Rayford Family
William Madison Peyton owned other members of the Rayford family, born in the Virginia counties of Bath, Augusta, and Roanoke, who were sold along with other enslaved men, women, and children in 1858 when Peyton sold “Elmwood.”
William Madison Peyton lived in Staunton, Virginia, in Bath County, Virginia, in Roanoke County, Virginia at “Elmwood,” now Elmwood Park, in Roanoke, Virginia, in New York, at “Alta Vista” in Albemarle County, Virginia, and also owned property in what is now West Virginia.