PROMINENT FAMILIES
Cloud Family
Benjamin Cloud, Sr. was the second County Clerk of Claiborne County, succeeding Walter Evans, who was the first Clerk. Benjamin Cloud, Jr., son of the above Benjamin Sr., was born in Claiborne County in 1802, so it is probable that the Clouds were living in the county in 1801, when it was first organized. Benjamin Cloud, Jr. married Elizabeth Shultz. He also had served as County and Circuit Clerk during his life time, and also represented Claiborne County in the General Assembly. Alexander M. Cloud was born in the town of Tazewell, the county seat, in January, 1847, and went to school at Tazewell College. He married Mary A. Johnston of Claiborne County in 1875 and became the father of three sons and two daughters, and has many descendants living in the county at this late date. Source: Worth Stickley Ray, Tennessee Cousins: A History of Tennessee People (Austin, Texas, Worth S. Ray, 1950), 198.