Slaughter Ranch Cemetery
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Slaughter Ranch Cemetery

Burnet County, Texas, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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The landmark of the Slaughter Ranch, S2 Brand. He dedicated the brand to he and his brother, George Webb Slaughter, father of C.C. Slaughter to whom he sold out his interest in a cattle herd up on the Brazos in 1850. This sale is probably what allowed him to buy the property from his father, William Webb Slaughter before his death in 1850. William Ransom Slaughter, born in TN. and raised in LA. and Sabine TX before 1830(7 yrs. old) moved here in 1852 (one of the oldest ranches in Burnet County). It covered this area and south for several miles to the Colorado River. A league and a labor deeded by The Republic of Texas August 6th, 1845 (4 months before Texas was Annexed)signed by Anson Jones, President. Family history says he sold the largest portion of the land (including Granite Mountain) for a trunk of confederate money (after the war ended). He had been kicked in the head by a mule and was bed ridden for several months before the sell took place. I read somewhere he sold the 4,000 plus acres (retained 600 acres)for $400.00 of what family history says was worthless money.
The landmark of the Slaughter Ranch, S2 Brand. He dedicated the brand to he and his brother, George Webb Slaughter, father of C.C. Slaughter to whom he sold out his interest in a cattle herd up on the Brazos in 1850. This sale is probably what allowed him to buy the property from his father, William Webb Slaughter before his death in 1850. William Ransom Slaughter, born in TN. and raised in LA. and Sabine TX before 1830(7 yrs. old) moved here in 1852 (one of the oldest ranches in Burnet County). It covered this area and south for several miles to the Colorado River. A league and a labor deeded by The Republic of Texas August 6th, 1845 (4 months before Texas was Annexed)signed by Anson Jones, President. Family history says he sold the largest portion of the land (including Granite Mountain) for a trunk of confederate money (after the war ended). He had been kicked in the head by a mule and was bed ridden for several months before the sell took place. I read somewhere he sold the 4,000 plus acres (retained 600 acres)for $400.00 of what family history says was worthless money.

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  • Added: 10 Jan 2012
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2433020