User:FloNight/John Payne (general)

John Payne (April 8, 1764 – Sept 9th, 1837) was an American soldier and politician. Payne was an early settler of central Kentucky, a brigadier general in the 2nd Brigade of the Kentucky Militia, and served in the Kentucky State Senate.

Payne participated in several major battles in the War of 1812.

Early life
John Payne, the only son of William Payne Sr and his second wife Ann Jennings, was born April 8, 1764 in Fairfax County, Virginia. Payne married Elizabeth "Betsy" Johnson of Orange County, Virginia on April 10, 1772. Betsy was the oldest daughter of Col. Robert Johnson, a American Revolutionary War soldier and settler of Johnson's Station near Great Crossings, Kentucky. Together John and Betsy had 13 children. ?Ref. Bevins?

Settlement in Kentucky
Payne settled in Scott County, Kentucky around 1786.

Military service
On August 6, 1812 Payne was commissioned a brigadier general in the 2nd Brigade of the Kentucky Militia and commanded the Kentucky Light Dragoons, a regiment of mounted infantry that fought in the Battle of Thames under Col. Richard M. Johnson.

Later life and death
Payne was a State Senator from Scott County from 1830 to 1832.

Payne died at the house in Sept 9th, 1837 and is buried with his wife in the family graveyard on the property.