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Facts and Events
John Sloan was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
Acquisition of Land in Virginia:
- Page 45 - John Sloan, 150 acres. Adjoining James Riches, William Kenney. January 20, 1765. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 18]. (Note: survey records of William Kenney show that this land was on Mary Creek, branch of James River, as listed below).
Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:
- Page 204.--4th February, 1763. John Sloan, of Roan County, North Carolina, to John Adams, £35, 300 acres on Loonie's Mill Creek. Teste: John Buchanan, David Luney, Benj. Davis, Abraham McClelan, George Adams, Hugh ( ) McNelle.
Will Abstract
- Sloan, John
- Legatees, to my wife Polly Sloan all my personal estate to her only use; also I do lend my wife all my landed estate during her natural lifetime, and after her death to be equally divided between my two daughters Margaret and Elizabeth Sloan.
- Aug. 5, 1804
- In the presence of Daniel McCormack, Thomas Shannon, James Jamison.
- [Lincoln County, Kentucky Wills and Administrations, pg. 11]. [Note: same John Sloan?]
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Vol. 2 - Page 4.--3rd September, 1747: Processioners appointed, viz: Capt. James Campbell and Erwin Patterson, on waters of Roanoke; John Sloane and Hugh Caruthers, on South Side of South Branch of James River joining Roan Oke; Joseph Long and Richard Woods, in Forks of James River; Alex. McClure and Robert Huston, from North Branch of James River to Andrew Baxter's, thence on a straight line to John Hayse's Mill, joining the North Mountain; Francis McCown and John Montgomery, from Andrew Baxter's on a straight line to John Hayse's Mill, joining the North Mountain to the Upper line of Beverley Manor; John Mitchell and James Fulton, from Upper line of Beverley Manor opposite to Robert Ramsey's as low as the Sugar Loaf, thence on a line to William Long's; Wm. McFeeters and Patrick Martin, from upper line of Beverley Manor, near Robert Campbell's, to the Buffalow Gap, from thence to William Ledgerwood's by the Sugar Loaf...
- Vol. 1 - APRIL 20, 1748. - (4) John Sloan appd. Constable, vice James Huey.
- Page 46 - William Kenney, 95 acres, Mary Creek, Branch of James River. Adjoining James Riches, John Slone. February 20, 1765. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 18].
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