Zachery SLATON

                       This information came from research done by Nona Agnes Gay.

    There are many questions on this line and should be a challenge for the
    expert researcher.

    On one pedigree from Nona Agnes Gay the spelling is Slaton and on another
    pedigree it is Slayton.  In a third source there is a spelling of Slatin.
    I believe the Slayton is the least likely to be correct.

    There is some reason to believe that Sarah Isabella Slaton/Slatin's parents
    were not Zachariah Slaton/Slatin and Mary Ann Scoggins.  (See attached letter
    and Census records.)  From the ages on the Census records, Zachariah
    Slaton/Slatin and Mary Ann Scoggins may be grandparents instead of parents.
    Sarah Slatin (6 yrs.) is listed with Ellis Walls and Mary A in the 1850 Heard
    Co., Georgia, Census and a Sarah (15 years) is listed with Ellis Walls and Mary
    A. again in 1860.  She seems to have made the switch from Slatin to Walls
    within those 10 years.

    Questions to ask are, "Was Mary A. married to a Slatin/Slaton who died when
    Sarah was very small?  Was Ellis Walls Mary A.'s second husband?  Was Sarah an
    illegitimate child?"