The Slaton Family Genealogy
* Names in red indicate direct line of descent. Spelling of this surname is often found as Sladden/Slatton/Slatten/Slaten/Slaton/Slayton.
PLEASE NOTE: The first two generations listed here of Wade Hampton Slatton I and Wade Hampton Slaton II are NOT yet proven. It is based on the ongoing research of Clinton Slayton and others, but is strictly conjecture at this point in time. Starting with Wade Hampton Slaton III, b. 1824 and his wife, Sarah Druscilla Wright, the data is proven. I list it here so that others may use it as a springboard for their own research.
WADE HAMPTON SLATTON I, b. 1780 in Surry, NC, and d. 1864 in Jackson Co., GA. He married MARY "POLLY" ELROD, daughter of Peter ELROD and Sue WAGGONER.
Between Nov. 1807 and Sept. 1846 there are numerous land transactions and deeds recorded for Wade in Pendleton Co. and Anderson Co., SC, as well as Jackson Co., GA. His will is dated March 11, 1861 in Jackson Co., GA. (Will book B, pg. 100) It is said his ancestry can be traced back to Henry SLADDEN, b. 1400, Kent, England and to William SLATTON of VA in 1695, b. in Dover, Kent, England.
Children of Wade Hampton Slatton I and Mary "Polly" Elrod
GEORGE WASHINGTON SLATTON, Sr. b. 1799, Pendleton District, SC; d. Feb. 1895, Slaton Hallow, Monroe, TN. Married Sarah Patterson abt. 1820 in Greenville, SC.
WADE HAMPTON SLATON II, b. Feb. 1, 1801, Pendleton District, SC; d. Marshall Co., AL. Married MARY TUCKER, b. Feb. 27, 1803, SC; d. Aug. 6, 1870, on Nov. 3, 1821 in Anderson, SC.
Wade and Mary show up on the 1850 and 1860 census for Marshall Co., AL with many of their twelve children. Wade is buried on the old 40 acre farm of his brother, Loven Slaton, where there used to be about 25 family graves. Unfortunately there are no longer any signs of the graves there.
LOVEN PERRY SLATON, b. 1804, Pendleton District, SC; d. abt. 1865, AL. Married Mary Ann Clardy abt. 1823 in Anderson, SC.
MARIAH SLATON, b. 1810, m. Samuel Walker. Note: There is an unamed child on the census record born in 1810 to Wade Hampton Slatton and Mary Elrod. Per Quentin Alexander, a descendent of Mariah Slaton and Samuel Walker, family history has held that Mariah Slaton, born 1810, was the sister of George Washington Slaton. Both families (Walkers and Slatons) moved to Monroe Co., TN at about the same time, ca. 1830. Still seeking definitive proof through land, probate or marriage records, but it appears Mariah was the child of Wade H. and Mary, sister to Wade H. II, Geo. Washington, and Loven Perry Slaton.
Children of Wade Hampton Slaton II and Mary Tucker
SARAH SLATEN, b. September 25, 1822, Anderson, SC.
WADE HAMPTON SLATON III, b. Oct. 24, 1824, Anderson, SC; d. Oct. 18, 1902 Bryan Co., OK. On Dec. 14, 1845 in Morgan Co., AL he married SARAH DRUSCILLA WRIGHT, b. July 28, 1823 in AL; d. April 21, 1921 in Bryan Co., OK. It is said her family came to live in Decatur, AL in 1833. Her family came from England, settled first in AL and later in TX. Her mother's maiden name was Love. Sarah's name has also been found as Martha Sarah Taylor Wright in some researchers' notes. She is listed as Sarah D. in the 1900 census for Choctaw Nation, OK. Date of death according to old family letters was April 21, 1921. It is said by family that Wade was an overseer on a plantation in AL, and later saw active duty in the Civil War where he was wounded in the leg. He walked with a limp in later years as a result of the old war wound. He later moved his family to Texas, then to Oklahoma. In his later years he suffered a stroke which hindered his movement. In 1921 while trying to light a kerosene lantern, he caught the house on fire and perished in the blaze.
JOHN TAYLOR SLATON, b. Oct. 10, 1826, Anderson, SC; aft. 1872, interred at Somerville Cemetery, Morgan Co., AL.
WILLIS STREET SLATON, b. March 27, 1829, Jackson Co., GA; d. Nov. 11, 1912, Lawrence Co., AL.
MARY ANN C. SLATON, b. Nov. 17, 1832, Jackson Co., GA. Married Reuben Reeve on Feb. 24, 1848 in Marshall, AL. Her husband Reuben enlisted in AL in Civil War & died in an IL prison camp. Mary lived in Winston Co. & in Franklin Co. after Reuben's death.
MARTHA JANE SLATON, b. March 12, 1835, Jackson Co., GA; married Maxwell Millican on July 20, 1849 in Marshall Co., AL.
WILLIAM D. SLATON, b. Dec. 5, 1836, Jackson Co., GA; married an unknown Estee.
