William J. Slaton (1839 - 1864)

Ancestors

Died 1 May 1864 at about age 25 in Georgia, United States

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Biography

William J. Slaton was born 1839 and never married. He appears in his father and brother's census households, and did not live into the 1870 census. One census cited below shows middle initial J. and because he is a "junior," implies that his father might have had that as well, but that is not confirmed.

William Slaton's 1850 census shows married daughter Sarah Stephens, and sons William, Alex, Henry and Franklin. ^[1] In the 1860 Slave Schedules, a William shows 7 slaves, on page 62. ^[2] This is likely William Slaton, whose unmarried son William is almost certainly one of the "2 others" in the Schedule for H.T. Slaton "& 2 others" showing " 64 slaves on the same and preceding leaf. ^[3] The William J. at this profile next appears in brother Henry T. Slaton's household with brother Franklin P. and father William in the 1860 population census ^[4] and can be easily surmised as H.T. Slaton & 2 others. By 1860, Alexander was in the area of Randolph ^[5] and Early ^[6] counties in Georgia.

He died in 1864 and is buried in the Slaton Family cemetery, scrupulously reconstructed by Carlton Dillard in the 1990s.

Research Notes

Pages cited in the Slaton folder in Wilkes County loose papers in Washington Georgia archives: "14 ...There was a store where Henry T Slaton lives on the Greensboro Road. Burying ground Henry T religiously resurrected." COMMENT: Note that Henry T. is not buried there, but this is the same small cemetery mentioned below.

SLATON FAMILY CEMETERY
Most of the concrete slabs had been broken into small pieces and over the years scattered and covered with soil. Enough pieces were recovered and put together to enable reading the above inscriptions. Field stones with no inscriptions near these markers indicate others are probably buried here. The inscriptions were recorded verbatim.
(Surveyed, recorded, and photographed April 6 & 8, 1988 by Carlton M. Dillard).
(Located behind Griffin's Store, Tyrone Community, Wilkes County, GA, though sometimes recorded as Taliaferro County)
1. Sunken area enclosed with iron fence, no marker found.
[among stones]
6. "IN MEMORY -OF- Wm SLATON JR - BORN 1839 - DIED MAY 1st 1864." (31 1/2" x 72" concrete slab).^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY6-QKG : 19 December 2020), William Slaton, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKV6-STMM : 16 October 2019), William Slaton, line 12, page 62, Wilkes, Georgia
3. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKV6-STW2 : 16 October 2019), H. T. Slaton, line 28 page 61, Wilkes, Georgia
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM4-6QS : 18 February 2021), William Slaton in entry for Henry T Slaton, page 52, Wilkes, Georgia
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM5-NDQ : 18 February 2021), Alex Slaton, 25, attorney, in entry for Francis Lennard, page 14, Randolph, Georgia.
6. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKV4-P36Z : 16 October 2019), Alexander Slaton, line 10, page 15, Early, Georgia
7. ↑ Cemetery reconstruction and survey by Carlton M. Dillard, 1990s, text provided to Clinton Slayton