[preston.FTW]
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 9, Ed. 1, Tree #0216, Date of Import: Oct 19, 1998]
!Will probated 29 Apr 1794
!Allegany Co. deeds, Liber H, Page 12, Nov. 26, 1814: transferred a tract of
land of seven acres called "Walnut Bottom" from the estate of George Payne to
one Thomas Thistle. This indenture was signed by Raphael Payne, Samuel and
Sararh (Payne) Durbin, and Elias and Rachel (Payne) Arnold. This deed was
recorded Feb. 2, 1815. George Payne had bought seven acres, a part of Walnut
Bottom as deeded on May 11, 1791, from one Thomas Beall.
!A Payne Family History records that Raphael Payne and his wife Winifred
(Porter) Payne journeyed westward across the moutains to Knox Co., OH perhaps
in 1818. The journey was made on horseback when their eldest child was very
small. This daughter, Rachel, was born in Maryland on Apr. 9, 1818.
George Payne 
