W. R. M. Slaughter Home

Duane's take

Here's my telling of what the official marker has to say about the W. R. M.

Slaughter Home in Titus County. Now settle in, because this little cabin has lived more lives than most folks ever dream of. It starts back in 1855, when a man named John Sharp put up a dog-trot log cabin.

You know the style, two rooms with an open breezeway running between them, catching the Texas breeze, letting the dogs trot through, hence the name. Simple, sturdy, built to last. And last it did.

Somebody came along later and added siding over those logs, giving the old place a fresh face while the bones underneath stayed true. Then in 1870, a man named Slaughter bought it. Now Slaughter was no ordinary neighbor moving in with a rocking chair and a hound dog.

This was a Confederate veteran, a county tax assessor, and a school teacher, all in one person. That is a man who had seen some of the world and decided he still had work to do in it. And work he did, right there in that dog-trot cabin.

Before 1900, the Greenhill community was coming to that very house to collect their mail. The W. R.

M. Slaughter Home was serving as the post office for Greenhill. Think about that.

Letters from distant family, news from the wider world, all passing through a log cabin that John Sharp had raised with an axe and hard work back in 1855. One building. One story.

And it's still standing to tell it.

What the marker says

Dog-trot log cabin, built 1855 by John Sharp. Siding later added. Bought 1870 by Slaughter, Confederate veteran, county tax assessor, school teacher. Prior to 1900, served as post office for Greenhill community. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.