NANCY ANN SLATON, b. Nov. 5, 1839, Jackson Co., GA; d. 1917, Arab, AL. Nancy Ann was married in Marshall Co., AL to her cousin Matthew Joab Slaton, b. Aug. 1826, son of Loven Perry Slaton and Mary Ann Clardy. Nancy and Joab moved to SC, then back to AL after the start of the Civil War.
URIAH TAYLOR DANIEL SLATON, b. Feb. 1, 1842, Anderson, SC; d. 1894. Married 1) Amanda C. Sartin, and 2) Margaret Louise Frazier on Feb. 28, 1861 in AL. Uriah served in the CSA.
HENRY D. SLATON, b. May 15, 1844, Jackson Co., GA; d. March 28, 1922, Marshall, AL. Married Sarah M. Cranford, b. Oct. 14, 1842, d. Dec. 26, 1928, on Aug. 10, 1866 in Marshall, AL.
ELIZABETH S. SLATON, b. March 17, 1845, Marshall Co., AL. Married Benton G. Jett Sept. 26, 1861 in AL.
AMANDA "MANDY" SLATON, b. Nov. 17, 1848 in Marshall Co., AL. It is said Mandy died young.
Children of Wade Hampton Slaton III and Sarah Druscilla Wright
DAVID SLATON, b. abt. 1847 AL, d. Lawrence Co., AL. Married Martha McGlathery Dec. 18, 1872 in Morgan Co., AL. They had seven children; Arthur, Zuma, Ellis, Estel, Walter, Minnie and Robert.
JOHN TAYLOR SLATON, b. July 1849, d. Madison, AL. Married Ophelia Jane Slaughter, b. Dec. 1855 daughter of John Robert Slaughter and Mary Elizabeth Lanford, on Jan. 13, 1880 in Madison Co.,AL. They had five children; Johnnie Slaughter Slaton, Sarah Slaughter Slaton, Dr. Slaughter Slaton, Mary "Mattie" Lanford Slaton, and Lanford Slaton.
WILLIAM H. SLATON, b. abt. 1855, AL. Married unknown; had at least four children; Bill, Essie, Clara and Dolly.
MARION CHARLESTON SLATEN, b. May 3, 1860; d. May 24, 1884, Macon Co., AL and is buried in Lawrence Co., AL.
JESSIE SLATEN, b. abt. 1861. Jesse disappeared as a young man either in TX or OK. He left two children (names unknown). The family never knew what became of him.
WILLIS SAAMS SLATON, b. Feb. 8, 1867, Decatur, AL; d. March 19, 1909, Old Bennington, OK. On Jan. 31, 1884 in Pecan Gap, Delta Co., TX, Willis married MARY "MOLLIE" ELIZABETH BINGHAM, b. Sept. 14, 1870 in Clarksville, TX; d. Aug. 17, 1901 in Old Bennington, OK, daughter of Elijah Bingham, b. Sept. 1834 in Walton Co., GA and Mary "Mollie" Elizabeth Smith b. in MS. Willis, Mollie, and an infant daughter are all buried in Old Church Cemetery in Old Bennington, Bryan Co., OK. Mollie died in childbirth at age 37.
Willis was an active Mason in Bennington, OK. He attained the highest degree (33rd) within the Masonic Order and served five years as Treasurer of Bennington Lodge #19, and as head of the Lodge in 1902-03. Records show that Lodge 19 was "arrested" Jan. 9, 1944, which means it no longer exists. Records are now kept at the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, 102 S. Broad St., Guthrie, OK 73044. After the death of his first wife, Willis Sams Slaton remarried about a year later to an Indian woman, Janie LABOR, daughter of Houston Labor, in Bennington, OK. He and Janie had no children together. When Willis died in 1909, his children scattered; the older ones left home, some went to live with relatives, and the youngest went to the Masonic Orphanage.
Mollie Bingham was the daughter of Elijah Arnold Bingham, b. Sept. 1834 in Walton Co., GA., and Mary Elizabeth Smith, b. in MS and said by family to have been either part or full-blooded Choctaw Indian. Elijah Bingham and his twin brother, Elisha Bingham were large red-headed men. Elijah enlisted in the CSA on May 5, 1862 at Vernon, Jackson Parrish, LA. He served in Co. F, 28th Regiment, Gray's Louisiana Infantry, also known as the Jackson Volunteers and was captured at Bayou Teche, LA on April 13 or 14, 1863. His name appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War captured at New Orleans, LA to be exchanged. He was
exchanged/paroled at Prophet's Island, below Port Hudson, on May 5, 1863.
Children of Willis Saams Slaton and Mary "Mollie" Elizabeth Bingham
JESSE EDMOND "Edd" SLATON, b. Sept. 3, 1886 in TX, d. TX; married Iva Arnold on Oct. 31, 1904 in Durant, Bryan Co., OK. They had nine children; Eloise, Mildred, Jesse Edmond Jr., Edna, Eva, Westley Arnold, Weldon, Cecil, and Mary.
EFFIE JANE SLATON, b. Feb. 27, 1888, OK, d. July 1976, Ft. Worth, TX. Had one son, Elmer, abt. 1907. Later married Emmett Prince Dorough, Sr., b. Aug. 8, 1866, and had four more children; Totsy, Thrya May, Emmett Prince Jr., and Oneita Elizabeth. Elmer was adopted by Emmett Dorough and took the Dorough surname.
