Holland S. SLAWSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Ward 1, Union Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Police Jury Ward 1, Union Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Police Jury Ward 7, Union Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1940, Living in Union Parish, Louisiana

Notes:

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married Joseph Ford Albritton on March 8, 1891 in Union Parish, Louisiana.

Children:

Theodosia Mae "Docia" Albritton
Elvie Elizabeth Albritton
Jessie A. Albritton
Fanny P. Albritton
Mary Albritton
Cora Albritton
Sarah Albritton
Joseph Ford Albritton, Jr.
Irene Albritton

Holland Slawson's parents were Albert (also known as Abner or Ab) and Mary E. "Mollie" Thurston (Thornton) Slawson. Mary was his 3rd or 4th wife. She was born in GA or AL in Nov. 1844 and Albert ca. 1826 in AL. They were married on June 13, 1869 in Union Parish, LA. Albert's first wife was Sarah F. Perdue. They married in Lowndes Co., AL on Jan. 20, 1847. Albert's 2nd wife was Holland Lee Brantly. She was born ca. 1831 in AL & was the dau. of Martin Battle Lee. This Holland & Albert married between 1852 & 1860. She was the widow of a Mr. Brantly at the time. Albert Slawson's father was David L. Slawson. He was born in NC ca. 1795 & died ca. 1844 probably in Lowndes Co., AL. David was a War of 1812 soldier and a resident of Wake Co., NC at that point in time. His wife (the mother of Albert) was Eliza. After David's death, she married Lazarus Smith in Lowndes Co., AL on April 6, 1846. By 1860 this couple had moved to Union Parish, LA. Albert's 2nd wife's mother was Lavincy Albritton.

Holland married Joseph Ford ALBRITTON on 8 Mar 1891 in Union Parish, Louisiana. Joseph (son of George Washington ALBRITTON and Sarah Ann FOWLER) was born in Apr 1864 in Union Parish, Louisiana; died on 9 Aug 1934 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Taylor-Liberty Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Theodosia Mae ALBRITTON was born on 1 Aug 1893 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; died on 28 Nov 1960 in Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas; was buried in Taylor-Liberty Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana.
2. Elvie Elizabeth ALBRITTON was born on 7 Nov 1894 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; died on 4 Aug 1937; was buried in Taylor-Liberty Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana.
3. Jessie A. ALBRITTON was born in Apr 1895 in Louisiana; died on 29 Dec 1920 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Taylor-Liberty Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana.
4. Fannie Pearl ALBRITTON was born on 4 Aug 1903 in Union Parish, Louisiana; died on 14 Nov 1961 in Galenda Park, Harris Co., Texas; was buried in Grand View Memorial Park, Pasadena, Harris Co., Texas.
5. Mary ALBRITTON was born in Dec 1899 in Louisiana; died in 1928; was buried in Taylor-Liberty Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana.
6. Cora ALBRITTON was born on 6 Nov 1902 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; died on 26 Jan 1956 in Union Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Taylor-Liberty Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana.
7. Sarah ALBRITTON was born on 1 Oct 1904 in Louisiana; died on 30 Jul 1958 in Louisiana; was buried in Shady Grove Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana.
8. Joseph Ford ALBRITTON, Jr. was born on 14 Aug 1906 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; died in Aug 1962 in Monroe, Ouachite Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Taylor-Liberty Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana.
9. Irene ALBRITTON was born on 3 Nov 1911 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; died on 9 Feb 1916 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Taylor-Liberty Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Township 24, Ward 1, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1860, Living in Union Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1870, Living in Ward 1, Union Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1880, Living in 1st Ward, Union Parish, Louisiana

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Albert Slawson moved to Claiborne Parish Louisiana in the latter 1840s from Alabama, and he later followed relatives to the Bayou d'Loutre region east of Farmerville. He married in the latter 1850s to a widow, Holland Lee Brantley, and in 1860, they lived on the farm of her parents, Martin Batte Lee and Levincy Albritton Lee near the Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church, about six miles northeast of Farmerville.

Albert Slawson enlisted as a private in a cavalry company formed in late 1863 or early 1864 under Capt. Capers. It is unclear if he served in the 3rd or 5th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, but in December 1864 at Alexandria, Louisiana, he was transferred to Company C, 17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. Slawson served with his unit in the Pineville and Bayou Cotile areas for the remainder of the War. He received a parole on 9 June 1865.

Holland Lee Slawson died in 1864, and Albert remarried on 17 March 1868 to Mary J. Shaw. He remarried again on 11 June 1869 to Mary E. Thurston. Albert and Mary Slawson lived about eight miles east of Farmerville for the next three decades. In 1870, he worked at a steam sawmill, but in 1880, he farmed. According to Mary's application for a Confederate pension filed in 1903, about April 1895, Albert began to suffer severely from "complications of disease, neuralgia & heart troubles in fact don't know what was the matter with him - was in bed 2 months..." Albert Slawson died on his farm on Saturday, 29 June 1895 and was buried the next day in the "Taylor Church grave yard."

Gravesite Details
Unmarked grave.

Albert married Mary E. THURSTON on 13 Jun 1869 in Union Parish, Louisiana. Mary was born about 1845 in Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Ward 1, Union Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Ward 1, Union Parish, Louisiana