Individual Details

Birth

In Lawrence and Related Families, it is noted that the old Slayton Family Bible shows Sanford Gustavious Slayton was born on 11-1-1802.

Miscellaneous

The following court records show the court proceedings for Sanford Slayton, son of Arthur Slayton, during his minor years following the death of his father, and later actions involving the settlement of his mother Lucy Shelton Slayton's inheritance from her father Thomas Shelton..

On 17th of August 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Court Order Book 19 (1818-1819), page 136:
"It is ordered that the overseers of the poor do bind Sandford Slaton son of Arthur Slaton to Jno W Paxton also Thomas Slaton another son of the said Arthur Slayton to Jno Noble according to law."

On 15th of February 1819, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Court Order Book 19 (1818-1819), page 252:
"It is ordered that the overseer of the poor of this county do bind out Sandford Slayton to John Paxton according to law."

On 2nd of November 1829, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Court Order Book 28 (1829-1831), page 78, Sandford G Slayton vs Robert J Payne:
"Office judgment--set aside act and issue of this court."

On 1832, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Court Order Book 29 (1831-1832), page 179, Sandford Slayton vs Robert J Payne: "Continued."

On 1832, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Court Order Book 29 (1831-1832), page 252, Sandford G Slayton vs Robert J Payne:
"Continued."

On 3rd of March 1832, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Court Order Book 29 (1831-1832), page 344, Sandford G Slayton vs Robert J Payne:
"Plea waived and judgment by new summon--information according to special case with interest and costs."

Census

Sanford G. Slayton was bound to John W. Paxton in a Pittsylvania County, Virginia, orphans court proceeding on 8-17-1818.
Sanford is not included in his mother Lucy Slayton's 1820 census record for Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

The 1820 Pittsylvania County, Virginia, US Federal Census for John W. Paxton shows a total of 7 free white persons, including a 16-18 or 16-25 year-old free white male; however, the census record only includes 6 free white persons in the total count. I interpret this to mean one person was not considered to be actually free by virtue of their bound condition, and this person was Sanford G. Slayton, who would be c 18 years of age in 1820.

Marriage

In Lawrence and Related Families, it is noted that the old Slayton Family Bible shows Sanford Gustavious Slayton married Mary Annabell Clark on 7-18-1825.

Miscellaneous

Sanford G. Slayton purchased land in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee and remained there until the late 1830s. 
His mother Lucy and brother Hickmond joined him there.
None of them are on the 1840 Tennessee census.

Miscellaneous

Sanford G. Slayton was a gold and silversmith in Madison County, Tennessee, where he also was part owner of the Lafayette Inn.

Census

The 1830 Madison County, Tennessee, US Federal Census shows the Sanford G. Staton household as:
1 male <5
1 male 20-30
2 females <5
2 females 20-30

Note: One of the <5 and 20-30 females may be Hickman Slayton's child and wife. Hickman Slayton is listed in Guilford County, North Carolina with a younger male and another male his same age (20-29.)
Lucy Shelton Slayton is not found in the 1830 census. She may be living with a family member in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, while her sons are settling in Tennessee.

Miscellaneous

Sanford G. Slayton entered into the following land transactions while he lived in Madison County, Tennessee.

On 27th of February 1834, Madison County, Tennessee, Deed Book 3, page 483:
"On the 25th day of February 1834, Sanford G Slayton, grantor, sold to Ransen H Bryn, grantee of six acres of land near Jackson.
Filed 27th day of February 1834."

On 2nd of April 1834, Madison County, Tennessee Deed Book 3, page 503:
"On the 14th day of March 1834, Sanford G Slayton sold to James Moore, grantee two acres of land in Range 1, Township 9.
Filed 2nd day of April 1834."

On 2nd August 1834, Madison County, Tennessee Deed Book 3, page 545:
"On the 2nd of August 1834, Sanford G Slayton et al, grantors sold to Samuel Lancaster, grantee, 2 lots of land in Jackson.
Filed 2nd day of August 1834."

On 24th of May 1838, Madison County, Tennessee Deed Book 6, page 110:
"On 22nd of May 1838, Sanford G Slayton, grantor, sold to C R Jemerson, grantee two acres of land in Range 1, Section 9.
Filed 24th day of May 1838."

On 17th of July 1839, Madison County, Tennessee Deed Book 6, page 419:
"On 17th day of July 1839, Sanford Slayton, grantor sold to Selden Betts , grantee 25 acres of land in Range 2, Section 9, Division 9. Filed 17th day of July 1839."
On 11th of August 1839, Madison County, Tennessee Deed Book 6, page 466:
"On 11th day of August 1839, Sanford G Slayton, grantor, sold to Gideon Freeman, grantee 144 acres of land in Range 2, Section 9, and Division 9.
Filed 11th day of August 1839."

