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Benjamin William Payne

Male Abt 1817 - 1859  (~ 42 years)


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  • Name Benjamin William Payne  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Abt 1817  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death Jul 1859  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Burial Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1848, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Margaret Rush Williams,   b. Abt 1788, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1857 (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Marriage 21 Mar 1805  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1895 (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Epperson Duke Payne,   b. Abt 1847, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1 Jun 1850 (Age ~ 3 years)
     3. Sarah "Sallie" Agnes Payne,   b. Bef 1849, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1895 (Age ~ 46 years)
     4. Benjamin Rush Payne,   b. 2 Jul 1853, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1939 (Age 85 years)
     5. William E. Payne,   b. Abt 1855, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Mary "Mollie" E. Payne,   b. Nov 1859, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1921 (Age ~ 61 years)
    Family ID F7868  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1817 - Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Jul 1859 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.).

    2. [S1514] McCary, Mackie & Kay, Fussell, and Toole "Payne-Williams Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    3. [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).

    4. [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records".

    5. [S1985] .

    6. [S1985] Wife of B. W. Payne (Reliability: 3).