William Bennett Payne

William Bennett Payne

Male Abt 1766 - Bef 1850  (~ 84 years)

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  • Name William Bennett Payne 
    Born Abt. 1766  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef. 1850  PROBABLY Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PAYNE/2007-03/1173237802

      "Helen Pilcher Hall:

      My ancestor, William Bennett Payne, was born about 1766 in Virginia and died before 1840. He married Ellen Coleman (b. 1770/1780), probably in Virginia . . . and died before 1850. Both probably died in Clay County, IN.
      . . . [William Bennett Payne & Ellen Coleman] had seven children:

      Benjamin Coleman Payne b. 1796
      William b. 1798
      Robert Henly Payne (1799-1874) d. Jackson, Clay County,IN
      George Payne b. 1800/1810 d. 1844 Clay County, IN
      Henry b. 1814
      Susan b. 1819 d. 1905 Boone County, IA
      Eliza (about whom I know nothing)"


      [Documentation of certain Payne families in Kentucky and Indiana:

      U.S. Census Shelby County, KY 7 Aug 1820: "John Payne (2), Jonathan Payne, Mary B. Payne, William Payne, Henry Payne."

      U.S. Census Spencer County, KY 1830: "Robert H. Payne, Daniel Payne, George Payne, William Payne, Shadrick Payne" {Spencer County had been formed January 1824 from Bullitt, Nelson, and Shelby Counties}.

      U.S. Census Clay County, IN 1840: "Benjamin C. Payne (Jackson), Daniel J. Payne (Lewis), Eleanor Payne (Jackson), George Payne (Jackson), Robert H. Payne (Jackson)."

      U.S. Census Clay County, IN 1850 (Payne households): Nancy (Stigler, Payne) Parker b. 1807 Kentucky, Daniel Payne b. 1791 Virginia, Benjamin Payne b. 1796 Virginia, Jesse Payne b. 1800 Unkn, Alexander Pane b. 1815 Iowa.]

      Helen Pilcher Hall, continued:

      "Sometime before 1820, William Payne, sold what land he had [in Virginia] and took his family (all but Benjamin Coleman Payne) over the Wilderness Trail to Bulls Gap, Hawkins County, TN, [instead of over the National Road from Cumberland, MD to Wheeling, now WV, on the Ohio River]; here they became acquainted with other settlers--the McCulloughs, the Stiglers, the Myers, the Whitecottens--with whom they intermarried. The Paynes moved after a time on to Kentucky and settled for awhile in [Spencer, later] Shelby and Bullitt Counties, KY. In 1831, they made the last leg of the journey [to Indiana]. Benjamin is believed to have joined them in Clay County, IN in 1831 [as evidenced by the deed shown below]."
    Person ID I39673  Complete
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2013 

    Family Eleanor Coleman 
    Married Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Eliza Payne
    +2. Benjamin Coleman Payne,   b. 16 Jul 1796, Prince William County, Virginia, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1886, Boone County, Iowa, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     3. William Payne,   b. Abt. 1798, Prince William County, Virginia, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Robert Henley Payne,   b. 17 Oct 1799, Prince William County, Virginia, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1874, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +5. George Payne,   b. Abt. 1800, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1844, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years)
     6. Henry Payne,   b. Abt. 1814, Prince William County, Virginia, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Susannah Martha Payne,   b. 06 Feb 1819, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1905, Boone County, Iowa, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 1 May 2012 
    Family ID F18043491  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt. 1766 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Bef. 1850 - PROBABLY Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - - Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    William Bennett Payne (1766-1840), Land Grant,  31 Dec 1831
    William Bennett Payne (1766-1840), Land Grant, 31 Dec 1831

    Eighty acres in Clay County, IN