Miscellaneous

Sanford G. Slayton claimed his Texas Republic of Texas 3rd Class Land Certificate on acreage high on a hill overlooking the Cypress Bayou in the Red River District in the piney woods of East Texas, now near Jefferson, Marion County, Texas. He cleared land and built a house high on the hill. He cleared enough land so that from his plantation house he had a clear view of the Cypress bottoms two miles away.

Miscellaneous

Sanford G. Slayton had a cotton plantation after he moved to Texas.

Miscellaneous

On 12-28-1839, in Red River County, Sanford G. Slayton received a Republic of Texas land grant certificate #507 for 640 acres of land.
His name is on the list of the Republic of Texas Clerk Returns for Land Grants at Clarksville made by the Red River County Board of Land Commissioners on 12-30-1839.

Sanford G. Slayton claimed 314 acres of his land, located in Cass (now Marion) County, on 11-3-1845, in Clarksville, after having lived in Texas for the required at least three years.
The land, known as the S.G. Slayton Survey, was located on Big Cypress Creek, about 19 miles SW of Linden. The survey was made on 6-30-1847, with Charles E. and William Slayton, sons of Sanford G. Slayton serving as chainmen.
This land is the home place of Sanford G. Slayton and is now covered by the waters of Lake O' The Pines.

On 11-12-1851 Sanford G. Slayton claimed 320 acres of land in Upshur County, as the remainder of his 640 acre Republic of Texas land grant.
This land was 15 miles SW of Gilmer and one mile N of the Sabine River.

On 3-10-1858, Sanford G. Slayton released the unclaimed 6 acres of his 640 acre Republic of Texas land grant back to the state of Texas.

Miscellaneous

On 12-28-1839, John L. Clark, believed to be Sanford G. Slayton's brother-in-law, received a 320 acre Republic of Texas land grant certificate #508, in Red River County, at Clarksville.
His name is on the Republic of Texas Clerk Returns for Land Grants at Clarksville, made on 12-30-1839.

John L. Clark sold his 320 acre land grant to Sanford G. Slayton on 12-2-1844, for "a valuable consideration."
S.G. Slayton surveyed this land in Cass County, on 6-30-1847, next to his own land claim on the Big Cypress Creek, about 20 miles SW of Linden.

On 6-4-1850, Sanford G. Slayton bought 640 acres of land from John F. Ward in Grayson County, for $1000.
This land was in the Joseph Strickland Survey on the Red River, about two miles NW of Georgetown Station. As a part of the controversial Peter's Colony, this land appears to be part of the difficulties encountered by S.G. Slayton's estate administrator.
The Peter's Colony was the name given to a North Texas empresario grant made in 1841 by the Republic of Texas to twenty American and English investors led by William S. Peters, an English musician and businessman. The colony was primarily a business venture, but Peters may have envisioned the colony as providing new opportunities for the English industrial middle class.
The first contract established the boundaries of the colony as beginning on the Red River at the mouth of Big Mineral Creek, running south for sixty miles, then west for twenty-two miles, north to the Red River and then east with the river to the point of origin.
A second contract extended the boundaries of the colony forty miles southward. After failing to meet their quota of settlers, the company was given a six-month extension and the boundary was extended to enclose a ten-mile-wide strip on the west and a twelve-mile-wide strip on the east. Continued problems resulted in the original investors selling their interest in the venture, and the Republic of Texas complicated the issue by requiring new contracts for land empresarios. Changes in the colony boundaries and administration changes caused many land title complications, and, by the time S.G. Sanford bought his stake in the Peter's Colony, it was near the end of its existence.
It is not clear why S.G. Slayton chose to purchase this property.
The Peter's Colony land in Grayson County is not shown in the disposition of S.G. Slayton's estate, and he may have lost title to the land during the course of the Peter's Colony difficulties.

Census

The 1850 Marion (Cass) County, Texas US Federal Census shows the Sanford G. Slayton household as:
Sanford G. Slayton, age 40, Farmer, born in Virginia
Mary, age 44, born in Virginia.
William, age 15, born in Tennessee.
Virginia, age 10, born in Arkansas.
Charles, age 8, born in Texas.
Catherina, age 6, born in Texas.
Lucy, age 2, born in Texas.
Henry Slayton, age 10, born in Louisiana.
Robert, age 7, born in South Carolina.
The last two boys are children of Sanford G. Slayton's brother Hickmond and his wife Caroline, living with S.G. due to the early death of both of their parents.

Census

The 1860 US Federal Census for Marion County, Texas, shows the S.G. Slayton household as:
S.G. Slayton, 54, b. VA
Mary, 55, b. VA
Lucy, 84, b. VA
William, 25, b. TN
Virginia, 20, b. AR
Chas. E., 17, b. TX
Augusta, 15, b. TX
Lucy, 11, b. TX
Listed as a separate family living in the same household:
Amanda Slayton, 25, b. MO
Eugenia, 6, b. TX
Sanford, 4, b. TX
Laura E., 1, b. TX
Henry, 19, b. LA
Amanda is the wife of Thomas Slayton, deceased son of S.G. and Mary Slayton.
Eugenia, Sanford, and Laura are the children of Thomas and Amanda.
Henry, is S.G. Slayton's nephew, son of Hickmond and Caroline Slayton.

