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Vincent Peyton (Farmer, 1st Kentucky cavalry regiment)

b. 1834-02-22 d. 1921-01-22

Casey County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Valentine Peyton and Polly Portman Peyton. Second lieutenant and first lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from November 1, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, Rolling Fork Precinct, p. 14.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 6-7.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017463 Casey County Deaths, File #11827.

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Peyton, Vincent. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209551 (January 20, 2026).

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