On 23 Jan 99 to Frank Mitchell, Linda Sloan wrote: > Hi Frank, I've dug a little deeper and been in contact with a Garry > Porterfield in Arizona who seems to be searching the same line of > Sloans. He has a query on the most wanted page. He has a Samantha A > who married a Witcher he's looking for info on and I have a sister of > Marion F., daughter of Jesse, named on the 1870 Jackson county Tn census > as Samantha A. I also located a tombstone record for Samantha A, wife > of W. W. Witcher showing the birth date of 13 Feb 1858 and Jesse's > daughter is shown to be 12 on the 1870 census. This all works out, but > the glitch is that Garry shows his Samantha A (same birth date) to be > the daughter of Isaac, Isaac son of Jonathan and Jonathan son of Jesse. > This puts Jesse's bith date way off from what I have on the 1870 and > 1850 census. I don't show an Isaac in my data, but there is a gap in > children's ages on the 1870 census and it's possible there was a son who > had already moved out on his own. I do have a copy of a Jackson county > Tn WPA record showing a "Sale of Easom Graves Property after his death > in the spring of 1843" and this list among the buyers Jesse Sloan, Isaac > Sloan and Jonathan Sloan. Can you shed any more light on any of these > tangled Sloans? Was there another Jesse that you know about? As > always, any and all help appreciated. > Linda Sloan > > - john@dgnscrn.demon.co.uk > ... also at john.chalmers@USLGN.mail.abb.com > and ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/ Linda, There are several people on the SLOAN-SLONE list that are probably interested in your message. My first E-mail query came from Garry Porterfield back in 1996. He was looking for Samathia "Mattie" Sloan of Jackson Co. Tn. Based on Mattie being Martha I pointed him towards Samathia being Martha dau of Isaac in the 1860 census of Jackson Co. Tn. So all that is really my doings! We've been looking for verification on that ever since. Looks like you've provided the nail in the coffen to kill that theory. Garry and I are both missing that 1870 census record for Jessie Sloan. Yes, there are definitely more than one Jessie in that Tri-state neighborhood, maybe 3 of them. This 1850 census record has always been confusing: 1850 Jackson Co., TN (3D-1015) Jesse Slone 79 NC Margaret 35 TN John 14 TN Selia 1 TN William 4 TN Sampson Braswell 12 TN Silvy Braswell 40 TN William Braswell 3 TN Mark Slone 60 VA ********************* According to Edna Sloan Cooksey this is Jessie Elias Sloan and his half brother Samuel Mark "Sampson" Sloan, sons of Patrick Sloan. I'm not sure the relationship of the rest of the household. Is Margaret, Jessie's dau, dau-in-law or a very young wife? Whatever the relationship, she and Selia/Cilia appear to show up in 1870 in MACON Co. TN.!! So, the link is there. I think somewhere in Michael Vaden research he may have had a Jessie Sloan b. c1823 of Lafayette, Macon Co., TN, as son of Samuel & Rhoda Sloan. A lot discussion has come and gone since then I'm not sure if that's still valid or not. Michael, can you comment?? Actually, there are many, many things I've not sure of. I'm mainly waiting for Edna to put out her Sloan book. SO, your Jessie b. 1825 Tn. could be a Jessie Jr. (Jessie Sr. would've been age 55) or maybe son of Samuel & Rhoda Sloan (Samuel age 30, probably from his 1st unknown wife). There really are many possibilities. Another thought, your "Sale of Easom Graves Property after his death in the spring of 1843" does imply there is a connection between Jessie and Isaac & Jonathan. That still has not been worked out. Thanks for the info. I guess now it's really clear as mud. Frank Mitchell PS. What else was in that 1870 Census record of Jessie Sloan? -- PSC #4 Box 1681, APO AA 34004 (normal US postage, domestic rates) Phone day 011-507-287-5359 or evening 011-507-261-9757 Republic of Panama office: fmitchell@usarso-lan1.army.mil home: fmitchel@panama.phoenix.net "The Sloan Connection" http://www.panama.phoenix.net/~fmitchel/welcome.html