General Notes

Revolutionary War Soldier, Capt.  from North Carolina, DAR Patriot Records,  Will pro 1780.  Children all mentioned in will.

from HERITAGE OF IREDELL COUNTY

John Sloan, born about 1760 (?), grew up in Iredell County and was a farmer.  He married early in life Mary Green who bore him a son, Jeremiah Green Sloan who married Nancy Jordan in Salisbury about 1809. To this marriage were born Azor Monroe, Abijah, Eiker, Aikam and Margaret.

During the Revolutionary War Capt. John Sloan received orders to report with thirteen other men to Ransour'sMill in Lincoln County.  On Sunday morning June 18, 1780, he along with Davidson, Sharpe, Falls and Houston joined other troops from the Catawba Valley.  The Tories outnumbered them three to one, but a retreat would encourage the Tories.  They decided to march throughout the nifht and surprise the Tories at daylight.  At the end of the fierce fighting, some with swords, about 70 men weere lost by the Patriots, including George and Andrew Davidson and Capt John Sloan.  Asimple marker designates the graves of those who fell in the Battle of Ramsour's Mill on June 20, 1780.  Six Whig captains, including Capt. John Sloan, were buried at the site in Lincoln County.