Hello all, I have just come across a website that is "Immigrant Ships Transcriber's Guild". It has a wealth of imformation. The listing can search by surname and find all ships currently transcribed with Sloan's on the passenger list. Most individual ship lists will give the name, age, sex, occupation, nationality, class of passage, etc on all passengers. The dates for passage are also listed. Most of the dates are from the mid to late 1800's. I hope this is of help to someone. Linda Sloan - john@dgnscrn.demon.co.uk ... also at john.chalmers@USLGN.mail.abb.com and ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/

This is a re-transmit of a bounced message. Remember messages must be in straight text. not html or RTF. Frank Mitchell ****************************** From: DEVLSHDAMSEL@prodigy.net > > trying to find out more about my family tree. Unsure of names, dates, > > places except for limited amts. of info. sloan family, moorehead > > Kentucky, slusher family, same location. Grandmothers name Rose Slusher > > her sister Gracie married a Sloan. any info helpful.

Hi, Frank Sloan was trying to post this but it bounced. Here goes again. Frank Mitchell > I thought this was an interesting site. Court records, marriages, etc. are > online from late 1980s through today. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Sloan [mailto:franks@eecradar.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 10:26 AM > To: fesloan@digitalexp.com > Subject: News Herald Library Online > > http://www.nwrls.lib.fl.us/interconnect/index/search.htm

Looking for information on my 5Ggrandfather Capt John Sloan b. 1740 in Pa?, m Mary Green, 112/23/1765 in Rowan CTy, NC, and was killed in battle in Rowan Cty in the Revolutionary War. thanks, O.H. "Mac" McCullough

Researching the Irish/Scottish connection and why my ggrandfather came from Ireland to Glasgow and Dalry, I came across the following in a book called Ayrshire Collections;- <At the same time the migrating Irish, pouring over the shortest sea route from Donaghadee to Portpatrick after the potato famine in the 1840s, gave Ayrshire a ready supply of cheap labour. In 1841 7% of the population was Irish born; in 1851,11%.> This is in a section about the Iron Industry in Ayshire. It began in the 1830's and began to decline in the 1870's but continued until the 1930's. The main places were Blair in Dalry and Glengarnock. There were many others but these were the biggest. Annie Sloan from Oxford

-----Original Message----- From: Annie Sloan <annie@anniesloan.com> To: SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com <SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com> I too want to thank those for their stories about the Scots and Irish relationships I think they are important to the Sloan history. Please remember it all makes sense and that is why the Scots and the Irish and the Welsh language is of the same root and that should tell us something of their past and their relationships in the past. Betty

Thank you John Sloane and also to Bruce Sloan (for an earlier posting) for excellent explanations of the Sloan etc name and whether it has its origin Ireland or Scotland. I'm facinated and amazed to think of anybody rowing 16 miles to church especially in the cold Irish sea although admit it is very beautiful in the summer. I had asked the original question because of finding out that my ggrandfather Robert Sloan although married and lived in Dalry, Scotland was in fact born in Ireland to John and Margaret Wilson, but I don't know where. Both John and Robert are in the iron industry being a foundry worker and an iron moulder respectively. John M. Sloane, was this sort of work done in Co. Cavan, or Killeyleagh or Downpatrick where you say there are a lot of Sloan/es? I have heard from another subscriber, Pat Mullen that her/his Sloans were iron moulders from Ballymagoegh, Kileel Parish, Co. Down. Thanks to all for some really interesting corresponence and long may it continue. Anne Sloan from Oxon.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 11:38:41 -0500 From: "Frank Sloan" <franks@eecradar.com> In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors disappeared during a certain period in history, this might help. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people - and thus influencing, as well, the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be traced to dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sloan Clan, Your ancestor's records may have disappeared too; especially if your Sloan was a U.S. WW I veteran. I recently sent to the National Personnel Records Center to get records on my Great Uncle George Britton, son of O. Wilber Britton & Angelia Sloan. Uncle George was killed in the fighting in the Argonne Forest in France just a few weeks before the Armistice. The Record Center has no records of my Uncle George Britton. It is most likely his records were among those destroyed by a July 1973 fire that.. "..destroyed millions of records here at the National Personnel Records Center." The reply from the Record Center indicated that among those records suffering the most damage from the fire were those of: "Army veterans discharged or deceased between November 1, 1912 and December 31, 1959" There is also mention that a number of Air Force veteran records were also destroyed. I do have hope that a cousin has copies of some of Uncle George's military records, and I can get copies. My point in mentioning this is, if you have veterans in your family lines who are in that catagory, your best bet is to make copies of what records you have and see that they are liberally distributed around the family. Uncle George Britton died at a young age, unmarried, leaving no children. Who else is there to see that he and his comrades do not fall through the cracks of history? Regards, Bill Newcomer Great-grandson of O. Wilber Britton and Angelia Sloan

