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John Slatton (abt. 1740 - abt. 1814)

John Slatton aka Slaten
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Died about at about age 74 in Greenville, South Carolina, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Contents

Biography

This profile is part of the Slaton Name Study.

Preface: That such a man existed is suggested by the 1771 Rowan/Surry tax record, and all of the North Carolina land suggested for him is in present Stokes County, formed from Surry, previously formed from Rowan. Any "biography" is speculative, as are any conjectured ramifications from the man at this entry. Here are some of many "red flags" for genealogists to ponder.

Flag one: publications from one author, appearing in the Family History Library, purport to show a father, a full birth date, and a location of Fredericksville parish, Albemarle County Virginia for this man. Since the American Civil War and up to the time of this writing, no such parish records have been found, much less transcribed for posterity, although some vestry records survive. Later, the same author shows the same John born in Hanover, Virginia, again, with no basis. Please do not "contribute" any such ancestral information to this profile unless you have visually inspected actual records, whether citeable online or not. Do not enter contributions based on Ancestry.com Thru-Lines, or FamilySearch PIDs. Many reputable researchers were fooled by the seemingly plausible citations in the books of William John Slayton Jr. and others and copied these into their files, without noticing that there are no verifying citations explaining these details.

Flag two: The profile creator has chosen one among many surname variations. Census records and living descendants indicate Slatten, Slaton, Slaten and Slayton were and are used by descendants or their clerical recorders. For this reason, it is possible (virtually inevitable) that many duplicates along these lines will be unintentionally created on WikiTree, as there is no "correct" way to define this lineage by a single surname.

Flag three: conjecture that this man relocated to South Carolina, where land deeds show John Slatton Sr, and John Slatton Jr, clearly indicate that there were two men so named in South Carolina who were neighbors, but does not prove father and son, only an older and younger man so named.

Flag four: some records are written as Staton and Statton, an entirely different patriline, and those interpreting court records and deeds in South Carolina attribute many of these records to that surname, but continuations in census and land records can usually help clarify distinctions, but not always.

An identification of the man at this profile for the John Slaten on the 1771 tax list is speculative. [1] An earlier ancestor for this man at the time of writing is unknown.
John was probably born at least sixteen years before 1771. His birthplace, age, marriage, issue and death details are not clear.

It is obvious from land records seen in Research Notes that lands of John Slaten, George Slaten, and Major Slaten were within a circle of less than a few miles in North Carolina and less than fifty miles in South Carolina.

Research Notes

Districts and counties in South Carolina: South Carolina: Former Indian land was being granted as “in the Ninety-Six” ( a court district) from 1784 to 1789. In 1785, Abbeville County was formed from Ninety-Six and in 1786, Greenville County was formed from “unorganized” Cherokee lands and added to the Ninety-Six District, as was Pendleton County in 1789. In 1791, Pendleton and Greenville counties were removed from Ninety-Six District to become part of the newly-created Washington District. In 1800, Washington District disappeared, split off into Pendleton and Greenville Districts. Pendleton County disappeared as a name in 1826, replaced by Anderson and Pickens Counties. South Carolina land in one spot can appear in filings under various court jurisdictions and county names because of these jurisdictional changes.

Thus, the Ninety-Six and Washington Court Districts were once superimposed over present Abbeville, Edgefield, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg, Union, Pickens, Oconee, Anderson, and a western hunk of Greenville counties. Nearly all of the place-names in this paragraph and the one above might be jurisdictional names where George, John and Major Slaten are found or might be found. Because of this, courthouse or archival clues might require a visit to several counties as well as the State Archives in Columbia, where the colonial plats are housed. And searches might show census records for counties before they existed, such as 1820 Anderson County (not formed from Pendleton until 1826).

Timeline for a mare's nest of Johns

Note: Because there were two men named John who were apparently adults in the Carolinas by 1780, some of these below can apply to either man.

1766 - A document is witnessed by John Sladin and filed in Albemarle County Virginia by John Slatton, certainly the same man. The document pays John Rodes to maintain William Sladin for the rest of his life.[2]
That William and John Sladin were related seems obvious, but at what level is not clear.

