Wade Hampton Slatton Jr (abt. 1846 - abt. 1888)

Born about 1846 in Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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Died about 31 Jan 1888 at about age 42 in Marion, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Hampton Slatton Jr was a Tennessean.

Private Hampton Slatton Jr served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 22 Sep 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 12th Tennessee Cavalry, Co G.

This profile is part of the Slaton Name Study.

Wade Hampton Slatton was born about 1846 or 1847 in Tennessee, probably in Bradley or Polk County. By 1850 the Slattons had moved across the Georgia state line to Dade County, where his father farmed on $250 worth of land. ^[1]

His father Hampton Sr. married Elizabeth Sisum in DeKalb County, Alabama in January 1853, suggesting that Hampton Jr.'s mother Charlotte, had died or separated, probably the former. ^[2] The Slattons were in DeKalb County in 1860, when Hampton was attending school with his like-aged step-brother George Sissum. ^[3]

Wade Hampton initially enlisted in the 1st Alabama and Tennessee Independent Vidette Cavalry, in Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee in 24 April, 1864, reporting age of 17 (1847) ^[4] Two brothers George Wiley and John were in the same unit. When this unit was mustered out 16 June 1864, he and his brother George Wiley enlisted in the 12th Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry on 22 Sept 1864 in Nashville Tennessee. Wade Hampton reported 18 years old (~1846), stood 5 feet 6 inches, with light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, born in Dade County, Georgia. It is assumed that he did not remember his birth in Tennessee, as was reported while he was in his parent's household, but remembered his boyhood in Dade.

Units of the 12th were posted to St. Louis, Missouri, and on June 12, 1865, to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Wade Hampton Slatton was on detached service in Louisville, Kentucky in Feb 1865, almost certainly passed through St. Louis, Missouri with the this unit, and he and brother George were charged with desertion from Fort Riley in Manhattan Kansas, 23 June 1865. ^[5] The family story is that he and his brother did not wish to be so far from home and family, and they would more likely be fighting Indians than rebels in Kansas. A letter in correspondence for his pension was seen at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library in Tennessee. This is not yet found online, but it is supported by three filed cards cited below. A swooping "p" hand-written within Hampton's name confused clerks, who issued a gravestone for "Hamilton" Slaton instead of Hampton Slatton. ^[6]

This misreading is reflected in the images of multiple cards at the Pension Office:
One dated 22 June 1892, shows "Hamilton Slatton, decd." ^[7]

One dated 8 Feb 1893, shows "Hamilton Slatton." ^[8]

Yet another dated 8 Feb 1893, shows "Wade H Slatton." ^[9] confirming the request for removal of "desertion" from his record.

His pension and his widow's application were granted ^{[10] [11]} referring to both Alabama Cavalry and Co G, 12th Regt, Tenn Cavalry. Both filed as Claim 375,864.

He married Mary Williams on April 11th, 1867, ^{[citation needed]} and in 1870 the couple were living with Mary's presumably widowed mother Nancy in Marion County, Tennessee. ^{[12] [13]}

Hampton died on January 31st, 1888, according to the bible shown in Research Notes shown below, and was buried in Red Hill Cemetery in Whitwell, Marion, Tennessee, under the names Hamilton Slaton, ^[14] but the stone is now almost completely effaced. Presumably, his widow and family accepted the government-issued gravestone as written, ^[6] despite the inaccuracy, because the widow was granted a pension under that name.

Research Notes

• Gravestone - Posted at memorial websites as it shows, reflecting what is on the marker. ^[14] But he was never known as "Hamilton Slaton." A swooping "p" hand-written within Hampton's name confused clerks, who filed pension index cards and headstone for "Hamilton" Slaton or Slatton instead of Hampton Slatton, as cited above.
  

• Birthdate - Hampton is listed as 4 and 13 years old in the 1850 and 1860 Censuses, respectively, suggesting a birth year about 1846.

• Surname - Records for this family appear as Slatton, Slatten, Slaton and Slaten.

A bible transcription was presented to Clinton Slayton during a meeting with Wade A. and Hobert Slatton (both listed in the bible below). Dates shown here in "modern" format and brackets added by Clinton Slayton to reflect names and relationships reported or implied but not all seen in this bible:

Slatton W H died 1888-01-31

Slatton Mary born 1842-08-05 died 1916-04-25 [mar Wade Hampton Slatton]

Slatton Mary [b] 1867-04-11

Slatton Nancy [b] 1868-01

Slatton Sarah [b] 1869-07

Slatton William S [b] 1870-11-17 [Sam'l?]

