Perry Peyton

Perry Peyton

Perry Peyton (Bolivar County)

State House: 1884-1885

Born: c. 1852 in Mississippi

Served as Justice of the Peace. Listed with his parents on the 1870 and 1880 census in Bolivar County.

His grandson, Alva James Peyton (1923-2002), was a Yazoo County justice court judge honored by Governor Ronnie Musgrove in 2002.

Times-Picayune, January 5, 1884
Times-Picayune, January 5, 1884
Clarion-Ledger, January 26, 1884
Clarion-Ledger, January 26, 1884
Daily Mississippian, Feb 4, 1884

This page was last updated on January 9, 2026.