Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/340 Surname: Payne, Parks ------------------------- All I can add to the William Parks and CAtherine Payne story is that she was called Caty and they had at least three children: John, Reuben and Peyton. The 1830 Census of KY shows a number of Parks men, two in Lincoln County. The History of Pittsylvania County VA by Clement, 1976, on p 172 reports that Samuel Parks was a wagon conductor in 1781, and on page 287 that John Parks was an early JP in 1783, same time period as Reuben Payne and Robert Payne. The 1790 census shows William Parks, 3 whites, 1 black in Pittsylvnia County, VA.