was the South District Association; Slaughter served as clerk at that body's annual meeting in 1808 and 1809, and later served as its moderator for nine years. In 1813, he helped found the Kentucky Bible Society. Following his term in the state House, Slaughter retired from politics and became an active lay minister of the Baptist faith. In 1829, he was appointed to the first board of trustees of Georgetown College, a Baptist college in Georgetown, Kentucky. He died on September 19, 1830, and was interred in his family's cemetery in Mercer County. References Bibliography Further reading External links Gabriel Slaughter at The Political Graveyard Kentucky Governors Historical Marker 1767 births 1830 deaths American colonels American militia officers Governors of Kentucky Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky Burials in Kentucky People from Kentucky in the War of 1812 Kentucky state senators Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Kentucky Democratic-Republicans Kentucky militia Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States Baptists from Kentucky Farmers from Virginia 19th-century Baptist ministers from the United States 19th-century American politicians