Frank, This is a very interesting Leap of Faith. It seems that you and Monica have about eliminated any other Archibald of that era as our Arch and that there may not have been any other Archibald (at least yet discovered) in America at that time. So, by that rationale, this would be our Arch. The siblings' names certainly tend to be familiar, possibly carried from one generation to the next. Is the most definite date of death "after 1771", which as you know leaves about 29 years leeway from our Arch's known date of death? What is this based on? Does Monica have anything further? Thanks, Edwin "Franklin E. Mitchell" wrote: > > Hi Folks, > Actually I've been enjoying the inactivity so I could work on my own > lines. > > In case you haven't gotten the word yet, there are a couple of good web > sites recently open for business: > > #1 is the LDS International Genealogical Index and Ancestral files > index. Go to: > http://www.familysearch.org/ > > #2 the Roostweb now have a theaded mailing list search engine. Go To: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > This site allow you to search for Sloans in other mailing lists (that > have registered). As of right now, There are 1654 mailing lists being > archived there(out of 6,000+ list). As of midnight, there were 152,607 > available messages. NOTE the SLOAN-SLONE List is NOT one of the 1654 > mailing lists. So right now, If you run a query for all SLOANS, you > will NOT received the thousands of Sloans that have appeared on our > list. However, you do get "Beth Sloan" <eas@coam.net> a lot!! How many > list do you subscribe to Beth?? > > In case you didn't know, It is always possible to search our old > messages for info. Go to: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter in the SLOAN-SLONE-L > > pick a year and enter your query. It's a very flexible search engine. > i.e. enter a query for <sloan and Jackson> and probably get all > messages concerning Sloans of Jackson Co. Tn. etc. > > Now I have a query for you: Does anyone know anything about this John > Sloan's son, Archibald Sloan?? > > > 1 John Sloan b: Bef. 1715 in Ireland, Scotland, England or LANCASTER > Co. PA. d: Bet. 1749 - 1763 in Hanover Twp?, LANCASTER Co. PA. > . +Jane ??? b: Bef. 1715 d: Aft. 11 May 1764 in Derry twp, LANCASTER Co. > PA. > ........ 2 Margaret Sloan b: Bef. 1741 in LANCASTER? Co. PA? > ............ +Archibald SLOAN (WHERE DID HE COME FROM???) b: Bef. 1739 > d: 1793 in Derry Twp? DAUPHIN? Co. PA. m: 04 January 1759 in LANCASTER > Co. PA. > ........ 2 ARCHIBALD SLOAN b: Bef. 1744 in LANCASTER Co. ? PA. d: Aft. > 1771 in LANCASTER Co. PA. maybe BLOUNT Co. TN. > ........ 2 Alexander Sloan b: Abt. 1744 in LANCASTER? Co. PA? d: Aft. > 1771 in YORK? Co. PA. > ............ +Elizabeth Sloan m: 30 October 1764 in Lower Chanceford > Twp, YORK Co. PA. > ........ 2 Mary Sloan b: Abt. 1746 in LANCASTER? Co. PA. d: Aft. 1764 > in YORK? Co. PA. > ............ +John Thomson? m: 30 October 1764 in YORK Co. PA. > ........ 2 Elizabeth Sloan b: Bef. 1763 in LANCASTER? Co. PA? > > Listed as child of John (dec'd) & Jean in 1763 Donegal Twp. Received 3 > pounds in uncle Samuel Sloan's will. > ****** > It appears that the 19 Mar 1764 patent also contains 31 acres belonging > to Alexander and Archibald both of Hanover Twp which they sold to Wm > Sawyer on 11 May 1764. Wm Sawyer Jr. & wife Mary sell all 131 acres to > Peter Jontz on 3 Apr 1792. > ***** > Did he move to Blount Co. Tn. after he sold the land in PA. ? > > Sources: > 1. "Engle's Notes & Queries" Vol. 3 1896 > 2. Samuel Sloan's will: Lancaster Co. PA. Will Book B vol. 1,pg743, 22 > Aug 1771 > 3. Dauphin Co. Deed Book H, pg148, 3 Apr 1792 > > In a Sloan article in the History of Montgomery Co. OH. this Alexander > is mentioned. It also says that Alexander's brother (unnamed) went to > the great west and was never heard from again. I am beginning to > believe this brother is my Archibald that was in Washington Co. NC.(Tn.) > by 1778. My reseach buddy, Monita Horn thinks this is a very good > possiblility (it's her theory) And I'm about ready to make a "Leap of > faith" and tentatively make the connection. The down side is that it > will effectively double my "personal" Sloan family kin database. Pro > and Con comments welcomed. > > Later, > Frank Mitchell