Frank, Betty et al: Let's not overlook the obvious, re separate Sloan families. Ireland is not the Galapagos. From north Co. Down, Scotland is clearly visible (weather permitting, albeit rarely) and is only 20 miles away. Along the Co. Antrim coast, land connections to the rest of the county were so difficult along the coastal cliffs or the boggy interior of the Antrim plateau that for centuries the people who lived there had better connections with Scotland than with the rest of Ireland. Scotland is only about 16 miles. From the time of the plantations there was regular traffic across the North Channel, if for no other reason that the nearest Presbyterian churches were in Scotland. The Ulster Scots used to row to church on Sundays, and did so for more than a hundred of years. And long before the plantations there were migrations of ancient Celts (Picts and Scots) between the two countries. My point here is that the North Channel is not a barrier. It is a thoroughfare. In more than one reference I have read that Sloans were a clanless family predominantly associated with Galloway, the Scottish county (now Dumphries and Galloway, I believe) closest to Co. Down. Co. Down is were Sloans are also to be found in greatest concentrations (historically). More specifically Sloans date back furthest in towns like Killyleagh or Downpatrick, ancient port towns on the west side of Strangford Lough (Strangford = Strong Fjord, was named by the Vikings in honor of its very fast tidal currents, which currents were used by early navigators to hasten the trip to Ireland or back to Scotland). Interesting corollary is that Sloans are (historically) less common in Antrim and are uncommon in the Mull of Kintyre (the part of Scotland closest to the Antrim coast). I think it is no accident that Sloans occur in greatest concentrations in exactly those parts of Ireland and Scotland are at opposite ends of the "North Channel crossing" (and indeed many Sloans elsewhere in Ireland, at least, can be traced back to the Irish end of this link, as I did with the Sloan(e)s in Co. Cavan). There may be many reasons to conclude that the name Sloan arose in several places independently and that there are therefore several "original" Sloans, but it seems to me to be as likely for the name to have arisen independently in several places in Ireland, or several places in Scotland. The presence of the Irish Sea itself forms no part in the speculation. John M Sloane John@Sloane.net -----Original Message----- From: Franklin E. Mitchell [mailto:fmitchel@panama.phoenix.net] Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 1:18 PM To: SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SLOAN-SLONE-L] SLOAN Surname & GenConnect Boards Betty Owen wrote: > That would be very possible there may be a completely separate family > with similar phonics that orginated in Ireland. Hi Folks, I think I've come to the same conclusion myself that maybe the name developed at both places independently. Especially since Sloan is classed as a patronymic name of a Gaelic origins. Ireland & Scotland both have Celtic/Gaelic origins. I suppose prior to 1541 all Sloans were Catholic and only after King Henry VIII did the religious/politicial migrations get geared up.

Could someone please tell me what David Sloan's orgins were as he is living the same place or close to George thomas Sloan ---George dies about 10 years later. Betty Owen -Also I have been told that we were related to the Taylor's > . >

My Sloans all seem to be Iron Moulders or foundry workers in the 1880's 90's. They were in Scotland but came from Ireland. In an attempt to find where in Ireland they came from I thought I would ask if anyone knows where there were Iron foundries in Ireland. They may have become Iron workers when they came to Scotland but perhaps it began in Ireland. What are Iron Foundries? I have a picture in my head but it is rather 20th century and I'm not sure what they were like in the 19th century. Were they common or unusual and restricted to certain areas. I hope someone can help. Annie Sloan from Oxon.

