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Last Modified: August 2012
Created: August 1998

*WILLIAM GREEN SLAUGHTER

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BORN: December 4, 1843 in Waverly Hall, Harris County, Georgia 88 90 20 30
DIED: October 23, 1909 in Waverly Hall, Harris County, Georgia 20 30
BURIED: Waverly Hall Cemetery, Harris County, Georgia 20 30
PARENTS: Louisa Slaughter and William Slaughter
RELIGION: Baptist. He was a charter member of the Waverly Hall Baptist Church.
SERVICE: Private, Civil War - Co. E 46th Georgia Reg. Brigade. Gen. Gist. Army of Tennessee. March 6, 1862. 07 31

Slaughters in this regiment: G.W., G.Y., J.T. It is possible they are all actually W.G. 31

The 46th Infantry Regiment was formed during the spring of 1862 with men from Upson, Schley, Harris, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Webster, Marion, and Talbot counties. The unit served in Georgia, then South Carolina where it was involved in the conflicts at Secessionville, and Gaston and Frampton's Plantation. In May, 1863, assigned to General Gist's Brigade, it moved to Mississippi. After taking part in the siege of Jackson the regiment joined the Army of Tennessee and fought on many battlefields from Chickamauga to Atlanta, then saw action in Tennessee and North Carolina. In December, 1863, this unit totalled 628 men and 513 arms, but was greatly reduced when it surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels Peyton H. Colquitt and Samuel J.C. Dunlop, Lieutenant Colonel William A. Daniel, and Major A.M. Speer. 31

OCCUPATION: Farmer 88 90
MARRIAGE: Renva Amanda Storey (May 28, 1848-May 29, 1896). She is also from Waverly Hall. 20 88 79

Waverly Hall Cemetery. William is buried on the left and Renva is on the right.

Lula Perry, Annie Seats, Addie Moon, Viola Beers
Willie, Eddie, Buddy, Bonard, Ivy
CHILDREN
NAME BORN DIED SPOUSE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BURIED NOTES PHOTO
James Edward SLAUGHTER (Eddie) 88 Oct. 9, 1869 20 88 91 92 93 July 4, 1934, Muscogee Co., GA. 19 20 - - Waverly Hall Cemetery Not married. Works as a book keeper in 1910. 91 In 1920 he is a taxi driver. 92 He was a hotel manager in 1930. 93 . 20
1908
William Jefferson SLAUGHTER 20 88 Jan. 14, 1871 20 88 90 91 November 17, 1950 in Muscogee Co., GA 19 20 Mamie Tidwell (Sep. 25, 1874-Mar. 13, 1961) 90 3 Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA 20 -
1908
Annie E. SLAUGHTER aka Mary Elizabeth 88 Oct. 1872 88 90 91 Dec. 7, 1954 in Columbia Co., GA 19 Willis C. Seats (1868-1928) 9 Harlem Memorial Cemetery, Columbia Co., GA. -
1908
*Lula Claude SLAUGHTER 88 Apr. 3, 1874 88 90 91 Jan. 24, 1947 Jesse Perry (1873-1910) 5 Ridgeway Cemetery -

1908

1941
Eula Maude SLAUGHTER 88 Apr. 3, 1874 88 90 Feb. 26, 1908 James McGehee (1878-19?) 90 6 90 91 Ridgeway Cemetery -
1890
Lebbeus Wesley SLAUGHTER (Buddy) 88 May 6, 1877 Harris Co., GA 88 90 91 92 May 3, 1969 in Harris Co., GA 19 Motie Carlisle (1880-1985) 3 Waverly Hall Cemetery -

1908

1941
Addie Amanda SLAUGHTER 88 Dec. 17, 1878 88 90 92 possibly Mar. 21, 1969 in Fulton Co., GA 19 Jesse Hopson Moon (1872-1941) 9 Waverly Hall Cemetery -

1908

1941
Viola SLAUGHTER 90 Feb. 1881 90 - Travis Beers (1873-1943) 6 - -

1908

1941
Mattie F. SLAUGHTER 20 30 May 21, 1883 Waverly Hall, GA 20 30 June 10, 1883 Waverly Hall, GA 20 30 - - Buried next to her parents in Waverly Hall Cemetery, Waverly Hall, GA. 20 - 20 30
Ivey Ashford SLAUGHTER 90 92 May 21, 1884 90 91 92 Feb. 2, 1957 Phoenix City, Russell Co., Alabama 92 Margaret L. ? 1 + Philadelphia Cemetery, Smiths Station, Lee Co., AL. 20 He would win races running backwards at fairs. Living with his sister, Annie Seats, in 1910.
1908
Henry Bonard SLAUGHTER (Bonard) 90 Apr. 7, 1888 GA 20 90 July 7, 1968 Douglas Co., GA 19 20 Evelyn or Lynn ? (1890 Ga-1959 Douglas Co., GA) 1+ Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery, Winston, Douglas Co., GA 20 Lived in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA in 1920. May be in Charlotte, NC in 1930.

1908

1941

1961

RESIDENCES: Waverly Hall, Harris County, Georgia

NOTES:

SOURCES: Joanne Thornton
Death card for Renva A. Slaughter
851850 Census Georgia, Harris Co., Ellerslie
861860 Census Georgia, Harris Co., Cataula
871870 Census Georgia, Harris Co., Hamilton Post Office
881880 Census Georgia, Harris Co., Waverly Hall
901900 Census Georgia, Harris Co., Waverly Hall, page 159B, 167A
911910 Census
921920 Census
931930 Census
07 History of Harris Co. pages 299 Military Service
18 Social Security Death Index from Ancestry.com
19 Georgia Deaths, 1919-98 from Ancestry.com
79 Frances Slaughter Weldon, 2010
20 Tombstones in Waverley Hall Cemetery, Harris County, Georgia from http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/27264557/person/2027894131?pgNum=1 pattipeach55
20 Tombstones in Waverley Hall Cemetery, Harris County, Georgia from http://findagrave.com
92 Alabama Deaths and Burials Index from Ancestry.com
30 Waverly Hall Cemetery visit October 2012
31 National Park Service Web site on the Civil War.