The Slayton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,069 people carried this name — #4,969 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 6,609 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

25 families named Slayton, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 158 people lived in those households, 6.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 9
Massachusetts 6
Vermont 3
Pennsylvania 3
South Carolina 3
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 262 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Slayton in American newspapers,
1898–1906.

Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Slayton
The Washington Herald 1906-10-13
Newspaper page from The National Tribune carrying the name Slayton
The National Tribune 1898-05-19
Newspaper page from The National Tribune carrying the name Slayton
The National Tribune 1898-01-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,417 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Slayton in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1970s.

90 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Slayton. The most, 24, date from the 1970s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 28
New South Wales 23
Victoria 18
Queensland 9
Tasmania 4
South Australia 3
Western Australia 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Slayton.

Who carried it

People named Slayton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John W. Slayton
    John W. Slayton 1863–1935
  • Deke Slayton
    Deke Slayton 1924–1993 · astronaut
  • Frank Slayton
    Frank Slayton 1932–2013 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Slayton,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States402 records

402 records of the Slayton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 243
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 78
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles Dewann Slayton

    Born 1950; from Huntington, New York. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1970 in Cambodia. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ora O. Slayton

    Born 1897 in Iowa. Enlisted 1942 at Spokane, Washington; miner from Idaho County, Idaho. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Frank Slayton

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Egypt from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 32; merchant.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 402 records for Slayton in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Slayton name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Lillie Slayton

    Died 1930; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Henry Hathway Slayton

    Died 1909; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James Kenneth Slayton

    Died 1909; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Slayton name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Helen Piercey Slayton

    Died 1919 in Stowell Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Mary Slayton

    Will registered in Tasmania in 1946.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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