Hello Melody, This is some really good and important information for the PAYNE researchers. It is mighty kind of you to share it with everyone. Is the family of Delila Overfelt a Sumner County family? Thanks for being part of the ROOTWALKER family. Sincerely, Stan Magnesen ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 4/23/01 4:52:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, oh_stop_it@hotmail.com writes: > Subj: [ROOTWALKER] Payne. Josiah Abb > Date: 4/23/01 4:52:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: oh_stop_it@hotmail.com (Melody Carter) > Reply-to: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > > "Father of Josiah A. Payne and mother" > > Johnson Payne Born May 4, 1814 Died Aug. 10, 1878 > Delila Holand (sic) Payne Born Aug. 15, 1816 died April 24, 1877 > > "Father and Mother of Mary Ann Archer Payne Wife of Josiah A. Payne. > > Father Jonathen (sic) N. Archer Born Nov. 20, 1825 died Oct. 4, 1889 > mother Delila Overfelt Born March 29th 1827 died Feb. 19, 1917 > > Written by Rev. J. W. Payne into the family Bible of Josiah A. Payne. > ...................................................................... > >From the following, I am not sure all of the entries were taken from the > family Bible. I have transcribed, transcripts. > > > Josiah A. Payne born May 30th 1849 > Wife Mary Ann Archer Born Feb 24, 1853 > first child Lurena Francis Payne a girl Born May 7, 1873 > 2nd James Alford (sic) Payne a boy born October 19, 1874 > 3rd Samantha Elizabeth Payne a girl born Aug. 18, 1876 > 4th Robert Mulca Payne a Boy Born April 8, 1879 > Tilda Bell Payne a girl Born Dec. 25 1880 > Riley Franklin Payne a boy Born Oct 8, 1882 > William Burton Payne a boy born Jan. 14, 1885 > Lucy Ann Payne a girl born Dec. 28, 1886 > Sherman Bransford Payne a boy born May 5, 1889 > Amanda Jane Payne a girl born June 14, 1891 > Daisy Ann Payne a girl born July 31, 1893 > John Wesley Payne a boy born april 29, 1897 > > Lucy Ann Payne a girl died June 4, 1890 > Sherman Bransford Payne a boy died June 7, 1893 > Mary Ann Payne "wife" died May 7, 1914 > Josiah A. Payne "husband" died Oct 18 1921 > Robert Mulca Payne died July 24, 1924 > Tilda Bell Payne Branner (sic) died Feb. 6, 1936 > Riley Franklin Payne died May 5, 1946 > Samantha Elizabeth "Dollie" White died June 24, 1948 > Lurena Francis Hale died Oct 10, 1948 > Amanda Jane Napier died June 29, 1954 > James Alford Payne died Aug. 6, 1956 > Daisy Ann Carter died Dec. 22, 1963 > William Burton Payne died May 24, 1964 > John Wesley Payne died June 24, 1969 > ....................................................................... > This is the note that came with the records: > > 7-16-86 > > > Dear-----------, > ...........................Johnson Payne was my Great grandfather. his son > Josiah A. Payne was my Mother's Father she was named Daisy Ann Payne. > Married Lester Carter. My mother had her Father's Bible and I have it now, > which is Josiah A. Payne's family Bible. > > After mother's mom died she lived with her dad close to Rough Hill not too > far from Akersville where he died. Mother married after her dad died. > > This information is copied out of Josiah A. Payne's Bible. Some of the > dates are faded and hard to tell for sure...... > > Sincerely. > ------------- > > Note from Melody: I do have a little more information if anyone is needing > it. Lester Carter is the brother of William Noah Carter. They were two of > the 9 or 10 children born to Samuel A. Carter and Allie Manerva Janie Roark. > > Noah is my husband's grandfather. > > Josiah Abb Payne was previously married to Sarah Ann Butrum, daughter of > James L. Butrum and Margaret Ann Steenbergen. His twin brother, James K. > Payne, was married to Susan Elizabeth Hale daughter of Pickney Hale. Later > he married Arabel Butrum Swindle, sister to Sarah Ann Butrum. Two sisters > of Sarah and Arabel also married Hales, brothers to Susan Elizabeth. > > >