1771 - John Slaten appears on a Rowan/Surry County North Carolina tithe list with George, Major and what might be a William Slaten.[3] Image is posted here.
The list returned to the General Assembly shows three men total in a household under John's name. [4]

1772 - John Slatton appears as in the 1772 Taxable list for Surry County along with George Slatton and Major Slatton.[5]

1782 - John Slatten's 400 acres, 5 horses/mules, 14 cattle, no slaves, are on the 1782 tax list for Surry North Carolina, recorded on the line over the 150 acre entry for George Slatten. [6]

1783 - A William Slayton is reported dead in a list purporting to show loyalists to the British Crown in Spartanburg District, South Carolina.[7]
This is recorded here because the 1771 tax list showed William Slaten, but this does not identify them as the same man.

1784-1787 - The State Census of North Carolina 1784-87, Surry County, shows a 1786 list with:
George Slatton with 1 male 21 to 60, 5 males under 21 and above 60, and 4 white females in his household, with no "blacks".
Major Slatton with 1 white male 21 to 60 and 1 white female, with no "blacks".
John Slatton had 1 white male 21 to 60, 4 white males under 21 or over 60, and 5 females, with no "blacks".
These links are based on the idea that these are the same men on the 1771 tithe list, which is a conjecture. The State Census as tax lists are found in a transcribed source that is accurate for these entries when compared to manuscript. [8]

1787 - A William Slaton in Albemarle County Virginia is taxed, paid by John Rodes, on what appears to be Rodes' Midway Plantation. [9] This is recorded here because of the 1766 filing by a John Slatton, but this cannot be the William who is reported dead by 1783.

1790 - A John Staton appears in Spartanburg South Carolina census with a household of twelve. [10] Note: by this date, both George Slaton and Major Slaton appear with South Carolina lands.[11][12] [13]

1793 - A John and George Slaton were among five men ordered to enter into recognizance by the Pendleton County Court to provide evidence against John Briant at the next court session for "hogstealing." [14]

1796 - John Slatton Senr conveys land "where the said John Slaten now lives" in Greenville, South Carolina, and wife Anne relinquishes dower, suggesting a move from vicinity of Armstrong's Creek north to vicinity of Oil Camp Creek, both described as on forks of the Saluda River: "John Slatton Senr of Greenville District [for] the sum of thirty-five Eagles paid by John Lathram of same state and county] have [sold] unto John Lathram all that tract of land where the said John Slaten now lives containing two hundred acres [in Greenville County] on a Branch of Armstrong's Creek, waters of Saluda River it being part of a tract granted Nicholas Darnall on 4th of July 1785 by his Excellency, William Moultree, Esquire bounded by Northwardly William Mastin's land, Eastwardly Charles Benson's land, Westwardly, Abraham Bradley's and Adam Cantrell's land, and Southwardly Tarlton Woody's and Valentine Thacker's land [Teste William G Turner, John Slatten, William Turner, Anne (X) Slatten, Joseph Turner, 14 June 1800.] [Anne Slatten relinquishes her dower rights as the wife of John]." [15]

1796 - "The following deed of conveyance from Bartholomew Wood to John Slaten being proved before John Blackwell, Esquire by the oath of John Slaten Junior was presented and recorded this 11th day of August 1796. State of Carolina, Know all men by these present that I, Bartholomew Wood of Greenville District and State aforesaid in consideration of the sum of eighty Eagles to me paid by John Slaten Senr certain tract of land lying on both sides of the Middle Fork of Saluda River containing one hundred and fifty acres of land beginning on a post oak running 55 E 32-75 to a simmon on John Brandon's land, thence S 35 W 38-78 to estate of Vacant land, thence 35 W 38-75 to the beginning...witness my hand and seal this 9th day of April in the year of our Lord 1796...
Teste
John Chandler Bartholomew (X) Wood LS
John Slaten Jr Patsey (XT) Wood
Bartholomew Wood to John Slaten being proved before John Blackwell, Esquire by the oath of John Slaten Junior was presented and recorded this 11th day of August 1796. State of Carolina: Know all men by these present that I, Bartholomew Wood of Greenville District and State aforesaid in consideration of the sum ...me paid by John Slaten Senr [skip] 9 of April in the year of our Lord 1796 [skip] [acknowledgment of above Deed] [16]
By mentioning Brandon's line, this appears to be land sold to Benjamin Harris in 1807 by John Slaton "of Hawkins County, Tennessee" cited below. How did he come to have clear title to sell if he was John Slaten Jr.?

