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VITAL STATS
b 6 Sep 1830 Big Creek, Monroe CO, TN d 28 Jul 1900 (dates per pension claim) buried Old Coker Creek (Station) Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
son of John C. (Jr.) & Jane (Walls) Payne of Monroe CO, TN & gr-son of John C. Payne, Sr.
m (1) 1855 Cherokee CO, NC to
Jane Bryson
b d 7 Feb 1865
dau of John & Margaret Bryson & sister of Capt Goldman Bryson
m (2) 29 Mar 1868 Madisonville, TN by J. H. Kelso, JP to
Jane Kilpatrick
b ca 1832 d 13 Dec 1915
He filed pension application 28 Jul 1890 claiming service only as pvt in CO G, 3rd TN MTD INF REGT under Lt Col Joseph Divine. After delays in processing his claim, he later added prior service in Capt Goldman Bryson's CO of volunteers. The Payne-Boyd Muster Roll of latter company records that Benjamin F. Payne was captured in action 3 Nov 1863. Lt Clapp who investigated this roll recorded on 17 Aug 1871 that Payne was 1st Sgt in Bryson's CO and was never captured.
B. F. Paine stated in his claim that Rebels had captured his youngest brother (Preston "Press" S. Payne) and killed him 30 Nov 1863 near Coker Creek, TN.
Pension was issued 28 Jul 1890 at $8 monthly, increased to $15 on 20 May 1907, and to $12 on 13 Apr 1904. His widow was granted a pension of $8 monthly, later increased to $12.
Children of B. F. Payne include the following:
______ b 15 Jun 1856
Elizabeth b 17 Jun 1859 m Jim Graves
John F. b 19 Mar 1861
Delane (Evaline) b 12 Apr 1869 m Joe Roberts
Justice (Josephine) b 18 Sep 1870
Bartley b 29 Sep 1872
Louise H. b 22 Jan 1875
Henry F. b 19 Oct 1879
James A. b 12 Dec 1881
Cornelius M. b 24 May 1884 d ca 1899 of typhoid
Fannie S. b 21 Jan 1887 m Jim Sweet.
by
Joe Irons
Coker Creek, TN
sources Robert Barker files & Hill Country Heritage by Paul J. Long
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