William H. Payne

1816 - 1885  (68 years)

• Name	William H. Payne  [1, 2]
  Birth	15 Nov 1816	Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jun 1885	Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri   [1, 3]
  Burial	Shelbyville Ioof Cemetery, Shelby County, Missouri
  Notes	Married Mary Ferguson. He lived in Shelby Co. MO and is buried on old home place 5 mile NE of Shelbyville. Mary Ferguson born 3 Oct 1818 VA and died 21 Dec 1889. She had a brother Washington FERGUSON. William left his property to his sister, Sally Ann and his nephew Garland Gentry. Pattisons have a copy of probate settlement. Charles R. Strong and his daughter, Mary Pat Strong, while at the Shelbina Library came across many years of the land tax records for Shelby County from 1836 - 1863. The following information was found on these tax rolls: Year Owner Acres Section Township Range William H Payne 40 13 58 10 80 13 58 10 This family was not listed on the 1860 Ledger of Shelby slave owners. Charles and Mary Pat also located an Indenture made on 17 September 1870 between William H Payne and Mary J his wife of Shelby Co, Missouri and Levi F. Payne of Marion Co, Missouri for a parcel of land in Shelby County, to-wit: the North West 1/4 of the North East quarter of section 13 township 58 range ten coutain(?) 40 acres more or less. It was recorded on 27 January 1876. Finally, they located the following Will: FILE = SHELBY COUNTY # 4 Probated July 7, 1885 Will of William H Payne In the name of God amen. I, William H. Payne of the County of Shelby in the state of Missouri, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make publish and declare this to be my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills made by me. First, I desire that my funeral shall be conducted in a manner suitable to my means and position in life and that my body shall be buried at the Odd Fellows * * Cemetery in the city of Shelbyville. Second, I desire that my just debts shall be paid so soon as practical after my decease. Third, I desire that a monument shall be placed on my grave which shall cost not less than one hundred dollars and that such monument shall be erected within a reasonable time after my burial. Fourth, I desire that my wife Mary T. Payne shall have absolutely, our choice horse and cow and also our buggy and I desire that my said wife shall make her own selection of said horse and cow. Fifth, I desire that the ???? (looks like rest) residence and remainder of my personal property shall be sold and the proceeds shall be deposited in bank for the use and benefit of my wife Mary T Payne to be drawn out by her whenever she thinks that her necessities require it and after her death whatever is left of said sum deposited in bank as above directed shall be disposed of in such manner as she may have directed by will prior to her death, but in the event my my said wife should die without will then I desire that said sum so remaining in bank shall be distributed equally among the children of Richard H. Ferguson who is now deceased: this bequest of course being made subject to the payment of any debts. Sixth, I desire so soon as practical after my decease that forty-acres of my land in Shelby County, Missouri described as follows to wit: the Southwest fourth of the Southwest quarter of Section eighteen (18) Township fifty-eight (58) of Range nine (9) West be sold and the proceeds of said sale be deposited in bank for the use and benefit of my wife as aforesaid and to be disposed of in the same manner as the money arising from the sale of personal property and deposited in bank and is directed to be disposed of except that I desire that at least one hundred dollars of sad sum shall be used for the purpose of purchasing a monument to be erected at the grave of my wife after her decease and burial. Seventh, I desire that the ???? (looks like rest) residence and remainder of my real estate shall be used controlled and managed by my wife Mary T. Payne so long as she shall live and that she shall possess and enjoy all the rents and profits accruing from said real estate so long as she shall live and dispose of the same as to her may seem right and proper. Eighth, after the death of my wife, I desire that my real estate shall go to and that the title to the same shall be vested in Mary E. Wood, wife of John C Wood, provided she or her husband John C Wood or some one for them shall pay to the legaters hereinafter named within tne year after the deceased or my wife aforesaid the sum of one thousand dollars: but in the event said one thousand dollars is not paid as above directed then I desire that the real estate shall be sold and the proceeds be placed in the hands of a trustee appointed by the probate Court of Shelby County Missouri, who shall pay out of said proceeds first the one thousand dollars in specific legacies hereinafter named and then he shall pay to Mary E Wood yearly, the interest on said sum so left in his hands after paying said specific legacies so long as she lives and after her death, I desire that whatever sum is then remaining in the hands of said trustee shall be distributed equally among the children of the body of said Mary E Wood. Ninth, from my real estate on the proceeds arising from from the sale whereof I desire that my brother Levi Payne shall have the sum of four hundred dollars, I desire that my sister Sallie Ann Smith* shall have the sum of two hundred dollars, I desire that my niece Matilda Jane McKitchen shall have the sum of two hundred dollars and I desire that William Gentry son of James W. Gentry shall have the sum of two hundred dollars. Probate approved by probate court July 7, 1885 Actual copies of both pre-probate and probated will in possession of Charles R. Strong NOTES: * Sallie Ann Smith is Sarah Ann Payne Smith, William H Payne Jr's Sister * * This William H. Payne (see Brooke Payne's, The Paynes of Virginia p 292) is the son of William Payne and Sarah/Sally Hamilton (see p 289), he is the older brother of Thomas Hamilton Payne. Some person has confused the burial place of this William H. Payne with his father who is buried on the old home place-Payne-Jones Cemetery. This will is not in agreement with Brooke Payne's comments on p 292. The following cemetery information was located as well: ? Payne, William H. ? Son of William Payne ? Born: 1817 ? Died: June 18, 1885 Shelbyville IOOF Cemetery, Black Creek Township (He was 68 years 7 months and 3 days old **Nov. 15, 1816 would have been his birth date according to this information)
  Person ID	I4778	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William C. Payne,   b. 1788, Fairfax County, Virginia d. 5 Apr 1865, Shelby County, Missouri (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Sarah "Sally" Hamilton,   b. Abt 1790, Kentucky d. Aft 1870 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	17 Jan 1807	Bourbon County, Kentucky   [2, 4]
  Family ID	F156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary J. Ferguson,   b. 23 Oct 1813   d. 21 Dec 1893 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	No marriage record found in Marion County, MO. However, there was a marriage record found for William P. Payne to Mary Claggart on 7 November 1855 (B-181).
  Family ID	F2566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Nov 1816 - Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky Death - 18 Jun 1885 - Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri Burial - - Shelbyville IOOF Cemetery, Shelby County, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S272] Payne, Brooke THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA (Third Printing, C.J. Carrier Company, Harrisonburg, VA 1998). [S466] Wilham, Kathleen Genealogical Research and Publishing (2 Sharon Way, Shelbina MO 63468). [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence. [S250] Ancestral File, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [database online], (Ancestral File (found at www.familysearch.org) is a collection of genealogical information taken from Pedigree Charts and Family Group Records submitted to the Family History Department since 1978. The information has not been verified against any official records. Since the information in Ancestral File is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the file to verify its accuracy.).