1795 - February 3, 1795, Greenville County General Sessions Court Case Rolls, #197 Statement of Sarah Owen, a single woman, that James Brock of the county "did git her with chile " On recognizance, Securities: John (x) Slatton, 10 lbs, Abner Noris, 10 lbs. See 1798 land sale to Abner Norris below.

1796 - Land dispute, involving court testimony of Alexander Martin regarding lands of John Slatton, George Slatton and William Mullins, agent for Major Slatton. This workspace holds an analysis of the court documents.

1797 - 450 The following Deed of Conveyance from George Brandon to John Staton Land being proven before D. Goodlett Esqr by the Oath Abner Norriss was presented and Recorded this 21st day of July 1800 State of N Carolina Know all men by these presents that I George Brandon of the County of Union and State aforesaid for [$250] to me paid by John Slaton of the State aforesaid and County of Greenville have granted ... unto the sd John Slaton a certain Tract of Land Situate on the middle fork of Saluda River... Containing Two hundred and Forty acres... my hand and seal this 28th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and in the 21 year of American Independancy Signd seald and delivered [by] George Brandon in presents of James Brock Abner Norris, Christopher Brandon [17]

1798 - "Know all men by these presents that I John Slaton of Greenville [skip] in consideration of [$150] paid by Abner Norris of the State and County aforesaid [skip] [sell to] Abner Norris One hundred "acres"of land more or less [skip] beginning at a Dogwood, running thence south 32 W 30 Chains to white Walnut thence to Saluda River, thence up the river to the mouth of the Oil Camp Creek, thence up the creek to a black gum a Conditional line thence to Thomas Young's line, thence to beginning for compliment more or less..."
David Norris David Gilliland
Deed of Sale; 15 October 1798
JOHN SLATON (seal) [18]

1799 - 18 April 1799 John Sammon and John Slaton/Slatton witnessed a deed between Henry Brock and David Norris in 1799 Greenville. [19] Because there were two John Slatons in Greenville, this could apply to either.

1799 -5 June 1799 John Sammon purchases 150 acres from James Brock, in Greenville, witnessed by John Slaton David Norris Edward Slaton [20] Because there were two John Slatons in Greenville, this could apply to either.

1800 - In Greenville Deed Book E, 14 June 1800, pp 445-446, 88 acres is described as purchased by John Slaton Junr from James Askew.[21] But in a sale by John Slaton Junr in Book F, 10 August 1800, page 310, the same land sold to Elias Earle is described as having been conveyed to John Slaton Senr by James Askew on June 14, 1800.[22] How can this be?

COMMENT: Greenville County Deed Book I, page 156, contains two transfers dated from 1807 to 1811. For concision, a single cited "reference name" will apply to each when shown below.

1807 - John Slaton "of the State of Tennessee Hawkins County" sells land in Greenville South Carolina to Benjamin Harris of Greenville, "bounded by John Slaton Sr and John Slaton Jr.," 18 December, 1807, language suggesting as many as three individual Johns (?). It was witnessed by Joseph Slaton [23] Hawkins County suggests that this is Capt John Slaten who might or might not the man at this profile, who is dead by 1819 in an intestate record below . In 1817, this land will change hands back to another Slatton.

1808 - 18 Feb 1812 - A Greenville will dated 1808 for John Sammon, witnessed 18 February 1812, is cited here because he mentions a tract of land he "bot of Slaton" without fully naming the seller, so this could apply to the man at this profile. [24] He mentions lands shown in the Grantee Index as bought from Wm Tinsley (1805, Book G 384, 20 acres), Elijah Gorman (1799, Book E page 222, 29 acres), and James Brock (1799, Book E page 246 150 acres) all on Reedy River, but no Slaton is found there.

1811 - Benjamin Harris buys Greenville land on both sides of Saluda River from Edward, Nancy, Aron and Martha Slaton. Two tracts, one on both sides of the Saluda and another on a branch, totaling three hundred acres. Teste Henry (X) Brock John (X) Wilson Edward (X) Slaton Nancy (X) Slaton Aaron (X) Slaton Martha (X) Slaton.[23]

1814 - An modest estate in Greenville District South Carolina for John Slaton Junr is administered by Enoch Slaton, with distributees/buyers Mathy, Aaron, Enoch and Nancy.[25] The clerk's hand looks like "Junr" by comparing the initial letter to J in John as contrasted to S in Slaton, but other readers suggest that this is "Senr." There is no Edward, Joseph or John (other than the deceased) mentioned.

