1778: William Sloan 300 acres in Rowan Co on both sides Reynold's Fork of Beaverdam Creek; includes improvement called Qunicy's Cabin.
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29 Jul 1778 Alexander Slone 300 acres in Rowan Co on south side of Yadkin River, borders James Stuart, widow Bell & David Henry's improvement, includes his own improvement.
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10 Nov 1778: Pvt. in Capt. Sharp's Co. 10th Regiment NC. line, served 9 months.
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16 Sep 1779: William Sloan 200 acres in Rowan Co. on both sides south fork of Yadkin River borders James Huston's entry.
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1780, 9 Feb: William Nesbitt, 12 year old orphan of Moses Nesbitt is apprenticed to Alex Sloan till William Nesbitt reaches the age of 21. Ref. Vol. 4, pg. 233; Rowan Co, NC Minutes of Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. {Believed to be 1st cousin of wife. i.e. William Nesbitt's mother was Margaret McClelland who married Moses Nesbitt. from Don Allen}
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1783: John Stevenson wit/sec at marriage.
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10 Nov 1785: Jacob Nichols has 200 acres in Rowan Co. on south side of Yadkin River borders widow Bell & Alexander Sloan.
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9 Jan 1786 Nicholas Gaither has 100 acres in Rowan Co. on south side of Yadkin River borders James Stuart, Thomas Bell, Evan Bell & Alexander Sloane.
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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 Oct 28, 1782 to William Crage. Signed Bassel Dorsey. Witness Matthew Wilson and Isaac Robinson. Recorded April 1791 Book 16 page 71.
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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.
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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.
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20 Nov 1798: "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. Wit. Fergus Sloan". {Big Harper probably should be Big Harpeth, a river in Davidson Co., TN}
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1807: about forty families left Bethany (adjoining congregation to Fourth Creek) for the West--Tennessee, Kentucky, etc. William Sloan, Robert M. Stevenson and Andrew McCormick, leaving their families in Christian County, Kentucky, went in company with Daniel Boone . . . on a tour of inspection into Missouri . . . "
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1814, Jan: William Sloan was a Justice in newly formed Washington Co. MO.
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NC census match questionable (more children).
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Some source say b. Jun 1753 d. Jun 1827, the "new" tombstone says 1821.
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From "History of the Bellevue Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Caledonia, Missouri" by Adella Breckenridge Moore:
Page 40, WILLIAM SLOAN
In writing this short historical sketch of the life of William Sloan, I omit the middle letter "A" or "Alexander", which is occasionally used by some writing the name. I do not find a middle name used in any of the public records where his name appears. And it is not on his grave stone. The name Alexander is a common name among his descendants, and it would seem quite probable that it was a part of his name, and had been dropped out by misuse. We go back to his father, Fergus Sloan, who married Ann Robinson, in Ireland. The Robinsons lived in Tyrone County, Ireland, and it is very likely that the Sloans lived in the same county, or nearby. I also find that it is claimed by the Robinsons, that some of their family came to America before the year 1747.

The records show that Fergus Sloan (father of William Sloan) bought land on March 15, 1753, in what is now Iredell County, North Carolina. Off this land in 1758, Fergus Sloan and wife sold graveyard. He also gave the land on which "Old Fourth Creek Church" was built. He also sold to the Board of Town Commissioners the site of Statesville, when Iredell County was set up in 1778. On January 8, 1801, he sold the remainder of his land, 561 acres, to David Crawford, and moved away; one tradition says to Greenville, Tennessee, but no trace of him can be found there or elsewhere. The age of William Sloan, and the date of his death, fixes the time of his birth in the year 1753, and the place at Statesville, the present county seat of Iredell County, North Carolina.

F.C. Ainsworth, War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, D.C. May 3, 1907 writes as follows:

"123928. It is shown by the records of this office that William Sloan served as private in Sharp's Company of N.C. Troops, Revolutionary War. He enlisted November 10, 1778, and served nine months."

J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State
Raleigh, North Carolina, May 2, 1907 writes as follows:
"Records of this office show that William Sloan was a private in Captain Sharp's Company, Tenth Regiment of North Carolina, having enlisted November 10, 1778, and served nine months."

Tradition says that William Sloan's old guard, Peter, went through the Revolutionary War with him and one night while on guard followed his master's orders, and shot a spy with a bear skin over him. Peter often told how awful he felt when the bear fell to the ground and groaned - he knew that he had killed a man.

