From: "Harold Rarden" Date: Friday, December 09, 2005 5:21 PM Capt. James Peyton received a land grant south of Green River and a 400 acre pioneer grant in Lincoln County Va. before he was placed in Nelson Co. after it became a county. He was a Captain of Militia of Botetout Co. Va. He was my sixth Gr. Grandfather and was the father of Ruthie Peyton, wife of James Thompson, Surveyor of Lincoln.