The 1814 estate could be for an older man with a remnant of estate at death and few remaining surviving legatees, or a younger man with only siblings to inherit. The 1807 John above and 1819 John below are almost certainly Capt. John Slaten. This begs the question: where there three adult Johns alive in 1807? Or was Capt. John the original 1771 Surry John, who outlived a younger son John, and therefore no John Slatten appears (so far) as a legatee of another John Slatten in extant sales until 1836 in Hawkins County, Tennessee cited below?

COMMENT: Land transactions and census show John Slatton Sr, and John Slatton Jr. in Greenville District South Carolina, but treatments already mentioned by Alton Greene of Sanger, Texas, and others have recorded the assumption that the man at this profile is the father of Capt. John Slatton, while no documentary evidence (so far) shows this (as might be found in an estate record.)

Some researchers have suggested that an intestate record that might apply to John Slaton does not mention an heir named John, because of evidence that such an heir had removed to Tennessee before 18 December 1807. Others, however, hold rigidly to the idea that any legal heir had to be mentioned by the administrator of an intestate record, particularly if the widow of the deceased survives.

1815 - Corpl John Slayton - John Slayton was issued a pay voucher No. 295, May 7, 1815, by the State of North Carolina as a Corpl in the "Wake Regiment of Militia," which was redeemed. The man at this profile does not seem a likely candidate to match this record, if he was dead by 1814 in South Carolina, but it cannot be ignored. [26]

1817 - Three years after a John’s 1814 estate, Benjamin Harris bound himself to provide clear title to Greenville lands purchased by Aaron Slaton that mentions “one hundred and fifty acres more or less as described by a deed given by John Slaton to [Benjamin] Harris the 18th Dec 1807 situate on both sides of the Middle Fork of Saluda River Beginning on a White Oak Oil Camp Creek straight line to the original line a conditional line to the River made by John Slatton Senr and John Slatton Junr....”.[27] This land was once owned by Capt. John Slatton. This was recorded on 1 Oct 1840, the same day as the recording of Aaron Slatton selling this land.

1819 - (Another) John Slaton is dead intestate in Hawkins County, Tennesee, and subsequent distributions and court records suggest at least eleven heirs (possibly twelve with widow Mary). None are named as John.[28] This location suggests that this is not the man at this profile, but Capt. John Slatton selling land as seen in the 1807 deed above .

4 February 1823 - three of the same forenames mentioned in the 1811 deed, Nancy, Aaron, and Martha,[23] and a name from the 1814 estate mentioned above, Enoch, [25] sell to Isaac Ford two tracts of land on both sides of the Saluda in Greenville, one hundred fifty acres on one side, one hundred eighty on the other. The sale grants Ford’s rights against all claims “except the Representative of Joseph Slatten the eleventh legatte [sic] and Samuel Crayton.” Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in presence of Nancy (X) Slatten, R. S. C. Foster, Aaron Slatten, Jesse Mayfield, Marthy (X) Slatten, Enoch Slatten. [29] Matilda Slatten, the wife of Aaron Slatten relinquishes her dowery to Isaac Ford, 18th of February 1823.[30] This does not name John Slaton, but suggests that the (at least) eleven legatees were of an estate from such a man, five (and a spouse) probably named in this document.

1836 - Hawkins County Tennesee, citing the first mention found of a John Slatten as a legatee of another John Slatten. [31] The living John selling this land is almost certainly John H. Slatton):

This indenture made and entered into this 28th day of June 1836 between John Slatton of the county of Hawkins and state of Tennessee for the one part and William Green of the county and state aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that the said John Slatton ... [sell] all my undivided share of a tract of land one hundred acres lying and being in the county and state aforesaid on the north side of Clinch Mountain in the first valley from said Mountain adjoining land formerly owned by General Lenore now owned by George Tucker land of John Day and Abraham Hawk... descended to [John Slatten] as one of the legitimate heirs of John Slatton deceased. John Slatton Seal [31]
Note that both parties in this deed are likely legitimate heirs of John Slatton, as William Green had married Rutha Slatton, daughter of the deceased.

