Hardin Sloan

Brief Life History of Hardin

When Hardin Sloan was born in 1816, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States, his father, Shadrack Hall Slone, was 29 and his mother, Katharine Reynolds, was 27. He had at least 5 sons and 3 daughters with Nancy Isaacs. He died about 1864, in Jackson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Hardin Sloan
1816–about 1864
Nancy Isaacs
1817–
Rebecca Sloan
1837–
Elizabeth Sloan
1840–1912
Andrew J Sloan
1845–
James Sloan
1845–
George Sloan
1851–
Hardin Sloan
1854–
Nancy Ann Sloan
1856–1926
Elisha Sloan
1859–1927

Sources (13)

  • Hardin Sloan, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hardin Sloan - Government record: birth-name: Hardin Sloan
  • Sloan, "Kentucky, Deaths, 1911-1967"

World Events (8)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Irish (Down and Antrim) and Scottish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Sluaghadháin ‘descendant of Sluaghadhán’, a diminutive of the Gaelic personal name Sluaghadh ‘raider’. Compare Slowey .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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