Individual Details

The Will of John Payne is on p.122-123 of the Pittsylvania Co Will Book for years 1777-1820.
Dated 4 Nov 1780; Probate 15 May 1781.
Sons: William, Samuel, Josiah and Daughter Rhoda, 1 shilling each
Son: Charles Payne: my land that live on. The land I sold to Zachariah Boots according to our bargain, the said Boots shall have a right to the land.
Son: Reuben Payne: land where the new cabbin is
Son: John Payne: 2 cows and calves when he marries
Wife: Elizabeth: lends her all moveable estate as long as continues a widow. She is not to dispose of anything. At here death all estate to be sold and equally divided amongst John and Charles Payne and the children I have by my last wife.
Executor: William Durrett and John Payne
Added: I have a piece of land in North Carolina in Wilkes County to be sold and money divided as above.
Signed John Payne
Witnesses: Moses Ayers, Gabriel Richards, Charles Payne
Will exhibited by William Durret & Elizabeth Payne who objected to receiving any benefits or dower from the will. Moses Ayers & Gabriel Richards, Security.

First wife was Mary, surname unknown. 2nd wife was an Elizabeth - they married about 1770.

Birth	Abt 1722
Death	1781	Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Father	William Payne (1685 - 1735)
Mother	Elizabeth Poindexter (1699 - 1753)
Sibling	William Payne (1725 - 1771)
Sibling	Thomas "Trader" Payne (1730 - 1811)