Luther M. Slacum

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther M Slacum
Age in 1860: 7
Birth Year: abt 1853
Birthplace: Northumberland
Home in 1860: Northumberland, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Wicomico Church
Household Members:
John S M Slacum 41
Margaret C Slacum 28
Georgianna Slacum 9
Luther M Slacum 7
Novella Slacum 5
Dan P J Slacum 15 [stepmother]

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther Slacum
Age in 1870: 17
Birth Year: abt 1853
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Browns Store
Household Members:
John Slacum 48
Margaret Slacum 37
Georganna Slacum 18
Luther Slacum 17
Novella Slacum 15

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther M Slocum
[Luther M Slacum]
Age: 44
Birth Date: Dec 1855
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Slocum
Marriage Year: 1884
Years Married: 16
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: View on Image
Household Members:
Luther M Slocum 44
Mary Slocum 39
John S Slocum 15
Luther A Slocum 7
William H Slocum 4
Marion V Slocum 1
Elizabeth Florence 69

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther M Slacum
Age in 1910: 54
Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: White Stone, Lancaster, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary B Slacum
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Household Members:
Luther M Slacum 54
Mary B Slacum 49
William H Slacum 14
Marion B Slacum 11
George L Slacum 7

Luther married Mary Florence. Mary was born Nov 1860, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

1. John S. Slacum was born Jun 1884, Northumerland Co. VA.
2. Luther Alfred Slacum was born 12 Mar 1893, Accomack Co. VA; died Mar 1969, Baltimore, Baltimore Co.MD.
3. William Henry Slacum was born 06 Dec 1895, Northumerland Co. VA.
4. Marian V. Slacum was born Nov 1898, Northumerland Co. VA.
5. George Slacum was born ca 1903, Northumerland or Lancaster Co. VA.

Notes:

More than likely he was from the Dorchester Co. MD area as there is a concentration of Slacums in that area.

Souce: Maryland Militia in the War of 1812 - Volume 1 (Eastern Shore Counties)p. 69
Dorchester County - 48th Regiment

Possible candidates:
George Slacum
George Slacum Jr
Samuel Slacom
Jobe Slacum
Marcellass Slacum/Marcilous Slacum

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1853 Fredericksburg, VA Wills
Collection WL-WH-N
Record ID 376-116

Decedent Ann Slacum
Devisee John Slacum; Mary Jane Wallace; James L. Slacum
Executor / trix James L. Slacum
Family Mary Jane Wallace, daughter of Ann Slacum
Family John Slacum & James L. Slacum, sons of Ann Slacum
Locality Fredericksburg
Witness Enoch E. Rollow; James Chiveral; William Layton

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John S M Slacum
Age in 1860: 41
Birth Year: abt 1819
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1860: Northumberland, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Wicomico Church
Value of real estate: $14,000; personal property $29,295
Household Members:
John S M Slacum 41
Margaret C Slacum 28
Georgianna Slacum 9
Luther M Slacum 7
Novella Slacum 5
Dan P J Slacum 15

Died:
Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
Name: John S M Slacum
Death Date: Sep 1870
Death Place: Northumberland County, Virginia
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Job Slacum
Mother Name: Margaret Slacum
Spouse Name: Margaret C. Slacum
FHL Film Number: 32712

John married Margaret C. Barrett 26 Oct 1847, Northumberland Co. VA. Margaret was born ca 1832, Northumerland Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret C Slacum
Age in 1860: 28
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Northumberland
Home in 1860: Northumberland, Virginia
Gender: Female
Post Office: Wicomico Church
Household Members:
John S M Slacum 41
Margaret C Slacum 28
Georgianna Slacum 9
Luther M Slacum 7
Novella Slacum 5
Dan P J Slacum 15

Notes:

Married:
Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850
Name: John S. M. Slacum
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Margaret C. Barrett
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 26 Oct 1847
County: Northumberland
State: Virginia

Notes:

COURT RECORDS

High Court Chancery Records - Dorchester County, Md
Case No.9549 Date: 1834
MCNAMARA, John S, dec
William MCNAMARA & Eliza his wife*
Job SLACUM & Ann his wife*
John HOOPER & Zipporah his wife*
Henry L MCNAMARA & Harriet his wife
Rhoda COWART
John HOOPER & Susan his wife
Arthur PRITCHETT & Sarah his wife
John STAPLEFORT
Harriet Ann BARNES*
(* Living outside of Maryland)

MILITARY RECORDS

Souce: Maryland Militia in the War of 1812 - Volume 1 (Eastern Shore Counties)p. 69
Dorchester County - 48th Regiment

Jobe Slacum

War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 about Jobe Slacum
Name: Jobe Slacum
Company: 48 REG'T (JONES') MARYLAND MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: SERGEANT
Rank - Discharge: SERGEANT
Roll Box: 191
Microfilm Publication: M602

Died:
based on information on court case Admr George H. Slocum [Slacum] Etc. vs. Ann Slocum [Slacum], 11 Dec 1848 Northumberland Co. VA.

