Reuben Slaughter (1733 - 1805)

Born 1733 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Elizabeth (Poindexter) Slaughter — married 26 Jan 1759 in Louisa, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 1805 at about age 72 in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia

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Biography

Encyclopedia of VA Biography, Vol IV. Reuben Salughter was son of Col. Francis and Ann (Lightfoot) Slaughter who married 3 Jun 1729. Francis Slaughter was a large landholder in Culpeper & Orange Co VA; colonel of milita; justice; church-warden. He was a son of Robert and Frances Anne (Jones) Slaughter who married circa 1700. Robert, born circa 1680 held extensive land grants in Spotsylvania and Essex Counties. He was prob a son of Francis & Margaret (Hudson) Slaughter, planter of Richmond County VA born about 1653. Francis was a son of Capt Francis who married in 1652, Elizabeth Underwood, and a grandson of John Slaughter, the emigrant, who settle in VA prior to 1620.

Culpepper Co VA DB E, p.208 Reuben Slaughter & wife Ann to Charles Peyton - 391 acres, left Reuben Slaughter by his father Francis Slaughter.

• Parents
• Col. Francis Slaughter b. 1701, d. 1766
• Ann Lightfoot b. 22 Sep 1708, d. 1748

Family

• Anne Elizabeth Poindexter "Bettie" b. c 1734, d. b 1800
• Children

· Mary Lightfoot Slaughter b. 20 Feb 1760

· John Slaughter+ b. 11 Jan 1762, d. 1797

· Ruben Slaughter II+ b. 30 Jan 1764, d. 6 Aug 1822

· Anne Poindexter Slaughter+ b. 29 Dec 1765, d. 15 Feb 1797

· Joseph Slaughter+ b. 6 Jan 1768

· Goodrich Lightfoot Slaughter+ b. 24 Jan 1770, d. 3 Jul 1833

· Richard Slaughter b. 22 Dec 1771

· Catherine Gissage "Kitty" Slaughter b. 14 Jan 1774, d. 12 Apr 1799

· Sarah Slaughter b. 24 Apr 1776

· Robert Lewis Slaughter+ b. 25 Apr 1779, d. 1834

· Frances Bell Slaughter b. 31 Jan 1781, d. 21 Feb 1784

· William Lightfoot Slaughter+ b. 20 Jun 1783, d. 8 Nov 1854

· Elizabeth James Slaughter b. 5 Jan 1786, d. c Aug 1821

Sources

Note: #N242.

Notes

Note N242Reuben Slaughter was a captain of the Culpepper Co. militia during the Revolutionary War. he then moved to Bedford Co, VA and later to Kanawha Co, West Virginia.

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.