William M. Peyton Jr.

Name

William M. Peyton Jr.

Alternate Names

William M. Peyton
William N. Peyton
William Peyton
William Peyton Jr.

Race

White

Location

RR: Roanoke County
CC: Roanoke County

Occupation

Farmer

Record(s) Seen In

Birth Register - 1853-1885 - pp. 1-66

Death Register - 1853-1881

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 1-400

Roanoke County Slave Requisition Records

Cohabitation Records of 1866

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 401-810

Common Law Orders - E - June 1856 - November 1864 - pgs. 1-353

Page and Line Number

BR: PP. 15, L. 124-125; PP. 36, L. 20-21
DR: PP. 9, L. 37; PP. 16, L. 22
CLD: PP. 176; PP. 192
CC: PP. 2, L. 7; PP. 2, L. 39; PP. 3, L. 6; PP. 5, L. 30
CLD: PP. 564
CLE: PP. 275, 292

Date(s) Seen in Records

BR: June 1856; July 1856; June 1860; November 1860
DR: July 1856; February 1859
RR: January 5, 1863

People Enslaved

Moriah

Unrecorded Named Boy

Betty

Unrecorded Named Girl

Betty

Rachel

Green

Amelia

Albert

William

George Anderson

Miles Robinson

Maria Jeffers

Betsey Foster

William

Sarah

Additional Information

In Common Law Book D was the petition of William Peyton to place Albert in the county jail for safekeeping. Albert was described as being "of unsound mind."

In Common Law Book D, William, a man enslaved by William M. Peyton Jr. was listed as having had "committing a rape," against Sarah Collins, "a white woman." William was found to be not guilty.

William M. Peyton leaves thirty enslaved people to A. G. Read (trustee) in Common Law Book D.

Albert S. Read

In Common Law Book E, it is stated that Sarah, a woman enslaved by Peyton, was to be "taken charge of" by the overseer of Peyton's estate. She was described as "old and infirm," and the overseer would provide for her "maintenance and support."

In Common Law Book E, it is stated that William M. Peyton left "lot of negroes" to B. J. Tinsley.

Benjamin T. Tinsley