Pleasant Slavey Biography

Pleasant was born 1823/1824 in Tennessee. He died 8 Mar 1862 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Pleasant married Susannah (Susan) Hill on 6 Mar 1846 in Fentress Co., Tennessee. Susannah was born about 1823 in Tennessee and she died 15 Oct 1897. Their marriage was performed by William Pile.

During the Civil War, Pleasant served in Union Army Company I, 12th Kentucky Infantry. He enrolled under the name Pleasant Slaven on 10 November 1861 and was mustered in on 30 Jan 1862 at Camp Clio, Kentucky. He subsequently died of typhoid fever contracted during Civil War service.

While there is not yet proof on the names of his parents, they were likely Richard Slavy and Susannah Mounts.

They had the following children:

Tax History of Susanna Slavey and the Descendants of Pleasant Slavey*

(* A work in progress)

This list was compiled by Lanny and Sharon Slavey

1866 Casey Co. Ky.

1867 Casey Co. Ky.

1868 Casey Co. Ky.

1869 Casey Co. Ky.

1870 Pulaski Co. Ky.

1871 Russell Co. Ky.

1872 Adair Co. Ky.

1872 Russell Co. Ky.

1873 Adair Co. Ky.

1873 Casey Co. Ky.

Russell Co. Ky.

1874 Adair Co. Ky.

1874 Pulaski Co. Ky.

1875 Casey Co. Ky.

1876

1877 Adair Co. Ky.

1878 Adair Co. Ky.

1879 Adair Co. Ky.

1880 Adair Co. Ky.

1881 Adair Co. Ky.

1882 Adair Co. Ky.

1883 Adair Co. Ky.

1884 Adair Co. Ky.

1885 Adair Co. Ky.

1886 Adair Co. Ky.

1887

1888 Adair Co. Ky.

1889 Adair Co. Ky.

1890 Adair Co. Ky.

1891 Adair Co. Ky.

1892 Adair Co. Ky.

Lanny's notes and observations:

While I am certain of last name spellings and other entries for most of the years, I will need to go back and check on some of the first bits of info I had gathered, for I did not know that this is where I was heading at that time. I still need as of this date, 7/26/97, to check Taylor, Clinton, and Mercer counties, as well as Russell after 1886, Casey after 1876, Adair after 1892 (if available), and there were 3 years of Russell Co. missing: 1876, 77, and 78.

Based upon this info, I firmly believe that the John F. Slavey who married Elizabeth Pittman in Pulaski Co., 6/7/1871, and then remarried to Mary Vickers, 10/15/1876, in Russell Co., is none other than Franklin Slavey. While I don't have the record for 1876, Russell Co., the fact that no other Slavey's are found there leads me to this conclusion. The ages given on the marriage certificates help confirm this theory. Furthermore, based upon similar reasoning, I believe the C.J. Slavey who was the bondsman for John F. Slavey's 1876 Russell Co. marriage is none other than Cannon Jeptha Slavey. While I haven't an age on C.J. to help in confirmation, the fact that we have been unable to locate another Slavey with the initials of C.J. helps give this idea further credence.More speculative is that the Mary mention in 1886 is Mary Vickers Slavey; John F.'s spouse.

Far more speculative is that Cannon Jeptha might be the Jeff(?) mentioned above. If Cannon was known as "Jeppie", it would explain that entry.

Likewise, I will speculate on the middle name of William at this time. Since his middle initial is given in several different types of records as either "C" or "S", then his middle name must have begun with a soft "C" sound'; as an example: Cephus.

This leaves me with three questions:

  1. Why two entries for a George in 1878?
  2. Who is Jesse Slavy in 1885?
  3. Who is Ellen Slavey?

This web page is maintained by Robert Slavey (descendant of: James Steven, Clarence Lewis, Noah David, William C., Pleasant)

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