A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Slaughter, John
SLAUGHTER. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
John Slaughter entered the Navy 10 Aug. 1808; served, as Master’s Mate, in the boats of the Tuscan 16 at the capture of a piratical vessel off the island of Elba in 1815; passed his examination in 1817; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 July, 1830. His appointments have since been in succession – 24 Aug. 1832 to the Coast Guard – 15 June, 1838, to the command, which he retained until Jan. 1840, of the Lion Revenue cruizer – 26 Sept. in the latter year to the post of Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steamer – 7 March, 1843, again to the Coast Guard – and, 2 Jan. 1846, to another mail-steamer, in which he is at present employed.