Nelson Payne (abt. 1795 - abt. 1864)

Descendants

Died about 1864 at about age 69 in Pike, Mississippi

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Nelson Payne served for Tennessee in the War of 1812
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Biography

Nelson's children with first wife, ____ Morgan (children's names extracted from Luke Conerly quoted below)

1. Wm. Mac Payne
2. Thomas W. Payne
3. Nelson R. Payne
4. Wm. Lafayette Payne
5. Ann Payne
6. Sarah C. Payne, (1824- 1909) who married John Kirby,(1821-1909)
7. Mary A. C. Payne, the wife of Jack Craft."

Children with second wife Jemima Owens

1. Albert G. C. Payne
2. Louis J. Payne
3. James B. Payne
4. Louisa Carr Payne, who married Ben Morgan;
5. Morgana Payne, who married Westley Sartin;
6. Laura J. Payne, who married Marion Branton;
7. Alice Payne, who married Jesse Harvey,
8. Rhoda Elizabeth Payne, who married Tom Harvey.

Background for Nelson Payne

HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI by Luke Ward Conerly

"Nelson Payne ran away from his parents in Tennessee and followed General Carroll’s command in their long march to New Orleans, and was with them in the battle of Chalmette. He was too young to be enlisted, but remained with the command until its return through Pike County, where he stopped and made it his home. He subsequently married a daughter of Benjamin Morgan, with whom he had the following children: Wm. Mac, Thomas W., Nelson R., Wm. Lafayette, Ann and S. C. Payne, who married John Kirby, who was the father of John H. Kirby, now known as the saw-mill king of Texas; also Mary A. C., the wife of Jack Craft."

Nelson Payne, being left a widower, he subsequently married Jemima Owens, with whom he had the following children: Albert G. C., Louis J. and J. B. Payne and L. C., who married Ben Morgan; Morgana, who married Westley Sartin; Laura J., who married Marion Branton; Alice, who married Jesse Harvey, and R. E., who married Tom Harvey.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI by Luke Ward Conerly page 86