William Henry Harrison Slatton (abt. 1841 - 1864)

Born about 1841 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Helen Kesiah (Brown) Clark — married 31 Aug 1860 in DeKalb, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 11 May 1864 at about age 23 in Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

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Private Harrison Slatton served in the United States Civil War.
Mustered out: May 11, 1864
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Wheeler's Scouts, CSA (Hawkins') (Carter's) (1st Tennessee Mounted Scouts)(Confederate)

Biography

Harrison Slatton was a Tennessean.

This profile is part of the Slaton Name Study.

William Henry Harrison Slatton was born about 1840 to Wade Hampton Slatton and Charlotta. There is evidence that before Harrison's birth, his parents were in Campbell County, Tennessee, seen at John Slatton. The Slattons lived in Polk County, Tennessee during the early 1840s (which is likely where Harrison was born). ^[1] They were possibly in the same location in Bradley County ^[2] before the formation of Polk. Harrison would have been an infant when the 1842 school census was returned showing some (unnamed) children of Hampton Slatton. ^[3] Hampton and family moved to Dade County, Georgia by 1850. ^[4]

Harrison's mother Charlotte likely died before 1853, when his father married Elizabeth Sissum (surname likely from previous marriage) in DeKalb County, Alabama. Her surname is subject to a variety of spellings in records. ^[5] Note that a second family of half-siblings resulted from that marriage.

By 1860 Harrison and his parents were living in separate households in DeKalb County, Alabama, Harrison with the James Brown family. ^[6] He married Anna Helen Kizziah "Kizzie" Brown (James Brown's daughter) on August 31st of that year, and John Slatton (presumably his brother) served as the surety. ^[7]

Harrison and Kizzie gave birth to twin boys, William Delmarine (aka "Johns'on)" and Joseph Almerine (aka "Beauregard"), in June 1861, two months after the start of the Civil War. ^{[8] [9]} Harrison served as a private in Company D of Wheeler's Scouts, serving under Edwin Hawkins.These were "irregulars" who could be treated as spies or deserters if captured, because they observed and reported in civilian clothes, seldom riding or marching as a unit. A family story is that he was at home in DeKalb County for the impending birth of daughter Margaret Ann . He was captured ten days before her birth, on March 19th, 1864 and imprisoned at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio by April 2nd. He died of pneumonia on May 11th before he could fulfill his pledge to take the oath of allegiance. He is buried at grave #153 in Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Kizzie subsequently married Major Perel? Clark (his given names are somewhat unclear), with whom she produced another family and reared with her younger Slatton children. ^[13]

Research Notes

• Civil War family split - His brother Hiram also elected to serve in the Confederate army as a "scout" while three other brothers, John, Wade Hampton and George Wiley, served in the Union army as videttes, essentially the same function as scouts. Each brother's descendants appear in records variously as Slatton, Slatten, Slaten and some branches from the two sons of Harrison use Slayton. His half-siblings were too young to serve.

• Surname - frequently seen as Slatten. Some branches of his two son's families use Slayton, those of his siblings also use Slatton, Slaten and Slaton. Cousins and brothers are found with their families under non-matching surnames.

• Birthdate and place - Harrison was enumerated as 10 years old in the 1850 Census, suggesting a date of birth between 1839 and 1840. The 1860 Census, however, lists his age as 18, suggesting a birth year between 1841 and 1842. His father was paying taxes in Bradley County, Tennessee, almost certainly in what became Polk County.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch Household of Wade H. Slatton, Tennessee > Polk > Not Stated > image 20 of 43; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ The Ocoee District Land Grant Map, Range 2 East Fractional Township 2 North, accessed online at http://www.tngenweb.org/polk/0030.jpg on 19 May 2020.
3. ↑ Polk County, Tennessee, Common-School Census Returns, 29 September 1842, Reliance History Museum, Reliance, Tennessee, digitally copied by Clinton Slayton and in the possession of Wesley Miller (2020).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch Household of Hampton Slatton, Georgia > Dade > Dade county > image 25 of 63; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "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 .
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBZ-9SLK?cc=1473181&wc=7QN3-GGX%3A1589422203%2C1589422314%2C1589422221 : 24 March 2017), Alabama > DeKalb > Northern Division > image 24 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.).
7. ↑ DeKalb County, Alabama Marriages, Loose Papers, 1836-1886, Sk-Sma, file 5, box 4, William H. H. Slatten and Kissiah H. Brown marriage bond, license, and certificate, digital images accessed online at FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91X-YSLF-N?i=1729&cat=41225) on 31 August 2020.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 August 2020), memorial page for William Delmarine “Johns'on” Slatton (8 Jun 1861–18 Jul 1950), Find a Grave Memorial no. 47622005, citing Smiths Chapel Cemetery, Ider, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Clinton Slayton (contributor 46632769) .
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 August 2020), memorial page for Joseph Almerine “Beauregard” Slayton (8 Jun 1861–9 Oct 1939), Find a Grave Memorial no. 22844303, citing Tennessee Georgia Memorial Park, Rossville, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Clinton Slayton (contributor 46632769) .
10. ↑ Confederate military records; 1862-1864, Compiled records of Confederate Soldiers, W. H. H. Slatton Service Jacket, copy in the possession of Clinton Slayton.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 August 2020), memorial page for Pvt William Henry Harrison Slatten (1842–11 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial no. 47840988, citing Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Clinton Slayton (contributor 46632769) .
12. ↑ W. H. H. Slatten, Prisoner of War at Camp Chase, War Department Collection of Confederate Records, National Archives at Washington D.C., NARA film publication # M598, accessed online at Ancestry.com's "U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865" database on 05 February 2022.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6563-N5G?cc=1438024&wc=92KN-V86%3A518661001%2C519219201%2C519040701 : 22 May 2019), Alabama > DeKalb > Township 4 Range 10 > image 9 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).