Individual Details
Peyton Robert Justice
(1784 - Aug 1862)
Marriage/Family information found in Latter Day Saints Family History Center IGI Files and Family Pages.
Acts of the General Assembly or the Commonwealth of Kentucky, December Session, 1837 James Clark, Govenor Publish by Authority. Frankfort: A.G. Hodges-State Printer 1839:
Char, 688-AN ACT for the benefit of Peyton Justice, and for other purposes.
Whereas, it is represented to the present General Assembly, that a change in the State Road, around the farm of Peyton Justice, in the County of Pike, and State of Kentucky, would be of considerable advantage to said Justice, and of no disadvantage to the public---Therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That William Cecil, Richard P. Robinson, George Powel, and Thomas Owens, sen., be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, who, after first being duly sworn, shall view the proposed way for a change in said road, as well as the present road, and report to the next County Court thereafter, the conveniences or inconveniences that will result to the public in case said change shall be made, and if the County Court shall be of opinion, from said report, that the change will be of no disadvantage to the public, they may authorize said Justice to make said change: and whenever said Commissioners shall report to the said court that the road, as changed, is completed, and is as good as the present road, said court shall make an order upon their record establishing said road as a part of public highway.
Sec. 2. That the provisions of this act be extended to William M. Smith, of Floyd county, and that Henry B. Mayo, John Friend, Joseph Edwards, and Daniel D. Jones, be appointed Commissioners.
Approved February 1, 1838.
Civil War: Confederate Scouts were crossing the river where Russell Fork runs into the Levisa River, and someone shot at them from the hillside. They stopped at Peyton's house and found him sick in bed. When he could not tell them who fired the shot, they took him with them a few miles down the river to the mouth of Dry Fork. Here they killed him. Later a man was coming down the road and stopped to rest on a log. He found Peyton Justice's body. The Confederate soldiers were under the command of Nathaniel McClure Menifee, which had a ruthless reputation for killing innocent citizens, and was relieved of his command in early 1863. Mary Polly Blackburn-Justice had Menifee, and several men indited, but they never stood trial.
Story by Joe Slone passed down to his neice Viola Slone-Justice-Wright.
Cincinnati, Ohio Daily Commercial, August 28, 1862:
William Ford of Pike County informs the Sandy Valley Advocate that the Rebels visited the house of Mr. Lewis Sowerds, in that County and robbed the family of everything their house contained. They also arrested Mr. Peyton Justice, and Old man of 78 Years, and took him to the woods and shot him dead. The ball entered the back part of his head and came out of his forehead. His body was left lying where he was murdered.
According to the Coleman Family his son Greenville Justice and others were at a wedding in Logan County, (Va) W.Va. when the killing happened. They tried to take Peyton's horses, and other animals. He gave them a hard time so they arrested, and killed him.
Property worth $4,000 on 1860 Pike County, Kentucky Census 5 July, 1860.
Acts of the General Assembly or the Commonwealth of Kentucky, December Session, 1837 James Clark, Govenor Publish by Authority. Frankfort: A.G. Hodges-State Printer 1839:
Char, 688-AN ACT for the benefit of Peyton Justice, and for other purposes.
Whereas, it is represented to the present General Assembly, that a change in the State Road, around the farm of Peyton Justice, in the County of Pike, and State of Kentucky, would be of considerable advantage to said Justice, and of no disadvantage to the public---Therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That William Cecil, Richard P. Robinson, George Powel, and Thomas Owens, sen., be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, who, after first being duly sworn, shall view the proposed way for a change in said road, as well as the present road, and report to the next County Court thereafter, the conveniences or inconveniences that will result to the public in case said change shall be made, and if the County Court shall be of opinion, from said report, that the change will be of no disadvantage to the public, they may authorize said Justice to make said change: and whenever said Commissioners shall report to the said court that the road, as changed, is completed, and is as good as the present road, said court shall make an order upon their record establishing said road as a part of public highway.