JOHN ARNOLD SLATON, b. Dec. 25, 1891, Indian Territory, now Bennington, OK; d. March 20, 1966 Paso Robles, CA. Married ANNIE D. ROE, b. Aug. 23, 1893 Longview, Gregg Co., TX; d. Nov. 22, 1930 Westbrook, Mitchell Co., TX. They were married July 7, 1913 in Longview, TX and had five children before Annie's death at age 37. John married RUE BURT, b. March 24, 1904 in Booneville, AR, daughter of Richmond Lee Burt and Clara "Settie" Arnold, about 1931 in TX and had four more children. Rue had first been married to Olon Summers who died young of a ruptured appendix. No children were born from this marriage. John and Rue moved the family to California in abt. 1946, settling in Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo Co. After John's death, Rue married Henry McDaniel. She outlived all three husbands before her death Feb. 20, 1998.
WILLIS EAGAN SLATON, b. Feb. 24, 1892. Died at abt. age 4, 1896 in Bryan Co., OK.
MARY DRUSCILLA "MAE" SLATON, b. Oct. 2, 1893, Indian Territory, OK. Married Charley Savage and had at least one son, Dicky Savage.
IDA ELIZABETH SLATON, b. Dec. 25, 1895, Indian Territory, OK, married 1) James Merton Braddy and had one son, Cecil Lankford Braddy. After being widowed young, she married 2) Leonard L. Hancock and had another son, Robby Hancock.
In November of 1999 the family photocopied many handwritten letters from "Aunt Elizabeth" to her niece, Willie Lorene(Slaton)Golden of Dallas, TX. The letters, kept by Lorene for more than 30 years, tell of the Slaton, Binghams and Lightfoot families' early lives in Oklahoma and Texas and have been invaluable in helping piece together parts of the family history. My thanks to cousin Carol Golden of Mesquite, TX for allowing us to copy these letters and add to the continuing Slaton genealogy. Elizabeth was the youngest of the children (that lived) and was called "Baby Dinks." She often signed her letters "Aunt Dinks". She had blond curly hair in her youth.
ADA ERNEST SLATON, b. Oct. 28, 1899, OK. Died at age 9 mo., July 15, 1900, and is buried between her parents in Old Church Cemetery, Old Bennington, Bryan, Co., OK.
INFANT TWIN DAUGHTERS SLATON, b. and d. 1900.
INFANT SLATON, d. Aug. 17, 1901 with mother, unable to be born.
Children of John Arnold Slaton and Annie D. Roe
DOROTHY ESTENE SLATON, b. July 19, 1915, TX; d. May 1993, Dolan Springs, AZ. Married in TX abt. 1936 1) Frank Whitaker, b. May 19, 1911; d. 1978 TX. They had two sons, Joe Dan Whitaker and James Frank Whitaker. Married 2) Julian Henry. No children.
WILLIE LORENE SLATON, b. July 1, 1918, Malakoff, Henderson Co., TX; d. March 16, 1999, Mesquite, TX. Married Dudley Golden on March 10, 1937, San Saba, TX and had five children; Dowell, Jerry, Charles, Carole and Nancy.
DORRIS CLEO "KLEE" SLATON, b. July 19, 1921, Gainesville, Denton Co., TX; d. May 1994, Anchorage, AK. Married EUGENE B. HILL b. Dec. 26, 1912 Gay Hill, Washington Co., TX; d. Dec. 28, 1988 Las Vegas, NV, on May 26, 1940 in Houston, Harris Co., TX, and had four children; DeAnna Gene, Jacqueline Sue, Michael Eugene, and Joni Klee. Both "Klee" and Gene are interred at Northern Lights Memorial Park in Fairbanks, Alaska.
JOHNNIE MAE SLATON, b. November 27, 1923, TX; d. June 3, 1999, Ketchikan, Alaska. Married Howard Brown June 17, 1944 in Paso Robles, CA and had four children; Candice Lynn, Gregory, Rowann and Susan.
J. D. SLATON, b. September 28, 1926, San Saba,TX. Joined the Army about 1943 at the age of 18, serving in WWII in Africa under General Patton. Married Inez Phillips Dec. 29, 1952 and had four children; Theresa Ann, Jimmy Dee, Rebecca Kay, and Patti Lynn.
Children of John Arnold Slaton and Rue Burt
WILLIS LEE "BUD" SLATON, b. Jan. 26, 1932, Big Spring, TX. Spelling was changed to Slayton when he joined the U.S. Marines and served in the Korean War 1952-1955, where he was wounded. He later changed the spelling back to Slaton.
JOHN ARNOLD "NOOK" SLATON, JR., b. Jan. 21, 1934, Big Spring, TX, d. Oct. 4, 1989. Served in the U.S. Army as a Paratrooper during the Korean War. He received the Purple Heart and was also decorated for valor.
LANEVA "NEVA" SLATON, b. Sept. 9, 1936, San Saba, TX.
TERRELL JEAN "TERRI" SLATON, b. Dec. 6, 1939, San Saba, TX.
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