John M. Payne

1784 - 1848  (64 years)

• Name	John M. Payne  [1, 2]
  Birth	4 Mar 1784	North Carolina   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Oct 1848	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Burial	Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	A veteran of the war of 1812. He moved with his family to Texas sometime before 1835 and settled on land originally granted by the Spanish in 1794 to Juan Ignacio Perfirmo. After Texas Independence, John became a judge and the first justice of the peace in Sabine County. In 1837, President Sam Houston came to San Augustine and in a speech lauded the Payne family for their support and participation in the Texas Revolution. Payne served as a representative to the Third Congress of the Republic and with two of his sons, served on a committee to draft a resolution for annexation that met on March 31, 1845. (San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, March 17, 2005, p 3) f you want to see the lineage of the John M. Payne and Epperson Duke Payne line, go to Payne Family DNA Project, click on, then click on Results Chart of DNA Testing. This line is Lineage # 6, the Flayle Payne line. I am participant # 12585. I match DNA with this line, but I am a branch from it. Participants # 4677 and # 9667 are more closely related than I am. Kind Regards, William "Billy" C. Payne Author of "Flayl Payne of Maryland Descendants 1706 to 1986" tollard15@bellsouth.net The annotated transcription of the Payne-Williams cemetery in Sabine County indicates there are three separate markers at his gravesite. One is a military marker indicating he served in the Second Ga Militia, War of 1812, as well as being a Soldier in the Service of the Republic of Texas
  Person ID	I23247	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Margaret Rush Williams,   b. Abt 1788, North Carolina d. Abt 1857 (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	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)
  Children	1. Epperson Duke Payne,   b. Bef 1810, Georgia d. 8 Oct 1840 (Age ~ 30 years)   2. Teresa Payne,   b. Between 1811 and 1813, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   3. Emily Payne,   b. Between 1813 and 1815, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   4. Benjamin William Payne,   b. Abt 1817, Georgia d. Jul 1859, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 42 years)   5. Mary Rush Payne,   b. Between 1819 and 1823, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   6. John M. Payne,   b. Bef 1825, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 4 Mar 1784 - North Carolina Marriage - 21 Mar 1805 - Georgia Death - 14 Oct 1848 - 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/.