Slatten - Carter - Thompson Slighty edited (corrected) version of previous submission: Submitter: Clinton Slayton 19-C Lakeshore Dr Homewood AL Date of survey: Sunday, September 3, 2000 Locations: Woodford co KY, overlooking the Kentucky River valley and Bluegrass Parkway. Appears on TVA and Farm Bureau plat maps (private property, not accessible to the public, still used and maintained by the family) from Versailles from Woodford Historical Society Center to McGowan's Ferry Rd, several miles to Lillard's Ferry on right, several miles to Bowman Lane on right. No developed road to this yard. Slatten (husband and wife) William F Apr 25 1861 Oct 12, 1907 Virginia C Feb 15, 1861 Sept 23, 1935 Slatten (husband and wife) Ben F Mar 13, 1900 Feb 25, 1996 Myrtle Lee Robinson Apr 25, 1908 Mar 22, 1994 (Carters) Beauregard Carter 1859 - 1939 (infant markers) Ben Carter Ben Carter Jr Elmira (Thompsons) Jefferson Thompson Apr 17, 1868 Jan 18, 1935 Allie Thompson Oct 18, 1869 Nov 1, 1939 Carter Thompson Apr 16, 1892 Apr 4, 1914 descendants and records say William Franklin Slatten and Virginia"Jenny" Carter Slatten) Beauregard Carter was brother of Virginia (Carter) Slatten and Allie (Carter) Thompson. His ruined farmhouse is near the cemetery. Research by submitter Clinton Slayton suggests this lineage: John Slatton of NC/SC - 1st gen Capt John Slaton of Hawkins co TN -2nd gen John Slatton of Lee co VA, Owen co KY -3rd gen James Slatton of Harrison co KY - 4th William Franklin Slatten of Woodford co KY -5th Ben F Slatten of Woodford co KY -6th Five brothers served in the Union Army, acc to John H's obituarybut I count six. Adjutant General's report - Union (KY) William M : Co B , 6th KY Vol Cav Enrolled as Corporal, 1861 in Scott co KY, Captured, paroled Aug 1862, possibly released Tazewell TN, Sept 1862, no prison recorded. Raised from Corporal to Sergt [busted back down to private] B F Slatten, Co I, 1st reg, Capital Guards, enlisted Frankfort Aug 18, 1864, 6 mos duration James Slatten appears as orderly sergeant for 15th KY Inf (?), but also James Slatten Co B , 6th KY Volunteer Cavalry, enlisted Louisville Mar 10 1864. Madison Slatten Co K, 4th KY Vol Inf, enlisted Chattanooga, Jan 4, 1864, prisoner at Andersonville John Statten [sic], Co K, 4th KY Vol Inf, enlisted Louisville Apr 3, 1864 Thomas J Slatten, Co K, 4th KY Vol Inf, enlisted Camp Dick Robinson Oct 9, 1861 James Slatten was in the Harrison-Owen-Scott-Grant co KY area with at least two of his brothers, Madison "Matt," and John H, and possibly two more brothers, Ben F and Clarence (?). Burial places of the brothers still not located, though Matt is assumed to be buried in the area of Corinth or Stonewall KY. The Ben F in the graveyard is the grandson of James, nephew of older Ben F.