Find A Grave Burial Record ^[8]

Name Dr William R Cloud

Birth 1805

Death 1868 (aged 62–63)

Burial Glass Felps Cemetery, Cherokee County, Texas, USA

Memorial ID 23000492

William R. Cloud was buried in his second wife's first husband's family cemetery: the Glass Felps Cemetery in Cherokee County, Texas. Her first husband was Britton Felps, 1818-1850, and after his name is the word "Father." Next to him is Angeline Felps Cloud, who has "Mother" after her name. It's not clear to an outsider how the others buried in the cemetery connect to them; most were born too late to be their children. One may be William Cloud's sister. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Notes from Joe Payne. See: http://joepayne.org/cloud/BCloud3.pdf
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-WFP : 7 September 2017), William Cloud, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States; citing 106, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 180; FHL microfilm 24,538.
3. ↑ Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. William R. Cloud, 1851 Cherokee County, Texas. Ancestry.com. Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
4. ↑ "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX3F-BLQ : 11 February 2018), W. R. Cloud and Angelina Felps, 16 Mar 1853; citing , Cherokee, Texas, , reference 2:14BNLWR; FHL microfilm 988,075.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFP-11M : 12 December 2017), John J Phelps in entry for Wm R Cloud, 1860.
6. ↑ "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ77-Y31 : 4 December 2014), Wm R Cloud, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit McClung's Co, Light Artillery AND Capt Morton's Co, Light Artillery, NARA microfilm publication M268 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 95.
7. ↑ Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58. The National Archives at Washington, DC. W. R. Cloud, 1866, Texas. Ancestry.com. U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 31 October 2019), memorial page for Dr William R Cloud (1805–1868), Find A Grave: Memorial #23000492, citing Glass Felps Cemetery, Cherokee County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Judi Braddick (contributor 46567877).
9. ↑ Glass Felps Cemetery, Cherokee County, Texas, see: http://www.tx-wooddell.net/cherokee/nw/felps_cemt.htm.