Farmer Battle Bloxton & Llewellyn English Setter.

Battle owned Llewellyn English Setters and, as a farmer in later life, he was famous up and down the East Coast as a dog trainer, especially for breaking dogs of killing chickens, etc. People from New York and New Jersey were always bringing their dogs down to him.

He owned the first car in Stafford, Virginia; he had a taxi service, owned a grocery store in Stafford, and also made and sold moonshine...an entrepreneur...

Question in 2002 from Henry A. R. Peyton, 16 Cavasin Drive East Lyme, Ct. 06333, 860-739-6431. "In 1937-1939, my father was stationed at the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren, VA. While there, I made the acquaintance of a very formidable King George farmer who rejoiced in the name of Battle Bloxton. Are you related?"

Mr. Peyton, who had his Llewellyn English Setter cured of killing chickens by Battle Bloxton, had this to say about him and that story:

Battle was a "big imposing man" who cured their setter, "Stevie" ("Stevens ben Nugen"), from killing chickens -- with Battle's "Not-killing-chickens 101" for dogs.

Battle held up a chicken and waved it in front of Stevie after the cure and the dog actually cringed at the sight of this chicken. Stevie went on to become a champion field dog (they are "noted" for NOT killing chickens!)

Battaille Gordon "Battle" Bloxton (1879 - 1961)

Battle's parents, James A. & Lizzie Bloxton:
1900 Census (14 Jun), Falmouth, SC, VA
JAMES BLOXTON (57) b. AUG 1842
Elizabeth H (55) b. MAR 1845 (married 32 years)
Ellen T (30) b."MAR 1870"
(born 14 MAR 1871, White Oak, SC, VA, to Jas. & Elizabeth Bloxton)
Peter "Alvin" (27) b. 01 MAY 1873 farm laborer
Elizabeth (24) b. JUNE 1875
Battle (20) b. OCT 1879
Susie (17) b. FEB 1883
GRANDSON:
Andrew Grayson (5) b. JUNE 1894
(Samuel Herndon Bloxton's son See 1910 census)

Henry A. R. Peyton on 1940 Census:
Age 16, born abt 1924
Birthplace Connecticut
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940:
Exp Mclean Springs Road
Jamestown,
James City, Virginia
Household Members Age
Head Mary W Craighill 72
Daughter Caroline B Craighill 37
Daughter Mary M Peyton 47
Granddaughter Mary M J Peyton 18
Grandson Henry A R Peyton 16

Henry A R Peyton was born on 1 January 1924, and on 11 April 2005 he registered to vote. He is (or was) living at 186 Jerry Browne Road, Mystic, Connecticut.

Henry is NOT Harlan A. Peyton, Class of 1944, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Battaille Gordon "Battle" Bloxton (1879 - 1961)

Battle's parents, James A. & Lizzie Bloxton:
1900 Census (14 Jun), Falmouth, SC, VA
JAMES BLOXTON (57) b. AUG 1842
Elizabeth H (55) b. MAR 1845 (married 32 years)
Ellen T (30) b."MAR 1870"
(born 14 MAR 1871, White Oak, SC, VA, to Jas. & Elizabeth Bloxton)
Peter "Alvin" (27) b. 01 MAY 1873 farm laborer
Elizabeth (24) b. JUNE 1875
Battle (20) b. OCT 1879
Susie (17) b. FEB 1883
GRANDSON:
Andrew Grayson (5) b. JUNE 1894
(Samuel Herndon Bloxton's son See 1910 census)

They had nine children:

