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Peyton
L.
Anderson
Born in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Peyton Anderson
and Sarah S. (Jones) Anderson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 76
in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2013
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Biography
| Peyton Anderson participated on the side of the CSA during the US Civil War. Join: US Civil War Project Discuss: us_civil_war |
Virginia Partisan Rangers and Co. B, 6th Virginia Cavalry. Enlisted on 22 Apr 1861 and was mustered out on 8 Jan 1862. Noted as first Confederate soldier to shed his blood. Pistol shot through arm while on picket duty. Wounded on 27 May 1861 in Fairfax Virginia.
Peyton was born in 1837. He was the son of Peyton Anderson and Sallie Jones. He passed away in 1914, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Joe Willie Jones, Jan 27, 2013
- "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DL-9W9 : Thu Oct 05 22:25:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Peyton Anderson and Sarah E Anderson, 1850.
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X518-WP8 : 29 January 2020), Peyton Anderson, 1876.
- "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMNC-2TG : Sat Oct 07 00:25:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Peyton Anderson and Luemma Anderson, 1900.
- "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRQ-KV45 : 16 August 2019), Peyton Anderson, 12 Jan 1914; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Rappahannock, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Joe Willie Jones for starting this profile.
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DNA Connections
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peyton:
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he married "Louemma Miller in 1876" ... in 1927, his widow and many of his descendants attended an unveiling ceremony in Fairfax of a monument:
"Peyton Anderson of the Rappahannock Cavalry was severely wounded on picket duty 122 feet N.W. of this spot May 27, 1861.
"THE FIRST SOLDIER OF THE SOUTH TO SHED HIS BLOOD FOR THE CONFEDERACY"
(the monument has since been moved)