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Descendants of John Alexander Sleeth

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN ALEXANDER¹ SLEETH^1,^2,^3,⁴ was born 1727 in Scotland, and died Bef. September 20, 1794 in Harrison County VA (now Lewis Co. WV). He married MARY ANN WALLACE 1746 in County Refrew, Scotland. She was born Abt. 1725 in Ireland, and died Aft. 1800 in Virginia.

Notes for JOHN ALEXANDER SLEETH:
By Don Norman and Donna Brady

The name Sleeth appears in annals as Slethe, Sleith, Sleet and Sleeth. The Sleeth family is of Scottish origin. The pioneer Sleeths were Knox Presbyterians.

When the family property was confiscated by the English Crown, John and Mary Ann took refuge in Ireland. Mary Ann Wallace is a desendent to family of Sir William Wallace. They left Renfrew County Scotland in 1748 and lived in Ireland where they stayed until 1752, at which time they arrived in America and settled in Frederick Co. VA. They stayed in Frederick Co.,VA until 1776 when they moved to Orange Co.VA. In 1770, they moved to Hacker's Creek, Harrison Co. VA. ( a portion of that County is now Lewis Co.,WV) to be near their oldest daughter, Margaret Sleeth-Hacker and her family. John was a Leiutenant on the Ohio-West Virginian Frontier during the Revolutionary War.

John Alexander Sleeth, Sr. and his wife, Mary Ann (Wallace), left Renfrew County, Scotland and arrived in America in 1748. John located in Orange and Fredrick counties, Virginia. He appeared
November 22, 1766, in Fredricksburg, Virginia as a court witness and received pay for such service, as well as for walking seventy-eight miles from Orange county to attend court.

Two of John's sons left Virginia and came to Buckhannon in 1768. John followed his sons and settled on Hackers Creek in present day Lewis County in 1770.

On July 20, 1784 in the Harrison County Court, John Sleeth, Sr. was commissioned to celebrate the rites of matrimony and was recommended to the governor for appointment to the office of magistrate. John Sleeth, Sr., died sometime prior to September 20, 1794, when his widow, Mary Ann, appeared in court and had George Jackson qualify as administrator of her husband's estate. The Harrison County Court on October 20, 1795, entered and order noting the death of "John
Sleeth, a justice". The widow, Mary Ann (Wallace) Sleeth, married November 23, 1796, to Charles Parsons. She and her two husbands are believed to be buried in and old cemetery near Jackson's Mill.

The Sleeths owned considerable amounts of land in Harrison County, Virginia. Henry Flesher made an entry of 200 acres on the land books November 1, 1798, for David W., John and Mary Sleeth,
heirs of John Sleeth, Sr., deceased. This land was located on Stone Coal creek near Weston.

More About John Alexander Sleeth:
Arrived in America: 1748, Renfrew County, Scotland
Burial: Pioneer Cemetery or Morrison Cemetery

More About JOHN ALEXANDER SLEETH:
Burial: Near Jackson's Mill
Emigration: 1748, Orange & Fredrick Counties, Virginia

More About MARY ANN WALLACE:
Burial: Near Jackson's Mill

Children of JOHN SLEETH and MARY WALLACE are:

2.	i.	MARGARET² SLEETH, b. June 14, 1747, County Armagh, Ireland; d. May 08, 1832, Harrison County VA (now Lewis Co. WV).
3.	ii.	ALEXANDER SLEETH, b. August 20, 1750, Shendandoah Valley, VA or New York City, NY; d. May 14, 1820, Fayette County, IN.
4.	iii.	DAVID WALLACE SLEETH, b. May 18, 1752, Frederick County, VA; d. June 28, 1839, Frederick County, VA.
	iv.	THOMAS SLEETH, b. 1755, Frederick County, VA.
	v.	JOHN ALEXANDER SLEETH⁵, b. 1757, Frederick County, VA; d. September 20, 1794, Lewis County, Virginia; m. ANNA ELIZABETH FLESHER, 1778, West Fort, Lewis County, Virginia; b. 1760, Harrison County, VA; d. 1859, Jackson County, WV.
5.	vi.	JANE SLEETH, b. 1760, Frederick County, VA; d. Abt. 1827, Johnston, Ohio.
	vii.	JAMES SLEETH, b. 1762, Frederick County, VA; m. CATHERINE BAZE, October 26, 1813, Greene County, OH.

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