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James F. Peyton (Lincoln County, Kentucky, physician and soldier - Surgeon 11th Ky. Cav.)

b. 1840?

Lincoln County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Simon Peyton and Ann Peyton. Resident of Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1850. Physician in Lincoln County in 1861. Served in the 19th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and assistant surgeon from January 2, 1862 to March 26, 1863. Served in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a surgeon from August 20, 1863 to July 22, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 1, p. 274B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 110.

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

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 18.

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Peyton, James F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212851 (November 12, 2026).

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