Thomas Peyton 
Thomas was born on May 10th, 1823 in Mount Vernon, KY. Thomas' father was Craven Peyton and his mother was Sarah Fleming Payne. His paternal grandparents were William Peyton and Mary Ross; his maternal grandparents were Dennis Payne and Nancy Combs. He had three brothers named William, Craven and Presley Ross. He died at the age of 54 on February 14th, 1878 in Shelby, TN.General Notes
Thomas married Martha Custis Woolsey (1832 Brunswick County, Virginia – 1892 Shelby, TN) and lived in Shelby County. The 1860 Shelby, TN Census lists Thomas F., 37, b. in KY, Martha, 27, b. in VA, Emma, 4, b. in TN, James, 24, attorney, b. in VA, and Virginia, 20, b. in MS. By 1870 the children listed were: Emma, 12, Fanny, 9, Sally, 6, Anna, 4, and Ashby, 2. “During the Civil War when medicine was so scarce, Martha Woolsey Peyton slipped through the Yankee lines in Memphis to secure some badly needed quinine for her husband’s patients. She was able to get the medicine which she put in the hem of her petticoat but was caught by the Yankees and put in jail. Martha was forced to pledge allegiance to the U.S. Army before they would release her.”
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- b.1656 in of Aquia Creek Westmoreland Co, VA d.1728
- b.Oct 1686 in Westmoreland Co., VA d.01 Oct 1751 in Dettingen Parish, Prince William Co., VA
- b.1670 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1732 in Aquia Creek, Stafford, VA d.UNKNOWN
- b.1700 in VA d.< 1752
- b.1753 in Loudon Co., VA d.18 Aug 1811 in Bullitt Co., KY
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.20 Oct 1794 in Jefferson Co., KY d.1833
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.21 Nov 1769 in Loudoun Co., VA d.25 Dec 1841 in Hartford, Ohio Co., KY
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.10 May 1823 in Mount Vernon, KY d.14 Feb 1878 in Shelby, TN
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- b.1795 in VA d.1853 in Memphis
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Details of Thomas' family with Martha Custis Woolsey
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