Sec. 2. That the provisions of this act be extended to William M. Smith, of Floyd county, and that Henry B. Mayo, John Friend, Joseph Edwards, and Daniel D. Jones, be appointed Commissioners.
Approved February 1, 1838.
Civil War: Confederate Scouts were crossing the river where Russell Fork runs into the Levisa River, and someone shot at them from the hillside. They stopped at Peyton's house and found him sick in bed. When he could not tell them who fired the shot, they took him with them a few miles down the river to the mouth of Dry Fork. Here they killed him. Later a man was coming down the road and stopped to rest on a log. He found Peyton Justice's body. The Confederate soldiers were under the command of Nathaniel McClure Menifee, which had a ruthless reputation for killing innocent citizens, and was relieved of his command in early 1863. Mary Polly Blackburn-Justice had Menifee, and several men indited, but they never stood trial.
Story by Joe Slone passed down to his neice Viola Slone-Justice-Wright.
Cincinnati, Ohio Daily Commercial, August 28, 1862:
William Ford of Pike County informs the Sandy Valley Advocate that the Rebels visited the house of Mr. Lewis Sowerds, in that County and robbed the family of everything their house contained. They also arrested Mr. Peyton Justice, and Old man of 78 Years, and took him to the woods and shot him dead. The ball entered the back part of his head and came out of his forehead. His body was left lying where he was murdered.
According to the Coleman Family his son Greenville Justice and others were at a wedding in Logan County, (Va) W.Va. when the killing happened. They tried to take Peyton's horses, and other animals. He gave them a hard time so they arrested, and killed him.
Property worth $4,000 on 1860 Pike County, Kentucky Census 5 July, 1860.
Events
| Birth | 1784 | Pittsylvania, Va | |||
| Property | Mar 1813 | Inherited lower bottom land that his father William lived on, but the House went to his mother. | |||
| Marriage | 10 Jul 1814 | Shelby Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky - Mary Polly May | |||
| Divorce | 4 Nov 1816 | Floyd County, Kentucky - Mary Polly May | |||
| Marriage | 25 Dec 1818 | Pike County, Kentucky - Mary Polly Blackburn | |||
| Property | 1 Feb 1838 | Pike County, Kentucky | |||
| Census | Bet 1840 and 1860 | Head of Household Pike County, Kentucky. 1840 Census: 1 Male 10-15, 2 15-20, 1 Female under 5, 1 15- | |||
| Death | Aug 1862 | Pike County, Kentucky | |||
| Divorce | Mary Polly May | ||||
| Occupation | Plantation Owner | ||||
| AKA (Facts Pg) | Robert & Sr. |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Polly May (1797 - 1868) |
| Child | Elizabeth Justice-Hamilton (1816 - 1860) |
| Spouse | Mary Polly Blackburn (1794 - ) |
| Child | Hustin Justice (1815 - 1904) |
| Child | Archabald "Arch" Slone (1817 - 1870) |
| Child | Mary Elizabeth Justice (1819 - 1908) |
| Child | Polly Pop Justice (1821 - 1846) |
| Child | Sarah Sally Justice (1823 - 1850) |
| Child | Greenville Leander Justice (1825 - 1865) |
| Child | John Fleming "JF" Justice (1829 - 1864) |
| Child | William Apperson Justice (1832 - ) |
| Child | Pricy Justice (1834 - 1889) |
| Child | America Justice (1837 - 1917) |
| Child | James Apperson Justice (1839 - 1920) |
| Child | Jefferson David Justice (1840 - ) |
| Father | William Justice (1737 - 1813) |
| Mother | Margaret (Peggy) Johnson (1752 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah (Sally) Justice (1767 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Polly Justice (1767 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Simeon Turley Justice (1776 - 1860) |
| Sibling | George Justice (1778 - ) |
| Sibling | John Justice (1778 - 1850) |
| Sibling | William Justice (1779 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Ezra Israel Justice (1784 - 1821) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Justice (1785 - ) |
| Sibling | Polly Justice ( - ) |