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SLAUGHTER, Lieut. Lawrence

SLAUGHTER, Lieut. Lawrence

Male 1743 - 1806  (63 years)   Has 56 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name SLAUGHTER, Lawrence  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Prefix Lieut. 
    Birth 1743  [2, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Will Probated Abt 1806  Culpeper County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    by his wife, Susanna, as executrix 
    Death 12 Aug 1806  Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Cause: Killed in a military campaign. 
    Age 63 years 
    Person ID I309  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2025 

    Father SLAUGHTER, Robert Jr.,   b. Abt 1702   d. 1768, Culpeper County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother SMITH, Mary,   b. 13 Jul 1713   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1257  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 FIELD, Elizabeth   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Y  [1, 2, 3
    Children 
       1. Male SLAUGHTER, John Field   d. Yes, date unknown
       2. Female SLAUGHTER, Anne   d. Yes, date unknown
       3. Female SLAUGHTER, Mildred   d. Yes, date unknown
       4. Male SLAUGHTER, Robert Field   d. Yes, date unknown
       5. Female SLAUGHTER, Matilda   d. Yes, date unknown
    +  6. Male SLAUGHTER, George Allen,   b. Abt 1773   d. Aft 17 Apr 1824 (Age 51 years)
    Family ID F127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2016 

    Family 2 WINSTON, Susanna,   b. Abt 1757, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1826, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage Aft 23 Feb 1781  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 38 years and 2 months - She : ~ 24 years and 2 months. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Children 
       1. Female SLAUGHTER, Frances Smith,   b. Abt 1786   d. 26 Jul 1830, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
       2. Male SLAUGHTER, Lawrence Jr.,   b. 1788   d. 8 Sep 1823, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F1259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsWill Probated - by his wife, Susanna, as executrix - Abt 1806 - Culpeper County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Killed in a military campaign. - 12 Aug 1806 - Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 1.

    2. [S511] John Frederick Dorman (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Letter - Dorman, John to Winston Cochrane, 5 Sep 2013, 10 Sep 2013.
      Information on George Slaughter.
      Letter - John F. Dorman - Slaughter
      Letter - John F. Dorman - Slaughter


    3. [S858] Louise Pecquet du Bellet, Book - Prominent Virginia Families, Vol IV (Ancestry), (1907; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994.), 13 Jul 2013, p 399-403.

    4. [S1267] Magazine - VA Genealogical Society Quarterly (VA Genealogical Society), 6 Apr 2020, John Frederick Dorman, "Will of Thomas Winston of Hanover County, Virginia,"Vol. 7 1969.
      Will of Thomas Winston
      Will of Thomas Winston


    5. [S1552] Anne Baker, Research Report - Decendants of Winston, Wm. Essex & Bobby, Rebecca, 8 Apr 2025, p. 24.

    6. [S514] Eugenia G. and Preston G. Glazebrook, Book - Virginia Migrations Hanover Co., Vol. I, (1943; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2000.), 13 Sep 2013, John Murdock & Co. vs Winston's devisees; U.S. Cir. Ct., 5th Cir. Va. Dist.: pg. 99.
      VA Migrations Hanover Co., Vol. 1, pg. 99-100
      VA Migrations Hanover Co., Vol. 1, pg. 99-100


    7. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Susanna Winston: 654-55 and 659.

    8. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 13 Jul 2020, George Harrison Sanford King, "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed," April 1938, Vol. 19, No. 4, 221-224; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 13 Jul 2020).
      "Estate of Andrew Balfour of Charles City County."
      Law Suite - Estate of Andrew Balfour
      Law Suite - Estate of Andrew Balfour



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