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Peyton and his wife, Annie, built their log home on property that is now owned by Hugh Henry Lee, great grandson of Peyton. Of course this was wilderness country then and it is remembered that there was an abundance of dear, turkey and other wild game. They were listed as farmers on the census. As noted earlier, remnants of their home place still remain in the form of the Crape Myrtle bushes and the chinney mound. They lived here until very late in life. By then, their baby daughter, Helen Caroline (Callie) had married Benjamine Sones and they set up their home in what is now called Sones Chapel Community. Peyton and Annie moved to Sones Chapel to live with Helen Caroline late in life and died in Sones Chapel Community. They are buried on property now owned by Bill Owens in Sones Chapel Community. The graves are marked by headstones. There are also memorial markers placed in Sones Chapel Cemetary for them but they are not buried in the Sones Chapel Cemetary.
All of Peyton and Annie's known children were bom in North Carolina and moved here with their parents. They had 4 sons and 3 daughters. The first son, James, married Rebecca Jones. They raised their family here in Leetown. Their home was located just behind the old home of Roger and Debbie Lee. Washington married Emily Davis. They raised their two children on the Price Lee Place. Rogers married Maranda Jones, sister to James?s wife, Rebecca. They lived on what is now the Fetja Farm. He died young from yellow fever. Thomas married Elizabeth Sones, sister to Helen's husband, Benjamine. They raised their three girls near Nicholson. All four of these sons fought in the Civil War on the side of the South. They also had to
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