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Peyton A. Lyon (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

b. 1829-06-23 d. 1908-07-05

Logan County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of Harriet Lyon. Married to Sarah J. Bailey Lyon in Todd County, Kentucky, on February 1, 1854. Father of Emma Lyon and Elizabeth Lyon. Farmer in Logan County in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved individuals in Logan County in 1850. Farmer in Logan County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Logan County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Logan County in 1862. Farmer in Logan County in 1864.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 102B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 413.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 522.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 4.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Gordonsville, p. 359B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994056, Logan County Marriages.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Logan County, KY, February 1864.

"Peyton A. Lyon (1829-1908)," Find A Grave, Memorial #53569565, accessed October 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53569565.

KYR-0001-031-0054

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Lyon, Peyton A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200841 (November 12, 2026).

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