Alexander Sloan
Birth Mar 1735
Death 18 Jun 1812 (aged 77)
Burial
Old Hanover Presbyterian Churchyard
Grantville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Alexander Sloan married Jean Moore and Elizabeth (unknown).
An Alexander Sloan signed a Feb 1769 "Petition of the Inhabitants of Hanover Township against the Division of the said Township." Alexander was born 1785 (sic) and died 11 (sic) Jan (sic) 1812. The Historical Sketch of Old Hanover Church by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D., published in 1878 by the Historical Society of Dauphin County, page 19, 35.
In the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin Co., PA, 1896 by J.M. Runk & Co., Chambersburg, PA, p 142-45 has data on the Sloans of Hanover. It includes data on this Alexander "born in 1744" died "January" (sic) 1812 and married Jean Moore. Their children: John, b 1767; Robert, 1769; Alexander, 1771; Isabella, 1773; James, 1775-1 Dec 1820; William, 1777-1818 and Jean, married Alexander Bell, D 1832 in OH.
See The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, by W.H. Beers & Co., 1882, p 332-333, for more data on this family.
Note there are 3 Sloan wills probated in Lancaster Co. PA Will Abstracts for:
James in Hanover Twp. probated 27 Dec 1775 (wife Mary, kids: Wm, Jas & Mary)
John in Lebanon Twp. probated 30 Sep 1741
Samuel, no Twp. listed, probated 7 Nov 1771 (Siblings: Jno, Jas, Archibald, Wm + other kin)
In
memory of
ALEXANDER SLOAN
who departed this Life
June 18th 1812
Aged 77 Years & 3 months
Also of
ELIZABETH, Wife of
Alexander Sloan
who departed this Life
September 12th 1784
Aged 45 Years
and 9 months
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16122899/alexander-sloan
