Philip Payne (1760 - 1840)

Born 29 Mar 1760 in St James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Colony of Virginia

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Died 7 Jul 1840 at age 80 in Campbell, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Soldier Philip Payne served with Goochland County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Philip Payne is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086094.

Philip Payne is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 267094
Rank: Soldier

Philip Payne was born 29 March 1760, and was baptized 10 May 1760 in St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} He was the second of eight children born to Col. John Payne and Jean Smith.

Philip aided in the Revolutionary War effort by helping with construction of the road over the Cumberland Mountains to Kentucky^[6] under the direction of Commissioners John Kinkead (sp?) and Willeim MBrid (sp?). (William McBride was likely in the Illinois Regiment of the Virginia State Line, under George Rogers Clark.) On 19 November 1780, the two commissioners certified that men listed, including Payne’s name (misspelled “Payn”), were entitled to land granted by act of the assembly. In this reference, Payne is accorded to be one of the “labourers, Gard, packhorsmen and bullock drivers”, seemingly one of the private sector, unless “Gard” means the militia, by whom he may have been assigned to this task. Accounts referenced^[5][7] indicate that Philip Payne eventually became a Colonel in the Militia. (References are needed for any account of his Revolutionary War service; e.g., his enlistment, promotion record or being discharged.)

In 1783, Philip married Elizabeth Dandridge^[3][4][5][8], daughter of Nathaniel West Dandridge and Dorothea Spotswood, his wife.

Philip and Elizabeth Payne had the following thirteen children ^{[4] [5] [9]}: Jane Smith, John Smith, Elizabeth Spotswood, Nathanial West, Mary Claiborne (died young), Philip Matthews, Baldwin Matthews, Anne Thompson, Evalina Washington [Not named in the will of Philip Payne.], Camilla West, Elvira Henry (died young), Louisa Woodson, Clarissa Aylett.

Philip Payne is listed in the US Census Records of 1810, 1820, 1830 and 1840 for Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia^[10]

Philip Payne died in 1840.^[4] The gravestones of Col.^[5][7] Phillip Payne and wife Elizabeth, who died in 1833, are located in their son Phillip's family plot, but they are buried at their home "Airy Mont," now 1139 Covered Bridge Road, Gladys, Campbell County, Virginia, near Long Island on Staunton River.^[11]

• Ancestor of actress Hillary Duff ^[12]

Will

Will of Philip Payne Senr. Campbell Co., VA, WB 8, pp. 447-450, written 6 Aug 1833, codicil written 7 Feb 1834, second codicil written 8 Mar 1838, proved 13 Jul 1840. ^[13]

daughter Clarissa Aylett Payne
son Philip Matthews Payne
son John Smith Payne
son Baldwin Mathews (sic) Payne
son Nathaniel West Payne
“Having during my lifetime made an advancement of negro slaves to each of my elder daughters on their respective marriages…”
daughter Evelina Washington Withers
all my children except my son Nathaniel West Payne
my children John Smith, Philip Mathews (sic), Baldwin Mathews (sic), Jane Smith, Elizabeth Spotswood, Anne Thompson, Camilla West, Louisa Woodson and Clarissa Aylett Payne
daughter Jane Smith [Payne]; her children
Exrs: sons John Smith, Philip Mathews, and Baldwin Mathews Payne
Wit: John B Dabney, Wm (I.? J.?) harvey, Robert W Withers, R H Walthall
The second codicil revokes the bequests to Clarissa Aylett Payne and gives them to son John Smith Payne as trustee for Clarissa Aylett Payne.

Sources

1. ↑ W. Mac. Jones (transcriber, editor), The Douglas Register (Richmond, Virginia: 1928), p269; image copy, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/douglasregisterb00doug/page/n4/mode/1up).
2. ↑ “Historical and Genealogical Notes,” William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2, (Oct., 1896), pp. 139-143; published online by the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Virginia Magazine of History and Biography”, Vol. VII, 1900, p. 79. Accessed 9 September 2016
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} “Virginia Magazine of History and Biography”, Vol. XXXI, 1923, p. 174
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Early, R. H., Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches, J.P. Bell Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1927, pp. 478-9
6. ↑ Burgess, Lewis A.,Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 3, The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1973, p. 1272
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} The Davies Family of Virginia: The Descendants of Nicholas Davies of “Pebbleton,” Boyle, James D. published online in the Genealogical Society of Utah, Family History Archive; original publisher: Morris Publishing, Kearney, NE, 2000. Page 377
8. ↑ “Some Descendants’ of “Dr. John Woodson,” genealogy website created by Bob Juch
9. ↑ Will of Philip Payne Senr. Campbell Co., VA, WB 8, pp. 447-450, written 6 Aug 1833, codicil written 7 Feb 1834, second codicil written 8 Mar 1838, proved 13 Jul 1840. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9085/images/0031017-00753?pId=1470366
10. ↑ US Census Records of 1810, 1820, 1830 and 1840 for Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia. Accessed 9/10/2016
11. ↑ Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #122740419 in Phillip M Payne Family Cemetery #659, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
12. ↑ "Hillary Duff." Who Do You Think You Are? (Season 10, Episode 4). TLC. 4 June 2018.
13. ↑ Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9085/images/0031017-00753?pId=1470366

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed September 1, 2016), "Record of Philip Payne", Ancestor # A086094.
• Source: S500073 WikiTree Publication: MyHeritage Media: 10109 Collection Birth: Mar 29 1760, Death: July 7 1840
  Father: Colonel John Payne, Mother: Jane Smith
  Siblings: Elizabeth Woodson Payne, George Woodson Payne, Jean Payne, John Smith Payne, Mildred Matthews Payne, Robert Payne. Certainty: 4
• Note: References [1], [2], [7], [8] were retained from the previous version of this Biography. Unfortunately, the link for [7] no longer functions (please fix it if you can), and [8] must have been altered (perhaps the following is a satisfactory substitute: http://trevilians.com/others/wood1.htm created by Deborah D. Stanley, although information is provided without reference)
• Re Reference [7], a free download of the book, The Davies family of Virginia : the descendants of Nicholas Davies of "Pebbleton". Boyle, James D. is available on FamilySearch.org.[1]

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Madelon David and Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.