Slaughter, LA was incorporated in 1888. It received its name from the original owners of the land on which it is located, Mr. Will Slaughter and his brother Joe. When the railroad was being cut through, the place was called Burnsville from a Mr. Burns who cut the right of way. At that time a post office was located there and called Belzara. After the railroad was completed and a depot put there, the station and post office were both changed to Slaughter. [1]
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"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJQ-H3J : 9 November 2014), W S Slaughter, East Baton Rouge parish, part of, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States; citing family 699, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q1-BTM : 17 October 2014), Wm S Sr Slaughter, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 7, family 83, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,011.
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