William Alexander Sloan (abt. 1752 - 1827)

Born about Jun 1752 in Rowan, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Stevenson) Sloan — married about 13 May 1783 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 22 Jun 1827 at about age 75 in Caledonia, Washington County, Missouri, USA

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Biography

William Sloan served with 1st North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

William Alexander Sloan was born in Jul 1752 in Rowan County (area that became Iredell County in 1788), North Carolina. He died on Jun 22, 1821 in Washington County, Missouri. ^[1]

Jane Stevenson's first cousin William Nesbitt was indentured to her husband William Alexander Sloan on 9 Feb, 1780 untill the age of 21 to learn the trade of Weaver^[2]

Parents: Fergus Sloan and Ann Elizabeth (Robinson) Sloan

Spouse: Jane (Stevenson) Sloan, married May 13, 1783 in Rowan County, North Carolina^[3]

1783 ^[4] Bride: Jane Stevenson Groom: William Sloan Bond Date: 13 May 1783 County: Rowan Record #: 02 404 Bondsman: John Stevenson Witness: Robt Nalle Bond #: 000129421

2 Aug 1790: Bassel Dorsey to William Sloan both of Lincoln County, for 40 sold 37.75 acres border Dorsey's corner of his 500 acre tract, part of grant

28 Oct, 1782 to William Crage. Signed Bassel Dorsey. Witness Matthew Wilson and Isaac Robinson. Recorded April 1791 Book 16 page 71.

^[5] 1790 US Census Name: Wm Sxxxoan [Wm Sloan] County: Lincoln State: North Carolina Number of Free White Males Under 16: 4 Number of Free White Males 16 and Over: 3 Number of Free White Females: 1 Number of All Other Free Persons: 3 Number of Household Members: 11

Nov 3, 1792: John Dawsey to George Musconnock sold 175 acres on south side of Macklins Creek, border , Wm. Sloane, Richard Harris second corner a meadow branch and edge of an old field, part of grant Oct 28, 1782 to Wm. Craig who sold July 28, 1790 to Basil Dorsey. Signed John Dorsey. Witness David Falls and Richard Harris. Jan 1793 by David Falls. Book 16 pg 337.

9 May 1796: Lincoln Co. NC. - Wm. Sloan enters 100 acres on waters of Lyles Creek; border on S side of Phiffer's land and joins his own land.

^[6] 1798 Abstract note in: Land Deed Genealogy of Davidson Co., TN

Page 88 (Book E, )"Alexander Adams and William Millar of Garrard Co., Ky to William Sloan of Lincoln Co., NC, 640 A. on North side of Big Harper in Davidson Co., 20 Nov. 1798. Wt. Fergus Sloan". (Big Harper probably should be Big Harpeth, a river in Davidson Co., TN).

A. Nixon, Clerk, Lincolnton, N. C., March 10, 1910 - "The names of John Sloan, James Sloan and William Sloan occur often in the Lincoln County Records". They lived, I suppose, in what is now Cleveland County, N. C., and somewhere between Shelby(town) and Kings Mt (town) and operated iron works. They were there prior to the Revolutionary War.

1807 William and Jane lived in Lincoln County, N. C. until 1807. He was a farmer and Iron manufacturer. They left N. C. for KY. Left KY 9-16-1807 with family and others and arrived at Caledonia, MO last of Nov 1807. In 1808 located and opened up farm 3 miles south of Caledonia on Reed's Creek south side of road east and south of creek.

^[7] Member of the first Presbyterian church (Concord) 1816. William Sloan and wife

There is a family tradition that William Sloan had a servant, Peter, who went with him as a body guard through the Revolution, and that Peter accompanied his sister to Missouri. Peter was fond of relating how on one occasion, while on guard, he shot a spy disguised in a bear skin prowling around their camp.

^[8] "Two men of the band, William Sloan and Robert M. Stevenson, were known to have been ordained Presbyterian elders before they left North Carolina."

William Sloan was a manufacturer in Iron. At one time he had a wagon load of axes and took them overland to South Carolina, and sold them for money enough with which he bought a slave. He was described to his great grandson (George W. Sloan) by his Grandson William N. Sloan as a very active, medium sized man, with light gray eyes, and did blacksmith work and operated a farm after he came to Missouri.

In 1807 about forty families left Bethany (adjoining congregation to Fourth Creek) for the West. William Sloan, Robert M. Stevenson (his brother in law) and Andrew McCormick, leaving their families in Christian County, Kentucky went in company with Daniel Boone on a tour of inspection into Missouri. They selected a site for the settlement of the colony at Caledonia, near Big River in Bellevue Valley, Washington County, Missouri. The colony set out from Kentucky on September 16, 1807 and arrived at Caledonia on the last day of November.