Miscellaneous

From Lawrence and Related Families:
"Probate records show that Sanford G. Slayton died on March____, 1868 leaving a great deal of property including 2l2 acres in Marion County (probably the Sanford G. Slayton Headright;) 320 acres in Upshur County, 1/2 of 400 acres in Red River County and the east half of a 613 acre survey in the name of W. H. ? Brogden, Grayson County, Texas.
His son, Charles E. Slayton of Ennis, Texas (I believe he
was a banker) was administrator of the estate.
Cows sold for $3.00 each and yearlings for $1.00 to $1.25."

Details from the Sanford G. Slayton estate records of Marion County, Texas:
Real Estate:
1. Upshur County: 320 acres appraised at $320 on 9-14-1868, and reported sold for $192 on the 6-15-1870, estate report. It was later discovered that S.G. Slayton had sold this property prior to his death, and the estate administrator removed the property from the estate settlement.
2. Red River County: 200 acres sold for $7.10 per acre as reported on the estate record of 6-15-1870, but this sale failed to be finalized. The property was actually sold at the courthouse steps on 4-15-1870, to William Slayton [probably S.G. Slayton's son] for $656 to be paid within 12 months.
The property was located on the Red River, 16-18 miles from Clarksville.
3. Marion County: 212 acres, described as "the old home place," was reported sold for $848 on the 6-15-1870, estate record.
4. Grayson County: 613 acres of the W.H. Brogden Survey was sold by S.G. Slayton on 6-6-1861, for $1500, to James P. Dumas, as recorded in the Grayson County records, Book O, page 21. The final payment of $750 was not paid to S.G. Slayton by the time of his death.
A court case was filed on 6-28-1869, to resolve the issue, as both parties were now deceased. The east half, 306.5 acres, was retained by the S.G. Slayton estate and the west half was awarded to the Dumas heirs.
This 306.5 acres is not shown as sold in the final S.G. Slayton estate inventory.
Also it is not clear if this is the same 640 acre tract S.G. Slayton bought in the Peter's Colony. The property descriptions appear to be different, but that could be due to confusion of land titles prevalent in the administration of that colony.
5. In December 1869, James H. Clark filed a case against the Slayton estate, claiming S.G. Slayton, on 9-27-1866, agreed to pay Clark, as his attorney, one-half the money and land recovered in a law suit against W.R. Quarles in Red River County. The court granted Clark's claim after the agreement by S.G. Slayton was produced. The final estate inventory did not indicate what land was given to Clark nor the amount of money he was paid.
6. The final estate inventory showed the sale or disposition of:
212 acres in Marion Co. (home place) $848
320 acres in Upshur Co. (sold by S.G. Slayton prior to his death)
c 200 acres in Red River Co. (sold to William Slayton) $656
7. From the Texas Land Grant records S.G. Slayton acquired 640 acres granted to him, purchased 320 acres from John L. Clark, and puchased 640 acres in the Peter's Colony, making a total of 1600 acres of land documented to be his property.
8. The sale of only 732 acres of land is shown in the S.G. Slayton estate final inventory, with no account of the 306.5 acres in Grayson Co. owned by the estate by virtue of a law suit brought by Charles E. Slayton, administrator.
With the exception of the 306.5 acres in Grayson Co., it must be assumed that S.G. Slayton disposed of the other acreage during his lifetime.
9. The final estate inventory filed on 1-19-1873, showed a total value of $1762, including $66 worth of personal property. The total estate debts were $1775.94, leaving a net value of -$13.94. There is no estate record showing if family members were paid any part of the estate.
10. After Charles E. Slayton made his final inventory and before the estate was declared final, an objection was filed on 2-26-1874, by James Dedains of Upshur Co. He was the husband of Eugenia Slayton (daughter of Thomas Slayton, S.G. Slayton's son.) Dedains was also the guardian of Eugenia's sister Ella Slayton, and he stated these grandchildren of S.G. Slayton had not received their share of his estate. Dedains also questioned the final account of real estate shown in the final inventory, claiming there were several other tracts of land that had not been reported. The estate records show that after several failed attempts to locate Charles E. Slayton, the court found him living in Ellis Co., Texas, on 5-7-1877, and reopened the estate. There are no records indicating the consequences of Dedains' claims. From the known land holdings of S.G. Slayton, it appears that there were real estate holding that were not resolved in the estate inventory, namely the 306.5 acres in Grayson Co.

Death

In Lawrence and Related Families, it is noted that the old Slayton Family Bible shows Sanford Gustavious Slayton died on 3-6-1868.

Burial

Sanford G. Slayton and his wife Mary Annabell were buried on their Marion County, Texas, land near Jefferson.

Miscellaneous

Sanford G. Slayton became the guardian of his brother Hickmond's children when both Hickmond and his wife Caroline died while their children were still young.