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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.

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.