Finding Aid to the Slaughter Family Collection
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SLAUGHTER FAMILY COLLECTION
The collection includes four account books (1854-1864) of Charles Rice
SLAUGHTER, the account book (1862-1864) of John Flavel SLAUGHTER relating to
the estate of Samuel GARLAND, Sr., and several school notebooks of Charles Alexander
SLAUGHTER. Also included are a letter from Frank HUGER of Petersburg, Virginia, to
John F. SLAUGHTER, concerning taxes owed by the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad to
the City of Lynchburg, two scrapbooks of Katherine Lightfoot SLAUGHTER,
genealogical notes on the SLAUGHTER family and other miscellaneous family papers.
BOX 1
1-1 SLAUGHTER Family - Genealogical Notes
1-2 Account (Dr. Robert SLAUGHTER with TAIT & HUMPHREYS
1811)
1-3 Episcopal High School (1873-1874) (Charles A. SLAUGHTER)
1-4 Letter (HUGER to SLAUGHTER 1867)
1-5 Notes on International Law (Charles A. SLAUGHTER)
1-6 Notes on French Grammar, Mercantile Law and Equity (Charles A.
SLAUGHTER)
[1-7] Scrapbooks (2) (Katherine L. SLAUGHTER)
1-8 TABB's Curator et al, vs. CABELL et al (Notes of Charles R.
SLAUGHTER)
[BOX 2]
Account Book, 1862-1864, Administrator of the estate of Samuel
GARLAND, Sr.
[BOX 3]
Ledger, 1854-1856, Charles R. SLAUGHTER
[BOX 4]
Day Book, 1854-1858, Charles R. SLAUGHTER
[BOX 5]
Journal, 1859-1864, Charles R. SLAUGHTER
[BOX 6]
Ledger, 1861-1864, Charles R. SLAUGHTER
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JOHN FLAVEL SLAUGHTER (1828-1893)
John Flavel SLAUGHTER, son of Robert Harrison SLAUGHTER and Mary Rice
GARLAND, was born 23 February 1828 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was educated at
the University of Virginia, graduating in 1846. A lawyer, John F. SLAUGHTER was a
member of the law firm of GARLAND and SLAUGHTER of Lynchburg, Virginia. He
married ca. 1854 Mary HARKER of New Jersey.
In 1867, John F. SLAUGHTER and Charles W. STATHAM fought for the
consolidation of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and the Southside Railroad. The
consolidation had been proposed in 1866, but Lynchburg opposed the plan and the
stockholders of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad defeated the proposition. Later,
when General William MAHONE succeeded to the presidency of the Virginia and
Tennessee, the proposed consolidation became a reality.
In 1868, SLAUGHTER was appointed by Samuel MILLER to serve on the board of
the Lynchburg Orphan Asylum, later the MILLER Orphan Asylum, and was a member of
the board of directors when the orphanage opened in 1875.
In 1869, John F. SLAUGHTER was a member of a committee of nine, headed by
Alexander H. H. STUART, to negotiate "a compromise with the state's Conservative
leaders, key members of Congress, and President [Ulysses S.] GRANT" in the passage of
the state constitution written by the Convention of 1867-1868, "known as the Underwood
Constitution."
John F. SLAUGHTER became president of the First National Bank in Lynchburg in
1876 and remained its president until 1891. He died 22 January 1893 in Lynchburg.
["Slaughter Family Genealogical Notes," Mss., Folder 1-1, Slaughter Family Collection, MS1938, Jones
Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; Joseph Van Holt Nash, Students of the University of Virginia
(Baltimore: Harvey & Co., 1878); 1850 Census, Campbell County, VA, National Archives and Records
Service (NARS), M-432, Roll 938, p. 88, Dwelling 112, Family 110; 1860 Census, Campbell County, VA,
NARS, M-653, Roll 1338, p. 358, Dwelling 76, Family 76; W. Asbury Christian, Lynchburg and Its People
(Lynchburg: J. P. Bell, 1900), pp. 255, 269, 303; Emily J. Salmon, ed., A Hornbook of Virginia History, 3rd
ed. (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1983), pp. 42-43.]
