Joseph Cloyd
American
Joseph Cloyd was and American Patriot and landowner in Colonial Virginia. - AsNotedIn
Joseph Cloyd was and American Patriot and landowner in Colonial Virginia. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1742/00/00 | Joseph Cloyd is born the son of David Cloyd, who lost his wife and a son in a skirmish with Indians at their home near Fincastle, Botetourt County. | Born | Fincastle, VA | Virginia | |||
| 1774/00/00 | Joseph Cloyd is commissioned in the Virginia militia. | Military | |||||
| 1779/00/00 | Joseph Cloyd is appointed Major of Militia in Colonel William Preston's battalion by Governor Thomas Jefferson. | Military | |||||
| 1780/00/00 | Joseph Cloyd buys 400 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia, from his father for 8,000 pounds. | Owner | Botetourt County, VA | ||||
| 1781/00/00 | In 1781, 246 acres at Back Creek are surveyed for Joseph Cloyd, and a year later, he will acquired another 730 acres "on thesun shiny ridget" in Montgomery County. A two-story ell residence with a rubble limestone basement will be built. | Home | Back Creek Farm, Cloyd | Dublin, VA | |||
| 1793/00/00 | Joseph Cloyd donates 49 acres for the use of the New Dublin Congregation. A simple log building (lost) with split log seats is erected, or was already on site. | Benefactor | New Dublin Presbyterian Church | Dublin, VA | |||
| 1833/00/00 | By the time of his death, Joseph Cloyd has amassed 1870 acres on Back Creek, which he leaves to his son David, who will pass it on to his son James (1828-1892). | Died | Back Creek Farm, Cloyd | Dublin, VA |
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