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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Slaughter. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Slaughter to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Slaughter, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Slaughter (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Slaughter. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Slaughter is historic, it would have been located within present day Sullivan County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sullivan County: Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Washington, Bristol City (VA), Scott (VA) & Washington (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Slaughter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slaughter:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Slaughter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Fordtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Colonial Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Beechwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Borden Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Kingsport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Colby ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Colby is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Cherokee Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Horace ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Blair Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Orebank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Watauga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Central
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pine Crest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Biltmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Elizabethton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gap Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Hunter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Siam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Hampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodby Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodby Hill is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
- Tolley Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tolley Town is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town
- Fish Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Jearoldstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Milburnton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Centersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Baileyton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Horse Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Afton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Tusculum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tusculum is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
- Bolton Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Willis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Kyles Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Rotherwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Block City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Green Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Mount Carmel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Church Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Frisco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Waycross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waycross is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
- Blossom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- New Canton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Butler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- High Health ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Whispering Pines
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Bumpus Cove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Unicoi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erwin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Banner Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Limestone Cove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Ernestville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ernestville is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
- Clear Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Flag Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Harmony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Gray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fall Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spurgeon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Locust Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Flourville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Ducktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Big Sandy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Bowmantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Green Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Mitchell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Richlands
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Bailey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Buladean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slaughter, see our County-by-County Page for Slaughter.
Cemeteries Near Slaughter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slaughter.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Slaughter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slaughter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Double Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Conklin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Copas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eastern Star Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Copas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wells Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hargis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Continue List (884 more) ...
- Steadman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Simmons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fulkerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Slaughter itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Slaughter, with the one closest to Slaughter listed first.
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Fordtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Harmony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Cloverbottom ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverbottom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverbottom
- Fall Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hemlock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Butterfly ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Butterfly is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Eden Ridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eden Ridge is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Ridge
- Harbour
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harbour is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour
- Lovelace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lovelace is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Keebler Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keebler Crossroads is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler Crossroads
- Samuel ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Samuel is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuel
- Kingsport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Slaughter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slaughter.
Newspapers Published in Slaughter ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slaughter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slaughter, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Slaughter.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Slaughter:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Hawkins County
- Johnson County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Mitchell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Slaughter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Slaughter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |