Gabriel Slaughter (1767 - 1830)

Born 12 Dec 1767 in Culpeper County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Hord) Slaughter — married 9 Mar 1797 in Caroline Co., Virginia, USA

Died 19 Sep 1830 at age 62 in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States

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Preceded by 6th Governor George Madison

Gabriel Slaughter 7th Governor of Kentucky 1816-1820

Succeeded by 8th Governor John Adair

Biography

Gabriel Slaughter is Notable.

Colonel Gabriel Slaughter served in the 5th Regiment, Kentucky Militia; Slaughter's Militia in the War of 1812
Service started: 24 Dec 1803
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Service ended:

Gabriel Slaughter was born in Culpeper County, Colony of Virginia, on 12 December 1767, the son of Robert and Susannah (Harrison) Slaughter. He was educated in the county's public schools and worked as a farmer. In 1786, Gabriel Slaughter married a cousin, Sarah Slaughter, the daughter of Thomas Slaughter of Caroline County, Virginia. They were the parents of two daughters – Mary Buckner Slaughter and Susan Harrison Slaughter. Gabriel Slaughter sold his land in Virginia, and he and his family followed his father to Kentucky. He became known for his generosity, and his large mansion on the turnpike to Lexington was nicknamed "Wayfarer's Rest" because of the vast number of travelers that he allowed to stay there. Among his guests was future lieutenant governor Robert B. McAfee. Soon after his arrival in Kentucky, however, his wife Sarah died, leaving Gabriel to care for his two daughters alone.

On a return trip to Virginia in 1797, Gabriel Slaughter married his second wife, Sara Hord on 9 March 1797 in Caroline County, Virginia. The couple returned to Slaughter's home in Mercer County, where they had three children: John Hord Slaughter, Frances Ann Hord Slaughter, and Felix Grundy Slaughter.

Gabriel Slaughter married 3rd Elizabeth Rhodes

Colonel Gabriel Slaughter commanded a regiment of Kentucky riflemen at the Battle of New Orleans and was highly commended in the official dispatches of Andrew Jackson. He received the thanks of the Kentucky Legislature for conspicuous gallantry on that occasion. He was a member of the Kentucky State Senate. He was also Lieutenant Governor and Governor of the State. ^[1]

Concurrent with his political career, Gabriel Slaughter took a leading role in the affairs of his church. He was born into the tradition of the Church of England, but soon became associated with the Baptist congregation at Shawnee Run. He served as a messenger from this congregation to the various associations with which it was connected for over thirty years. One such association was the South District Association; Gabriel Slaughter served as clerk at that body's annual meeting in 1808 and 1809, and later served as its moderator for nine years. In 1813, he helped found the Kentucky Bible Society

Following his term in the state House, Gabriel Slaughter retired from politics and became an active lay minister of the Baptist faith.In 1829, he was appointed to the first board of trustees of Georgetown College, a Baptist college in Georgetown, Kentucky. He died on September 19, 1830, and was interred in his family's cemetery in Mercer County

Children of Gabriel Slaughter:

a. Mary Buckner married Jeremiah Fisher.^[1]

b. Susan Harrison married James Caldwell.^[1]

c. John Hord married Mary Belle Weissiger.^[1]

d. Fanny Hord married Rev. John Torrey Worthington.^[1]

e. Felix Grundy-d. s. p.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Slaughter Family (Continued), Author(s): John S. Carpenter, Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct., 1913), pp. 427-430 Published by: Virginia Historical Society

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• Gabriel Slaughter on Wikipedia

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• The Hord Family of Virginia by Reverend Arnold Harris Hord, published 1915, pp.90-91

• Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850