Thomas (Slatton) Jean (abt. 1853)

Ancestors

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Biography

His parents are uncertain, as is his marriage and name! It would be pretentious to suggest that a "biography" applies to this entry, as it might represent more than one person. The entry is made in the hopes of a collaborative effort to provide citeable records (not copied family trees) to bolster the uncited research provided by an ancestor to Clinton Slayton while he was living in Alabama.

This Thomas Slatton appears in the household of Littleton and Angeline (Slatton) Jean, but with evidence at hand, there are numerous possibilities: he could be a child of that couple, but his birthdate predates their reported marriage date. Could he be among the last children by the aging Aaron (born abt 1805) and Adeline Slatton (born abt 1811)? He never appears in their household. Could they be the adopted children of Littleton and Angeline Jean from a previous liason of Angeline's? Could they be children of Angeline by an unknown Slatton father?

Using clues developed and traced by descendant Hazel Kidd Lawson, it appears that he might have adopted the surname Jean, and produced issue by a Mary New citation needed, including a giveaway given name Ezra, ^{[1] [2]} known from a earlier man of the same name in the family of Littleton and Angeline Jean. This younger Ezra K. named a son Littleton Vernon Jean, according to Hazel Kidd Lawson. ^{[3] [4]}

The fate of Thomas Slatton/Jean is unknown. he might have simply worked away from the family, deserted them, or passed away sometime before 1899. (In 1910 census already cited, a ten-year-old is reported with Mary.) He might have reverted to using Slatton surname, but in either case, he seems to vanish.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96C-6HR : accessed 24 September 2020), Mary Jean, Precincts 5, 9 Dismal, Crossroads, Winston, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 158, sheet 5B, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,044.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKWX-X4T : accessed 15 December 2020), Ezra K Jean in household of Mary E Jean, Dismal, Winston, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 136, sheet 7B, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 37; FHL microfilm 1,374,050.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3G6N-4MM : accessed 24 September 2020), Vernon Jean in household of E K Jean, Precinct 12, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 20A, line 1, family 395, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 52; FHL microfilm 2,339,787.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V15N-MB8 : 28 May 2020), L V Jean in household of Ezra K Jean, Election Precinct 12, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-20, sheet 25B, line 47, family 459, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 86.

• *Research of Hazel Kidd Lawson provided to Clinton Slayton.