A George Slaughter had a 300 acre patent on 28 JAN 1733 (OS). This land was noted as being adjacent to George Long and Matthew Castler who were Germans. This may indicate that George Slaughter was German, perhaps spelled Schlatter. The drift into the Slaughter spelling would be natural. Down at the Lutheran church in the Robinson River Valley, there were the following Schlat(t)er or Slature: Elisabeth, Georg, John, Margaretha, Maria, Rosina.  it is very likely that not all of the Slaughters in the Robinson River Valley were English. John john.blankenbaker@comcast.net