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CHARLES RICE SLAUGHTER (1819-1862)
Charles Rice SLAUGHTER, son of Robert Harrison SLAUGHTER and Mary Rice
GARLAND, was born ca. 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was educated at the
University of Virginia, graduating in 1843. Following his graduation, he entered into the
practice of law in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Charles R. SLAUGHTER married 22 April 1846 Catherine Malvina GARLAND,
daughter of James Parker GARLAND and Katurah STONE, of Amherst County.
In 1861, Charles R. SLAUGHTER and John M. SPEED were elected delegates to the
Virginia Secession Convention, held in February 1861. Although SLAUGHTER sought
to preserve the Union and maintain the "honor and dignity" of Virginia and "the rights
and liberties of her people," he realized the necessity of secession and authored the
Ordinance of Secession, presented by SPEED in April 1861.
Charles Rice SLAUGHTER died 10 February 1862 in Lynchburg.
[Joseph Van Holt Nash, Students of the University of Virginia (Baltimore: Harvey & Co., 1878), n.p.
Slaughter's name is given as Charles Rice G[arland?] Slaughter; Bible record of James Parker Garland and
Katurah Stone, Mss., FF2192, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; Lynchburg Virginian, 7 May
1846, p. 3 col. 2; "Slaughter Family Genealogical Notes," Mss., Folder 1-1, Slaughter Family Collection,
MS1938, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; Obituary, Lynchburg Virginian, 18 February 1862, p. 3
col. l; "Death of Charles R. Slaughter," Lynchburg Virginian, 11 February 1862, p. 2 col. 5.]
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CHARLES ALEXANDER SLAUGHTER (1856-1914)
Charles Alexander SLAUGHTER, son of Charles Rice SLAUGHTER and Catherine
Malvina GARLAND, was born 8 December 1856 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was
educated at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1879. He practiced law for several
years in Lynchburg and then moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he worked for the
railroad.
Charles A. SLAUGHTER married 14 February 1883, in Petersburg, Virginia,
Elizabeth Garland BROWN, daughter of Josiah R. and J. C. BROWN, of Hale County,
Alabama.
Due to illness, Charles A. SLAUGHTER resigned from work for the railroad and
moved to Welch, West Virginia, where he operated a hotel for a number of years. He
died 26 March 1914 in Welch, and was buried in Lynchburg, Virginia.
[Bible record of James Parker Garland and Katurah Stone, Mss., FF2192, Jones Memorial Library,
Lynchburg, VA; University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, Vol. II,
Appendix (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1904), p. 96; Marriage Register, Lynchburg, VA, Book 3, p. 14;
"Marriage of a Lynchburger," LynchburgVirginian, 15 February 1883, p. 3 col. 1; Obituary, Lynchburg
News, 27 March 1914, p. 6 col. 6.]
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KATHERINE LIGHTFOOT SLAUGHTER (1859-1948)
Katherine Lightfoot SLAUGHTER, daughter of Charles Rice SLAUGHTER and
Catherine Malvina GARLAND, was born 11 March 1859 in Lynchburg, Virginia. An
active member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lynchburg, she died 1 January 1948 and
was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
[Bible record of James Parker Garland and Katurah Stone, Mss., FF2192, Jones Memorial Library,
Lynchburg, VA; Obituary, Lynchburg News, 2 January 1948, p. 4 col. 1; Burial record, Diuguid Funeral
Home, Lynchburg, VA, Book 37, p. 80.]
