I am very new at this genealogical searching and this is my first inquiry so please forgive any errors or presumptions on my part. :) I am looking for the parents or any information regarding my ancestor Jeremiah Payne. I have traced my history to him & then I am not finding any more info. I know that he and his brother Elias Payne moved from KY to Indiana and settled at Pidgeon Roost. (Near present day Vienna or Scottsburg IN.) There was a massacre in approx. 1812 and Elias & his entire family where killed. Jeremiah and his family survived. It is from he (Jeremiah) that I am descended. I know that he was born at Shelby,Kentucky (not Shelbyville KY) about 1773 and married Sallie "Sarah" McCoy on May 9th 1797. I do not have his date of death. I know that he had at least one brother named Elias who was perhaps married to a woman with the maiden name of Bridgewater(?) and they had approx. 7 children. This fact is mentioned an account by the Collins Family of the Pidgeon Roost Massacre . It is in book form. There are also several other accounts. What I am looking for is information on the parents of Jeremiah & Elias or any information which may help me in locating this information. Or where this branch of the family came from before settling in Shelby,KY. (Family tradition says they came form Virginia. so far family history has proven true, but I know that it cannot be totally trusted. I contacted a KY library & was told that there did exist a settlement called Shelby, Ky. in what is now Pike Co. This information was found in a book called "Kentucky Place Names" I greatly appreciate any information given or shared, and thank you for you time & efforts. Laura Krajnak