1840 - A record that might reflect back to the 1807 entry and the 1814 estate add certainly to 1817 above: Aaron of Hall County, Georgia sells his land once held by John Slatton and defined by boundaries established by John Jr. and John Sr.:

Recorded in Greenville South Carolina Deed Book T, page 369
State of Georgia, Hall County, 18 August 1840
Aaron Slaton [of Hall County, Georgia, sells to] Micajah T Smith [of Henderson, North Carolina]...a good & lawful title to a certain tract or parcel of land containing one hundred and fifty acres more or less as described by a deed given by John Slatton to Benjamin Harris the 18th Dec 1807 [in Greenville District, South Carolina] situate on both sides of the Middle Fork of Saluda River Beginning on a White Oak now cut down a Beach marked near to the same place on the Bank of Camp Oyl Creek straight line to the original Braden's line conditional lines to the River near Wood's line made by John Slatton Senr and John Slatton Junr to a Black Gum on the River thence down the River to the mouth of Spring Branch to a Red Oak conditional corner from thence to the original line thence along said line to Thomas Young's line to a conditional line now belonging to Jonathan Potts Senr marked by John Slatton & Thomas Morris (etc.)...recorded Oct 1 1840.[32]

Note: The John Slattons mentioned are in the context of the 1807 land, not as extant individuals in 1840.

How many Johns?

A "traditional" treatment in speculative genealogy is that an older John Slatton lived in North Carolina, then Greenville District South Carolina, where he might have died, married to a woman named Anne, while a younger John H. Slatton lived in South Carolina and then Hawkins County, Tennesee, where he might served as a Captain in the War of 1812. He might have died in either Hawkins or Hancock County, Tennessee, married to a woman named Mary, who inherited a lawsuit in 1819, because of the death of her presumed husband John.

Whether the younger John is a son of an older John is not proven, as no estate record in either South Carolina or Tennessee names a John as as son of a John before 1836. Another possibility is that the John Slatton found in 1771 North Carolina is the same man as John H. Slatton found in Tennessee, possibly married twice, and possibly predeceased by a younger man named John sometime in 1814. This cannot be overlooked as a possibilty, although it is not mooted in the older narratives read by this submitter.

Analysis of Research Notes

There is no proveable basis for an ancestor William Slatin, an early conjecture made by Clinton Slayton in the 1980s, based solely on a John Slatin/Slatton witnessing and filing a document in 1766 Albermarle Co VA for a William Slatin. This has regrettably been copied-and-merged by others who did not follow later RootsWeb updates expressing that this should have never been taken as a proven connection. There is almost certainly a connection, but there is no family or marriage known for that Albemarle William Sladen, or another man, Abraham Sladding/Slatten, who was also in 1762 Albemarle debt lists along with a John.[33] A family for either William or Abraham would be entirely speculative.

There is no basis for such a William marrying a Mary Rodes, only a speculation in a letter by Richard Slatten, now in the Library of Virginia, that William or one of William Slatin's family members "must have [married] a Rodes daughter." [34] The record of the baptism of a Mary Rodes in St. Paul's Parish in New Kent Co VA in 1702 is certainly not a basis for speculating her later marriage to anyone with a name like Slaton, as the wills/estates of various Rodes men, including Charles Rodes and John Rodes Sr and Jr, never imply any marriage connection to Slatons/Slattons. William and Abraham Slatten were clearly neighbors to John Rodes Jr's 74-75 acre Midway Plantation in Albemarle, and William's taxes were paid by John Rodes in 1787 Albemarle, [9] but there is no indication of intermarriage in the families, so no justification for showing a Mary Rodes as a spouse to William or Abraham in any treatment.

Almost certainly the same man in two documents with different spellings, John Sladin witnessed and John Slatton paid for the filing of William Sladin’s maintenance agreement with John Rodes (Jr., then Sr. aft 1776) in 1766 Albemarle County, Virginia.[35] He cannot be proven with records at hand to be the man of the same name who appears in Surry County, North Carolina in 1771 or an earlier John Sladding in 1711-1720 New Kent County Virginia. There are not enough Virginia mss records to determine if Albemarle John physically signed his name, but Carolina records for a John show "X." This introduces doubt in identifying the Albemarle John with Carolina John. But considering the timing from 1766 to 1771, they might be the same John who was leaving Virginia to appear later in Surry, North Carolina, providing security for a grandfather? father? brother? It seems improbable that they are not related.

Note: Rowan County NC was divided into Surry in 1771 and later this land was in Stokes County. [36]


From 1790 South Carolina records to 1814, and east Tennessee records from 1810 to 1850, there are at least two adult John Slatton/Slatens in these locations. Attributing records to any particular John is necessarily speculative, as the earliest recorded death of a John in South Carolina is in 1814, and an administration note names the deceased as John Slaton Junr. [25] Determining which records apply to which John is a problem.

