I am trying to find info on John F Payne b. 1856 in TN, he is the son of Nehemiah H. Payne b. 1808 and Frances Stepp, he is in William Goshen Payne's Bible as his brother. He moved to Ark and married Frances [Fannie] Edmiston in 1877 in Washington co, Ark. His children were born there. My grandfather Joseph Sanford Payne was his first, he was born 22 Nov 1877 Morrow, Ark. Many years later John moved to California, near Fresno, and had a fig farm. He was murdered in his orchard in the 1930's. I am trying to find out how to get a death certificate and find his burial. Family lore has it that his lawyer killed him by blows to the head. He did not believe in banks and was very well to do. It is said that two years later the lawyer came back [he dissappeared at time of John's death] and ended up getting the land. I have tried for years to find something on this murder, it was never solved. His wife Fannie was in Texas at the time visiting her daughter, Lou Ellen Payne Flowers. It is said that Fannie moved in with her daughter after that and died in Texas. John the youngest son, lived on the farm until it was lost, he died in 1943. Anyone with! any info, please contact me at: Biblgirl12547@msn.com<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>