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/?

note: there was a Fannie Payne 1848/1907 that I believe may be another unclaimed daughter of John Payne or his brother Robert Payne, her mother is unknown. She married Monroe Rambo and her chart is on the Rambo page.

GRANDCHILDREN

Children of John Payne & Catherine Tyson

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

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

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/Jabez "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