George Webb Slaughter

George Webb Slaughter (1811–1895) was an American Baptist minister, cattle breeder and drover, and rancher in Texas.

Born in Mississippi, he drove cattle to Kansas and Louisiana, from his ranch near Palo Pinto, Texas.

[1][2][3] His father, William Slaughter (1781-1851), was a farmer who had served in the War of 1812; and his mother was Nancy Moore.

[1] In this capacity, he delivered a message from Houston to William B. Travis at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.

[2] He served as a Baptist minister in Sabine County and other parts of East Texas until 1851.

Slaughter, he drove cattle from Palo Pinto, Texas to Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1867.