2. | Henry Payne was born about 1753 in Virginia (son of Col. Edward Payne and Lady Anne Holland Conyers); died in 1828 in Fayette Co, Kentucky; was buried in Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette Co, Kentucky. Other Events and Attributes:
- Property: 1778, Loudoun Co, Virginia
- Military: 14 Jun 1779, 1st Lt, militia, Loudoun Co, Virginia
- Other-Begin: 1783, Fayette Co, Kentucky; visit, survey land
- Property: 1784, Loudoun Co, Virginia; sold land
- Residence: Abt Mar 1786, Town Fork, near Lexington, Kentucky
- Other-Begin: 1803, Lexington, Kentucky
- Property: 1806, Kentucky; land transactions
- Politics: Between 1815 and 1816, Fayette Co, Kentucky; in Legislature
- Politics: Between 1819 and 1820, Fayette Co, Kentucky; in Legislature
- Death: 1828, Fayette Co, Kentucky
Notes:
Property:
BIOGRAPHY:BIOGRAPHY: "1778 his parents gave him land in Ld., Co. on which he lived adjacent to Capt. Burdett Ashton. This deed was witnessed by Hardage Lane, his brother-in-law.
Other-Begin:
BIOGRAPHY
1783 he went temporarily to Kentucky and was end-marker in a survey of land in Fayette Co. belonging to Philip Grymes.
Residence:
BIOGRAPHY:
In the Spring of 1786 he and his family, in company with his brother-in-law Thomas Lewis and wife (Henry's sister Elizabeth), and with Richard Allen and w. Ann Wisdom and family, migrated to KY. and settled on Town Fork four miles from Lexington. He had a grant of 500 a. on Elkhorn River. He settled on what was later known as the Thorn Place, at present owned by Messrs. Drake. John Allen, who m. successively two of Henry Payne's daus. came into possession of the estate 1828 and lived there until 1846. The Allen family sold the place 1845 to John Thorn, who sold it to the Drake brothers.
Other-Begin:
BIOGRAPHY:
1803 the Court House at Lexington burned. Henry Payne was one of the commissioners appointed by the Governor to have the damaged records copied and restored.
Property:
BIOGRAPHY:
1806 he and his w. joined with his brother and sisters in selling 373 a. in Montgomery Co., a part of their father's estate. At the same time he and his two married sisters bought from his brothers 1500 a. in Campbell Co. on the Ohio in the extreme Northern part of the State. In the same year Henry Payne of Fayette Co. sold land in Jessamine Co. adjacent to his 1400 a. therein.
Death:
BIOGRAPHY:
1828 a deed by his children stated that he died intestate." Source: The Paynes of Virginia, by Brook Payne, (Richmond: William Byrd Press, 1937), pgs 253-254.
Buried:
BIOGRAPHY:
BURIAL: Henry Payne, Anna Payne, Theodosa, Sarah, and "child of Lewis" were moved from the farm cemetery to The Lexington Cemetery on 3 Apr 1856. The graves are clustered together. Henry and Anna's head stones are horizontal in the ground, badly worn and cracked. Disposition # 983 or #59825, Section C, Lot 44 of the Lexington Cemetery, 833 W. Main Street, Lexington, Ky 40508. Phone: 859-255-5522. info@lexcom.org
Henry married Ann Lane on 5 Mar 1775 in Fairfax Co, Virginia. Ann (daughter of James Lane and Lydia Hardage) was born about 1753 in Fairfax, Fairfax Co, Virginia; died on 21 Oct 1822 in Lexington, Fayette Co, Kentucky; was buried in Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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