A. Nixon, Clerk
Lincolnton, North Carolina March 10, 1910
In answer to inquiry, writes the following:

"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, North Carolina, somewhere between Shelby(town) and Kings Mt(town) and operated iron works. They were there prior to the Revolutionary War." Thus we find that William Sloan (great-grandfather of the writer) was a manufacturer in iron (and I have heard my father tell the story.) At one time he had a wagon load of axes and took them overland to South Carolina, and sold them out for money enough with which he bought a slave.

My father (William N. Sloan) was about ten years old at the time William Sloan (the subject of this paper) died, and remembered him quite well, and described him as being a very active, medium sized man, with light gray eyes, and did blacksmith work and operated a farm after he came to Missouri.

In the year 1807, when the Louisiana Purchase began to thrill the people of the South Atlantic States, about forty families left Bethany [Yet, the sketch about Joseph McCormick says Old Concord Church is where they were all from] (adjoining congregation to Fourth Creek) for the West - Tennessee, Kentucky, etc. 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 (famous frontiersman) on a tour of inspection into Missouri. Being attracted by the many natural resources (which were so essential in a new country at that time) 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 on the last day of November.
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Sources:
1. Census 1790: Lincoln Co. NC. 5th Co. [3,4,1-3]
2. Census 1800: Lincoln Co. NC. pg880 [24301 10211 00]
3. Census 1850: Washington Co. Mo. Bellevue Twp [Jane Sloan]
4. Texas Society of the National Society of DAR., "The Roster of Texas Daughters of the American Revolution" Vol. III of IV, (date unknown), [William Alexander Sloan, ypob/1753, parents, ypom, spouse, dpod/22 Jun 1827, 7 children, mil]
5. McCubbins Collection Rowan Pub. Lib.
6. "History of Lawrence Co. Ark." pg142
7. 1987 research of Wanda Jean Sloan Karnes, 1711 Magnolia Dr, Ft. Smith, AR. 72903
8. DAR applications of Eliz. K.S. Powell #124105: Myrtle S.P. Bowld #376713: Agnes Holloway Gregory #325755.
9. Marriage Licence Index for Rowan Co. NC. page 202. [dpom, spouse]
10. Cemetery Records, Rootsweb, [William Sloan, dob/1752, dod/22 Jun 1821, burial]
11. Adella Breckenridge Moore, "History of the Bellevue Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Caledonia, Missouri", Elmwood Press Print, Farmington, Missouri, [William Sloan, b.1753, d. 22 Jun 1827, burial]
12. 1998 research of Cathy Sloan, email: subref: 1950-60s research of Mrs. M. A. Markle of TX. [dob/Jun 1753]
13. Land Deed Genealogy of Davidson Co., TN 1797-1803: Page 88 (Book E, ) info posted by Ed Adams
14. Research of mentions these documents. I have not seen them yet.
a. "Historic Sketch of William Sloan" by George W. Sloan, Winfield KS, 1916.
b. "History of Missouri' by Houck, Vol lll.
c. family papers of the Rev A. M. Robinson 1848-1935 who m. 1872 Josephine Sloan.
15. "Abstracts of Lincoln Co. NC Land Entries" [Lyles Creek info]
16. J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, Raleigh, N.C., May 2, 1907 [military] Karen Carthy's info

• Married: 13 MAY 1783 in ROWAN Co. NC.

1. Thomas Sloan b: 1 DEC 1785 in LINCOLN Co. NC.
2. Fergus Sloan b: 16 DEC 1787 in LINCOLN Co. NC.
3. William Stevenson Sloan b: 1789 in LINCOLN Co. NC. ?
4. John Sloan b: 1791 in LINCOLN Co. ? NC.
5. James Sloan b: 28 SEP 1793 in Statesville, IREDELL Co. NC.
6. Alexander Sloan b: 28 OCT 1797 in LINCOLN Co. NC.
7. Elizabeth Eliza Sloan b: 19 NOV 1800 in IREDELL Co. ? NC.

1. Title: "History of the Bellevue Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Caledonia, Missouri"
   Author: Adella Breckenridge Moore
   Publication: Elmwood Press Print, Farmington, Missouri
   Repository:
   Note: http://pages.prodigy.net/dave_lossos/stl/bellevue.htm or http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/bellevue.htm
   Media: Other
   Text: [William Sloan, b.1753, d. 22 Jun 1827, burial]
2. Title: Tombstone Inscriptions, Bellview Presbyterian Cemetery, Caladonia, Washington Co. Mo.
   Author: Esther M. Ziock Carroll
   Publication: Carrols' Corner Website: 7 Aug 2006
   Repository:
   Note: http://www.carrollscorner.net/SitesWashco_CaledoniaBellevue.htm
   Media: Tombstone
   Page: Tombstone photo: ts000191.jpg
   Text: [William Sloan, 1752 - 1821, burial, a revolutiionary soldier]