Cloud, William Sr.

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Title: Cloud, William Sr.
Gender: Male
Biography: William Cloud Sr. arrived in what would become Boone County around 1793. He and his wife, Jane , were both members of Bullittsville Baptist Church. Cloud served in the Revolutionary War while still in Virginia. William returned to Virginia around 1795, and never returned. His death was attributed to two causes: an attack by Native Americans near the Licking River or he died at the hands of the man he hired as a guard to accompany him.
Member: Cloud family
Birth date: circa 1745
Place of birth: Frederick County, (Vir.)
Father: Cloud, Henry
Mother: Hardin, Elizabeth
Spouse(s): Jones, Jane [1]
Child(ren): Cloud, Bayliss
Cloud, Sarah
Cloud, Leah
Cloud, Daniel; Cloud, Peggy Ann; Cloud, William Jr.; Cloud, James Wilson; Cloud, Keziah
Death date: circa 1795
Place of death: Campbell County (Ky.)
Military service: Captain Joseph Bowman's Regiment, Continental Army, Virginia Line
Allegiance: United States of America
Held rank: Private
Place of enlistment: Dunmore County, Virginia
Service began: 1775
Member of: Bullittsburg Baptist Church (Bullittsburg, Ky.)
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Mary [104]; unknown, Abram [6]; unknown, John [78]; unknown, Mariam; unknown, Mary [104]; unknown, Abram [6]; unknown, John [78]; unknown, Mariam
Bibliographic citation(s): Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, p. 138
Campbell County Will Book A, pages 14, 25, 30
Boone County Deed Book D, page 65
Source(s): Ancestry.com; Boone County Deed Books; Campbell County, Kentucky Wills and Other Probate Records, 1794-1926; Minutes of the Proceedings of the Bullittsburg Baptist Church

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County; Revolution, 1775-1783--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County