Susannah Sloan

From Rootsweb:

Beverly Sloan Shuler says:"Susannah was the daughter (90% sure) of Thomas Majors of Wilkes Co., NC. She was born in Maryland, not VA., according to her entry in the 1850 Census. I imagine her parents were just off the boat!" {Note 4th son was named Thomas Majors Sloan}

• ******* One researcher has her as dau of John Major was born in 1755 in Culpeper Co. VA. He died on 3 Aug 1805 in Newberry Co., SC. John Major and Martha Elizabeth Epps were married in 1772. Martha Elizabeth Epps was born in 1755 in Chesterfield Co., VA. She died in 1801 in Pickens District, SC. {n.b.: based on children's birth dates, it is not likely she was daughter of this John Major & Martha Epps.}
  • ****** Herb Hendricks has her as dau of John Majors wife Rebecca Pollard. {see David.doc}
    • ***** Death reportly from injuries she received from falling from a horse.[age 92] Originally buried on his plantation but later moved to Andersonville Baptist Church Cemetery prior to the forming of Lake Hartwell.

B.H. Stribling gives 2 different dod, 29 Jul 1861 & dob 9 Jul 1761!! says name was originally Major and an 's' was added.

She was the mother of 12 children, only 5 survived her, At her death she had 107 grandchildren, and 273 great-grandchildren - at total of 413 descendants, 344 of whom were then living.

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*Birth Date: July 9, 1761 vs. July 29, 1763 vs. July 21, 1773 (July 29, 1761 in FindAGrave memorial - children's birth dates lead toward 1763)

• Birth Location: Maryland vs. Culpeper County, Virgina (Culpeper probably came from the unlikely John Major of Culpeper, VA)
• Death Date: September 5, 1853 vs. September 6, 1854

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* Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via parent John Samuel Major Sr by SmartCopy: Dec 4 2014, 21:15:11 UTC

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees by SmartCopy: Dec 4 2014, 21:24:56 UTC
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees by SmartCopy: Dec 4 2014, 21:28:30 UTC
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via sister Susannah Major by SmartCopy: Dec 4 2014, 21:24:56 UTC

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via mother Rebecca Majors (born Pollard) by SmartCopy: May 26 2015, 18:33:27 UTC

wife of David Sloan.

 Susan hid her sleeping firstborn twins in a canebreak when she had to carry corn to be ground at the nearest mill.  She would return with heart in mouth until she found her babies safe.  She feared Indians would come to massacre them.  Their first home was a tent in a canebrake on the banks of the Seneca River on a place known as Sloan Ferry.

Susan and David had twelve-known children:

William SLOAN Elizabeth SLOAN Stribling Capt. David McCurdy SLOAN, Jr. --twin Susannah SLOAN Bruce --twin Benjamin Franklin SLOAN Nancy SLOAN Taylor Mary SLOAN Rebecca SLOAN Earle Thomas Majors SLOAN Catherine E. "Kitty" SLOAN Benson William SLOAN James Madison SLOAN

information supplied by - Elreeta Weathers

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial by SmartCopy: May 26 2015, 19:06:33 UTC

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GEDCOM Source

@R753055307@ 1830 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G

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1830; Census Place: Anderson, South Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 173; Page: 172; Family History Library Film: 0022507 1,8058::676152

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@R753055307@ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

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@R753055307@ 1830 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G

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1830; Census Place: Anderson, South Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 173; Page: 172; Family History Library Film: 0022507 1,8058::676152

According to the 1850 census, Pendleton, S.C., Susannah was born in Maryland. January 19, 1784, she married Captain David Sloan in Wilkes Co, N.C., (N.C. Marriage Bonds). Soon after they married, they moved to Pendleton, S.C., where they stayed the remainder of their lives, (according to her obituary, reprinted 7/26/1911, Keowee Courier).

According to "Old Pendleton History"; Captain Sloan's will dated 1821; and probate records from Old Pendleton District, Captain Sloan and Susannah had the following children:

William Sloan, the first William who died 1804 Elizabeth Sloan Stribling
David McCurdy Sloan, Jr. (twin)
Susan Sloan Bruce (twin)
Nancy Sloan Taylor
Mary Sloan, died 1810
Rebecca Sloan Earle
Benjamin F. Sloan
Thomas Majors Sloan
Catherine E. Sloan Benson
William Sloan, another child named William, probably to honor the first William who had just died and
James Madison Sloan

(Special thanks to Elreeta Weathers for contributing some information on the children.)

I've never been sure who Susannah's parents were but I found a probate record from Old Pendleton District, SC. It had an error on Susannah's birth year but had her death date exactly right and said she had 12 children, which was right. It said her father was John Major, but spelled it without the "s". There are several John Majors so I wasn't sure which one was her father.

According to Captain Sloan's will, he wanted to be buried at his home place in Pendleton, SC, and he was. Susannah and other family members were also buried at their home in Pendleton.
Thru the years the area was slated to be part of the Santee Project and would eventually be under the waters of Lake Hartwell.
According to US GenWeb Archives on the Sloan Plantation Cemetery, a cousin, Thomas Sloan, relocated tombstones in 1928 due to the area eventually being flooded by Lake Hartwell. Thomas Sloan said he moved 5 stones, that of Captain David Sloan, Sr, his wife, Susannah Majors Sloan, Elizabeth Sloan Stribling and her husband, Jesse Stribling, and the infant daughter of David Sloan, Jr, moving them to Andersonville Cemetery. It was not clear if the bodies were re-interred or just the tombstones relocated.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 8 2022, 2:39:11 UTC