The man at this profile might be the John in 1771 North Carolina tax records along with a George, Major and William Slaten, and was presumably born at least sixteen years before 1771. The tax list filed at the capital of the time shows John in a household of three males, suggesting but not proving that a George, Major, or William might be younger men in that household.[37] John, George and Major (but not William) appear in Joseph Winston's Land Entry Book.[38]

The one clerical note in the 1814 Greenville estate identifying the deceased as John Slaton Junr leads to doubt that he is the 1771 John in North Carolina, because the 1771 John would presumably be the John Senr in Greenville and perhaps Spartanburg SC records. That clerical note names Enoch Slaton as administrator for the deceased John Slaton Junr. Had the note clearly showed "Senr" this would be easily interpreted as for the man at this profile. [25]

In 1811, three years before the estate of "John Slaton Junr": Edward, Aaron, Nancy and Martha Slaton sold Greenville SC land to Benjamin Harris, 300 acres almost certainly bounded by John Slaton, "Two tracts, one on both sides of the Saluda and another on a branch, totaling three hundred acres. Teste Henry (X) Brock John (X) Wilson Edward (X) Slaton Nancy (X) Slaton Aaron (X) Slaton Martha (X) Slaton."[23] and some of those names appear in a John Slaton Junr’s 1814 estate papers [25], but whether as heirs or buyers is unclear. Note Edward: loose papers in the 1807 estate for Major Slaton showed a debt owed by Edmund Slaton. Both east Tennessee and South Carolina records show Edward Slaton and Edmond Slatton.

It is obvious from land records seen in Research Notes that lands of John Slaten, George Slaten, and Major Slaten were within a circle of less than a few miles in North Carolina and less than fifty miles in South Carolina.

1810 census cluster:

1810 Pendleton County South Carolina census, John Slaton household 32001-41001 Note: household of twelve. [39]
1810 Hawkins County, Tennessee tax list, Captain Allen's Company: John Slaten, 200 acres, 1 white poll, 0 black poll. [40]
Note: In the same tax listing are surnames of men who married into Captain John Slaten’s presumed family (next section) or were involved in lawsuits against him: Brewer, Pearson, Murrell, Orrick, Johnston, Jones and Green.
1810 Grainger County Tennessee census, John Slayton, 1 white male, 16-26 years [41]

Captain John

"Traditionally" (in the works of Alton Greene, Bobbie Slatten and others) a son is attributed to a SC John and spouse Ann as John (H.) Slatton Jr. By 1817, a John Slatton was residing in Hawkins County, Tennessee, where he would die two years later, seen at John Slatton. He served as captain in the War of 1812, and is thus distinguished as "Captain John." Capt John was a father to a Martha Slatton Johns (husband Rial Johns) who was alive in 1811, so the generations of Marthas selling land is unclear.

The earliest surveys of Hawkins County in Tennessee were performed by Joseph Cloud, a name with an abundance of land records in Surry County, North Carolina in what is now Stokes County. Hancock County TN was formed from Hawkins and Claiborne in 1844 and all three counties have records that appear to pertain to Captain John Slatton , but the John at this entry appears to have remained and presumably died in Greenville County South Carolina.

That single administrative note in Greenville Co SC naming the John deceased in 1814 as John Junr brings into question the generations of Johns in South Carolina. Enoch is named as administrator and Enoch, Molly/Mally, Nancy, Aaron and Edward named as buyers or heirs, that is unclear. Land was near Oil Camp Creek in Greenville County. His estate records indicate at least eleven names as legatees or buyers, including Aaron, Enoch, Edward/Edmund, and Martha Slaton, Other records, earlier and later, suggest heirs Easter, Joseph, Nancy and spouse Anne. No married names for females are obviously recorded. No heir named John is named in any distributions yet found. With eleven 1814 legatees noted, we cannot ignore the 1790 Spartanburg census of John Staton [10], with a total of twelve in the household.

We also must acknowledge that junior means younger, not necessarily a son.