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LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
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SLAUGHTER FAMILY COLLECTION
The collection includes four account books (1854-1864) of Charles Rice
SLAUGHTER, the account book (1862-1864) of John Flavel SLAUGHTER relating to
the estate of Samuel GARLAND, Sr., and several school notebooks of Charles Alexander
SLAUGHTER. Also included are a letter from Frank HUGER of Petersburg, Virginia, to
John F. SLAUGHTER, concerning taxes owed by the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad to
the City of Lynchburg, two scrapbooks of Katherine Lightfoot SLAUGHTER,
genealogical notes on the SLAUGHTER family and other miscellaneous family papers.
BOX 1
1-1 SLAUGHTER Family - Genealogical Notes
1-2 Account (Dr. Robert SLAUGHTER with TAIT & HUMPHREYS
1811)
1-3 Episcopal High School (1873-1874) (Charles A. SLAUGHTER)
1-4 Letter (HUGER to SLAUGHTER 1867)
1-5 Notes on International Law (Charles A. SLAUGHTER)
1-6 Notes on French Grammar, Mercantile Law and Equity (Charles A.
SLAUGHTER)
[1-7] Scrapbooks (2) (Katherine L. SLAUGHTER)
1-8 TABB's Curator et al, vs. CABELL et al (Notes of Charles R.
SLAUGHTER)
[BOX 2]
Account Book, 1862-1864, Administrator of the estate of Samuel
GARLAND, Sr.
[BOX 3]
Ledger, 1854-1856, Charles R. SLAUGHTER
[BOX 4]
Day Book, 1854-1858, Charles R. SLAUGHTER
[BOX 5]
Journal, 1859-1864, Charles R. SLAUGHTER
[BOX 6]
Ledger, 1861-1864, Charles R. SLAUGHTER
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JOHN FLAVEL SLAUGHTER (1828-1893)
John Flavel SLAUGHTER, son of Robert Harrison SLAUGHTER and Mary Rice
GARLAND, was born 23 February 1828 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was educated at
the University of Virginia, graduating in 1846. A lawyer, John F. SLAUGHTER was a
member of the law firm of GARLAND and SLAUGHTER of Lynchburg, Virginia. He
married ca. 1854 Mary HARKER of New Jersey.
In 1867, John F. SLAUGHTER and Charles W. STATHAM fought for the
consolidation of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and the Southside Railroad. The
consolidation had been proposed in 1866, but Lynchburg opposed the plan and the
stockholders of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad defeated the proposition. Later,
when General William MAHONE succeeded to the presidency of the Virginia and
Tennessee, the proposed consolidation became a reality.
In 1868, SLAUGHTER was appointed by Samuel MILLER to serve on the board of
the Lynchburg Orphan Asylum, later the MILLER Orphan Asylum, and was a member of
the board of directors when the orphanage opened in 1875.
In 1869, John F. SLAUGHTER was a member of a committee of nine, headed by
Alexander H. H. STUART, to negotiate "a compromise with the state's Conservative
leaders, key members of Congress, and President [Ulysses S.] GRANT" in the passage of
the state constitution written by the Convention of 1867-1868, "known as the Underwood
Constitution."
John F. SLAUGHTER became president of the First National Bank in Lynchburg in
1876 and remained its president until 1891. He died 22 January 1893 in Lynchburg.
["Slaughter Family Genealogical Notes," Mss., Folder 1-1, Slaughter Family Collection, MS1938, Jones
Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; Joseph Van Holt Nash, Students of the University of Virginia
(Baltimore: Harvey & Co., 1878); 1850 Census, Campbell County, VA, National Archives and Records
Service (NARS), M-432, Roll 938, p. 88, Dwelling 112, Family 110; 1860 Census, Campbell County, VA,
NARS, M-653, Roll 1338, p. 358, Dwelling 76, Family 76; W. Asbury Christian, Lynchburg and Its People
(Lynchburg: J. P. Bell, 1900), pp. 255, 269, 303; Emily J. Salmon, ed., A Hornbook of Virginia History, 3rd
ed. (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1983), pp. 42-43.]
