Robert Peyton (abt. 1725 - 1795)

Born about 1725 in Prince William County, Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Guffey) Peyton — married 1754 in Prince William County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1795 at about age 70 in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee

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Biography

Robert Peyton married Ann Guffey in 1754. They had around 10 children. Robert died on January 5,^[1] 1795, in Tennessee.

Harold Davey, of the Peyton Society, posted the following on Robert's profile page in October 2012:

According to "The Peytons of Virginia II" (2004), Robert Peyton was born c. 1725 and died 5 June 1795, killed by Indians in a field of Mrs. Bledsoe, near Bledsoe's Lick. Ann Guffey was born c. 1725 Walkers' Creek, Rockbridge, VA.

Notes for ROBERT PEYTON:

On a trip to the Tennessee State Archives /Library in Nashville, the following information was found in the Sumner County section in a book titled "The Great Leap westward" by Walter T. Durham. It is a history of Sumner County from it's beginning to 1805. Robert Peyton settled on Bledsoe Creek in the late 1780's. The book says he joined other Revolutionary war veterans already living there. Robert was living at Station Camp when he was killed by indians in 1795.

According to the "Records of the Revolutionary War, Part II - Promises and Contracts" officers in particular were granted land warrants. On page 500 the record states "... Owing to all these difficulties, military warrants in large numbers have remained unlocated and Congress at different times have appropriated vast quantities of Western land to satisfy the demand, but so enormous has been the quantity required that up to 1844, 650,000 acres still remain unsatisfied and unallocated."

The Historic Blue Grass Line: A review of the history of Davidson and Sumner Counties, together with sketches of places and events along the route of the Nashville-Gallatin Interurban Railway Nashville-Gallatin Interurban Railway, Nashville, TN. 1913

Chapter Five - Part Two Incidents By The Way - Continued. From Mansker's Creek to Gallatin THE PEYTON FAMILY AND HOME- The first home on the north side of the pike after passing the entrance to Fairview is forever connected with pioneer and political history in Tennessee. John, Ephriam, and Thomas PEYTON were among the first who came and among the few more than seventy who stayed. John and Ephiam PEYTON were twin brothers. They served together in the Revolutionary War. Peyton's Creek, in Robertson County, indelibly associates their name with a fight near Kilgore's Station in 1782, in which several settlers were killed. Defeated Creek, near the line of Smith and Jackson Counties and Peyton's Creek in the same section indelibly associate their name with an attack led by Fool Warrior and sixty followers on the camps of John, Ephraim and Thomas PEYTON and several companions one night in February, 1786, when the ground was covered with a deep snow. The camp was on an island in Defeated Creek. All the members of the party were wounded except Ephraim PEYTON, and he sprained his ankle running through the creek. "In his naked and mangled condition they had to grope their way in crusted snow through a pitiless wilderness of cane-clad mountains alone (for no two ever came together) for four days, bare-headed, bare-footed, without food, fire or any garments, except a shirt and pantaloons, marking all the desert with their blood." But they all arrived safely at Bledsoe's Lick, a distance of about seventy miles by the circuitous route they came, recovered of their wounds and fought many more Indian battles. (Note- Tennessee Gazetteer, 1834; account given by John PEYTON to the Gazetteer Writer.) The name of PEYTON is also indelibly associated with the guerrilla warfare waged by the Indians around Bledsoe's Lick, as the following incident, vouchsafed by a member of the PEYTON family, will attest: "After the death of his wife in Virginia Robert PEYTON came to Tennessee to live with his son John PEYTON, whose home is now called "Peytona" but always called "Station Camp" while the PEYTON family owned it, being situated between the two creeks by that name. Robert PEYTON owned a great many cattle and told his son that he was going to "Bledsoe's Lick" next day to look for them. His son urged him to remain at home, saying it was dangerous to go, that the war had not ended and that the Indians were just waiting to surprise them, but the old man could not be dissuaded from his purpose. The next morning, June 7, 1795, Robert PEYTON went to the fort on the hill east of Bledsoe's Lick, left his horse and was counting the cattle at the spring when the Indians rushed upon him. He ran towards the fort; the men at the fort saw him, got their guns, attempted to rescue him, but were too late. He was found dead with a knife sticking in his neck - the last man killed by Indians in Sumner County." John PEYTON died in 1833. His two sons, Balie and Joseph H., represented this district in Congress- Balie as a Democrat in 1833, 1835 and Joseph H. as a Whig in 1843, re-elected in 1845 and died that year. Balie PEYTON purposely opened his campaign for Congress in the Defeated Creek section and made such use of his opportunity and talents that his opponent, although a popular and able veteran of the hustings went down. PEYTON removed to New Orleans, became a Whig - too much JACKSON; campaigned many States; was U. S. District Attorney; declined appointment as Secretary of War; rendered distinguished service in the Mexican War as Chief of Gen. WORTH'S Staff; Minister to Chile; in California for five years; returned to Station Camp in 1859; was Bell and Everett elector; spoke against secession at Gallatin, 1861, and was State Senator 1869-70. He died August 18, 1878. Station Camp was well known in its day and time among the lovers of the thoroughbred. It produced (among others) Fanny McAlister, Muggins, Satterlite, who ran successfully in England; Chickamaunga, Rosseau and Richelieu.

