William M. Peyton | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Botetourt district | |
| In office December 7, 1838 – December 1, 1839 Serving with Thomas Shanks | |
| Preceded by | George W. Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Hannah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 4, 1804 Montgomery County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | February 16, 1868 (aged 63) Montgomery County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Thornrose cemetery, Staunton, Virginia |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse | Susan Taylor |
| Residence(s) | Roanoke, Virginia |
| Education | Princeton University Yale University |
| Occupation | attorney, politician |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
William Madison Peyton (September 4, 1804[1] – February 16, 1868) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and slave owner who began developing what would become the coal country of Virginia and West Virginia in the 1840s. Peyton sympathized with the Confederate States of America and died financially ruined shortly after the war's end.[2][3]
- ^ ancestry.com's claimed date, although the Memoir often cited herein disagrees.
- ^ Peyton, John Lewis (1873). Memoir of William Madison Peyton, of Roanoke: Together with Some of His Speeches in the House of Delegates of Virginia, and His Letters in Reference to Secession and the Threatened Civil War in the United States, Etc., Etc. London: John Wilson, Publisher.
- ^ The National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Volume 4. J. T. White Company. 1895. p. 89.