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Facts and Events
Will
- Will of George Payne, dated February 23, 1781, and proved March 15, 1784; to son George the land, 530 acres on the branches of Little Bird creek, where said George formerly lived, and seven slaves; also half a tract of land the testator had in Fluvanna county, distinct from his main tract there, in the fork of James river, where testator's son Robert Burton Payne has built a dwelling house.
- To son Robert Burton Payne half of testator's land in Fluvanna county on Cunningham's creek, and nine slaves, and the remaining half of the land given to George.
- To son Joseph, the land in Goochland, 977 acres, where testator then? lived, with sixteen slaves, and all the stocks of horses, cattle, &c.
- To daughter Mary Shelton, six slaves, and certain furniture she already had.
- To daughter Ann King, five-slaves, and confirms a deed of gift to her husband Sackville King, for 300 acres on Cary creek, Fluvanna, where they now live.
- To daughter Elizabeth Woodson, six slaves and confirms a gift of ten head of cattle, &c.
- To grandson George William Payne, 400 acres in Fluvanna, in the fork of James river and Crooks creek, and if he should die without issue, then reversion to grandson Joseph Morton Payne.
- To son Joseph, the remainder of the lanid in Fluvanna, in the fork of James river, and if he should die without issue, said land to be equally divided between testator's other children.
- [George Payne, who made this will, was the son of George Payne ist, of Goochland.]
- [Source: "The Payne Family of Goochland, &c.", The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 6, No. 3 (January 1899), pg. 313-316]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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