Samuel Lafayette Payne1

Male, #9978, (1836 - 6 Oct 1912)

Parent*John Jackson Payne (4 Aug 1798 - a 1870)
Parent*Mary Frances Gafford (20 Sep 1806 - 12 Jun 1881)
Samuel Lafayette Payne|b. 1836\nd. 6 Oct 1912|p9978.htm|John Jackson Payne|b. 4 Aug 1798\nd. after 1870|p9988.htm|Mary Frances Gafford|b. 20 Sep 1806\nd. 12 Jun 1881|p9989.htm|William I. Payne|b. 1755\nd. 1818|p9986.htm|Mary A. Swint|b. 1768\nd. 29 Aug 1852|p9987.htm|Daniel Gafford|b. 15 Jun 1780\nd. 10 Jun 1841|p45130.htm|Phereba Webster|b. 24 Dec 1788\nd. 24 May 1860|p45131.htm|

Birth*1836 Samuel was born at Greenville, Butler Co., Alabama, in 1836. 
 He was the son of John Jackson Payne and Mary Frances Gafford. 
1840 Census1 Jun 1840 Samuel was probably a free white male, under 5 years old, in John Jackson Payne's household, on the 1840 Census at Butler Co., Alabama.2 
1850 Census1 Jun 1850 Mary, Eugenia, Samuel, Nancy, Dorothy, John, Ira, Thomas and Alabama was listed as a household member (Samuel Payne, 14, M, AL) living with John Jackson Payne on the 1850 Census at Butler Co., Alabama.3 
1860 Census1 Jun 1860 Emily, William, Robert, M. and Samuel was listed as a household member (S. L. Payne, 24, M, Farmer, PE=2700, AL) living with William Walker Payne in the 1860 Census at Butler Co., Alabama.4 
Marriage*30 Jan 1861 He married Ann Eliza Routon at Butler Co., Alabama, on 30 Jan 1861.5,6 
Civil War*between 1862 and 1865 He served in the War Between the States between 1862 and 1865
(Sam Payne enlisted on 9 Oct 1862 in Company H, 1st Conf. Regiment, Alabama.).7 
1870 Census*1 Jun 1870 Samuel was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census at Greenville, Butler Co., Alabama.8 
1880 Census*1 Jun 1880 Samuel was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at Dead Fall, Butler Co., Alabama.9 
Marriage*7 Oct 1885 He married Mary Catherine Thames at Conecuh Co., Alabama, on 7 Oct 1885.10,7 
Relocation*circa 1899 He, accompanied by family member(s) Mary Catherine Payne, Samuel Brantley Payne, Reuben Guy Payne, Brooklyn Earl Payne, Dr. Joseph Edward Payne and Lucius Lee Payne, relocated circa 1899 at Pineville, Escambia Co., Florida. 
1900 Census*1 Jun 1900 Samuel was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Pineville, Escambia Co., Florida.11 
Photographed*circa 1905 He was photographed circa 1905.12
Lee, Joseph Edward, & Samuel Lafayette Payne
Death*6 Oct 1912 He died at Milton, Santa Rosa Co., Florida, on 6 Oct 1912.13,7 
Burial*circa 8 Oct 1912 His body was interred circa 8 Oct 1912 at Milton Cemetery, Milton, Santa Rosa Co., Florida. Section 15, Lot 1588.13,7 
Descendant* See footnote for the name and contact info of a descendant of Samuel Lafayette Payne who would like to communicate with other descendants.14 

Family 1

Ann Eliza Routon (1843 - 3 Feb 1885)
Children

Family 2

Mary Catherine Thames (22 Mar 1860 - 24 Jun 1944)
Children

Charts Warren Culpepper's Ancestry Chart
Samuel Payne Descendants
Last Edited 8 Nov 2007

Citations

  1. E-mail from Paul Grant to Lew Griffin, 2000.
  2. 1840 Federal Census, United States.
    Butler Co., AL, page 133, ancestry.com image transcribed by Warren Culpepper.
  3. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
    Butler Co., AL, Beat 1, page 181, lines 21-30. Ancestry.com image transcribed by Warren Culpepper.
  4. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
    Butler Co., AL, Precinct 12, page 252, Ancestry.com image transcribed by Warren Culpepper.
  5. Family Adventures, compiler, Early Alabama Marriages (36 vols.), Shreveport, Louisiana: J & W Ent., 1991, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN 976.1 V2e.
  6. Butler Co., Alabama Marriage License Index, Vols 1-7, 1853-1934 AL Dept of Archives & History, 1976.
    p. 94.
  7. Florida State Archives, compiler, Florida Confederate Pension Application Files, Florida Memory Project.
    http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/PensionFiles/
    3 Mar 1913 pension application by Mary C. Payne of Milton, Santa Rosa Co., FL, widow of Samuel L. Payne.
  8. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 380, Family 311, Township 10, Greenville, Butler Co., AL
    Saml Payne, 33, M, Farmer, RE=$1000, PE=$500, AL
    Ann Payne, 25, F, AL
    Fannie Payne, 1, F, AL
    Eliza Williams, 18, F, Loborer, AL.
  9. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    Dead Fall, Butler Co., AL, Page 369B. LDS CD.
  10. Wilene J. Whatley and Sarah R. Coker, Conecuh Co., AL Marriages, Vol. 1 Southern Business Forms, 1990.
    page 30.
  11. 1900 Federal Census, United States.
    Precinct 16, Pineville, Escambia Co., FL, ED17, Page 156a
    Genealogy.com image. Transcribed by Warren Culpepper
    Samuel L. Payne, HH, Jun 1836, 63, md 15 yrs, AL, GA, GA, Country Peddler, Rents home
    Mary C. Payne, Wife, Mar 1860, 40, md 15 yrs, 5/5 children, AL, AL, AL
    Samuel B. Payne, Son, Sep 1886, 13, S, AL, AL, AL
    Ruben G. Payne, Son, May 1889, 11, S, AL, AL, AL
    Brooklin Payne, Son, Mar 1891, 9, S, AL, AL, AL
    Joseph Payne, Son, Jul '95, 4, AL, AL, AL
    Lee Payne, Son, Jun 1897, 2, S, AL, AL, AL.
  12. Warren L. Culpepper, Publisher of Culpepper Connections, See link below for e-mail address.
    from Brenda Payne Keel, granddaughter of J. E. Payne, Sr.
  13. Richard Earl Jernigan, Santa Rosa Co., FL Cemeteries West FL Genealogical Society, Pensacola, 1987.
    Milton Cemetery, page 463.
  14. Warren L. Culpepper, Publisher of Culpepper Connections, See link below for e-mail address.