Will of DAVID SLOAN In the name of God, Amen, I David Sloan Senior of Pendleton District in the State of South Carolina, Planter, being weak in body and affected with disease, being of perfect sound mind and memory and being mindful of my mortality: Do this twenty ninth day of october in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following. First. I resign my Soul into the hand of Almighty God who have it: And my body I commit to the earth to be buried at the discretion of my Executors at the burial ground on the plantation whereon I now live. ITEM. I give and devise to my Beloved and affectionate wife the House we now live in or if She should prefer in the House wherein Jefse Stribling lately lived to be repaired and fixed as She may direct during her natural life; -and I also give and bequeath to her one third part of Fifty four negroes now in my pofsefsion on the plantation and which are not herein otherwise disposed of, And the negroes to be to her and her her heirs or afsigns forever, but if not disposed of by her at her death to be Equally divided amongst my Ten children or the survivors of them or their representatives. I also give and bequeath to my Said Beloved and affectionate Wife Suzannah all my House hold furniture to be disposed of at her pleasure and one third of Stock and farming utensils on the farm I now live on to be disposed of in like manner if She Should remove to the House lately occupied by Jefse Stribling and as much of and as much of this Said plantation as she may wish for cultivation. ITEM. I give and devise to my Eldest Son David Sloan all that plantation and tract of Land whereon he now lives on the North side of Cane Creek containing about nine hundred and fifty acres, also Fifty acres on the South Side of Cane Creek to include his Mill and Pond & c but he is to grind free of Toll all grain brought to his Mill for Jefse Stribling while his Mill stands.--I also give and bequeath to my said Son David Sloan, all the Negroes goods chatels and effects which I have heretofore put into his pofsefsion. To Have and To Hold to him and his heirs afsigns forever ITEM I give and divise to Jefse Stribling and Elizabeth his Wife my Eldest Daughter all that plantation whereon he now lives on the South Side of Cane Creek containing about nine hundred and fifty acres (Except the Mill and fifty acres divided to my Son David Sloan above--I also give and bequeath to the said Jefse Stribling & Elizabeth all the negroes and other personal property that I have heretofore put into their pofsefsion To Have and To Hold- to them & their heirs & afsigns forever--. ITEM. I give and devise to Robert Bruce and my Daughter Susannah Bruce his Wife all that plantation or Several Tracts of Land lying adjoining to each other & whereon they now live on Toogaloo River and Gum Log Creek in Franklin County in the State of Georgia containing about Twelve hundred and fifty acres I also give and bequeath to the said Robert and Susannah Bruce all the negroes and other personal property which I have heretofore given to them and put into their pofsefsion To Have and To Hold to the Said Robert and Susannah Bruce and to their heirs and afsigns forever. ITEM. I give and divise to my Son Benjamin Franklin Sloan all that plantation composed of five tracts of Land lying joining to each other on Toogaloo River & Panes Creek in Franklin County Georgia containing One thousand Six hundred and forty three acres more or lefs. And I also give and bequeath to the Said Benjamin F. Sloan all those thirteen negroes now in his pofsefsion, and also all the personal property which I have hereto fore put into his pofsefsion & which he now hath To Have and To Hold to him and to his heirs and afsigns forever. ITEM. I give and devise to my son Thomas M Sloan all that plantation which I purchased from Joseph Taylor on Keowee or Seneca River about five Miles from Pendleton S. C. containing about Two thousand acres whereon the Said Thomas Sloan now lives. I also give and bequeath to the said Thomas M. Sloan all those Twenty two Negroes now in his pofsefsion on the said plantation and also all the personal property on the said plantation of what kind Soever. To Have and To Hold to the said Thomas M. Sloan and his heirs and afsigns forever But on this condition that he pay my youngest Son James Madison Sloan Three Thousand Dollars if the said James M. Sloan shall live to have lawful ifsue and die under twenty one years of age then his children to have it but if he die without ifsue under age then the said sum of Three Thousand Dollars to be paid to my Executors and by them divided between the living Children and the legal representatives of those that may be dead if any of my said ten children should die previous to the time he may be of age if he had lived. the distribution to be share & share alike. I also reserve to my Executors the present crop of Cotton and the Corn that may not be needed for use of the Said farm for the stock & c. ITEM. I give and divise to my Son William Sloan all the plantation whereon I now live containing about Two Thousand acres composed of Five Several Tract of Land lying adjoining to each other--reserving to my