First Generation

1. James SLACK was born about 1797 in Kentucky. He appeared in the census in 1830 in Yazoo Co., MS.¹ He appeared in the census in 1860 in Rapides Parish, LA. He died about 1868 in Claiborne Parish, LA. He was buried about 1868 in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA.

James SLACK and Martha (Patsy) COYLE appeared in the census on Dec 9, 1850 in Bossier Parish, LA.² Martha (Patsy) COYLE (daughter of Hugh COYLE and Martha THOMPSON) was born in 1800. She was buried about 1853 in Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, LA. James SLACK and Martha (Patsy) COYLE had the following children:

+2	i.	John SLACK.
+3	ii.	Julia Ann SLACK.
+4	iii.	Reuben SLACK.
+5	iv.	Randolph SLACK.
+6	v.	Richard SLACK.
+7	vi.	Mary Ann (Polly) SLACK.
8	vii.	Gene Marion SLACK was born in 1838. He died in 1861 in Bossier Parish, LA.3
9	viii.	Martha SLACK was born in 1840. She died between 1860 and 1869 in Texas.4 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Rapides Parish, LA.

James SLACK and Mary Ann (Polly) WATKINS were married on Dec 19, 1857 in Bossier Parish, LA.⁵ Mary Ann (Polly) WATKINS died.