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James Slaughter

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Culpeper County, Virginia
Death: November 30, 1799 (66-67)
Nelson County, Kentucky, United States
Place of Burial: Saint Joseph Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Slaughter and Mary Slaughter
Husband of Susan Slaughter
Father of Sarah C. McLaughlin; Capt. Philip Pendleton Slaughter; Tabitha Cook; Robert Slaughter; Judge James Slaughter and 8 others
Brother of Robert Slaughter, III; William Slaughter; Susannah Lightfoot; Col. Thomas Slaughter; Col. Francis Slaughter and 4 others

Occupation: commanded regiment at the Battle of Great Ridge-1st engagement of the revolution in Virginia
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About Col. James Slaughter

Col. James Slaughter [Parents] was born in 1732 in St. Marks, Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA. He died on 30 Nov 1799 in Nelson Co., Kentucky, USA. He married Susan Clayton in 1756 in Catalpa, Culpeper Co., VA, USA.

Susan Clayton [Parents].Susan married Col. James Slaughter in 1756 in Catalpa, Culpeper Co., VA, USA.

They had the following children:

     		M 	i 	Capt. Philip Slaughter
     		M 	ii 	Samuel Slaughter
     		M 	iii 	Thomas Smith Slaughter
     		M 	iv 	Robert Slaughter
     		M 	v 	George Slaughter.
     		F 	vi 	Anne Slaughter
     		F 	vii 	Sally Slaughter
     		F 	viii 	Slaughter
     		F 	ix 	Mary Slaughter

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Col. Slaughter served the country as Ensign and Lieutenant in the French and Indian War. He was a member of the Committee of Safety for Culpeper, also a vestryman and church warden of St. Mark's Parish and Justice of the Peace. He led a regiment in the Battle of Great Bridge, the first engagement of the Revolution on Virginia soil.

GEDCOM Note

He and Phillip are both approved in a Sons of the American Revolution application.

Other roles he played in Culpeper: Vestryman, Church Warden, Justice of the Peace.

Fought in the Battle of Great Bridge.


GEDCOM Note

Children
1. Robert Slaughter, b. 1752, Culpeper County, Virginia d. Feb 1803, Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky (Age 51 years)
2. William Slaughter, b. Bef 1755, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia d. Aft 1777, Berkeley County Virginia (Age > 24 years)
3. Philip Pendleton Slaughter, b. 4 Dec 1758, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 1849, Culpeper County, Virginia (Age 90 years)
4. James Slaughter, b. 1764, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 1856, Nelson County, Kentucky (Age 92 years)
5. Mary Slaughter, b. Abt 1766, Culpeper County, Virginia
6. Anne Clayton Slaughter, b. Abt 1772, Culpeper County, Virginia
7. Samuel Slaughter, b. 1774, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 1846, Culpeper County, Virginia (Age 72 years)
8. Thomas Smith Slaughter, b. 1778, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 1838, Logan County, Kentucky (Age 60 years)
9. Susannah Slaughter, b. 1780, Culpeper County, Virginia
10. Martha Slaughter, b. Bef 1770, Culpeper County, Virginia d. Aft 1834, Trigg County, Kentucky (Age > 66 years)
11. George Clayton Slaughter, b. Bef 1768, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 21 Jun 1790, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia - (Age > 22 years)
12. Sarah Slaughter, b. Bef 1770, Culpeper County, Virginia

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Col. James Slaughter's Timeline

1732
1732
Culpeper County, Virginia
1753
1753
St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
1758
December 4, 1758
Catalpa, home of his grandparents, St. Mark's Parish,, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
1758
VA, United States
1761
1761
Mercer County, Kentucky, United States
1762
1762
Culpeper Co, VA
1764
1764
Culpeper County, VA, United States
1766
1766
Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
1766
Culpeper County, Virginia