Hannah Payne

Female, #43213, (17 May 1791 - 9 Feb 1864)

ParentWilliam Isaac Payne (1755 - 1818)
ParentMary Abigail Swint (1768 - 29 Aug 1852)
Hannah Payne|b. 17 May 1791\nd. 9 Feb 1864|p43213.htm|William Isaac Payne|b. 1755\nd. 1818|p9986.htm|Mary Abigail Swint|b. 1768\nd. 29 Aug 1852|p9987.htm|Samuel Payne|b. say 1733|p44475.htm||||||||||

Birth*17 May 1791 Hannah was born at Columbia Co., Georgia, on 17 May 1791. 
 She was the daughter of William Isaac Payne and Mary Abigail Swint. 
(Family Member) Relocationbetween 1808 and 1815 She was an accompanying familiy member in the relocation of William Isaac Payne between 1808 and 1815 at Twiggs Co., Georgia. 
Marriage*1808 She married Matthew Wood at Georgia in 1808. 
Married Name1808 As of 1808, her married name was Wood. 
(Family Member) Relocation14 Jan 1819 "On the evening of the 14 Jan 1819, the peace of the happy forest of oaks was disburbed by a train of emigrants" and the Paynes were listed among the first settlers to arrive (in what was soon to become Butler Co., AL). In Ball's History of Clarke County, AL (pp. 330-331), there is the assertion that "William Isaac Payne and Mary Abigail Shouse [sic] (from Twiggs Co., GA) joined the Coleman Caravan in Dalton, GA in 1817 and moved west to Lowndes Co., AL." Actually, William Sr. died in Twiggs Co. in 1818, and the William cited must have been his son William Jr. who moved with his brothers and their Mother. Also, the 1817 date seems premature based on the date of death of William Sr in Twiggs Co.1 
(Family Member) Relocation1837 She was an accompanying familiy member in the relocation of Daniel Payne in 1837 at Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. 
(free wh female 40-50) 1840 Census1 Jun 1840 Hannah was probably a free white female, age 40 and under 50, in Matthew Wood's household, on the 1840 Census at Union Parish, Louisiana.2 
Death*9 Feb 1864 She died at Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, on 9 Feb 1864. 
Burial*after 9 Feb 1864 Her body was interred after 9 Feb 1864 at John Stowe Cemetery, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. 
Biography* Colonel Matthew Wood was extremely influential in the early affairs of the parish. He married Hannah Payne and was a tavern keeper in Fort Dale, northwestern Butler County Alabama between about 1818 and the early 1830s. He was elected colonel of the Butler County militia in 1823. In the early 1830s, he moved from Fort Dale into southern Lowndes County (just north of Butler). In early 1835, he traveled to north Louisiana and bought land in what is now Union Parish. He remained there that year, and in December 1835 again purchased land. About three weeks later, he had returned to Lowndes County, sold his plantation there, and led a large group of Butler & Lowndes County settlers to north Louisiana. This is the first known migration of a large group of Alabama settlers into what is now Union Parish. They settled along Bayou D'Loutrein eastern Union Parish. Wood later served as the first president of the Union Parish Police Jury. His son-in-law John Taylor was the first parish judge, and son-in-law William Cleaton Carr was the first sheriff.
     On 19 December 1817, the Georgia Legislature changed the following names and legitimatized these children of Matthew Wood [Paine should be Payne]:
          Jane Paine to Jane Wood
          Samuel Paine to Samuel Wood
          Thompson Paine to Thompson Wood
          Willis Paine to Willis Wood
     Matthew Wood was married to another woman in Georgia, and about 1812 he went to south Louisiana with Daniel Payne. I've been told that he returned to Georgia about 1815, divorced his first wife, then married Hannah Payne (sister of Daniel), who had borne him the four children named above. The Georgia legislature then legally changed the children's names from "Payne" to "Wood".... For the Georgia Legislature to take this action, he undoubtedly went before them and declared he was their father....
     Jane Wood (formerly Payne) married Union Parish Judge John Taylor in Alabama and moved with her father to what is now Union Parish in February 1837. She was buried in the Taylor/Liberty Hill Cemetery. The other Woods lived in Union, Lincoln, and Claiborne Parishes.
(Names referenced above: Hannah Payne Hannah Payne).3 

Charts Samuel Payne Descendants
Last Edited 11 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. J. B. Little, History of Butler Co., AL.
    pg. 79.
  2. 1840 Federal Census, United States.
    Union Co., LA, Unknown Townships, page 345, Ancestry.com image 15.
  3. "Legitimatization of children of Colonel Matthew Wood". Excerpts of a message posted on 10 Mar 2004 to e-mail address by Timothy Hudson, e-mail address.