Job married Ann McNamara 09 Nov 1812, Dorchester Co. MD. Ann (daughter of Col. John Stewart McNamara and Lavinia (Lovey) Lake) was born ca 1798, Dorchester Co. MD; died 18 May 1853, Fredericksburg, VA; was buried , Wicomico United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wicomico Church, Northumberland Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

High Court Chancery Records - Dorchester County, Md
Case No.9549 Date: 1834
MCNAMARA, John S, dec
William MCNAMARA & Eliza his wife*
Job SLACUM & Ann his wife*
John HOOPER & Zipporah his wife*
Henry L MCNAMARA & Harriet his wife
Rhoda COWART
John HOOPER & Susan his wife
Arthur PRITCHETT & Sarah his wife
John STAPLEFORT
Harriet Ann BARNES*
(* Living outside of Maryland)

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=slacum&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2866&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=94078307&df=all&

Inscription:
Dep. [arted] This Life May 18, 1853


Died:
1853 Fredericksburg, VA Wills
Collection WL-WH-N
Record ID 376-116

Decedent Ann Slacum
Devisee John Slacum; Mary Jane Wallace; James L. Slacum
Executor / trix James L. Slacum
Family Mary Jane Wallace, daughter of Ann Slacum
Family John Slacum & James L. Slacum, sons of Ann Slacum
Locality Fredericksburg
Witness Enoch E. Rollow; James Chiveral; William Layton

Notes:

Married:
DORCHESTER COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS.
McNamara, Ann M Job Slacum. 1812, Nov. 9. Dorchester. License Book No. 2, p. 8. Page 333.

Notes:

Source: History of Dorchester Co. MD, p. 346

"Gabriel Slacom (Slacombe) was an officer of the crew of
the Privateer "Sturdy Beggar," sailing under Letters of Marque, commissioned in 1776 and 1777. He was captured and imprisoned for several years in England; finally escaped to
France and reached his home after an absence of seven years, broken in health from serious wounds received at the time."

Source: The Short History of the Slocums Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, Dr. Charles Elihu Slocomb,1882, p. 577

"Capt. Gabriel Slocomb, Prizemaster of the American Privateer " Sturdy Beggar," of Maryland, was captured by the British during the Revolutionary War. He was committed to Forton Prison, England, 23 January, 1778, and effected his escape there- from 23 July, 1778.*

*The Privateer " Sturdy Beggar" captured four vessels of the British Leeward Island Fleet in the summer of 1777, and was in turn destroyed in the Delaware River later in that year. See The New England Historical and Genealogical /Reg-
ister for 1876, '77, 78, and '79."

Source: History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, genealogical and biographical, embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from A.D. 1637 to 1908, with their marriages and descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained, Dr, Charles Elihu Slocum, 1908, p.498

"Was Prizemaster of the American Privateer, Sturdy
Beggar, of Maryland. He was captured by the British, and
committed to Forton Prison, England, in 1778. He escaped
the same year. See Vol. I."

CENSUS RECORDS

1800 United States Federal Census
Name: Gaberiel Slaunn [Gabriel Slacum]
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Dorchester, Maryland
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Slaves: 15
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 21

LAND RECORDS

25 May 1800
Slacums Inclosure, Capt. Gabriel Slacum, 507 1/2 Acres

Birth:
Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
Name: Gabrill Slocum
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1740
Birth Place: Dorchester Parish, Dorchester, Maryland
Father's Name: Jobe Slocum
Mother's name: Mary
FHL Film Number: 13889

Gabriel married Catherine Boyne. Catherine (daughter of Dr. Boyne) was born ca 1764, Ireland; died Aft 1810, Dorchester Co. MD. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1810 Census
Name: Caten Slacum
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Dorchester, Maryland
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 7

Notes:

Served in the Revolutionary War.

DEATH

Easton Gazette July 26 1823
"Col. John S. McNamara on Tuesday 8th inst., at his residence in Dorchester Co., in the 68th year of his age, leaving a wife and 8 children."

High Court Chancery Records - Dorchester County, Md
Case No.9549 Date: 1834
MCNAMARA, John S, dec
William MCNAMARA & Eliza his wife*
Job SLACUM & Ann his wife*
John HOOPER & Zipporah his wife*
Henry L MCNAMARA & Harriet his wife
Rhoda COWART
John HOOPER & Susan his wife
Arthur PRITCHETT & Sarah his wife
John STAPLEFORT
Harriet Ann BARNES*
(* Living outside of Maryland)

Buried:
Grave location, tombstone photo and biographical information:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71749978

John married Lavinia (Lovey) Lake 21 Jan 1784, Dorchester Co. MD. Lavinia (daughter of Capt. Henry Lake, Jr. and Rhoda Jewett) was born 1766, Dorchester Co. MD; died 17 Nov 1843, Dorchester Co. MD; was buried , Denard Johnson Cemetery, Lakesville, Dorchester Co. MD. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source:"Side-lights on Maryland History: With Sketches of Early Maryland Families" by Hester Dorsey Richardson, page 185

"Captain Henry Lake, son of Henry Lake, Sr., was commissioned captain of a company of Dorchester County militia in 1776. Some years later he was appointed judge or justice of Dorchester County, and in the year 1797 the important office of High Sheriff of the county was bestowed on him. Captain Henry Lake married Rhoda Jewett in the year 1762 and had, among the other children, a handsome daughter named Lovey [Lavinia] -- a name suggestive of the winsomeness which, added to her high spirit, made her a great belle.

An interesting family tradition, in which Lovey was the heroine, tells of her defiantly resisting the attempt of a British soldier to take off her silver shoe buckles. It appears that the marauding party set fire to the Lake house to take revenge on the pretty Lovey, who, however, not only extinguished the fire, but made her escape through a back window, never stopping until she reached her father's company of soldiers, who put the British ruffians to flight, glad to escape in their boats without their fair prisoner. The mother of this daughter of the Revolution also suffered in the cause, receiving a bayonet wound in the arm while resisting the capture of her husband."

Buried:
Grave location and biographical Information:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119704860

Notes:

Married:
Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850
about John Stewart McNamara
Name: John Stewart McNamara
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1784
Spouse: Lovey Lake
Spouse gender: Male
State: Maryland
County: Dorchester