PEOPLE
Prominent Families
Carr Family
The Carr family of Claiborne County was related to the Clouds and Fulkersons by marriage. James Carr was married to Jane Cloud, who was born in Claiborne County in 1823, who appears to have been the a grand-daughter of Benjamin Cloud, Sr. the 2nd County Clerk. They were the parents of Robert F. Carr and John C. Carr, who were both engaged in the mercantile business at the town of Tazewell in an early day. Robert F. Carr married Catherine S. Fulkerson, a daughter of A. H. and Henrietta Fulkerson, and by her he had three sons. Source: Worth Stickley Ray, Tennessee Cousins: A History of Tennessee People (Austin, Texas, Worth S. Ray, 1950), 198.
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.
Eppes Family
One of the genealogically important families who lived in Claiborne Co., Tennessee, was the Eppes family, who were descendants of the early American emigrant, Col. Peter Eppes, of Virginia. The ancestor of the Eppes family of Claiborne County lived in what was first Knox County, somewhere near the line of the present Grainger, and which territory was then a part of Knox County. His name was Edward Eppes, who settled there perhaps ca. 1790, coming down from Virginia. His wife was an Anderson and a direct descendant of the Jordan family to which George Jordan, Attorney General of Virginia (for the King) was connected. Anne Eppes, daughter of this Edward Eppes, who came to Knox Co., in an early day, married Thomas Gibbons, father of Thomas Gibbons. Source: Worth Stickley Ray, Tennessee Cousins: A History of Tennessee People (Austin, Texas, Worth S. Ray, 1950), 197.