The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
Author: Jerry Ray Sayre
John A. Sleeth was born in 1721 in Scotland. He was the son of Alexander and Margaret Sleeth. While in Scotland, he met and married Mary Ann Wallace, Daughter of Robert and Margaret (Lyle) Wallace. Mary Ann Wallace is a descendent of the family of Sir William Wallace.
The Sleeth family is of Scottish origin. When the family property was confiscated by the English Crown, John and Mary Ann took refuge in Ireland in 1748 and stayed until 1752. Later that year they arrived in America and settled in Frederick Co. VA. They stayed in Frederick County until 1776 when they moved to Orange County, VA.
They later moved to Hacker's Creek, Harrison Co. VA. (later, Lewis County, WV) to be near their oldest daughter, Margaret Sleeth-Hacker and her Husband John Hacker (P-172040) & their family.
John A. Sleeth Sr. was a Lieutenant on the Ohio-West Virginian Frontier during the Revolutionary War.
On July 20, 1784 in the Harrison County Court commissioned John Sleeth, Sr. to celebrate the rites of matrimony and he was recommended to the governor for appointment to the office of magistrate.
John Sleeth, Sr., died sometime prior to September 20, 1795, when his widow, Mary Ann, appeared in the Harrison County Court on October 20, 1795, entered an order noting the death of "John Sleeth, a justice". (source: Sleeth Genealogy by Don Norman & Donna Brady)
Burial for John A. and Mary Ann Sleeth is supposed to be near Jackson’s Mill, WV. No headstone or marker has been found.
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