Hi again, Cousin Carol-- A distant cousin began working on our genealogy many years ago while our grandparents were still with us. I have been privy to some of her notes but what I have for your William R. is scant. I have that he came to Indian Territory and married Mandy Baine. They had seven children: Emma, Ellen, Minnie, Luther, Otha, Frank, and Oscar. Oscar died. Emma married Jim Peters (children: Berlie died. Hettie married and lived in CA). Ella married Solomon and lived in CA. She had died. Luther had not married and lived at Altus, OK. Frank married but separated and also lived at Altus, OK. Minnie married Burnside and lived in Albuquerque, NM. Otha lived in CA. By a deed dated 8 Oct 1887 the children of William B. Payne sold a piece of property in Wise Co, TX. On the deed William R. Payne was listed as living in Sharp Co, AR. William B. Payne married in 1839 to Nancy Ann Kizer who was one of ten children of Francis Kizer and Susan (Moore?). Nancy Ann died between 1859 and 1865. William B. married a Catherine C. in 1865 but she did not make the move to TX. William B. and Nancy Ann's oldest daughter, Sarah, also elected to stay in MS. I believe the rest of the children and their families moved. Some interesting tidbits: In Nov 1836 John and William Payne, with John Reeves as surety, were granted license to open an inn and tavern in the town of Jacinto [MS--a newly formed town], as was also Benj. J. Kizer [brother of Nancy Ann] and James Harris, with Terrill B. Phillips as surety. At the December meeting of the board of police . . . .William Payne contracted to build a forty-foot bridge, sixteen feet wide, across Carrollville Creek, on the Jacinto and Pontotoc road for the sum of $98, to be paid one half in cash when the bridge was completed, and the remainder six months later. Nancy Ann's father Francis Kizer was charged [along with others] by the grand jury with violating the state gambling laws by unlawfully wagering and betting with and against one Robert Lowrey upon the result of the presidential election in the United States of America. He pleaded guilty and was fined $20 and cost. I have that the father of William B. Payne was Thomas D. Payne and there was a Thomas D. living in the same vicinity as all the other Paynes and Kizers. I also have that his mother was Sarah (Sallie) but someone told me that her last name was Chatham and that sent me many miles in what I now believe is the wrong direction. So, back to the books. Talk with you later. Anne Nelson