Person:Reubin Slaughter (1)

Name	Capt. Reubin Slaughter
Alt Name	Reuben Slaughter
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	1733	prob. Culpeper County, Virginia
Marriage	26 Jan 1759	Virginiato Elizabeth Poindexter
Death`^?`	1805	Bedford County, Virginia

Acquisition of Land in Culpeper County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1742-1775, Vol. 2:

P-128: Reuben Slaughter of Culpepper County, 250 acres in said County. Surv. Richard Young. Adj. Francis Slaughter, Jonathan Beckwith Esq., Bee Tree Branch, Robert Beverley Esq., Ruffin's Run. 10 June 1772. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 216].

Reuben Slaughter was the son of Francis Slaughter and Ann Lightfoot and the grandson of Robert Slaughter and Frances Ann Jones. He was born about 1736 in Essex County, Virginia.
He married Betty (Ann) Poindexter on January 26, 1759.
In 1765, he inherited over 1000 acres of land near Gourd Vine Fork in Culpeper County from his father.
Reuben and Betty were the parents of thirteen children.
Reuben was a Captain in the Bedford Militia of Virginia during the Revolution.
Reuben was a Sergeant with Clendenin in 1788, and was named surveyor of Kanawha County in 1789.
Reuben died about 1805. The place of his burial is unknown at this time. There is, however, a memorial to him and Andrew Donnally in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Charleston, West Virginia.