Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
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Absolam Cloudas was mentioned in the 13 September 1786 will of his father, John Cloudas, proved 20 June 1791. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, pages 244–245.]
Absolam Cloudas was mentioned in the will of his brother William Cloudas, written 17 December 1806 and proved 17 October 1808. He was to receive the entire estate and was named executor. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, page 91.]
Absolam was mentioned in the 8 November 1813 will of his mother, Letty Cloudas, and was to be executor. Proved on 17 January 1814. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, page 515.]
On 17 January 1814, Absolam Cloudas and John Saddler were bound in the penalty of $200 for Absolam Cloudas’s execution of the last will and testament of Letty Cloudas. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, pages 515–516.]
On 21 March 1814, Absolam Cloudas and John Saddler were bound in the penalty of $1,000 for Absolam Cloudas’s execution of the last will and testament of William Cloudas, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 18, page 5.]
On 8 July 1814, the slaves belonging to the estate of John Cloudas were divided by Frs. Smith, Henry Street, and John Saddler into six equal portions between Absalom Cloudas, Joseph Janey as administrator of Samuel Montague, Paul Micou sheriff of Essex County and committee of the estate of John Cloudas deceased, John Cloudas in right of himself and his wife, William Taff in right of himself and his wife, and Absalom Cloudas as executor of William Cloudas. This report was made up under and Interlocutory Decree of the chancery court “wherein Joseph Janey admor &c. of Samuel Montague and Paul Micou Sheriff of Essex County into whose hands the estate of John Cloudas deceased unadministered by Samuel Montague deceased who was admor &c. of the said John Cloudas decd. has been committed by an order of the court and William Taff and Rachel his wife and John Cloudas and Elizabeth his wife are plaintiffs and Absalom Cloudas in his own right and as exor &c. of William Cloudas decd and as exor of Lettice Cloudas decd is defendant’. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 18, pages 427–429.]
On 14 June 1836, an inquisition held before Larkin Hundley, justice of the peace, was taken at William Steward’s in Essex County upon the view of the body of William Goode of the county aforesaid, and upon the oath of Nancy Stewart she states that William Goode, not having God before his eyes, but being seduced and moved by the instigation of the Devil, at William Stewart’s spring in the county, did shoot himself voluntarily and feloniously, as a felon of himself, killed and murdered against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth. Jury: Geo W Shelton, James Dyke, Banks Garrett[?], Thomas Hundley, Henry Johnson, M L L [?] Dyke, F S Mitchell, John Johnson, Leroy Cauthorn, Absalom Cloudas, John Dunn, and Edmond Goode. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 48–49.]
Absolam Cloudas was mentioned in the will of his brother William Cloudas, written 17 December 1806 and proved 17 October 1808. He was to receive the entire estate and was named executor. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, page 91.]
Absolam was mentioned in the 8 November 1813 will of his mother, Letty Cloudas, and was to be executor. Proved on 17 January 1814. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, page 515.]
On 17 January 1814, Absolam Cloudas and John Saddler were bound in the penalty of $200 for Absolam Cloudas’s execution of the last will and testament of Letty Cloudas. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, pages 515–516.]
On 21 March 1814, Absolam Cloudas and John Saddler were bound in the penalty of $1,000 for Absolam Cloudas’s execution of the last will and testament of William Cloudas, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 18, page 5.]
On 8 July 1814, the slaves belonging to the estate of John Cloudas were divided by Frs. Smith, Henry Street, and John Saddler into six equal portions between Absalom Cloudas, Joseph Janey as administrator of Samuel Montague, Paul Micou sheriff of Essex County and committee of the estate of John Cloudas deceased, John Cloudas in right of himself and his wife, William Taff in right of himself and his wife, and Absalom Cloudas as executor of William Cloudas. This report was made up under and Interlocutory Decree of the chancery court “wherein Joseph Janey admor &c. of Samuel Montague and Paul Micou Sheriff of Essex County into whose hands the estate of John Cloudas deceased unadministered by Samuel Montague deceased who was admor &c. of the said John Cloudas decd. has been committed by an order of the court and William Taff and Rachel his wife and John Cloudas and Elizabeth his wife are plaintiffs and Absalom Cloudas in his own right and as exor &c. of William Cloudas decd and as exor of Lettice Cloudas decd is defendant’. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 18, pages 427–429.]
On 14 June 1836, an inquisition held before Larkin Hundley, justice of the peace, was taken at William Steward’s in Essex County upon the view of the body of William Goode of the county aforesaid, and upon the oath of Nancy Stewart she states that William Goode, not having God before his eyes, but being seduced and moved by the instigation of the Devil, at William Stewart’s spring in the county, did shoot himself voluntarily and feloniously, as a felon of himself, killed and murdered against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth. Jury: Geo W Shelton, James Dyke, Banks Garrett[?], Thomas Hundley, Henry Johnson, M L L [?] Dyke, F S Mitchell, John Johnson, Leroy Cauthorn, Absalom Cloudas, John Dunn, and Edmond Goode. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 48–49.]