" JAMES CLOYD, the oldest son of Ninian, and Mary (Kin- kaid) Cloyd was born in Augusta County, Va., 21 Feb 1762. He entered the Revolutionary Army when he was but fourteen years of age. He married Rachel Tilford on 7 Nov 1791. About 1790 his father, Ninian, and three sons, removed to Madison County, Kentucky, and about 1807, leaving his brother, John, in Madison County, he removed with his father and brother, Thomas, to Cumberland County, near Cloyd's Landing on the Cumberland River, where he died 26 March 1836. His wife was born in Madison County, Ky., 8 Sep 1774, and died in Cumberland County, 9 Nov 1835. He was a farmer, a Whig, and a Presbyterian." [1]
↑ Source: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: 9; Page: 174; Image: 00183.
↑ Source: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Series: M19; Roll: 35; Page: 129;
Genealogy of the Cloyd, Basye and Tapp families in America; with brief sketches referring to the families of Ingels, Jones, Marshall and Smith
by Cloyd, A. D. (Augustus Davis), b. 1860
Paternal relationship is suggested
with a MyHeritage test match between
Sandra (Allen) Hagel and
Jimmy Anderson
8th cousins once removed for 23.7 cM; predicted third to fifth cousins
Chr
Start
Stop
cM
SNPs
4
172,475,791
185,333,092
23.7
7,936
Paternal relationship is suggested
with a MyHeritage test match between
Sandra (Allen) Hagel and
Richard Anderson
8th cousins once removed for 23.7 cM; predicted third to fifth cousins
Chr
Start
Stop
cM
SNPs
4
172,475,791
185,333,092
23.7
7,936
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Virginia, one of the original 13 colonies, ratified the Constitution, Wednesday, June 25, 1788, prior to that it was referred to as the Virginia Colony