Daniel James Payne

Daniel James Payne M V K Photo: Born: 31 January 1825,[2909] at Chestnut Lawn.[2910] Married: Mary C. Wheatley on 6 April 1852 at Wheatley, Culpeper County. She was born on 13 December 1829 and died 11 November 1905. Her parents were George T. Wheatley and Katherine Taylor.[2911] Died: 9 February 1900 at Chestnut Lawn, “where he lived and was buried.”[2912] 9 February 1900; buried at Payne Family Cemetery #2—Woodside.[2913] 11 November 1925; buried Payne Cemetery, Chestnut Lawn, Remington.[2914] Daniel James Payne lived to be 100 years old, if this source’s birth and death dates are correct. “According to Baird’s Fauquier County Tombstones, he is buried in the Payne Kelly Cemetery Chestnut Lawn in Remington (in my edition page 158). “ ‘Daniel J. Son of Jas. & Mary I. Payne Jan. 31, 1825 Feb 9, 1900.’ ”[2915] “Buried in Payne Cemetery, Chestnut Lawn, Fauquier County, Virginia. From Remington take Route 651 (River Road) South-East about three miles. Just after you pass Rt. 668 turn left on farm of Bacrett Weaver. Cemetery is back of field, back of house and barn. It is surrounded by stone wall and barbed-wire fence.[2916] Obituary: “During the Civil War he was a good soldier; his commanding officer paid him a just tribute in the Warrenton newspaper announcing his death. He was there described as ‘a man of strong character, firm in his convictions, and positive in asserting them.’”[2917] Children: They had ten children,[2918] all born at Chestnut Lawn.[2919] Mary Catherine (9 July 1853–1 July 1930) wed Leonard Daniel. Anne Wheatley, 24 March 1855–after 1934, wed James Madison Daniel, known as Major Daniel. Agnes Taylor, 30 January 1857–after 1937, never married. Harriet Judith, 17 February 1859–24 April 1863. James Marshall, 18 May 1861–after 1937, wed Hattie B. Rhodes. Daniel, 16 November 1863–after 1937, wed Fannie Harlan in Austin, Texas. Mandly Keith, 23 January 1866–23 May 1935, wed Annie M. Hand. Seymour Blair, 14 July 1868–after 1937, wed Martha Elizabeth Hand, sister of Annie. George Wheatley, 10 December 1870–after 1937, wed Aure V. Dixon. Thomas Keith, 5 March 1875–after 1937, wed Frances Steptoe Beale, daughter of Severe F. G. Beale [BH].[2920] Parents and Siblings: Mary Isham Randolph Keith (19 June 1789–14 March 1868) and James Payne (20 June 1791–21 April 1869), the latter born at Bleak Hill. They wed on 7 September 1815 in Fauquier.[2921] He was one of seven siblings: Marshall Keith, Susan Judith, Richard Thomas, Harriet Elizabeth, Daniel James [BH], Mary Isham, Jane Emily Frances.[2922] “[In] 1849 [Marshall Keith Payne] and his brother Daniel J. Payne, under the title of Payne & Brother, operated a store in [Fauquier County] near Wheatley’s Mill on the Rappahannock between Remington and Kelly’s Mill.”[2923] Kelly’s Mill was run by John Kelly, Daniel’s great- uncle.[2924] Other Family: Daniel’s paternal grandparents were Richard Payne and Susannah Kelly.[2925] (See A. D. Payne). Susannah’s brother, John Kelly, married Richard’s sister, Jane Payne. (See John W. Stone for more about the Kellys.) His maternal grandparents were “Thomas Randolph Keith of lower Fq. Co., Captain in the Revolution,” and Judith Blackwell (1759–1856). They wed on 25 May 1775. He was son of Rev. James Keith and Mary Isham Randolph; she was daughter of Joseph Blackwell and Lucy Steptoe.[2926] Daniel’s father was born at Green Hill, [2927] in Westmoreland County, on 20 June 1791. He was raised “by his first-cousin Mrs. Scott” (formerly Frances Susannah Stone Payne, William Payne’s daughter [2928]). James “is said to have served in the war of 1812, and was known as Captain, but no record of his military service” had been uncovered.[2929] In “1830 ‘James Payne of Marsh Run’ qualified as Justice of the Peace in Fq. Co.” James “died 21 Apr 1869 at his home Chestnut Lawn” Fq. Co., where he and all his children except Mrs. Jeffries [Daniel’s sister Susan[2930]] were buried.”[2931]

Daniel’s mother, Mary Isham Randolph Keith, had three siblings: Susan, Isham and James (not chronological). Her brother Isham was father of Isham and Judge James Keith, both [BH]. Her brother James was father of eleven children, including—Judith Steptoe Keith, mother of John William Payne [BH]; Marshal and Harriet, who married the sister- and brother-in-law of Strother Seth Jones [BH]; Ritchie Rowena Keith, who married Severe Francis Gallie Beale [BH].[2932] Daniel’s sister Harriet Elizabeth married Granville James Kelly. Granville, like Harriet and Daniel, was a great-grandchild of George Payne, as well as being a cousin of John William [BH] and Peter Conway Stone [BH].[2933] See John W. Stone’s entry for more about these relationships. Daniel was first-cousin to the wife of Strother Seth Jones [BH].[2934] Daniel was second cousin to Chief Justice John Marshall. Daniel’s maternal grandfather’s sister was John’s mother.[2935] Daniel’s wife’s maternal grandfather was Mandly Taylor of Warren County.[2936] Stories, Letters & Biographies: CSR: 5’9”, dark complexion, grey eyes; enlisted 1 February 1864; paroled May 4, 1865 Winchester. Additional Information: “Before his marriage [which occurred in 1852] he was Deputy Clerk of the Court in [Fauquier County].”[2937] Private.[2938] Resided in Alexandria, 1870s.[2939] His residence, Chestnut Lawn, “is three miles S. E. of Remington, … and on the road to Fredericksburg via Summerduck and Goldvein.”[2940] Daniel’s father, James, was the only son of Susannah Kelly. He was born in Westmoreland County, former home of both Paynes and Kellys before both moved to Fauquier and Culpeper. Even though they did not spend their early life near Kelly’s Ford—Richard (Susannah’s widower) lived at Bleak Hill, slightly north of the town of Culpeper, and James was raised by his cousin, who lived in Fredericksburg—James Payne’s line apparently maintained its connection with the Kellys. James bought the land of Chestnut Lawn, located comparatively near the Kelly home.[2941] Daniel’s mill was near Kelly’s Ford; his sister wed a Kelly cousin; Daniel lived at the plantation, closer geographically to the Kelly land than to the two Payne groupings on the northern edges of Culpeper (Bleak Hill) and Warrenton (Clifton, Granville, and Bellevue [2942]).