In 1817, three years after John’s 1814 estate, Benjamin Harris bound himself to provide clear title to lands purchased from him, and in 1840, Aaron Slaten of Hall County, Georgia sold land MIcajah Smith that mentions “one hundred and fifty acres more or less as described by a deed given by John Slaton to [Benjamin] Harris the 18th Dec 1807 situate on both sides of the Middle Fork of Saluda River Beginning on a White Oak Oil Camp Creek straight line to the original line a conditional line to the River made by John Slatton Senr and John Slatton Junr....”[32] This muddies any explanation of why an Aron Slaton would receive a full division from the 1838 Jackson County Georgia estate of George Slatton, when an Aaron also appears in a John's 1814 estate. It suggests that there were two Aarons. The language above suggests that Aaron was acquiring land in 1817 from Harris that required John Slatton Jr. to re-establish an agreed-upon conditional line, as a John had died in 1814. Conditional lines require neighboring land owners to agree without a formal survey, so John Slatton Jr. was clearly a neighbor to a man with the same forename.

Baseless (so far) claims

Trees and "Thru_lines" purporting to identify this man with as a John Walter Sladon (etc) who married an Anne Gurney in England have no connecting tissue, nor does the man at this profile appear with a middle name or initial in any American record. That such people existed is not argued here, but that they all represent the man and wife at this profile requires more than the coincidence of these very common given names.

Genetic clues

Any yDNA samplers' path back to the John at this profile is highly conjectural. But see George Slatton and Major Slatton for men whose descendants highly match descendants of John Slatton, who is "traditionally" conjectured as a son of the man at this profile, but not proven so by any genealogical standards. The compilation of samplers is online [42]

Research Notes

There is no proving document establishing John or Tirey as a son of Abraham Slatten. It is a "traditional" assumption, which Tirey descendant Richard Slatten (Virginia historian/genealogist) never acknowledged.


Sources

  1. State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, ‘Returns of tithes by John Deatherage for settlement on Great Double, Snow, Peter's and Elk Creek,’ also transcribed by Jo White Linn, Rowan County North Carolina Tax Lists 1757-1800: Annotated Transcriptions¸ (Salisbury N.C.: J. W. Linn, 1995), but the originals are open to different interpretations.
  2. Albemarle County Virginia Deed Book 2 (1758-1761): 344- 346. Note: reliable transcriptions can be found in the series of Ruth and Sam Sparacio’s Albemarle County, Virginia Deed Book(s), published by Antient Press, various years.
  3. State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, "Returns of tithes by John Deatherage for settlement on Great Double, Snow, Peter's and Elk Creek," transcribed by Jo White Linn, Rowan County North Carolina Tax Lists 1757-1800: Annotated Transcriptions. Transcribed version in book form.
  4. 1771 Lists sent to the [North Carolina] General Assembly from various counties identifying taxable property and persons., State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
  5. "Surry, North Carolina, United States records, Aug 4, 2018," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898Q-C227?view=explore : Mar 3, 2024), image 597 of 700.
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  7. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, S.C., "Miscellaneous Papers on Forfeited Estates" at File Number S126170, Box 4. Returns of names of "loyalists", based on South Carolina Fifth General Assembly Ordinance No. 1189 entitled Disposing Of The Estates Of Certain Persons, Subjects And Adherents Of The British Government; And For Other Purposes Therein Mentioned. Files accessed and copied November 30, 2016.
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  9. 9.0 9.1 Albemarle County Personal Property Tax 1787 - List "A." Also Schreiner-Yantis and Love, 1787 Census of Virginia, 143. William Slatin charged to John Rodes Sr, 2 white tithes, 12 blacks, 18 horses, 10 cattle, 74 acres. Note: As mentioned, this John Rodes became "senior" at the death of his father John, between 1770 and 1775, and by virtue of a surviving son John who became Jr.
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  11. Pendleton County South Carolina, Deed Book ?, 6 May 1789, 57-59. “Nathan Briant of Greenville County, South Carolina of the one part and George Slaton of Abbeville County, South Carolina ...Briant doth grant unto [Slaton] a certain tract of land containing fifty acres in Ninety-six District, on Little Beaverdam Creek, waters of Savannah River, being part of a tract granted to John Hunnycutt on 6th of November 1786.
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  15. Greenville County South Carolina Deed Book D: 280-281, 19 Feb 1796 [recorded 8 August 1796], John Slatton Senr of Greenville District [for] the sum of thirty-five Eagles paid by John Lathram of same state and county]
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  33. Albemarle County Virginia Deed Book 3: 218-222, July 23 1762, David Lewis sues over one hundred debtors for collection, including Abra: Slatten and John Slatten.
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