Mayoral History

William James Slatter, son of James Rice and Rebecca Estill Slatter, was born February 22, 1833 in Winchester. In 1856, William J. helped establish The Winchester Appeal. After a year, the editor sold out his interest to Slatter who changed the name to The Home Journal. During the war he enlisted in Peter Turney’s 1st Tennessee Infantry for one year. He then took his printing press to Newnan, Georgia where he published the Winchester Daily Bulletin. He re-enlisted in the Confederate Army and served until the end of the war. In 1865 he married America Sweptson Greenwood who died of consumption. They were the parents of one child who died young. Slatter again published The Home Journal and was Mayor of Winchester in 1866-1867 and 1869-1870. In 1871 he married Volumnia Roberta Barrow, niece of Horace Lawson Hunley who built the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley. William J. and Roberta were the parents of five children. He was elected President of the Tennessee Press Association and represented Franklin County in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1895 to 1897. He died at the Confederate Soldiers’ Home near Nashville on June 18, 1917 and was buried in the cemetery on the grounds.


		William James Slatter, son of James Rice and Rebecca Estill Slatter, was born February 22, 1833 in Winchester. In 1856, William J. helped establish The Winchester Appeal. After a year, the editor sold out his interest to Slatter who changed the name to The Home Journal. During the war he enlisted in Peter Turney’s 1st Tennessee Infantry for one year. He then took his printing press to Newnan, Georgia where he published the Winchester Daily Bulletin. He re-enlisted in the Confederate Army and served until the end of the war. In 1865 he married America Sweptson Greenwood who died of consumption. They were the parents of one child who died young. Slatter again published The Home Journal and was Mayor of Winchester in 1866-1867 and 1869-1870. In 1871 he married Volumnia Roberta Barrow, niece of Horace Lawson Hunley who built the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley. William J. and Roberta were the parents of five children. He was elected President of the Tennessee Press Association and represented Franklin County in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1895 to 1897. He died at the Confederate Soldiers’ Home near Nashville on June 18, 1917 and was buried in the cemetery on the grounds.
	Mayor William Slatter
	1866-1867 & 1869-1870