John H Payne’s parents were Randolph Payne & Francis Beall from Jasper, Georgia. The two trees here are for John Payne & his brother Robert B Payne who settled in the ARK-LA-TEX area. Other siblings were: Uriah T, William, Martha Alabama, and Emily Francis. John Payne was a slave owner and Charlotte was his slave, John and Louvenia are confirmed offspring mentioned in John Paynes Will. John Payne never married.

Children of John H Payne (1819/1859) & Charlotte Beasley (1817/1885)

1. John Payne – 1855/1923  m/Catherine Tyson
2. Louvenia Payne – 1857/1950  m/Jefferson Tyson

Charlotte had another son with an unknown father

1. *Marshall Payne – 1851/1900  m/Martha Herndon  Feb 28, 1875

Children of Robert B Payne (1822/1858) & Sarah Green Huff

1. Mildred Rebecca Payne – 1843/1881  m/Thomas Bowdre Hicks & Samuel Williams
2. Francis Payne – 1846/?
3. H.B. Payne – 1848/?
4. Lucy Payne – 1852/?

 

GRANDCHILDREN

Children of John Payne & Catherine Tyson

1. Allen Payne - 1872/1924
2. Josephine Payne - 1873/?   -  m/Robert Tippins
3. Fannie Payne - 1875/?   -  m/S.W. Johnson
4. Charlotte Payne  -  1877/1958   -   m/Floyd Durden
5. Winnie Payne  -  1880/1939   -  m/Jim Phillips
6. Robert Payne   - 1882/?
7. Zack Payne - 1887/?
8. Albert Payne  -  1890/1965  -  m/Lake Anna Blake
9. Scott Payne  -  1891/?    -   m/Pinkie Hamlin

Note: 1900 census lists Catherine as the mother of 15 children with 8 living, don’t know the other 6

Children of Marshall Payne & Martha Herndon

1. Scott Payne  -  1876/1897
2. Leonard Payne  -  1879/1882
3. John Edward Payne  -  1885/1960  -  m/Lillie Bessie Henderson
4. Louvenia Payne  -  1887/1967  -  m/Edgar Davis & unknown Ramsey

Children of Louvenia Payne & Jefferson Tyson Sr

1. Emma Tyson  -  1876/1957  -  m/William “Rock” Godfrey
2. Dave Dee Tyson  -  1878/1950   -  m/Louvenia Henderson   & kid with Viola Gilliam
3. Allison “Allene” Tyson  - 1884/1965   -   m/Bert Gordon  & kid with Tommy B. Telford
4. Jeff Tyson Jr.  -  1885/1970   -   m/Florence Henderson
5. Charley Tyson -  1887/?
6. Early Tyson  -  1888/1937
7. Medie Tyson  - 1890/1891
8. Lula Tyson  -  1892/1991  -  m/Earnest Lear
9. Charlotte Tyson - 1895/?   -  m/Jay Henderson

 

Children of Mildred Rebecca Payne & Thomas Bowdre Hicks

1. Samuel Howard Hicks – 1867/1943
2. Thomas Dana Hicks – 1870/1900
3. Mildred Louisa Hicks – 1872/1952
4. Robert Xenephon Hicks – 1875/1900
5. Donald Junius Hicks – 1877/1896
6. Homer Payne Hicks – 1879/1959