beloved Wife Susannah Sloan the right to live in the House we now live in or the Hous and plantation or tract where Jefse Stribling lately lived at the option of my said wife during he natural life--and if She Should prefer to Hous--where Stribling lived the Said William Sloan is to repair the same in any manner She may direct and permit her to have any quantity of Land for cultivation she may desire. ITEM. I give and divise to my youngest Son James Madison Sloan all my Lands and real Estates wheresoever the same may be Situated to be by my Executors sold for his benefit or kept for him until he shall arrive at the age of Twenty one years at the option and in the discretion of my Executrix and Executor and I do hereby Appoint my affectionate Wife Susannah Sloan and my dutiful Son Daivd Sloan Guardian of the person and effects of my said youngest son James M. Sloan hereby giving them power to any needful thing for him at their discretion. ITEM. I give and bequeath to my two youngest sons William Sloan and James Madison Sloan the Two thirds of Fifty four negro slaves now in my pofsefsion not herein otherwise disposed of (or intended to be so) and the two thirds of all the personal property now on this plantation (not herein disposed of or intended so to be hereby)--that is the remainder thereof after my beloved wife may have taken out one third And the same shall be keep on this plantation for the us and benefit thereof and shall continue in the pofsefsion of my said Executrix and Executor for them until the said William arrives at Lawful age when the property shall be delivered over to him and by him--used for his own benefit until the said James Madison Sloan arrives at the age of Twenty one years or be married at which Time a dividend of the negroes now here and their increase shall be fairly and equally divided between the said James M. Sloan and the said William Sloan or their representatives--And in case either or both of them die without ifsue or disposing of their property or under age then the part of the one so dieing shall be divided between the children then living and the representatives of the deceased my youngest son is not to have anything by this bequest except the half of the Negroes living at the time he comes of age. ITEM. I give and bequeath to Joseph Taylor and Nancy his wife all the personal property by me heretofore placed in his pofsefsion & which he now hath. I also direct my Executrix and Executor to pay him one thousand dollars within one year after my death. ITEM. I give and divise and bequeath to Joseph B. Earle and Rebecca his Wife my loving daughter all the Lands which he may have purchased in our joint names According to the intention of a Deed of Covenant executed by him and my self on which I furnished him three thousand Dollars and I also give him all the personal property, Negroes & c. which I have heretofore placed in his hands I also releas him of all demands which I have against him on any account whatever except the amount of a Note of Hand of his which I have paid the cash for to James Rucker it is dated 16 oct. 1817 due 1st January 1818 for nine hundred and fifty two Dollars. And my Executrix and Executor are hereby directed to call on him for the principal and interest of said note and that all other accounts between me & the Said Joseph B. Earle shall be forever settled.--And he is to have hold & pofsefs all the property he received from me. ITEM. I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Susannah Taylor one negro Girl named Elvina about Six or eight years of age. ITEM. I give and bequeath to my Grandson Charles Bruce one negro boy named Edward about Sixteen years of age. Finally. All the rest and residue of my personal Estates debts or chattels of whatsoever Kind and wheresoever the same may be and not herein before effectually disposed of (After payment of my debts Legacies and funeral expences and other charges) I do hereby give and bequeath to be collected and Equally divided by my Executrix and Executor between my Ten children or their legal representatives.--It has been my wish and aim to do justice between my children who stand equally dear to me and I have made Some difference between those who have had their property for a length of time & those who have just received it and think I have done them justice. And I do hereby constitute and appoint my said Wife Susannah Sloan and my Son David Sloan Executrix and Executor of this my last will and Testament. and I do hereby revoke & make void all other or former wills. In witnefs whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and Year herein first above mentioned. David Sloan (SEAL) Signed, Sealed, published, and declared by the Said Testator as and for his Last will and Testament in our presence who at his request in his presence, and in the presence of each other have Subscribed our names as Witnefses hereto. Joseph Grisham James Harrison John Matthews Recorded in Will Book A, page 330 Recorded October 16, 1826 Proved October 16, 1826 John Harris, O.P.D. Roll No. 606 PS. I've typed this as close to the copy as I could--some "mistakes" are theirs. Hopefully I didn't maake many typo's. Sheila

