Rob, My ggrandfather, Samuel Eugene Sloan (1871-1936) was born in Rowan Co. NC. I have a picture of him when he was a young man approx 20-25yrs old. On the back of the photo it says "S.E. Sloan, Gonzales Texas". I have no idea why he was in TX. Maybe he was visiting relatives? I know it is a long shot, but you never know. Philip Sloan ---------- >From: "Sloan, C. Rob" <C-ROB.SLOAN@USA.conoco.com> >To: SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [SLOAN-SLONE-L] Another mystery from Duplin Co. NC. >Date: Fri, Apr 23, 1999, 12:41 PM > >I have recently signed on to the Sloan-Slone web. I have read with interest >many of the messages sent. I have no idea where my family's roots are past >my Grandfather. His name was James Millard Sloan. He married Bertha May >Avant in the mid-1880's. My father is one of 12 siblings. He was born in >1912. My grandfather disappeared in the early 1920's. They lived in >Pilgrim, TX (Gonzales County). If anyone has any insight to this branch of >the Sloan family, please respond. Supposedly he came from either Tennessee >or Virginia. > >Thanks > >C. Rob Sloan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Franklin E. Mitchell [SMTP:fmitchel@panama.phoenix.net] > Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 1:11 PM > To: SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SLOAN-SLONE-L] Another mystery from Duplin Co. NC. > > Hi Folks, > I thought I'd pass this query along to the group. So far, I'm >getting > nowhere with it. I had Wm. H. in my records but no parents either. >His > father must have hid from the census taker in 1850. Can anyone >help?? > Also see my other comments at the botton. > > > From: "Robert S.Carlon" <rcarlon@runet.edu> > -------------------------------------------- > My great great grandfather was named William Herring Sloan and owned >a > large plantation in Duplin County NC near Chinquapin. I have also >been > told that he was a surveyor. He fought for the Confederacy (I am >cure he > is one of the Williams listed from NC) and according to my >grandmother > he was captured in the vicinity of Petersburg and held in Libby >prison > by the yankees for almost a year after the fall of Richmond. After >the > war he returned to Duplin County where he raised his 10 children and >is > buried in the family plot in Chinqupin. > > I have no idea who my Sloan ancestors are prior to William. After > reading your information I am wondering if he was decended from the > Robert Sloan that recieved the land grant in Carolina in 1757 and >died > in Duplin county the next year. I am not sure how much land my >great > great grandfather owned but it was a fairly substantial tract. I >have > been told that his land holdings streched for ten miles on both >sides of > the road that ran through the area so it had to have been thousands >of > acres. > > According to my grandmother he came over from England as a boy. I >doubt > this because I think it would be difficult for someone who had just > arrived in this country with nothing to aquire this much land by the > time of the Civil War when he was probably in his twenties or >thirties. > My theory is that he was born in this country perhaps to a son or > grandson of the Robert Sloan who recieved the grant, and his land >was > all or part of that 1757 land grant that he inherited. > > Anyway, as for my Sloan connection my great grandfather Binford >Sloan > inherited some of the land that his father owned and was a farmer in > Duplin County. His daughter Virginia Sloan is my father's mother. >She > had two brothers Francis, and Binford Jr. My great grandfather came >to > Hopewell VA in the teens to work in the Dupont factory that was > producing gunpowder for WWI. They returned Wallace NC for about 10 > years but when the depression hit they pretty much lost everything, > because they could not make enough to pay the taxes on the farmland >so > they moved back to Hopewell VA. My family still lives a few miles >from > there. > > My name is Robert Sloan Carlon Jr. The Robert however came from the > Carlon side. > > Maybe what I told you will add a piece to the Sloan puzzle! I have > always been very interesting in tracing my family history yet I have > never been able to get past the early 19th century. I have even >stopped > in Chinquapin on my way to the Wrightsville Beach and tried to >locate > the family cemetary. My father said he remembered being there in the >60s > but could not locate it in recent years. Perhaps like so many family > plots it has become overgrown. > > Anyway thanks for the information it was very informative. > > Rob > > P.S. Have you found any evidence that any Sloans were related to >the > British Royal family. My uncle said that one of our relatives down >in NC > had done some research and had had found a link to the british Royal > family either through the Tudors or the Stuarts > > There is also a place in London known as Sloan Square. I once heard > > someone on TV refering to Princess Diana as bring very "sloany". I >was > intruiged so I asked a friend of mine who is a Brit what that meant. >He > said that Sloan Square is a very trendy part of London where a lot >of > young people lived. People who are Sloany are are simply young and > fasionable. > [End of Message] > ********************************************************** > > Links to the rich and famous?? I've never seen any line of Sloans >that > go back to British Royality. If it exist, it is probably through >one of > wife's lines. For example, I know some of the Sloans of Duplin Co. >m. > into the Pearsall family. The Pearsall family (one of my lines) can >be > traced back to royality. So, Sloans of this Sloan/Pearsall branch > probably can trace their ancestors back to Wm. the Conqueror etc. > > Sloane Square, > Somewhere in my piles of misc info I have an article about the >"Sloane > Rangers" of Sloane Square. The article was sent to me some time ago > from cousin Anna Sloan of Guam. If I can find it, I'll post the >info. > I do recall seeing the Sloane Square tube stop when I was in London >back > in the the late 70s. > > Later, > 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 ==== > To post a message to the list: email SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com > The message will be posted to both the list mode and digest mode. > > >==== SLOAN-SLONE Mailing List ==== >Visit the Rootsweb resources at the State level. >http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa.html > >