X1. Samuel Herndon Bloxton, b. SEPT 1869, SC, VA, (d. pneumonia "24 yrs" 10 JAN 1896, SC, VA)
m. "Eliza Burchall" married "Samuel Bloxton" before news date 4 Jun 1892. Samuel & Eliza's son:
i. Andrew Bloxton, b. JUN 1894
2. Ellen T. Bloxton, b. 14 MAR 1870/1871,White Oak, SC, VA (still single, age 36, on 1910 census),
X3. Peter "Alvin" Bloxton, b. 01 MAY 1873, VA (farm laborer for parents, 1900 Falmouth census). "Alvin" died by news date 23 May 1910. Alvin, age 35, on 1910 Stafford, VA census with wife, Ollie, age 26, b. 1884 VA, m. 1908, and daughter, Olivia, no age given, b. VA, and one non-relative, Mary Minter (35) servant-cook. Buried in Bloxton Family Cemetery #2 on the old farmstead of Berryman Cox, War of 1812 survivor, also buried there, says his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Lou Silver.
1930 Census: Ollie V. Bloxton, age 46, widow, living with her father & mother: Brodie H. Procter, age 74, and Nannie B. Procter, age 68.
4. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bloxton, b. JUNE 1875 (age 24, still single on 1900 census)
X5. James Bloxton, b. 15 AUG 1876, SC, VA (d. pneumonia "19y 6m 20d" 7 MAR 1896, SC, VA, Samuel's wife was informant: ELIZA (Burchall) BLOXTON)
6. BATTLE "BATTAILLE" GORDON BLOXTON, b. OCT 1879 (gravestone: 10/15/1874 - 10/24/1961) m. ADDIE BELLE EMBREY BLOXTON (June 18, 1890 - August 7, 1946) Battle's kids:
i. Mattie Belle Bloxton, b. 17 Aug 1906; d. 17 Dec 1990, age 84 (MRS. RALPH ALLEN BRYANT)
ii. Elsie Gordon Bloxton, b. 02 Jul 1909; d. 27 Feb 1912 [1910 census, age 9 mos.]
iii. Margaret Mae "Maggie" Bloxton, b. 10 Oct 1911; d. 26 Jun 1962 [7 on 1920 census, Aquia, SC, VA], buried Ramoth Baptist Church Cemetery, SC, VA US Army m. Archie Wilbur Cooper abt 1933, b. 2 MAR 1912, SC, VA; d. 19 SEP 1985, SC, VA, WWII Sgt a) Sheila Belle Cooper, m. Mr. Alford
1) Daniel Lee Alford, b. 15 Oct
iv. Madeline Bloxton, b. 01 Dec 1913; d. 09 Jun 1985 [5 on 1920 census] m. Lyman Ashton Shackelford
v. Nelson Gordon Bloxton, b. 29 Feb 1916; d. 31 May 1988, age 72, & Nannie Blanche (Jett) (1924-2004) had:
1) Charles Gordon Bloxton (June 11, 1946-Nov 26, 1946)
vi. James "Jimmy" Edward Bloxton, b. 15 Oct 1918; d. 18 Dec 1990; m. Lelia W. Bloxton (1928-), Pvt. US ARMY WWII
[NOTE: Jimmy, Battle, and Sheila's son, Daniel Lee Alford, were all born on Oct 15]
vii. Thelma Virginia Bloxton, b. 19 Dec 1920; d. 10 Aug 1978
m. Alburn Davis Cooper
viii. Alvin Thomas Bloxton, b. 05 Dec 1923; d. 11 Nov 1969, Fredericksburg City, VA
ix. Ruth Wilson Bloxton, b. 28 Feb 1927; d. 16 Oct 1999
m. Mitchell Joseph Cooper a) Garry D. Cooper
[NOTE: Three BLOXTON sisters married three COOPER brothers, so Garry & Sheila have double first cousins. A joke that they have. Garry & Sheila have been working on family history for the last few years. They all grew up very close together.] BLOXTON-COOPER THREESOME COUPLES:
Margaret Mae Bloxton m. Archie Wilbur Cooper (Sheila's parents)
Thelma Virginia Bloxton m. Alburn Davis Cooper
Ruth Wilson Bloxton m. Mitchell Joseph Cooper (Garry's parents)
7. Susie Bloxton, b. FEB 1883 (age 17 on 1900 census)
Sadie Bloxton, age 18 (b. ca 1883), single, born and of Stafford Co., VA, daughter of Jas & Lizzie, m. 15 APR 1901 to Thos Bullock, farmer, aged 22, single, born (1879) & of SC, VA, son of J.W. & Ellen Bullock. (Stafford County, VA, Marriage Records, 1854-1927)
X8.
X9.

Battle owned Llewellyn English Setters and, as a farmer in later life, he was known for curing dogs of killing chickens. He owned the first car in Stafford, Virginia; he had a taxi service, owned a grocery store in Stafford, and also made and sold moonshine...an entrepreneur...

Question in 2002 from Henry A. R. Peyton, 16 Cavasin Drive East Lyme, Ct. 06333, 860-739-6431. "In 1937-1939, my father was stationed at the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren, VA. While there, I made the acquaintance of a very formidable King George farmer who rejoiced in the name of Battle Bloxton. Are you related?"

