Isaac Payne (abt. 1851 - 1904)

Born about Jul 1851 in near Muzquiz, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico

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Died 12 Jan 1904 at about age 52 in Muzquiz, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico

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Isaac Payne was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Isaac Payne migrated from Mexico to Texas.

Isaac Payne is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army October 7, 1871-1901
Trumpeter, Scout, Seminole Black Indian Scouts, 24th Infantry, Medal of Honor recipient

Isaac Payne (also known as Isaac Paine,)

Medal of Honor Recipient

Isaac Payne was a Black Seminole who served as a United States Army Indian Scout during the Indian Wars. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions when he "participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol".^[1]

Isaac Payne was born near Musquiz, Coahuila, Mexico, to Cesar Paine and Abbie Wilson in July 1851 (alternate date August 25, 1854) ^[2]

He was an African-American Seminole ^[3]. In 1849 and 1850, some of the "African-American Seminoles" (also called Maroon Seminole) migrated to Mexico, where slavery had been abolished since 1829 in order to escape American slave hunters. The Mexican government gave them land in exchange for service as scouts for the Mexican Army.

Isaac Payne grew up in Coahuila and immigrated to the United States of America in 1871. Payne enlisted as a trumpeter at Fort Duncan, Texas, on October 7, 1871. He married Julia Shields on April 29, 1874, and they had three children; Charles in 1876, Robert in 1877, and Ellen in 1880.

On April 5, 1875, an attack on a stagecoach prompted Lieutenant John Lapham Bullis]] (1841–1911) to take three African American Seminole scouts, Private Pompey Factor (1849–1928), Sergeant John Ward, and Trumpeter Isaac Payne, in pursuit of the attackers.

Bullis's choice to take only three scouts instead of a larger group of soldiers surprised his superiors. However, Bullis had served for some time with the Black Seminole scouts and knew their value as frontiersmen.

The four men tracked the attackers across West Texas until they were spotted crossing the Pecos River at Eagle Nest Crossing on April 26, 1875. Though outnumbered by ten to one, the four men decided the element of surprise was in their favor and attacked, hoping to stampede the Indians' herd of horses and capture them while dismounted. After 45 minutes of intense fighting Bullis ordered a retreat, but was thrown from his horse as the others mounted. The three scouts rescued Bullis and made a difficult and narrow escape to the Devil's River.

Bullis recommended all three scouts for the Medal of Honor, which Trumpeter Payne was issued on May 28, 1875.

Payne's Medal of Honor citation: The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Trumpeter Isaac Payne, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 26 April 1875, while serving with Indian Scouts, in action at Pecos River, Texas. With three other men, Trumpeter Payne participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol.

General Orders: Date of Issue: May 28, 1875

Action Date: April 26, 1875

Service: Army

Rank: Trumpeteer

Division: Indian Scouts (24th Infantry)

Military Service

Trumpeter Payne served in the Twenty-fourth Infantry of the United States Army from 1871 to February 28, 1876 and 1877 to 1901.

In 1873, he fought in the Remolino Raid in Mexico against the Lipan Apaches and Kickapoos near El Remolino, Coahuila, Mexico (about 40 miles from the border).

He served again with Mackenzie during the Red River War of 1874, which was directed against Comanches, Kiowas, and Southern Cheyennes in the Texas Panhandle. The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, and the battles at Devils River, Lake Quemado, Zaragosa in Mexico, and the Big Bend among many smaller engagements.

Isaac Payne was involved in a New Year's Eve incident in which fugitives Adam Payne and Frank Enoch were killed. Payne himself was a fugitive at the time, accused of stealing Deputy Caesar Windus's horse. After a period of time in hiding, the charges were dropped and Payne returned to the Army without incurring any penalties for his time on the run. He was discharged from the Army at Fort Ringgold, Texas, on January 21, 1901. Isaac Payne returned home to Mexico and died in Musquiz on January 14, 1904. He is buried in the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery in Brackettville, Texas.

United States Census, 1880, Brackettville, Kinney, Texas, United States

Name Isaac Payne

Gender Male

Age 23

Marital Status Married

Race Black

Race (Original) B

Occupation: Scout

Relationship to Head of Household Self

Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self

Birth Year (Estimated) 1857

Birthplace Mexico

Father's Birthplace Florida, United States

Mother's Birthplace Arkansas, United States

United States Census, 1900, Fort Ringgold Hospital Corps, Starr, Texas, United States

Name: Isaac Payne

Gender: Male

Age: 49

Marital Status: Married

Race Black

Race (Original) B

Years Married 24

Birth Date Jul 1851

Birthplace Mexico

Marriage Year (Estimated): 1876

Immigration Year 1870

Father's Birthplace Florida

Mother's Birthplace Arkansas

Texas Births and Christenings Roberto Payne

Name Roberto Payne

Gender Male

Christening Date 22 Mar 1878

Christening Place: St. Mary Magdalen, Brackettville, Texas

Birth Date 13 Jul 1877

Father's Name Isaac Payne

Mother's Name Julia Sease (sic Shields)

"Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F65Z-HLK : accessed 4 May 2016), Roberto Payne, 13 Jul 1877; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 24,904.

Texas Deaths

• Name Charlie Payne
• Event Type Death
• Event Date 17 Dec 1945
• Event Place , Val Verde, Texas, United States
• Gender Male
• Marital Status Married
• Birth Date 25 Dec 1893
• Birthplace Fort Clark, Texas
• Father's Name Isaac Payne
• Mother's Name Julia Shields
• Certificate Number 56586

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Isaac Payne
2. ↑ United States Census, 1880, Brackettville, Kinney, Texas, United States
3. ↑ Native American Tribe indigenous to the South Eastern United States before the United States government moved the majority of the Tribe to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in the 1840s

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFN5-9D9 : accessed 3 May 2016), Isaac Payne, Brackettville, Kinney, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 92, sheet 302D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1314; FHL microfilm 1,255,315.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M31Z-9WR : accessed 3 May 2016), Isaac Payne, Fort Ringgold Hospital Corps, Starr, Texas, United States; citing sheet 2A, family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,670.
• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39Q-2D3 : accessed 3 May 2016), Charlie Payne, 17 Dec 1945; citing certificate number 56586, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,228.
• "Above and Beyond: The Medal of Honor in Texas." Capitol Visitors Center, State Preservation Board of Texas; Gwaltney, William.
• "Footprints Along the Border: Story of the Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts." Fort Laramie National Historic Site.
• Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association, University of Texas, Handbook of Texas Online;
• Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863–1973 (Washington: GPO, 1973).
• Kenneth Wiggins Porter, "The Seminole Negro-Indian Scouts, 1870–1881," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 55 (January 1952).
• Frost Woodhull, "The Seminole Indian Scouts on the Border," Frontier Times, December 1937.
• Neal, Charles M., Jr. Valor. Across the Lone Star: The Congressional Medal of Honor in Frontier Texas. Texas A&M University Press: 2002.
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• Wittich, Katrina. "The Wild West of the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts: or The Killing of Adam Paine, Medal of Honor Winner."
• USCIS Website
• Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Website
• Texas Medal of Honor recipients Website
• Isaac Payne on Find A Grave
• Wikidata: Item Q6076935, en:Wikipedia