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CHARLES RICE SLAUGHTER (1819-1862)
Charles Rice SLAUGHTER, son of Robert Harrison SLAUGHTER and Mary Rice
GARLAND, was born ca. 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was educated at the
University of Virginia, graduating in 1843. Following his graduation, he entered into the
practice of law in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Charles R. SLAUGHTER married 22 April 1846 Catherine Malvina GARLAND,
daughter of James Parker GARLAND and Katurah STONE, of Amherst County.
In 1861, Charles R. SLAUGHTER and John M. SPEED were elected delegates to the
Virginia Secession Convention, held in February 1861. Although SLAUGHTER sought
to preserve the Union and maintain the "honor and dignity" of Virginia and "the rights
and liberties of her people," he realized the necessity of secession and authored the
Ordinance of Secession, presented by SPEED in April 1861.
Charles Rice SLAUGHTER died 10 February 1862 in Lynchburg.
[Joseph Van Holt Nash, Students of the University of Virginia (Baltimore: Harvey & Co., 1878), n.p.
Slaughter's name is given as Charles Rice G[arland?] Slaughter; Bible record of James Parker Garland and
Katurah Stone, Mss., FF2192, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; Lynchburg Virginian, 7 May
1846, p. 3 col. 2; "Slaughter Family Genealogical Notes," Mss., Folder 1-1, Slaughter Family Collection,
MS1938, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; Obituary, Lynchburg Virginian, 18 February 1862, p. 3
col. l; "Death of Charles R. Slaughter," Lynchburg Virginian, 11 February 1862, p. 2 col. 5.]
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CHARLES ALEXANDER SLAUGHTER (1856-1914)
Charles Alexander SLAUGHTER, son of Charles Rice SLAUGHTER and Catherine
Malvina GARLAND, was born 8 December 1856 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was
educated at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1879. He practiced law for several
years in Lynchburg and then moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he worked for the
railroad.
Charles A. SLAUGHTER married 14 February 1883, in Petersburg, Virginia,
Elizabeth Garland BROWN, daughter of Josiah R. and J. C. BROWN, of Hale County,
Alabama.
Due to illness, Charles A. SLAUGHTER resigned from work for the railroad and
moved to Welch, West Virginia, where he operated a hotel for a number of years. He
died 26 March 1914 in Welch, and was buried in Lynchburg, Virginia.
[Bible record of James Parker Garland and Katurah Stone, Mss., FF2192, Jones Memorial Library,
Lynchburg, VA; University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, Vol. II,
Appendix (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1904), p. 96; Marriage Register, Lynchburg, VA, Book 3, p. 14;
"Marriage of a Lynchburger," LynchburgVirginian, 15 February 1883, p. 3 col. 1; Obituary, Lynchburg
News, 27 March 1914, p. 6 col. 6.]
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KATHERINE LIGHTFOOT SLAUGHTER (1859-1948)
Katherine Lightfoot SLAUGHTER, daughter of Charles Rice SLAUGHTER and
Catherine Malvina GARLAND, was born 11 March 1859 in Lynchburg, Virginia. An
active member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lynchburg, she died 1 January 1948 and
was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
[Bible record of James Parker Garland and Katurah Stone, Mss., FF2192, Jones Memorial Library,
Lynchburg, VA; Obituary, Lynchburg News, 2 January 1948, p. 4 col. 1; Burial record, Diuguid Funeral
Home, Lynchburg, VA, Book 37, p. 80.]
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Title
Finding Aid to the Slaughter Family Collection
Subject
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Slaughter, Charles Rice
Description
Finding aid to the Slaughter Family Collection held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The collection includes account books, notebooks, letters, scrapbooks, and genealogical notes.
Creator
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Publisher
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Date
2024
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George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.), “Finding Aid to the Slaughter Family Collection,” Digital Collections, accessed April 28, 2024, https://digitaljones.omeka.net/items/show/679.