Col. Thomas Slaughter

https://www.geni.com/projects/Boonesborough-Pioneers/701

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4243308?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct., 1913), pp. 427-430 (4 pages)

'Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia' (1900), pg. 85 states that Thomas Slaughter, son of the second Robert Slaughter (Robert, Robert, Francis, Francis, John) married Miss Thornton.
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Journal notes of Colonel Richard Henderson, documents "Math. Jewet" was present at Fort Boonesborough when the first government meeting was held by white settlers west of the Appalachians . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "May 19, 1775 - Friday " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"This evening Mr. Math. Jewet arrived here from Capt. [John] Floyd, whom with six other men, says he left about ten miles off on the west side of the river, looking land, etc. By him, heard Capt. Floyd was not at St. Asaph at the return of Col. [Thomas] Slaughter and Mr. [James 'Jim'] Harrod, and being afraid the town on that account has not proceeded to elect delegates to meet in convention."
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "May 24, 1775 - Wednesday" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Convention met; sent a message acquainting me that they had chosen Col. Thomas Slaughter, Chairman, and Mr. Math. Jewet, Clerk [not a delegate]; of which I approved. Went and opened the business by a short speech, etc."
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Part of the Wilderness Road, crossing Rockcastle County, Kentucky from Hazel Patch to Crab Orchard, was known as "Skaggs Trace," named after Henry Skaggs.

In June 1775, Skaggs, along with Valentine Harman, a member of the Transylvania Convention at Boonesborough in May, led Colonel Thomas Slaughter to the Green River country of Kentucky to explore that land on behalf of Richard Henderson's Transylvania Company, which had recently purchased the area along with a large portion of Central Kentucky. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Skaggs

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 29 2019, 11:24:55 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

Family 1 Sarah Thornton, b. Abt 1731, Snow Creek, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. Bef 1760, Grange, Culpeper County, Virginia
Married St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
Children
1. Robert 'Jr' Slaughter, b. 1747, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 2 Jan 1832, Grange, Culpeper County, Virginia
2. Augustine Slaughter, b. 1752, Grange, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 13 Dec 1814, Norfolk County, Virginia

Family 2 Anne Clifton, b. Abt 1734, Prince William County, Virginia d. 18 Dec 1798, Fairfax County, Virginia
Married Abt 1760 Fairfax County, Virginia
Children
1. Eleanor Clifton Slaughter, b. Aft 1761, Grange, Culpeper County, Virginia d. Between 1835 and 1839, Charles County, Maryland
2. Elizabeth Brent Slaughter, b. Aft 1763, Grange, Culpeper County, Virginia d. Apr 1815, Fairfax County, Virginia