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James H. Peyton (Mercer County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon.)

b. 1822?

Mercer County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon. Kentucky native. Married to Lucinda E. Peyton. Father of Theresa Peyton, Anna Peyton, Harriett Peyton and William Peyton. School teacher in Ray County, Missouri in 1850. Physician in Mercer County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a surgeon from March 22, 1863, to February 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, Ray County, District 75, p. 307B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Salvisa, p. 804.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vigo County, Terre Haute Ward 1, p. 405A.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 270.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0110.

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Peyton, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204930 (November 12, 2026).

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