Benjamin William Payne

Abt 1817 - 1859  (~ 42 years)

• Name	Benjamin William Payne  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Abt 1817	Georgia   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jul 1859	Sabine County, Texas   [2, 4, 5]
  Buried	Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Mortality Schedule for 1860 Sabine County "Benjamin W. Payne, farmer, age 42, male born in Georgia, died July 1859 of drunkness, sick 42 days" No dates are inscribed on his tombstone. Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts, and son of B. W. Payne. He stated his father died in the early sixties. (Research): Census Listings: 1850 Census Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District Enumerated 11 and 12 Oct 1850 Stamped 316 87-87 Margaret Payne 62 F $400 NC Scott Ganntt 49 M Ga 88-88 Louisa Holoway and family 89-89 Benjamin W Payne 32 M Farmer Ga Ursa Ann Payne 27 F La Amanda Payne 5 F Tx Epps Payne 3 M Tx Sarah Agnes Payne 1 F Tx
  Person ID	I23251	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	John M. Payne,   b. 4 Mar 1784, North Carolina ,   d. 14 Oct 1848, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Margaret Rush Williams,   b. Abt 1788, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1857  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	21 Mar 1805	Georgia   [1]
  	He moved to Bibbs County, Georgia in the early 1800's and married Margaret Rush Williams on March 21, 1805 in Monticello. (San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, March 17, 2005, p 3)
  Family ID	F167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ursa Ann Roberts,   b. 20 Apr 1824, Louisiana ,   d. 18 Feb 1895  (Age 70 years)
  Married	Y  [6]
  	On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, they are shown as the grandparents of Mary Emma Cordray McGown, a daughter of their daughter, Mary "Molly" Payne and John Cordray. The transcription of the San Augustine City Cemetery also shows that John Randolph Cordray (1884-1968) was a son of John Cordray and Mary Payne. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DC-9JQ name: Mary Emma Mcgown event: Death event date: 15 Oct 1973 event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States gender: Female marital status: Widowed birth date: 07 Dec 1885 birthplace: Geneva, Texas father's name: John L Cordray mother's name: Mary Payne certificate number: 78696 film number: 2242914 digital folder number: 005145841 image number: 03277 Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Mary Emma Mcgown, 1973
  Children	1. Margaret Amanda Payne,   b. Abt 1845, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Epperson Duke Payne,   b. Abt 1847, Texas ,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1850  (Age ~ 3 years)   3. Sarah "Sallie" Agnes Payne,   b. Bef 1849, Texas ,   d. Bef 1895  (Age ~ 46 years)   4. Benjamin Rush Payne,   b. 2 Jul 1853, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 27 Feb 1939  (Age 85 years)   5. William E. Payne,   b. Abt 1855, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary "Mollie" E. Payne,   b. Nov 1859, Texas ,   d. 9 Apr 1921  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020
  Family ID	F7868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1817 - Georgia Died - Jul 1859 - Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.). [S1514] McCary, Mackie & Kay, Fussell, and Toole "Payne-Williams Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District Enumerated 11 and 12 Oct 1850 Stamped 316 89-89 (Reliability: 3). [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records". [S1985] . [S1985] Wife of B. W. Payne (Reliability: 3).