Stafford in Stafford County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
John Peyton of Stony Hill
Photographed by Evan Dwyer, February 22, 2025
1. John Peyton of Stony Hill Marker
During his lifetime, he was a magistrate for his county beginning in 1745 and served as representative in the House of Burgesses 1736-40 and 1757-58. His plantation home, Stony Hill, was located about two miles east of here in present-day Aquia Harbour and was destroyed during the Civil War. At the time of his death, he owned property in several counties as well as a second plantation, Tusculum, near Aquia Creek.
John was a member of the vestry of Aquia Church in 1757 when the present church building was completed. In the church, his name appears on a plaque recognizing this vestry. The Aquia Church property was a part of an original Peyton land grant that included Stony Hill.
At least five sons and sixteen grandsons of John and his brother Valentine were Patriots in the Colonies' struggle for independence in the Revolutionary War.
John Peyton died on May 18, 1760. He and his first wife, Anne (Waye) Young, and second wife, Elizabeth (Rowzee) Waller, were first buried at Stony Hill and in 1936 reinterred here in Aquia Cemetery.
This plaque provided by the Peyton Society of Virginia, May 18, 2024
Erected 2024 by Peyton Society of Virginia.
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Location. 38° 27.889′ N, 77° 24.193′ W. Marker is in Stafford, Virginia, in Stafford County. It is on Aquia Church Lane 0.1 miles east of Richmond Highway (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling north. Marker faces the parking lot just within the fence line at Aquia Episcopal Church's cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2938 Richmond Highway, Stafford VA 22554, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area, in Northern Virginia, and in the Piedmont. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fleurries (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Aquia Church (about 500 feet away); Historic Aquia Creek (approx. Ύ mile away); Peytons Ordinary (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Roman Catholic Settlement in Virginia (approx. 0.9 miles away); In the Name of Christ the King (approx. 0.9 miles away);
Photographed by Evan Dwyer, February 22, 2025
2. John Peyton Grave
The marker is on the back of the center gravestone.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 176 times since then and 102 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 9, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