Mr. Peyton, who had his Llewellyn English Setter cured of killing chickens by Battle Bloxton, had this to say about him and that story:

Battle was a "big imposing man" who cured their setter, "Stevie" ("Stevens ben Nugen"), from killing chickens -- with Battle's "Not-killing-chickens 101" for dogs.

Battle held up a chicken and waved it in front of Stevie after the cure and the dog actually cringed at the sight of this chicken. Stevie went on to become a champion field dog (they are "noted" for NOT killing chickens!)

Henry A. R. Peyton on 1940 Census:
Age 16, born abt 1924
Birthplace Connecticut
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940:
Exp Mclean Springs Road
Jamestown,
James City, Virginia
Household Members Age
Head Mary W Craighill 72
Daughter Caroline B Craighill 37
Daughter Mary M Peyton 47
Granddaughter Mary M J Peyton 18
Grandson Henry A R Peyton 16

Henry A R Peyton was born on 1 January 1924, and on 11 April 2005 he registered to vote. He is (or was) living at 186 Jerry Browne Road, Mystic, Connecticut.

Henry is NOT Harlan A. Peyton, Class of 1944, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Battaille Gordon "Battle" Bloxton (1879 - 1961)

Battle's parents, James A. & Lizzie Bloxton:
1900 Census (14 Jun), Falmouth, SC, VA
JAMES BLOXTON (57) b. AUG 1842
Elizabeth H (55) b. MAR 1845 (married 32 years)
Ellen T (30) b."MAR 1870"
(born 14 MAR 1871, White Oak, SC, VA, to Jas. & Elizabeth Bloxton)
Peter "Alvin" (27) b. 01 MAY 1873 farm laborer
Elizabeth (24) b. JUNE 1875
Battle (20) b. OCT 1879
Susie (17) b. FEB 1883
GRANDSON:
Andrew Grayson (5) b. JUNE 1894
(Samuel Herndon Bloxton's son See 1910 census)

They had nine children:

X1. Samuel Herndon Bloxton, b. SEPT 1869, SC, VA, (d. pneumonia "24 yrs" 10 JAN 1896, SC, VA)
m. "Eliza Burchall" married "Samuel Bloxton" before news date 4 Jun 1892. Samuel & Eliza's son:
i. Andrew Bloxton, b. JUN 1894
2. Ellen T. Bloxton, b. 14 MAR 1870/1871,White Oak, SC, VA (still single, age 36, on 1910 census),
X3. Peter "Alvin" Bloxton, b. 01 MAY 1873, VA (farm laborer for parents, 1900 Falmouth census). "Alvin" died by news date 23 May 1910. Alvin, age 35, on 1910 Stafford, VA census with wife, Ollie, age 26, b. 1884 VA, m. 1908, and daughter, Olivia, no age given, b. VA, and one non-relative, Mary Minter (35) servant-cook. Buried in Bloxton Family Cemetery #2 on the old farmstead of Berryman Cox, War of 1812 survivor, also buried there, says his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Lou Silver.
1930 Census: Ollie V. Bloxton, age 46, widow, living with her father & mother: Brodie H. Procter, age 74, and Nannie B. Procter, age 68.
4. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bloxton, b. JUNE 1875 (age 24, still single on 1900 census)
X5. James Bloxton, b. 15 AUG 1876, SC, VA (d. pneumonia "19y 6m 20d" 7 MAR 1896, SC, VA, Samuel's wife was informant: ELIZA (Burchall) BLOXTON)
6. BATTLE "BATTAILLE" GORDON BLOXTON, b. OCT 1879 (gravestone: 10/15/1874 - 10/24/1961) m. ADDIE BELLE EMBREY BLOXTON (June 18, 1890 - August 7, 1946) Battle's kids:
i. Mattie Belle Bloxton, b. 17 Aug 1906; d. 17 Dec 1990, age 84 (MRS. RALPH ALLEN BRYANT)
ii. Elsie Gordon Bloxton, b. 02 Jul 1909; d. 27 Feb 1912 [1910 census, age 9 mos.]
iii. Margaret Mae "Maggie" Bloxton, b. 10 Oct 1911; d. 26 Jun 1962 [7 on 1920 census, Aquia, SC, VA], buried Ramoth Baptist Church Cemetery, SC, VA US Army m. Archie Wilbur Cooper abt 1933, b. 2 MAR 1912, SC, VA; d. 19 SEP 1985, SC, VA, WWII Sgt a) Sheila Belle Cooper, m. Mr. Alford
1) Daniel Lee Alford, b. 15 Oct
iv. Madeline Bloxton, b. 01 Dec 1913; d. 09 Jun 1985 [5 on 1920 census] m. Lyman Ashton Shackelford
v. Nelson Gordon Bloxton, b. 29 Feb 1916; d. 31 May 1988, age 72, & Nannie Blanche (Jett) (1924-2004) had:
1) Charles Gordon Bloxton (June 11, 1946-Nov 26, 1946)
vi. James "Jimmy" Edward Bloxton, b. 15 Oct 1918; d. 18 Dec 1990; m. Lelia W. Bloxton (1928-), Pvt. US ARMY WWII
[NOTE: Jimmy, Battle, and Sheila's son, Daniel Lee Alford, were all born on Oct 15]
vii. Thelma Virginia Bloxton, b. 19 Dec 1920; d. 10 Aug 1978
m. Alburn Davis Cooper
viii. Alvin Thomas Bloxton, b. 05 Dec 1923; d. 11 Nov 1969, Fredericksburg City, VA
ix. Ruth Wilson Bloxton, b. 28 Feb 1927; d. 16 Oct 1999
m. Mitchell Joseph Cooper a) Garry D. Cooper
[NOTE: Three BLOXTON sisters married three COOPER brothers, so Garry & Sheila have double first cousins. A joke that they have. Garry & Sheila have been working on family history for the last few years. They all grew up very close together.] BLOXTON-COOPER THREESOME COUPLES:
Margaret Mae Bloxton m. Archie Wilbur Cooper (Sheila's parents)
Thelma Virginia Bloxton m. Alburn Davis Cooper
Ruth Wilson Bloxton m. Mitchell Joseph Cooper (Garry's parents)
7. Susie Bloxton, b. FEB 1883 (age 17 on 1900 census)
Sadie Bloxton, age 18 (b. ca 1883), single, born and of Stafford Co., VA, daughter of Jas & Lizzie, m. 15 APR 1901 to Thos Bullock, farmer, aged 22, single, born (1879) & of SC, VA, son of J.W. & Ellen Bullock. (Stafford County, VA, Marriage Records, 1854-1927)
X8.
X9.

