The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-06-23

south of the house they afterward built
and nearer the river. Rowing parties OF
Indians often called on them for food and
shelter, and Mrs. Sloan once said that her
diplomacy was frequently severely taxed
to manage them.
It is clear to ass ume that Mr.. Sloan &C.
uulred the title to his land, how much l
do not know. but in time it extended tor
SON @ three miles along the river and em-
braced q thousand to fifteen hundred
acres, from the State which, although the
present Federal Constitution had not then
been adopted, still acting under the old
articles of Confederation that had been of
force throughout the Revolution had
power to dispose Of her public lands.
William Moultrie, the hero Of the battle
Of Sullivan's Island, was then Governor,
and I have seen his signature to musty
and faded land deeds of that period. Mr..
Sloan and his wife were uneducated, and
it is not likely that they had any prof.
cheney in the rudiments of learning.
This is believed to have been particular
ly true Of Mrs. Sloan, who, In the early
years of her residence there, 1I90-95,
would frequently invites neighbor living
Just below on the river to bring her Bible
and read to her on Sundays. Just here I
ulBut pIOpolly soy 1aoo -"
Sloan nor his wife ever Joined the Church.
He inclined 20 Universalist notions Of
religion, and it is said tried to impress
them upon his wife. During her widow
hood, however, she attended preaching
with considerable regularity, alternating
among the Presbyterians at Roberts, the
Methodists at Old Independence, now
Smith Chapel, and the Baptists at Old
Hephzibah and DoubleSprings. Mr.. Sloan
took q fancy to Rev. Sanford Vandiver as
q preacher, and 1t was to hear him that
she would make the trip Of eight miles to
Old Hephzibah. Occasionally she would
stop and dine with the preachers family
on her return from Church.
Why these two persons, exhibiting
throughout their lives strong religious
convictions, never united with he
Church Is something of q mystery; but 1t
may be accounted for probably In the
fact that they were beyond reach Of an
organization that embodied their peculiar
views. But if they stayed out of the
Church their children did not. and to-
day their descendants are found in all
branches of professionalism, many of them
being working Christians of the most
pronounced type. When Mrs. Sloan died
September 5, 1854, having outlived her
husband just twenty-eight years, and
with her powers Of mind and body but
slightly weakened by the weight Of nine
ty-one years the funeral servi> g were
held in the family residence, the sermon
being preached by the Rev. David Hum
phreys, the longtime pastor of Roberts
Church.
IT has been said that Mrs. Sloan pos
sesscd the business faculty to a greater
degree than did her husband. This may
have been true, but I rather doubt 1t. That
she was a woman of great energy and In
dustry there can be no question, tor b
worked on with head and hands to the
last. 'The sin of %laziness is next to
drunkenness" was an oft-repeated say
ING of hers. Then, too, working through
capable overseers she carried her large
and constantly increasing plantation in
terests we'll in hand and continued to &C.
cumulate wealth. But it must be borne
in mind that the foundations for what
was q large fortune in that day were laid
in MI. Sloan's lifetime, and that the fam
lily were already wealthy when death
overlook him in 1926. During the forty
years of his s~ojourn on the Seneca he &C.
quired q large landed estate at various
points always including large areas Ofthe
best bottom land, and 1t is doubtful If
this was added to after his death. 1t is
fair, therefore, to assume that he was en-
dowed with more than an average stock
of business ability and foresight. Wheth-
or Mr.. Sloan took much interest IN polit-
ical affairs I am not advised, but l am Led
to infer that he was q jealous supporter
of the Governments war policy in 1872
by the fact of his naming a son for the
President.
Mr.. Sloan, it appears, did not remain
long on the "second bottom" already
mentioned but very oon began the cree
ton of a substantial dwelling on a COM