Anne Mercer Slaughter

Anne Slaughter and four other descendants of Monticello gatekeeper Eliza Tolliver Coleman were interviewed together in 1995. All live in the Washington, DC, area and work (or worked) in various departments of the federal government. They shared their memories of Eliza Coleman’s daughters Lucy Coleman Barnaby Page and Grace Coleman Harris and recalled summers spent at the Monticello gatehouse. Members of the extended Coleman family lived at Monticello for more than a century—far longer than any of the property’s owners. 

Ancestry

• Thomas Coleman

  ca. 1808–1888

• Thomas Coleman

  1845–post 1910

• Grace Coleman Harris

  1879–1947

• Anne Mercer Slaughter

Related People

• Eliza Tolliver Coleman - Great-grandmother
• Ereselle Mercer Brooke - Sister

Monticello's gatehouse during the Levy era, home of the Coleman-Henderson families. Special Collections, University of Virginia.

Interview Information

28 Apr. 1995, Mitchellsville, MD
Interviewees: Anne Slaughter, Ozella Harvey, Barbara Graves, Ereselle Brooke, Maxcine Sterling
Also present: Karen Branson-Butler, Jay Slaughter