Thomas Payne Sr. (1721 - 1812)

Born 21 Oct 1721 in Christchurch, Middlesex, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Yanakee Anica (Ayers) Payne — married 1760 in Halifax, Halifax, Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1812 at age 91 in Payne's Creek, Franklin, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Lt. Thomas Payne Sr. performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Lt. Thomas "Trader" Payne was born in Virginia. He married his 1st wife whose first and last names are unknown. She was a Native American. They had four children. He then married his 2nd wife, Yanakee. They had eight children. All of his children seem to have ended up in Georgia along with him and Yanakee. The fate of his first wife, my ancestor, is unknown.

Payne's Creek - in Old King's Bench of original Franklin County was one of the first streams to be named for a white settler or trader. The creek is short as creeks go in Northeast Georgia, but its source was a large spring which was the trading post and fort of Trader Payne, one of the first traders in the Franklin County area. One of his descendents, an offspring of his Cherokee marriage, later married Moses Ayers whose descendents still live in the county. Gene Madden who was raised not far from the spring remembered that a part of the old fort survived into this century and remembered the carved stone where one drank at the springs.

The above is a direct quote from "The History of Fanklin County, Georgia". No source is offered.

Marriage per DAR Record

1. X X
2. YANNAKA AYERS

Thomas Payne signed the Oath of Allegiance in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in 1977. ^[1]

Other Information

I have noticed that in some family trees online there is a portrait of Thomas Paine, the famous writer, which has erroneously been associated with Thomas Payne. As far as I know, there are no surviving images of Lt. Thomas "Trader" Payne.

• Fact: Land &/or Property (14 March 1768) Deed: William Payne of Halifax Co., to Thomas Payne of Halifax Co.: Page 134: 50L, branches of Dan River, abt 328a, bounded by Read, Colwell. Signed - William Payne Recorded 19 May1768, Deeds 1776-1772 Halifax, Virginia, United States

• Fact: Land &/or Property (8 January 1776) Deed: Thomas Payne & Poindexter Payne executors of William Payne, dec'd of Halifax Co. to Fleming Bates, Jr & John Moore:Page 65: for 50 L, all that tract of land willed by the above named William Payne dec'd to John Owen, blacksmith, on the upper Double Cr in Halifax, Co., containing abt 50a bounded by Garrott Gross, Ayres, Byrd's old line. Signed Thomas (T his mark) Payne, Poindexter Payne Wit: Jas Bates, Thomas Hendrick, Charles Wall, Jacob (X his mark) Light Recorded: 18 Apr 1776 Halifax, Virginia, United States

• Fact: Land Description (23 November 1776) John Lewis of Granville Co., NC to Howell Lewis of Halifax Co., Virginia: Page 179 for 3000 L, one certain tract of land in Halifax and Pittsylvania County and on the north side of the Dan River,and bounded by by Charles Kennon, Byrd, John Lewis, James Roberts Sr on the west, Gabriel Richards, Moses Ayers and Thomas Payne on the NW, John and Allen Caldwellon the NE, land bought of Samuel Jones on Dan River on the south;containing about 1728 acres. . . Signed: John Lewis Wit: Charles Kennon, Howell Lewis Jr, John Lewis J Recorded: 15 May 1777 Halifax, Virginia, United States

• Fact: Land &/or Property (13 March 1778) Deed: Thomas Payne and Yanniker his wife of Halifax Co., to John Lewis of Halifax Co.,: Page 135-for 328 L, abt 328a in Halifax, and bounded by John Caldwell, said John Lewis, and Thomas Layn near Dan River, John Caldwell, Air's line. Signed Thomas (T his mark) Payne Wit: Charles Kennon, William Richardson, Mary Kennon, Wm Peters Martin Recorded: 15 Oct 1778. Deed Book 10-1775-1778 Halifax, Virginia, United States

• Fact: Land &/or Property (23 December 1778) Deed: Thomas Payne of Wilks Co., NC to Michael Ozbrooks of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia: Page 421-for 150 L, abt150a in Halifax, and bounded on the south by Col. John Lewis, on the west by Moses Ayres, on the south by Fleming Bates, and on the east by John Lewis jr. Signed: Thomas (T his mark) Payne Wit: John Lewis Jr, Thomas Merriwether Jr., Richard (R his mark) Smith Recorded: Rec 16 Mar 1780. Halifax, Virginia, United States

• Fact: Location (1784) Trading Post & Fort of "Trader" Payne: From-"The History of Fanklin County, Georgia" Page 34: Payne's Creek - in Old King's Bench of original Franklin County was one of the first streams to be named for a white settler or trader.The creek is short as creeks go in Northeast Georgia, but its source was a large spring which was the trading post and fort of Trader Payne, one of the first traders in the Franklin County area. One of his descendents... later married Moses Ayers whose descendents still live in the county. Gene Madden who was raised not far from the spring remembered that a part of the old fort survived into this century and remembered the carved stone where one drank at the springs. Payne's Creek, Franklin, Georgia, USA

• Fact: Reconstructed Census (1790) Thomas Payne Franklin, Georgia, United States

• Fact: Military Service (28 January 1797) Lieutenant Thomas Payne, Georgia Line: BLM# 1767-200 acres issued 28 Jan 1797, reassigned to Thomas F. Scott. Georgia, United States

• Fact: Tax Lists from 1800 to 1811: (1800) Copies of these Tax Lists for years 1800, 1801, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1811 are found under the "Memories Tab" above Franklin, Georgia, United States

• Fact: Painting: Not of Thomas Payne This is not his real painting of him and in fact it is an internet "found" portrait to stand for any "male" for this generation or time frame. All of Thomas Payne's documents that exist for him were found in the Virginia Archives and there was no painting of him. So do believe this is not a "true painting".

Born 22 OCT 1721. Middlesex County Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 21 Jan 2021), "Record of Thomas Paine", Ancestor # A205305.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 August 2017, 19:05), entry for Thomas Payne(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDQR-6ZP); contributed by various users.
• https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/113640344/person/120115788732/media/f58d7521-9c35-456d-b8d7-e44fb2c73ace?_phsrc=vKG13&_phstart=successSource
• https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/102079296/person/180014839494/media/b8978fd7-1de2-4237-90ca-df2b0a0238be?_phsrc=vKG16&_phstart=successSource

Acknowledgements

• Kitty Richards Alexander and Robert E. King, PhD. Paynes of Pittsylvania: Descendants of Ralph Payne of the Middle Neck of Northern Virginia 1652-2001, Pages: Paynes of Pittsylvania: Descendants of Ralph Payne of the Middle Neck of Northrn Virginia 1652-2001 Publication: privately printed, Danville Virginia, 2001