When I saw MY Elizabeth Sloan in your last message I just had to jump on board! I call her "Elusive Elizabeth" or "Lusive Liz" for short, to distinguish her from at least five other Elizabeth Sloans who are contemporary to her. In over 12 years, I have not found the first clue about her identity. The only name that appears with her is Walter Carruth - who signs the marriage bond in Rowan County in 1766. The Carruths came from Lancaster PA where they probably arrived ca 1729, and I have assumed up to this point that the Morrison Family into which Elizabeth married came to this country at the same time, and probably a or several Sloan families. A letter from a grandaughter of Elizabeth's, speaking of Elizabeth's mother, says that "Grandmother's mother was a sister to Grandfather McCorkle" here referring to Alexander McCorkle. So there must have been a Sloan - McCorkle marriage, with Elizabeth a child of that marriage ca ca 1740, probably in Lancaster Co. PA. Elizabeth and Andrew migrated to Franklin Co. TN ca 1810, where he died in 1812, leaving his wife (named in the will) and several children named also. His children William Hays and ANdrew SLoan preceded him to TN. Elizabeth and Andrew are my 4x great grandparents, and I have done a good bit of work on them and their 8 children. I would be happy to correspond with anyone researching these families, and can be reached by snail mail at 3730 Drakewood Drive, Cincinnati OH 45209.