Charles A Slatton (1838 - 1885)

Born 14 Sep 1838 in Benton, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Fagin) Slatton — married 7 Apr 1857 in Polk County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1885 at age 47 in Greene County, Arkansas, USA

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Biography

Charles T. A. Slaten married Rebecah Fagan, 7 Apr 1857, in Polk County, Georgia. ^[1] The initial "T" is not seen again in any records cited here.

Eight children in evidence: Greene W, Alameda, Fanny, Samuel, Warren Davis "Dave", Robert E Lee, George, Harvey, and Alice Slatton.

He died in 1885 and is buried Finch Cemetery, Finch, Greene, Arkansas.

Research Notes

Benton County Alabama was renamed Calhoun County.

Family legend, food for thought

Any male descendant traced to Aaron Slatton might be expected to match yDNA from male descendants of George W. Slaton, who is suspected to be the head of an 1820 Monroe County Tennesee census which likely includes Aaron as a a contemporary young man (16-25 years old). ^[2] George W. descendants exhibit the same I-M253 haplogroup as other proven or conjectured descendants of George, John and Major Slaten ^[3]

At a meeting among genealogists in the Birmingham Alabama Southern History Collection (Tutwiler), a story was told that is a common explanation for what geneticist Bryan Sykes of Oxford Ancestors calls a "non-paternal event": a preacher travelling through north Arkansas scattered his seed among many women, including some unnamed "Fagan girls." This was supposedly well-known among Arkansas genealogists.

It should be noted that four men paper-traced to Aaron Slatton through two of his sons, Charles A. and John J., exhibit the haplogroup R-M269, and each of those sons married Fagan/Fagin sisters, Barsheba and Rebecca. This suggests two possibilities, one, that Aaron Slatton himself carried that haplotype to pass down, or two, that some of his paper-trail includes a male interloper whose issue were adopted as Slattons, possibly from consorting with two sisters who married two Slatton brothers. The second scenario would seem much more likely if any male paper-traced back to Aaron Slatton exhibited I-M253. Seemingly overturning the second scenario is that one paper-trailed descendant with R-M269 is traced not to Barsheba Fagan, but to a woman named Parlina, but this paper-trail is conjectural until actual marriage or other records can confirm that.

The Slaton Slatton Slayden DNA Project is in hope of finding or being contacted by more men whose yDNA might bolster either contention. Two of the four men appear in the public grid at the DNA Project link above.

Sources

1. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXVF-8QF : 7 February 2020), Charles T. A. Slaton and Rebech Fagan, 7 Apr 1857; citing Marriage, Polk, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 419,307.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-QZD : accessed 11 September 2020), George Slaton Jr, Pendleton, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 206, NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 120; FHL microfilm 162,023.
3. ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/sssfp-ydna/dna-results

• The 1850 US Census for Benton Co., Alabama shows Aaron Slatton age 47 M, born South Carolina, Adeline age 39 F, born South Carolina, Charles A. Slatton age 12 M, ( b. abt. 1838) born Alabama, and several other family members, cited at "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPR-8XY : Mon Jul 17 19:20:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Aaron Slatton and Adaline Slatton, Benton, Alabama.

• The 1860 US Census for Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama shows Charles Statton (Slatton) 21, Rebeca Statton (Slatton) 17, Green Statton (Slatton) 1."United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDH-PZ8 : 18 March 2020), Chalres Slatton, ranges 8 and 9, Calhoun, Alabama.

• The 1870 US Census for Greene Co., Arkansas shows Charles A Slatton b. abt 1839, Rebeca Slatton b. abt 1843, Greene Slatton b. abt 1860, Almeda J Slatton b. abt 1862, Samuel Slatton b. abt 1865, Warren D Slatton b. abt 1867, R E Lee Slatt

• The 1880 US census for Poland, Greene Co., Arkansas shows Charles Slattin age 41 (1839) born AL, Farmer, Father born SC, Mother born SC; wife Rebecca age 37 (1843) born AL, Keeping House, Father born GA, Mother born GA; daughter Fanny age 16 (1864) born AL, At Home, Father born AL, Mother born AL; son Davis age 13 (1867) born AR, Father born AL, Mother born AL; son George age 7 (1873), born AR, Father born AL, Mother born AL; son Harve age 4 (1876) born AR, Father born AL, Mother born AL; Daughter Alice age 1, born AR, Father born AL, Mother born AL. NA Film Number: T9-0045, Page Number: 273A (www.familysearch.org) Family History Library Number 1254045.

• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search (http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss) shows Slatton, Charles, Confederate Infantry 31st Regiment, Alabama Infantry. The record also shows an alternate name of Slatton, C.A. Both show rank as Private. Film No. M374 roll 41.