The Peyton/Jennings Family by Jay Guy Cisco From Historic Sumner County, Tennessee, 1909

From Peyton's Of Virginia, Volume Two, 2004, G Line pg 318 ^[2]

Descendants of Valentine Peyton (G Line)

Generation One

1. Captain Valentine1 Peyton (G); the son of Henry Peyton (B91 in the 1976 edition) and his wife, Anne unknown. He purchased several tracts of land on the Occoquan River, 1725-39, where he built a tobacco warehouse authorized bv the Virginia General Assembly in 1736; Member, House of Burgess 1736-40; Justice, 1738-43; Captain, Virginia Militia before 1745; Sheriff, Prince William Co., before 1749; he was born circa 1687 Westmoreland Co., VA; he married Frances Linton , daughter of Moses Linton and Margaret Unknown, circa 1718; he died 1 Oct 1751, Pr. William Co., VA.

Frances Linton was born circa 1700 VA.

Children of Captain Valentine1 Peyton (G) and Frances Linton were as follows:

• 2. i. Valentine2 Peyton (G-6).
• 3. ii. Robert Peyton (possible son of Capt. ValentinePeyton. See Robert Peyton (P Line) who m. Anne Guffey by 1765. (On July 13, 2013, Joan Allen merged the head of the P Line, Robert Peyton, with G-3 Robert Peyton. See page 621 POV II and this Peyton Book Additional Data for descendants of Robert Peyton.)
• + 4. iii. Eleanor Peyton (G-1), born circa 1720 nr. Strongpoint, Stafford Co., VA; married William Powell Jr.
• + 5. iv. Col. Henry Peyton (G-2), born circa 1725 Stafford Co., VA; married Ann Thornton; married Margaret Gallaher.
• + 6. v. John Peyton (G-4), born circa 1728 Pr. William Co., VA; married Seth Harrison.
• + 7. vi. Craven Peyton (G-5), born circa 1732 Aquila Creek, Stafford Co., VA; married Ann West.
• + 8. vii. Col. Francis Peyton (G-7), born circa 1733 Pr. William Co., VA; married Frances Dade.

From Peyton's Of Virginia, Volume Two, 2004, P Line pg 621 ^[3]

Joan Allen merged the P Line headed by Robert Peyton with G-3 Robert Peyton on 7/13/13

Descendants of Robert Peyton (P Line)

Generation One

1. Robert1 Peyton (P Line); Robert Peyton was most likely the son of Valentine and Frances (Linton) Peyton; he was buried near Bledsoe's Lick 8 miles above, Gallatin, TN; he was born circa 1725; he married Ann Guffey; he died 5 Jun 1795, killed by Indians in a field of Mrs. Bledsoe's, near Bledsoe's Lick.

Ann Guffey; Ann was the sister of Henry Guffy of Va. and Ky. She was born circa 1725 Walker's Creek, Rockbridge Co., VA.

Children of Robert1 Peyton (P Line) and Ann Guffey were as follows:

• + 2. i. John2 Peyton (P-1), born 27 Aug 1755 a twin, prob. Albemarle Co. which became Amherst Co., VA; married Margaret Hamilton.
• + 3. ii. Ephraim Peyton (P-2), born 27 Aug 1755 a twin, prob. Albemarle Co. which became Amherst Co., VA; married Elizabeth Jennings; married Lockhart Eagan.
• + 4. iii. Thomas Peyton (P-3), born between 1760 and 1770 VA; married Alia Gilbert.

Research Notes

It seems that two Ann Guffeys married two Peytons - one married Robert & one married Yelverton (see Yelverton's profile for more info). This Robert is from Amherst County (or, he was when this note was made) and the Ann Guffey he married is said to have been born in Rockbridge County. The Robert Peyton who married Ann Rush is from a different area (Prince William/Stafford county area).

Removed Sarah Randolph as his mother. According to available information, the Valentine Peyton who married Sarah Randolph did not have a son named Robert. (See profile Payton-679 for the Valentine who married Sarah.) Update July 16, 2016: Also removed Valentine as father (and proposed merge with Payton-679).

Sources

1. ↑ June 5?
2. ↑ Peyton's Of Virginia, Volume Two, 2004, With updates through 25 Oct 2016
3. ↑ Peyton's Of Virginia, Volume Two, 2004, With updates through 25 Oct 2016

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 4, 2015), "Record of Robert Peyton", Ancestor # A089994.
• * *Virginia Genealogies A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia : Also of the Families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and Others, of Virginia and Maryland By Horace Edwin Hayden · 1891 [1]

• • see also this DAR record

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