Eliza, daughter of Lucy

Location: the Lower Farm, Alleghany County, Virginia, Montgomery Hall, Augusta County, Virginia, and Staunton, Virginia

Eliza, daughter of Lucy, was appraised in 1847, $150.00. She was not sold at public auction at the Lower Farm on November 15, 1847 with the other enslaved men, women, and children living at John Howe Peyton’s farms in Alleghany County, Virginia after his death. Eliza was brought to Montgomery Hall in 1848. She was described as “an afflicted girl.”

Eliza had at least one sibling, a sister, Jane, who was brought to Montgomery Hall in 1847 with her son, Sam.

Eliza was owned by John Howe Peyton’s estate until 1862.

Eliza had a son, Charles, in late 1861 or early 1862. They were sold together in 1862, $1,000.00.

Eliza was hired out often for periods of time between 1848 and 1857:

1848: Eliza was hired out to the hospital with Margaret and Smith Thomas, John B. Breckinridge acting as agent for hire.

1849: Eliza was hired out to the hospital

1850: Eliza was hired out to R. G. Stratton

1851, 1852, and 1855: Eliza was hired out to T. R. Blackburn, agent for hospital hire

1855 and 1856: Eliza was hired out to the hospital

1856: Eliza was hired out to M. or W. Myers

1857: Eliza was hired out with Scipio