Researching John Slaughter
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1478 people with the Slaughter surname? In that year Slaughter was ranked number 2184 for popularity in the UK. |

The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Slaughter on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Slaughter and the Slaughter Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Slaughter Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Slaughter family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1624 people with the Slaughter surname in the UK? Slaughter is now ranked number 2597 for popularity in the UK. |
Slaughter Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called John Slaughter
John Horton Slaughter
right|200px|thumb|John Horton Slaughter with his shotgunJohn Horton Slaughter (October 2, 1841 – February 16, 1922), also known as Texas John Slaughter, was an American lawman, cowboy, poker player and rancher in the Southwestern United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After serving in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, Slaughter earned a reputation fighting hostile Indians and Mexican and American outlaws in the Arizona and New Mexico territories. In the latter half of his life, he lived at the San Bernardino Ranch, which is today a well-preserved National Historic Landmark in Cochise County in far southeastern Arizona. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Source: John Horton Slaughter, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Slaughter
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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