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• Birth	1818	Georgia
  Gender	Female
  Died	Bef 1874
  	According to 1860 census, she was born 1825.  Her date of death deduced from the sale  of her land, after her death, in 1874.
  Person ID	I79	mykindred
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2005 00:00:00
  Father	John W. Griffin, b. Abt 1787, South Carolina
  Mother	Nancy (__), b. Abt 1802, Georgia
  Family ID	F42	Group Sheet
  Family	John Clark "J.C." Cloud, b. 1815, Georgia
  Married	7 Jan 1836	Montgomery, Montgomery county, Alabama
  Notes	On NOV 15 1999, Ellen Crawford emcraw-at-azstarnet.com> wrote: "John C Sr and Mary Griffin were married the 7th of Jan 1836 in Montgomery Co AL.  I believe that her father John Griffin came along with Jeremiah for he got a land grant dated the same as Jeremiah's and John's.  They are dated 1839 and states they have been in TX since 1836.   All of John and Mary's children were born in TX including my gr grandfather John Jr in 1845.  They may not have moved at all.......Since the changing of the county boundaries...    Ellen The family is on the - 1840 Texas Tax list - 1850 TX, Austin, p 89, HH 18/18: Cloud, John C., 35, M, farmer Cloud, Mary, 32, F Cloud, Mary Jane, 11, F Cloud, Marion, 8, M Cloud, John, 5, M Cloud, Margurette, 2, F - - 1860 TX, Milam, Cameron, p 12, (M653, 1301) Cloud, J.C.,  Farmer, 45, M, GA, Cameron, 110 Cloud, Polly, 35, F, GA, Cameron, 110 Cloud, Marion, Laborer, 16, M, Tex, Cameron, 110 Cloud, John, 14, M, Tex, Cameron, 110 Cloud, Margaret, 13, F, Tex, Cameron, 110 Cloud, Fanny, 10, F, Tex, Cameron, 110 Cloud, Melissa, 8, F, Tex, Cameron, 110 - On October 19, 1998 Ellen (Williams) Crawford wrote regarding the following 1875 deed record: "The children of J C  Sr and Mary Griffin Cloud sold the land she had bought sometime earlier (I also have that deed).  The deed mentions all the children except Marion and Melissa...so they were probably deceased by that time." - Dec 16, 1875 J C CLOUD ET AL TO L B RUTHERFORD State of Texas Milam County Know all men by these presents that we Margaret Carter and her husband T Carter, Francis Rutherford and her husband J H Rutherford, J C Cloud and Jerry Cloud, J D Rogers, his wife M E Rogers, all of the County of Milam for and in consideration of the sum of Five hundred dollars, one hundred and twenty two dollars and fifty cents have been received in cash and three hundred and seventy seven dollars and fifty cents to be paid in twelve months from this date, do by these presents, grant, bargain and sell and convey to the said L B Rutherford, his heirs and assigns, the half of the following described land situated in the county of Milam and state of Texas and more particularly described in metes and bounds as follows, to wit:  Beginning on the N E corner of Stovall's survey, thence N 19 degrees West with the lines of John Griffin's tract 924 varas passes Griffin's corner 1323 varas to N E corner of this survey a black jack from which a post oak bears 87 degrees W 21 varas, thence S 71 degrees W 590 varas crossing a prong of a creek called Sand 1066 varas to the N W corner of the tract from which a post oak bears S 88 degrees W 8 varas and a black jack bears S 62 degrees W 4 varas, thence S 19 degrees E 1320 varas entering N line of Stovall's survey for the south west corner of this survey from which a post oak bears N 50 degrees E 4 varas, thence N --?-- E with Stovall's line 1066 varas to the place of beginning, two hundred and fifty acres off of the Jose Lead claim, to have and to hold the half of the above described land, one hundred and twenty five acres, with all the rights, members, herediments and appurtenances  to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining unto the said L B Rutherford, his heirs, assigns forever.  The said half of the said two hundred and fifty acres tract of land hereby conveyed to the said L B Rutherford to include the house and other  improvements upon said land occupied by the said L B Rutherford, the division line to be run strait through said tract so as to have the greater part of all the improvements on said tract on the half conveyed to L B Rutherford and we hereby bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators and assigns forever, to warrant and defend the title to the said half of the said tract of land unto him the said L B Rutherford, his heirs and assigns against the claim of all persons or any claiming the same by through or under us.  In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hands this the 6th day of December 1875. (............  remnant not quoted here) Filed for record at 6 o'clock PM Sept 22 1885 W Paden, clerk Milam County Land Records, Book 14 pages 577, 578, 579, and 580 (LDS Film # 981410). [2]
  Children	> 1. Mary E. Cloud, b. 16 Aug 1838, Austin county, Texas   2. Marion Cloud, b. 1842, Austin county, Texas > 3. John Clark Cloud, Jr., b. 22 Aug 1845, Austin county, Texas > 4. Margarette Cloud, b. 1848, Austin county, Texas   5. Frances "Fanny" Cloud, b. 1850, Austin county, Texas   6. Melissa Cloud, b. 1852, Austin county, Texas   7. Jeremiah "Jerry" Cloud, b. Aft 1860 > 8. Jeremiah Marion Cloud, b. Abt 1862, Texas
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet

• Sources

  [S136] 1860 census, 1860 census, Milam county, Cameron P.O., Texas, p. 18. [S30] Milam County Courthouse.