The following year, 1808, William Sloan located and opened up a farm about three miles south of Caledonia on Reed's Creek, and built his house on the south side of the present Main Road, running east and west, and on the east and south side of the creek in what is now Iron County, Missouri.

Was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Washington, Missouri on Sept 1, 1813 by William Clark, Governor of the Territory of Missouri. The oath of office was administered on Nov 30, 1813. The term was for 4 years.

Quoting from a history of Washington County. "Then on the first Monday of January 1814, Martin Ruggles, William Sloan and John Stanton, who had been commissioned by Governor William Clark as the first judges of the Common Pleas Court of Washington County, met in the village of Mine-a-Breton and opened the first Court ever held in the county".

^[9] "History of Franklin, Jefferson and Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties," states William Sloan was one of the ones chosen to run the lines of Washington County and locate the Court House.

The Church Records and tradition at Caledonia, Mo., show that William Sloan took a very active part in the organization of a Presbyterian congregation and the erection of a church building, which church history shows to have been the first Presbyterian Church established west of the Mississippi River.

He was one of first judges of Common Pleas Court of Washington County formed in 1813, one of first elders Presbyterian Church, first west of the Mississippi River, a lender of money and died possessed of 640 acres of land and 26 slaves. He was one of the leading citizens of the pioneer community.

1814 One of the first private transfers of land in Lawrence County, Arkansas was on 2-15-1814 when Samuel Bennett sold his "improvement right" to a 'certain place' on the north side of Spring River and particularly known by the name of Shugar Tree Bottom (Powhatan Deed Record A & B) to William Sloan. Although William never moved to Arkansas, in 1819 sons, Thomas, Fergus II and James did.

1827: Probate Records A. Estimate of the estate of Wm. Sloan Decd., dated 9th April 1828: Seven negroes worth - - - - - - $1900; Six horses worth - - - - - - - - 180; Cattle worth - - - - - - - - - 90; Hogs worth - - - - - - - - - - 35; Land worth - - - - - - - - - - 1000; Corn and Oats worth - - - - - - 160; Thos. Donnell - 1 woman & 8 Children 1400; Stephenson Sloan - 1 woman 4 Children 700; Fergus Sloan - 1 woman 6 Children 900; James Sloan - 2 Boys 1000

A bill of sale lists "1 pair socks for Nace" at fifty cents

Settlement dated Aug. 4, 1841 lists: "For sale of Negro Nace - $217.00"

Note: The Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records show a record for an Emancipation Document for Nace Boman dated 2/26/1838; the other name listed on the document is William Sloan.

Revolutionary War Service

William Alexander Sloan was a Private in Sharp's Company, 1st (less likely 10th) Regiment, North Carolina Troops during the Revolutionary War. He was also one of the first judges of Washington County Common Pleas Court in 1813.^[10]

1778 ^[11] War Department Adjutant General's Office. It is shown by the records of this office that William Sloan Served as private in Sharp's Company, Tenth Regiment of N.C. Troops, Revolutionary War. He enlisted Nov 10, 1778, and served nine months."

^[12] Secretary of State, Raleigh, NC - "Records of this office show that William Sloan was a private in Capt. Sharp's Company, Tenth Regiment of N. C., having enlisted Nov 10, 1778, and served nine months."

^[13] Pierce's Register - Wm. Sloan, Salisbury Dist.

DAR Application #511907 Marjorie Neblett Forester and DAR Application #565860 Valentime Forster Walkup. Born 1753 Rowan County, NC., Died 6-22-1827 Washington Co, MO, Capt Snarp's Co., 10th Regt

Sources

1. ↑ #FG
2. ↑ From The Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Rowan Co, NC, Volume 4, pg 233.
3. ↑ #Marriage
4. ↑ North Carolina Marriage Bonds
5. ↑ 1790 US Census
6. ↑ Land Deed Genealogy of Davidson Co., TN 1797-1803
7. ↑ "History of Missouri" by Louis Houck
8. ↑ Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery at Caledonia, Missouri by Adella Breckenridge Moore, 1967 p 5
9. ↑ Goodspeed Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill., in 1888 in "History of Franklin, Jefferson and Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties,"
10. ↑ #FG, #Lewis, #DAR
11. ↑ F.C. Ainsworth, War Department Adjutant Generals Office, Washington DC, May 3, 1907 - 123928
12. ↑ J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, Raleigh, N.C., May 2, 1907
13. ↑ Pierce's Register OLD SERIES VOL. 5-L BOOK, NO. 11, & 175 TO 180 page 216 4191

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• "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GHYX : accessed 7 December 2018), William Sloan, May 1780; citing North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Dec 7, 2018), "Record of William Alexander Sloan", Ancestor # A105299.
• J. D. Lewis, Revolutionary War Database, Pvt William Sloan
• See also Space:Iredell County Revolutionary Soldiers for a comprehensive list of Iredell Revolutionary War Veterans.

Acknowledgments

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