1. Leroy¹ Payne (#1493) was born before February 12, 1832, the first event for which there is a recorded date.

He married Racheal Hill. (Racheal Hill is #1494.)

Leroy Payne and Racheal Hill had the following child:

2 i. William² Payne (#1362) was born February 12, 1832.⁽⁶⁰⁴⁾ William died 1903 at 71 years of age.⁽⁶⁰⁵⁾ He married Edith Chaney. (Edith Chaney is #1354.) Edith was born in Laurel Grove, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States 1839.⁽⁶⁰⁶⁾ Edith was the daughter of Jackson Chaney and Annie Milam. Edith died 1913 at 74 years of age.⁽⁶⁰⁷⁾ William H. Payne was born February 12, 1832, the son of Leroy and Racheal Hill Payne. He married Edith Chaney in 1855. He was a farmer by trade and lived in Whitmell, Pittsylvania Co. Virginia. It may not be well said that he was a true Confederate veteran since he deserted. It's been told that he would plow his fields by night so no one would know he was home. He wanted to be with his family. He later suffered from epeleptic seizures that resulted from a fight that he and his son, John J. Payne engaged in with some members of the Cabell family. He died in 1903 at 71 years of age. Edith Chaney Payne was the daughter of Jackson and Ann Milam Chaney. She was born 1839 in Laurel Grove Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Not much is known of Edith except that she was a housewife. She died in 1913. William and Edith had 10 children: John Jackson Payne, Thomas R. Payne, Leroy T. Payne, William Payne, George Daniel Payne, Joseph Thomas Payne, Martha Payne, Fannie Payne (Still), Nathaniel S. Payne, and Henry R. Payne.

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