Frank, My 3rd great-grandmother was Ann SLOAN b.abt 1796 Ireland d.1862 Macon Co, IL married 1819 Warren Co, Ohio Jesse MARSH. My ancestry is in the HIMES line link of our homepage. http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Beverly (HIMES) BARGER in NM Frank Mitchell wrote: > Hi Folks, > Digging in my files I ran across a document I thought I would share with > the group. HOPEFULLY, SOMEONE CAN TELL ME WHAT IT IS AND WHERE DID IT > COME FROM?? I've always loved this story because I've heard a similar > "family tradition" story many times from other Sloan researchers. The > only thing missing is the Cherokee Indian ancestor that everyone's heard > about, but no one can find. > > This document was sent to me in the early 1980s by Monita Horn. Monita > commented that she could not find her original copy and she was have > having trouble confirming the dates etc. Source or location of document > was not mentioned. This appears to be pg. 5 of a personal typewritten > letter written by a Civil War veteran. Or, based on the handwritten " " > it could be page 5 of someones notes. I scanned /transcribed the > letter as close to the original as possible, comments in ( ) are the > authors. > > Frank Mitchell > > PS. Geri Cox, (If you are out there) I received your snail mail > package. Please drop me a note, I lost your email address in my crash. > > ******************************************** > *********** Beginning of Page ************** > Page 5. > > Early in 1700 four stalwart sons of Erin, County Amtrim, Scotch Irish, > landed in this country and settled in Newberry Dist. They were Richard > (Dickie), Archibald, Robert and John. The last was your g.g.father, > Dickie went to Edgefield and John to Laurens. I think Robert and Archie > went to Fairfield or Chester. Dickie married three times. When he > married his last wife he was 105 years of age (!), he died at 107. > > These four brothers served through the War of Independence. Your > g.g.father was wounded near Musgrove Mill in what was then known. as > seige of 96. (?) He carried the ball with him through his long life. > > Your g.g. father was born 14th day of Sept. 1716 and died 26th day of > Dec. 1829, aged 113 y., 3 mo., 12 da. He brought his young wife and two > children with him, also a little Irish lassie. During a scourge of > smallpox his wife and both children died and himself severely marked. > After a widowhood of some years and at the age of 58 he led this Irish > lassie (Jennet McNeere) at the age of 13 to Hymen's Altar. This proved > to be a happy and fruitful marriage. They raised and educated 11 > children, 6 boys and 5 girls: viz. Bettie, John Robert (your g.f.), > Mary, David, Mattie, Arch, Rosa, Jennie, Thomas, and William. Now of > these, Bettie, Rosa and Archie never married (NOT ONE OF OURS). John > married quiet young to his cousin (Sloan) in Newberry and being > prejudiced against our institution of slavery, picked himself up and > went to Indiana, Lincoln Co. To diverge a little, I found some of his > family when I was a prisoner (North). They were not friends of ours in > that great struggle. One of his grandsons, he was at his post at the > time, helped to burn Columbia. BUT Robert your g. father, married > Mattie Taylor and had 3 children: William married McKelvy and had six > children; Isabella m. David Blakley and had 7 children, and James m. > Mattie Blakeley and had 8 children. > > Children of James and Mattie Blakley: Walter, Sam, Karl Willie Blakey, > Lidie and Lucy twins. Mattie mattied John Compton and had 12 children. > Mary married an Irishman, no kin, had 12 children, Robert Sloan. He was > a millwright and build several mills in the country. Amongst them the > Fleming Mill on Duncans Creek. Jennie married Stoddard, had no > children. David married a Sloan and raised 6 children, all of whom > passed the 3 score and ten, two of them James F. and John 84, and all > lie in Spartanburg. Thomas married a Brown and had no children. They > are buried at Clinton, S.C. William married a Fowler and had one child, > John F. Sloan, Fountain Inn, S.C. > > Your great grandmother died in 1836 in her 77th year. Your g.g..f. was > 91, 11 m. and 10 d. And your g.g.m. was 45 when their last child Wm. > Sloan was born, yet he lived to see this boy 23 years old. Of his 11 > children they lived from 70 to 97 years. I just remark your g.g.f. was > an inveterate pipe smoker and took his toddy every morning. It is > truthfully said, not one of these long lived sons and daughters of this > glorious commonwealth was ever a defendant in any criminal procedure or > was ever in durance vile. They were all Seceders and genuine Scotch > Irish. I am satisfied that the present of SC Univ. Benjamin Sloan is > the grandson of oneof these 4 immigrants either Robert or Dickie. Your > g.f. was b. April 8, 1787 and died Sept. 21, 1857. Your g.m. was born > Oct. 4 1796 and died Sept. 2, 1867. The above is taken from memory and > family records. > > I looked in an atlas and all of these towns are in S.C. So there is > probably no connection. I send it to you in case you can ever tie it in > anywhere. > > ***************** End of Page ******************** > ************************************************** > > If you want to look at the family in my Sloan database goto: > http://www.gendex.com/users/fmitchel/sloan/d0012/g0000072.html#I25376 > > Interesting to note that only one of the brothers is listed on Ellie's > DAR list of Sloan patriots. > > -- > Apartado 11521, Zona 6 > Panama, Republic of Panama > Phone 011-507-261-9757 > home: fmitchel@panama.phoenix.net > Visit "The Sloan Connection" at > http://www.panama.phoenix.net/~fmitchel/welcome.html > > ==== SLOAN-SLONE Mailing List ==== > A reminder: This list is 'closed.' > A post cannot be made to the list by a person not subscribed to the list.