This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Andrews Slaten Slayton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wm.2ADEB/2784 Message Board Post: In an 1885 widow's pension request, Martha ANDREWS stated that she married John Slaten (or Slayton) in 1840 Franklin co AL, at the home of the justice of the peace, Esquire Howard. She further states that she and her family were in Limestone co AL in 1850 and 1855, and that her husband died in 1865. She states that he was born in 1795, but otherwise has no information about his first marriage and no soldier's names to back her claim for his war of 1812 service, other than that he served as a private in Col Stampfer's E TN militia. She further states that she lives between the road to Elkton and Poplar Hill, which is present-day Giles and Lincoln cos TN. Her app is filed in Bethel, Giles co TN, but she identifies her Limestone residence as Gilbertsboro She reports that she and John had these children, and her list is supported (for the most part) by census: Anderson age 35 in 1885 Mary age 35 in 1885 (twins?) Berel (Burrell) age 33 in 1885 Elisabeth 23 in 1885 Emily 25 in 1885 John age 27 in 1885 She gives no indication about any previous children John may have had. 1870 census for Limestone, township 1 range 5, shows: Slaton Martha b AL Cen Limestone 1818 f Slaton Tippy b AL Cen Limestone 1849 f Slaton Mary b AL Cen Limestone 1850 f Slaton John b AL Cen Limestone 1853 m Slaton Burrell b AL Cen Limestone 1855 m Slaton Elizabeth b ALCen Limestone 1857 f Slaton Emily b AL Cen Limestone 1860 f In 1880, she is living in Giles co TN, Dist 9, 175B, with a black family called Huston, and someone gave her information as b VA, father and mother b VA. She was awarded a pension payment from the Knoxville TN office. I am seeking any information about this couple, and there is a significant minefield in the fact that there was a CAPT JOHN SLATEN who also served in the E TN militia, under Col Booth, but who died ca 1819. Also, it appears that John & Martha's son John married a "Mattie," possibly another Martha. There was yet another John Slaten b 1826 SC who married Mary McCarley and is in the 1860 Limestone census. He is too "old" to be from John & Martha.