Person:Elizabeth Sloan (6)

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Elizabeth Sloan
Facts and Events
Name Elizabeth Sloan
Married Name Elizabeth Morrison
Gender Female
Birth[1] 4 Apr 1746 pos Lancaster County Pennsylvania or Virginia
Marriage 26 Mar 1766 Prob. Rowan County, North Carolinato Andrew Morrison
Other[1] 6 Oct 1777 Rowan, North Carolina, United Stateswitness to Will of William Archbald, husband of Martha (McCorkle) Archbald
Residence[1] Abt 1810 Franklin, Tennessee, United Statescame to Tennessee
Residence[1] Rowan, North Carolinawhere she was married
Other[1] 22 Aug 1815 Franklin, Tennessee, United Statesnamed in Will of Andrew Morrisson, husband
Death? Aft 22 Aug 1815 pos Franklin County, Tennessee

Research Notes

  • Wondering if it might be possible that Elizabeth was a d/o Andrew McCorkle (and sister of Martha (McCorkle) Archbald) and that she was a widow Sloan at the time of her 1766 marriage to Andrew Morrison? --Cos1776 17:02, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Elizabeth Sloan Report, in Morrison-Q.com.

    ... The Elizabeth Sloan that I refer to above was born 4 April 1746, possibly in Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania, or in Virginia. Elizabeth first appears in a record in Rowan Co. NC in 1766, when a marriage bond is executed for her marriage on 26 March 1766, to Andrew Morrison, born 9 Jan 1745, in PA, , son of William and Margaret (Hays?) Morrison. Signatures on the bond are John Frohock, James Patterson and Walter Carruth, none of whom appear to be a relative of Elizabeth. ...

    ... Andrew’s will, dated 22 August 1815, written and probated in Franklin County TN: Abstracted in Franklin County Wills 1808-1875, Ingmire.

    Wife: Elizabeth ...

    ... Advised by Julia McCorkle Montgomery (deceased in 2008) of a letter of Elmira Sloane McCorkle, noting that “Great Grandmother Morrison (this would be Elizabeth Sloan Morrison) was a sister to Grandfather McCorkle”. (This would be her paternal Grandfather. Unable to get a copy of that letter.

    Elizabeth Morrison was witness to will of William “X” Archbald on 6 October 1777, in Rowan Co. NC . William Archbald’s wife was a Martha McCorkle. Exr: of William Archbald’s will was Alexander McCorkle, William Archbald’s father in law; Wit: John Rosebrough, William Rosebrough, Elisabeth Morrison. Rowan Co. Will Book A:251 ...