Granville Slone (1828 - 1903)

Born Dec 1828 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Feb 1903 at age 74 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Private Granville Slone served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: April 22,1861
Mustered out: June 30, 1863
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 2nd West Virginia Cavalry, Co G, E; 2nd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry

Spelling variations for the surname include Sloan and Sloane. There were also two men named Granville or Greenville Slone who lived in eastern Kentucky contemporaneously.

One resided in Floyd County, Kentucky. He was Granville Slone (called "Greenville" or "Green") born 1828 and married 1863 in Kanawha County, West Virginia to Elizabeth Douglas. ^[1] He died 1901 leaving a will in Floyd County, Kentucky. ^[2]

The other Granville Slone, resided in Kentucky and Ohio and died at the old soldiers home in Dayton, Ohio in 1903. This profile contains the known data gathered thus far about him.

Granville Sloane, is first listed on the tax list for Greenup County, Kentucky in 1847. His name appears next to Mitchell and Joab Sloane. Granville continues to be listed through 1855. ^[3]Later tax lists have not been examined.

Granville was living with Joab Slone in the 1860 US Census for Greenup County, Kentucky. ^[4]

He saw military service as a Private in the Union Army during the Civil War. His first service was for 3 months in Co C, 18th Regiment Ohio Infantry. ^[5]

He later enlisted in the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry, Co G, E. and subsequently received a pension for this service. ^[6]

In the 1870 US Census he and his brother George were both living in Jackson County, Ohio. Granville's household included a wife, Elizabeth, born about 1844, Ohio and a child William Hanes, age 5, born Ohio. Perhaps Elizabeth had been married before? ^[7]

In the 1900 census Granville was a widower, age 72, born Dec 1828, living with his brother George in Wayne Co., WV. ^[8]

Granville died at the Old Soldiers Home in Dayton, Ohio. Their records state Granville's next of kin was brother-in-law Calvin Johnson of Catlettsburg, KY. After Granville's death his personal effects were given to his brother George W. Sloan. The Soldiers Home records also show Granville's occupation in 1903 was Boatman on the Ohio River.^{[9] [10] [11]}

Death date is from his burial in Dayton National Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Ohio. ^[12] Also see obituary, Dayton, Ohio. Feb18, 1903: Granville Sloan died February 14, age 78, at DVS, Co. G, 2nd W Va. Cav.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage 25 February 1863 for Granville Slone (age 30) to Elizabeth Douglas (age 15, consent of Robt. Poor, her step-father present). West Virginia Culture.org [1]
2. ↑ Floyd Co., KY Will Book A, p 103-105, will of Greenville Slone, dated 25 May 1900, Names wife Elizabeth, sons Wiley and Allen and daughter June Bradley. Witnesses were R. Davidson and Milton Ford.
3. ↑ Greenup County, Kentucky Tax Books. FHL Film # 007834445
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ1M-CVY), Granville Sloan in entry for Joab Sloan, 1860.
5. ↑ Ohio. Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of Rebellion, Volume 1, p 376. Granville Sloan. Enlisted April 22, 1861 at Camp Putnam, Marietta, Ohio and mustered out with the company on August 20, 1861 at Columbus, Ohio.
6. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N41P-Q28), Granville Sloan, 1888.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M625-36L), Granville Sloan, Ohio, United States; citing p. 35, family 240, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,725.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900,"(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9ZF-244), Granvill Sloan in household of G W Sloan, Ceredo district, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,775.
9. ↑ "United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938," (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZ39-B3F), Granville Sloan, 1892; citing p. 18904, Dayton, Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1749 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 41; FHL microfilm 1,547,738.
10. ↑ "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997," (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F68K-92N), Granville Sloan, ; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 182,777.
11. ↑ "United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6HH-D8N), Granville Sloan, 14 Feb 1903; citing Dayton, , Ohio, NARA microfilm publication M1845 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 2,155,594.
12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #1186997
13. ↑ Dayton Daily Journal. (Dayton, Ohio) February 18, 1903 v. 40, iss. 174 : pg. 5, col. 1