Richard Allen wrote: > > Frank > > Where is the Capt. David Sloan Will? Would post it if I had it. I do have > the ability to scan docs. If anybody wishes to snail mail me. > > Rick David's will was published as part of McKoy's "Carperter-Weir Family History" in 1959. My copy is small print and blurry, I'm not sure it will scan good enough for OCR, I'll try it myself. Rootswebs doesn't allow copywrited material on their boards without permission. I'm not sure if there are any copywrite issues with McKoy's work or not. If there is a copywrite expert out there, please advise me/us. As a matter of fact, what is the copywrite time limit on these 100 year old County histories?? There are a couple of pre-1900 articles I'd like to post. Engle's "Sloans of Hanover" for example. Frank Mitchell -- Apartado 11521, Zona 6 Panama, Republic of Panama Phone day 011-507-261-9757 Email: fmitchel@panama.phoenix.net Visit "The Sloan Connection" at: http://www.panama.phoenix.net/~fmitchel/welcome.html

Betty Owen wrote: > That would be very possible there may be a completely separate family > with similar phonics that orginated in Ireland. Hi Folks, I think I've come to the same conclusion myself that maybe the name developed at both places independently. Especially since Sloan is classed as a patronymic name of a Gaelic origins. Ireland & Scotland both have Celtic/Gaelic origins. I suppose prior to 1541 all Sloans were Catholic and only after King Henry VIII did the religious/politicial migrations get geared up. BTW, For an excellent Irish Time Line goto: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Efianna/history/index.html Whenever I run across an interesting tidbit I include it as a part of my Sloan Chronicles at: http://www.panama.phoenix.net/~fmitchel/timeline.html SOMETHING NEW!!! I've been quietly busy the past few days with my new project "The Sloan GenConnect Bulletin Boards" My guilt finally got to me and I sent Rootsweb a donation and one of the bennies was a free Surname Board. Go to my home page listed below and catch the links to Sloan Boards for Bible, Biographies, Deeds, Wills, Queries, and Pension Records. The Great Secondary aspect of the GenConnect Boards is that all data is picked up when you do a Rootsweb Surname Search. There are about 500 hits when you do a Sloan search now. So far, I've only viewed/cleared about a 100 of them. Now is a chance to show everyone the results of your research and you can share it "Virus Free." I would love to see some industrious person post the Capt. David Sloan will. I think it's about 5 pages long! Frank Mitchell -- Apartado 11521, Zona 6 Panama, Republic of Panama Phone day 011-507-261-9757 Email: fmitchel@panama.phoenix.net Visit "The Sloan Connection" at: http://www.panama.phoenix.net/~fmitchel/welcome.html

