Presley Ross Peyton (1828 - aft. 1869)

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Angel (Brooks) Peyton — married before 26 Nov 1866 in Shelby, Tennessee, USA

Died after May 1869 after age 40 in Shelby, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

P. Ross Peyton was the son of Craven Peyton (1794 KY - 1833) & Sarah Fleming Paine (1795 VA - 1853 Shelby, TN). Craven & Sarah's other issue include: Emily Peyton (m . George Y. Smith), William Peyton, Mary Chichester Peyton (m. Unknown Peacock), Craven Peyton, Jr., Dr. Thomas Fleming Peyton (m. Martha Custis Woolsey), Valentine Miner Peyton, & Volney H. Peyton.

Note for Dr. Thomas Peyton - "History in Memphis Street Names" Paul Cappock, pg 109 Peyton Street, near the junction of North Parkway, Jackson and Thomas, seems to be near the downtown area but it marks what was once the Peyton family farm. There a boy cut cordwood and hauled it to Memphis to sell for his medical school money. He became Dr. Thomas F. Peyton and may have been the Dr. Peyton mentioned by Mark Twain in connection with the fatal injury of his brother as "a fine and large hearted old physician of great reputation in the community." Letter from Martha (Mrs. D.S.) Peyton Branch, Millington, Tenn, May 1954.

Note for Martha Custis Woolsey Peyton - 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.

The Peyton families lived in the north & eastern areas of Shelby County. Many records of the them can be found in the "Memphis Room" of the Memphis & Shelby County Main library. Many of them were buried in the West Union Cemetery in Millington, TN.

The Peyton Society (2005) lists the family lineage back to Henry Peyton of Lincoln's Inn, London (1590-1656). Descendants of Presley Ross Peyton are eligible for membership in the Peyton Society of Virginia. Book - "PEYTONs Along the Aquia" by Edna Barney

Dr. Presley Ross Peyton m 1) Indiana Herodine Leake on 31 Jan 1854 in Shelby, & had 3 children: Ellen S. Peyton, India Leake Peyton who m. Jesse Boyce Read, & Sallie Peyton. (Indiana had 1) m. James Lenow in 1842; he died in 1850.) Indiana died before 1866.

Dr. Presley Ross Peyton m 2) Martha A. Brooks on 26 Nov 1866 in Shelby, TN & had 2 children: Walter R. Peyton & Dr. May L. Peyton. Presley Ross Peyton died shortly after their marriage & bef 1870; Martha lived with her family on the Brooks plantation with her 2 small children just after the Civil War.

His FAG- https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=153607485

1850 Shelby county, part of, Shelby, Tennessee, United States ^[1]

31 Jan 1854 Married (widow of John Lenow) Indiana H. (Leake) Lenow, Shelby County, TN (daughter of Richard Leake and fisrt wife) ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

1860 George Y. Smith et al. v. Presley R. Peyton, Shelby, Land and Title Dispute Additional plaintiffs: Emily F. Smith, Craven Peyton, Thomas Peacock, Mary C. Peacock, Thomas F. Peyton; estate of Craven Peyton, deceased; property dispute over slaves ^[6]

1862 Receipts for abandoned property, Original owner P R Peyton ^[7]

19 Jan 1866 Contract for labor to work his plantation ^[8]

Presley R Peyton Will and Probate Records

The following information is from the will and probate records of Presley R Peyton ^[9]

He died May 1869, Shelby County, TN

He was married twice

Children (ages on 1 Nov 1869)

Cildren with Indiana H. Leake

• Ella age 13 living in Shelby County, TN
• Indiana age 10 living in Arkansas
• Sallie age 9 living in Arkansas

Cildren with Martha A. Brooks

• Walter living in Shelby County, TN
• Mary living in Shelby County, TN

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6M-DVW : 12 April 2016), Presley R Peyton in household of Sarah F Peyton, Shelby county, part of, Shelby, Tennessee, United States; citing family 99, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHM-RYPD : 22 December 2016), Presley R Peyton and Indiana H Lemon, 31 Jan 1854; citing Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,148,777
3. ↑ Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002, Shelby 1820 - 1948
4. ↑ Will of Richard Leake
5. ↑ Marriage of James Lenow & Indiana Leake
6. ↑ Tennessee Supreme Court Cases, 1860 George Y. Smith et al. v. Presley R. Peyton, Shelby, Land and Title Dispute Additional plaintiffs: Emily F. Smith, Craven Peyton, Thomas Peacock, Mary C. Peacock, Thomas F. Peyton; estate of Craven Peyton, deceased; property dispute over slaves West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: 3 Box Number: 5
7. ↑ "United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q1-5VWL : 1 September 2016), P R Peyton, 1862
8. ↑ "United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records, 1865-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2W3-GLR1 : accessed 6 August 2017), P R Payton, 19 Jan 1866; citing Employment, Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication M999, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for Tennessee, 1865-1869 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 24; FHL microfilm 1,616,513.
9. ↑ [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9176/007643462_00008?pid=2313165 Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 for Presley R Peyton Shelby Loose Probate Papers, Folders 1090-2957, 1869]

• Peyton Society
• 1850 & 1860 Shelby, TN Census (P.R. Peyton)