Slatton John F [b] 1873-04-02 [Franklin]

Slatton Sanson D [b] 1875-01-31 [sic-Sampson David]

Slatton James G [b] 1876-09-14 [Green]

Slatton Mary F [b] 1878-06-29

Slatton Charlotte [b] 1880-04-28

Slatton Thomas Arthur [b] 1882-04-26

Slatton Minnie [b] 1884-04-27

Slatton Arthur - Lizzie White 1905-03-23 [Thos Arthur Slatton mar Lizzie White]

Slatton Lizzie [died] 1905-11-03

Slatton Arthur - Mary Standifer 1917-01-27 [Thos Arthur Slatton mar Mary Standifer]

Slatton T A Jr-grandchild [b] 1919-12-08 [son of Thos A]

Slatton Wade A-grandchild [b] 1921-08-01 [son of Thos A]

Slatton Hobert-grandchild [b] 1925? 08-11 [son of Thos A]

This transcription is also published in a collection of Sequatchie Valley Bible records. ^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QZ9-FPB?cc=1401638&wc=95RX-Y47%3A1031315501%2C1031411301%2C1031411302 : 9 April 2016), Georgia > Dade > Dade county > image 25 of 63; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1M-LJMJ : 28 November 2018), Hampton Slatton and Elizabeth Sisum, 4 Jan 1853; citing DeKalb, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBZ-93WL?cc=1473181&wc=7QN3-GGX%3A1589422203%2C1589422314%2C1589422221 : 24 March 2017), Alabama > DeKalb > Northern Division > image 18 of 95; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ( https://www.fold3.com/image/259979060)
5. ↑ "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWTZ-45W : 4 December 2014), Wade H Slatton, 1864; from "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : 2010); citing military unit Misc Card Abstracts of Records, NARA microfilm publication M395 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1963), roll 201.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data-Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1845, 22 rolls); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C., link at "United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6HH-DW7 : 1 May 2020), Hamilton Slaton, .
7. ↑ "United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939X-XZYV-X?cc=1834308&wc=M6Y7-8NG%3A162665601 : 22 May 2014), Slat-Smin > Hamilton Slatton> image 181 of 2086; citing NARA microfilm publication M686 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ "United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939X-XZYD-T?cc=1834308&wc=M6Y7-8NG%3A162665601 : 22 May 2014), Slat-Smin > image 180 of 2086; citing NARA microfilm publication M686 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939X-XZY6-7?cc=1834308&wc=M6Y7-8NG%3A162665601 : 22 May 2014), Slat-Smin > image 189 of 2086; citing NARA microfilm publication M686 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDP-83S8 : 24 November 2020), Hamilton Slatton, 1887.
11. ↑ United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHH9-B3X : 24 March 2016), Hamilton Slatton, 1881.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-665Q-T9G?cc=1438024&wc=922Q-L28%3A518655501%2C518865401%2C519115403 : 14 June 2019), Tennessee > Marion > Civil District 03 > image 7 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBK-98C3?cc=1417683&wc=XH2F-929%3A1589414125%2C1589397674%2C1589400871%2C1589395538 : 24 December 2015), Tennessee > Marion > District 3 > ED 75 > image 2 of 19; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Find a Grave, database and images ((https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47603862/hamilton_(sic)-wade_hampton-slaton: accessed 12 October 2022), memorial page for Wade Hampton Slatton (1847–31 Jan 1888) as "Hamilton Slaton," Find a Grave Memorial no. 47603862, citing Red Hill Cemetery, Whitwell, Marion County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Clinton Slayton (contributor 46632769) .
15. ↑ Sequatchie Valley Bible Records', James L. Douthat, editor, Mountain Press, Signal Mountain, Tennessee, 1985, pp. 23, "Bible of M. H. and Mary Slatton (sic- W. H. and Mary Slatton), Now the bible of Arthur Slatton," accessed online at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/796241-sequatchie-valley-bible-records.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to a Findagrave photo volunteer Kristen 49808238 who took a good image of his gravestone.