Individual Details

Birth

Thomas Slayton, son of Arthur, was bound as a minor in a Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Court order in 1818.

Miscellaneous

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."

Census

Thomas Slayton was bound to John Noble in a Pittsylvania County, Virginia, orphans court proceeding on 8-17-1818.
Thomas 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 Noble shows a total of 12 free white persons, including a 10-15, a 16-18, and a 16-25 year-old free white male; however, the census record only includes 11 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 Thomas Slayton, who would be 12-23 years of age in 1820.