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Frank Were is the Capt. David Sloan Will? Would post it if I had it. I do have the ability to scan docs. If anybody wishes to snail mail me. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: Franklin E. Mitchell <fmitchel@panama.phoenix.net> To: <SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 10:17 AM Subject: [SLOAN-SLONE-L] SLOAN Surname & GenConnect Boards > Betty Owen wrote: > > > That would be very possible there may be a completely separate family > > with similar phonics that orginated in Ireland. > > Hi Folks, > I think I've come to the same conclusion myself that maybe the name > developed at both places independently. Especially since Sloan is > classed as a patronymic name of a Gaelic origins. Ireland & Scotland > both have Celtic/Gaelic origins. I suppose prior to 1541 all Sloans > were Catholic and only after King Henry VIII did the > religious/politicial migrations get geared up. > > > BTW, For an excellent Irish Time Line goto: > http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Efianna/history/index.html > > Whenever I run across an interesting tidbit I include it as a part of my > Sloan Chronicles at: > http://www.panama.phoenix.net/~fmitchel/timeline.html > > SOMETHING NEW!!! > I've been quietly busy the past few days with my new project "The Sloan > GenConnect Bulletin Boards" My guilt finally got to me and I sent > Rootsweb a donation and one of the bennies was a free Surname Board. Go > to my home page listed below and catch the links to Sloan Boards for > Bible, Biographies, Deeds, Wills, Queries, and Pension Records. The > Great Secondary aspect of the GenConnect Boards is that all data is > picked up when you do a Rootsweb Surname Search. There are about 500 > hits when you do a Sloan search now. So far, I've only viewed/cleared > about a 100 of them. > > Now is a chance to show everyone the results of your research and you > can share it "Virus Free." I would love to see some industrious person > post the Capt. David Sloan will. I think it's about 5 pages long! > > > Frank Mitchell > -- > Apartado 11521, Zona 6 > Panama, Republic of Panama > Phone day 011-507-261-9757 > Email: fmitchel@panama.phoenix.net > Visit "The Sloan Connection" at: > http://www.panama.phoenix.net/~fmitchel/welcome.html > > > ==== SLOAN-SLONE Mailing List ==== > Visit Rootsweb home site today. Many resources are available. > http://www.rootsweb.com >

Christiana That would be very possible there may be a completely separate family with similar phonics that orginated in Ireland. Since me Sloans that were in Ireland were not Catolic then I suspect they were from Scotland. Also there were a number of people that settled from England during the middle ages trying to rule and conquer Ireland. If the Sloans were Lowland Scots then they could have had family influence and settled also Scots and Welsh were used for Language purposes anyway be the Engish. Betty >Just wanted to follow up and let you all know that there were SLOAN families >in Ireland before the SCOTS showed up... :) >Christiana > >> >

I am not an accomplished history student of the origins of Sloan. but I am a history student of the Celtic culture. Irish, Scottish and Welsh language came from all the same roots of Celtic origins in fact many moon over high mountain they could understand one another even though they had established different cultures. It is possible Sloan has its origins in the lowland of Scotland which would border with the outlanders or the English (Brits, Saxons etc). Don't forget that we have Sloan square in London. There is no question that there were and still are a number of Sloans in Ireland and yes they were shipped over to control some of the Irish but instead bred and even more rebellious lot against the English (as you know back then the Scots and the Irish would give the Brits a lot of trouble) They were sent over for many reasons and yes religion was a good enough of excuse it got rid of some Scots too. ergo gave rise to the Scot-Irish descent term a large number of Americans are descendant not from just Irish but the Scot-Irish as they left coming to America in the 1700's and 1800's-----so what what your father said may very well be true and really does not contradict any of the past. If you would like to read more about their life style here and how hard life was for them. There is a book call the Abion Seed by Fischer I think--don't go by my spelling though thanks Betty Owen

Just wanted to follow up and let you all know that there were SLOAN families in Ireland before the SCOTS showed up... :) Christiana

I have sent the following message to the Ayrshire mailing list to see what the response is but I wonder what Sloan etc people think about the following. I am perplexed. >My father told me that the Sloan name was Lowland Scottish and that any >Sloans in Ireland were there because they had gone there encouraged by, I >think James 11, to boost the Protestant population. > >Now I find that my ggrandfather was born in Ireland. Looking into Irish >families it seems that there are a huge number of Sloans in Ireland. It also >has a Gaelic meaning coming from I believe O'Slaughahan meaning something >like brave warrior. If the name has a Gaelic derivation it surely can not >be Lowland Scottish or can it ? Can anyone help? Is Sloan a Scots or Irish >name? Are there other examples of 'Scots' names with Gaelic derivations? >Annie Sloan in Oxon, England >