Person:Robert Slaughter (4)

From Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. V p. 305; article titled Slaughter Family by John S. Carpenter, Louisville, KY.:

Colonel Robert Slaughter (5) {Robert (4); Francis (2_3); John (1)} born in Essex County about the year 1702. Died in Culpeper in 1768. He was commissioned Captain of Militia on Sept. 2, 1729, later Col. of Militia. In 1758 an act was passed (Hening's Statues) authorizing payment of L-218 to Col. Robert Slaughter for services of himself and forty men, sent by order of the Council to garrison Patterson Fort. He was Vestryman of St. Mark's Parish 1731; Church Warden; Member of the House of Burgesses 1742; Presiding Justice for Orange County 1745. His name is included in a list of Virginia Gentlemen, who between 1739 and 1750, imported English blooded horses, and who were interested in the turf. He married about 1723, Mary Smith, daughter of Augustine Smith of Essex County. Issue:

11. I. ROBERT

12. II. WILLIAM

13. III. THOMAS

14. IV. FRANCIS

15. V. JAMES

16. VI. LAWRENCE

17. VII. GEORGE

VIII. Elizabeth Lightfoot.

IX. MARTHA, married first Major Gabriel Jones of the Revolutionary Army by whom she had issue, Robert, Gabriel, Frances and Mary. Martha Slaughter married second Major Wm. Broadus of the Revolutionary Army, by whom she had a daughter Harriet. This Harriet married Wm. Mills Thompson and was the mother of Hon. Richard W. Thompson, a member of congress from Indiana and Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Hayes.

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   Lulu R. Almen, 1955

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   Colonel Robert Slaughter, born 1702 in Essex Co., VA; died 1769 in Culpeper Co., VA. He was the son of Colonel Robert Slaughter and Frances Ann Jones. He married Mary Smith, June 6, 1723 in Spotsylvania Co., VA.
   
   Mary Smith, born July 13, 1703 in Essex Co., VA; died in Essex Co., VA. She was the daughter of Major Augustine Smith and Susanna Darnell.
   
   Children of Robert Slaughter and Mary Smith are:
   
   Lieutenant Lawrence Slaughter, born 1736; died August 5, 1779 in Battle of Point Pleasant; married (1) Susannah Field; married (2) Susannah Winston.
   
   Colonel George Slaughter, died 1818 in Charlestown, IN; married Mary Field.
   
   Elizabeth Slaughter married Major Lightfoot.
   
   Martha Slaughter married (1) Major Gabriel Jones; married (2) Major William Broadus.
   
   Maj. William Slaughter, born Abt. 1724 in Culpeper Co., VA; died in Jefferson Co., KY; married Zimmerman.
   
   Lt. Col. Thomas Slaughter, born Abt. 1728; died Abt. 1793 in Culpeper Co., VA; married Frances Robinson 1756.
   
   Colonel Francis Slaughter, born 1730; died 1776; married Jemima Suggett, March 2, 1751/52.
   
   Colonel James Slaughter, born Abt. 1732 in Culpeper Co., VA; married Susan Clayton.
   
   Colonel Robert Slaughter, born July 20, 1736 in Essex Co., VA; died 1790 in Culpeper Co., VA; married Susannah Harrison December 11, 1750 in Overwharton Par., VA.
   
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