Battle owned Llewellyn English Setters and, as a farmer in later life, he was known for curing dogs of killing chickens. He owned the first car in Stafford, Virginia; he had a taxi service, owned a grocery store in Stafford, and also made and sold moonshine...an entrepreneur...

Question in 2002 from Henry A. R. Peyton, 16 Cavasin Drive East Lyme, Ct. 06333, 860-739-6431. "In 1937-1939, my father was stationed at the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren, VA. While there, I made the acquaintance of a very formidable King George farmer who rejoiced in the name of Battle Bloxton. Are you related?"

Mr. Peyton, who had his Llewellyn English Setter cured of killing chickens by Battle Bloxton, had this to say about him and that story:

Battle was a "big imposing man" who cured their setter, "Stevie" ("Stevens ben Nugen"), from killing chickens -- with Battle's "Not-killing-chickens 101" for dogs.

Battle held up a chicken and waved it in front of Stevie after the cure and the dog actually cringed at the sight of this chicken. Stevie went on to become a champion field dog (they are "noted" for NOT killing chickens!)

Henry A. R. Peyton on 1940 Census:
Age 16, born abt 1924
Birthplace Connecticut
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940:
Exp Mclean Springs Road
Jamestown,
James City, Virginia
Household Members Age
Head Mary W Craighill 72
Daughter Caroline B Craighill 37
Daughter Mary M Peyton 47
Granddaughter Mary M J Peyton 18
Grandson Henry A R Peyton 16

Henry A R Peyton was born on 1 January 1924, and on 11 April 2005 he registered to vote. He is (or was) living at 186 Jerry Browne Road, Mystic, Connecticut.

Henry is NOT Harlan A. Peyton, Class of 1944, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Free Lance-Star 8-19-1977
STAFFORD CO VA CIRCUIT CT:
EDWARD MAURICE EMBREY, Complainant VS
BATTLE BLOXTON, SC
ALVIN BLOXTON,
ADDIE BELL BLOXTON, SC
ELLEN BLOXTON EMBREY.
SAM, OLLIE, OLIVIA, ANDREW, ELIZA BLOXTON. JOHN DODSON; all of James Bloxton