Floy Payne

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name: Floy Prewitt
death date: 30 Jun 1960
death place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 53 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 07 Jan 1907
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Divorced
spouse's name:
father's name: William Payne
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Beula Cousins
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Domestic
place of residence: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
cemetery: HIllcrest Cemetery
burial place: Dallas, Texas
burial date: 02 Jul 1960
additional relatives: X
Informant Mrs. Allen Allumbaugh
film number: 2116315
digital film number: 4166550
image number: 3210
reference number: CN 41115
Collection: Floy Prewitt, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Geneva Pr. 8
Enumerated 21 and 22 April 1910
SD 2 ED 135 Sheet 4B
70-75
Payne, Willie W. Head M W 28 m1 6 Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborers Share Farmer
Payne, Buela L Wf F W 27 m1 6 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
Payne, Willie O Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Payne, Floyd Son (sci) F W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Payne, Thos. R Son MW W 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Beulah Cousins about 1903. Beulah (daughter of James Clark Cousins and Susan Serena "Renie" Woods) was born on 22 Nov 1882 in Newton County, Mississippi; died on 6 May 1964 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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name: Beulah Payne
death date: 1964
death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 81 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 22 Nov 1882
birthplace: Newton, Texas
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: James C. Cousands
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Ranie Woods
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Housewife
place of residence: Houston, Harris, Texas
cemetery: Little Flock
burial place: Little Flock, Texas
burial date: 1964
additional relatives: X
Informant James Payne, Grandson
film number: 2117486
digital film number: 4028427
image number: 2005
reference number: v X cn 30439
Collection: Beulah Payne, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Benjamin married Mary Virginia Scurlock. Mary was born on 9 Jul 1856; died on 18 Jul 1907; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be a son of Robert COUSINS and Sarah JORDAN.

Not able to locate a Texas Death Certificate on FamilySearch.org.

At the time of the 1940 census, he was living in San Augustine, Texas, with his eldest daughter, Pearl, and her husband Frank Marshall.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Newton County, JP 2, ED #55
Enumerated 17 Jun 1880
Page 21 SD 1 ED 55 Stamped 544 A.
167-167
Cousins, Clark W M 22 Farm Laborer Tx Tenn Fl
Cousins, Sousan C W F 22 Wf Tx Tenn Misss

1900 Census
Texas, San Augustine, JP 4
Enumerated 14 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 77 Sheet 7A Stamped 243
106-106
Cousins, James C Head W M Nov 1855 44 m20 Tx Va Miss Farmer
Cousins, Bula Dtr W F Nov 1882 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Floyd A Son W M May 1886 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Cousins, Aver Dtr W F Jun 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Elvin Son W M Mar 1890 10 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Cousins, Olie Dtr W F Apr 1892 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine, JP 4
Enumerated 5 May 1910
SD 2 ED 141 Sheet 12B
243-252
Cousins, James C Head m W 52 wd Tx Tn Va Farmer
Cousins, Elvin Son M W 19 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Funghason, Weria Grddtr F W 3 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, San Augusitne County, JP 4
Enumerated 30-31 Jan and 1-2 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 179 Sheet 9B
165-170
Cousins, Clark head M W 62 Wd Tx Va Va Farmer
Ferguson, Vera Grddtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx

James married Susan Serena "Renie" Woods. Susan (daughter of Francis Marion Woods and Eliza Louisa C. M. Irwin) was born about 1856 in Texas; died about 1896; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

White and Toole instead show her as Irene.

Notes:

Mortality Schedule for 1860 Sabine County "Benjamin W. Payne, farmer, age 42, male born in Georgia, died July 1859 of drunkness, sick 42 days" No dates are inscribed on his tombstone.

Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts, and son of B. W. Payne. He stated his father died in the early sixties.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 11 and 12 Oct 1850
Stamped 316
87-87
Margaret Payne 62 F $400 NC
Scott Ganntt 49 M Ga
88-88
Louisa Holoway and family
89-89
Benjamin W Payne 32 M Farmer Ga
Ursa Ann Payne 27 F La
Amanda Payne 5 F Tx
Epps Payne 3 M Tx
Sarah Agnes Payne 1 F Tx

Benjamin married Ursa Ann Roberts. Ursa (daughter of William Roberts and Sarah) was born on 20 Apr 1824 in Louisiana; died on 18 Feb 1895; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gravestone inscribed with "Remember youth as you pass by. As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me, Come to see Mammy."

On the annotated transcription of the Payne-Williams cemetery she is shown as a daughter of Willam and Sarah Roberts. It was also shown that she had been married three times, first to Benjamin William Payne, second to Judson M. Meador, and last to John N. Lowery.

Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts, and son of Ursa Ann. He also indicated that his mother later married J. N. Lowery by whom she had no children. He added that Lowery survived his mother by several years, and he did not know who his heirs were. B. R. Payne did not report the marriage to Judson M. Meador noted on the Payne-Williams Cemetery transcription.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat, PO Milam
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
Page 23
167-167
UA Payne 36 F Farmer 7500 15782 La
Margaret A Payne 15 F Tx
Sarah A Payne 10 F Tx
Benjamin R Payne 6 M Tx
William E Payne 5 M Tx
Mary R Payne 2 F Tx
G B Batchtlor 18 M Overseer Ga

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Married:
On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, they are shown as the grandparents of Mary Emma Cordray McGown, a daughter of their daughter, Mary "Molly" Payne and John Cordray. The transcription of the San Augustine City Cemetery also shows that John Randolph Cordray (1884-1968) was a son of John Cordray and Mary Payne.


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name: Mary Emma Mcgown
event: Death
event date: 15 Oct 1973
event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 07 Dec 1885
birthplace: Geneva, Texas
father's name: John L Cordray
mother's name: Mary Payne
certificate number: 78696
film number: 2242914
digital folder number: 005145841
image number: 03277
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Mary Emma Mcgown, 1973

Notes:

Said to have come to Texas in 1836, and to have been a son of John Clark Cousins and Elizabeth Allen of Amelia County, Virginia. Also said to be a brother of Marthe Epps Cousins, the wife of Asa Mann, residents of Haywood County, Tennessee.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Newton County
Enumerated 26 Oct 1850
87-87
Robert Cousins 38 M Farmer 800 VA
Sarah Jane Cousins 20 F Ala
Mary Elizabeth Cousins 1 F Tx

The Slave Schedules indicated he had four slaves in total, 34 year old Male, 20 year old female, 18 year old male, and 2 year old male

Robert married Sarah Jane Jordan on 12 Nov 1848 in Newton County, Texas. Sarah was born on 17 Jan 1831 in Neshoba County, Mississippi; died on 11 Mar 1907 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore shows her as a daughter of Henry JORDAN and Mary Ann ROBERTS.

Her gravestone is inscribed Sarah J. Miller Born Jan 17, 1831 Died Mar 11 1907 Aged 76 Years 1 Mo 24 Days.

In "Glimpes of Newton County History" it was written that Sarah had been married twice before when she married as his second wife, Robert Marcus, who was a Baptist minister. Robert also farmed near Burkeville. "Seven children, six step-children and a husband who had to be away on weekends gave Sarah Miller plenty to do. She was a hardy pioneer woman who lived to be in her seventies."




(Research): She had also been married to Tom Byerly, and had one child by him, Claborn "Clay' Harrison Byerly.

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Married:
Source: County Court Records FHL Microfilm #1005596

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He was a Baptist minister and organized the Little Flock Baptist Church in San Augustine. (White and Toole, p 32).

Said to be living with his father in San Augustine at the time of the 1850 census.

Francis married Eliza Louisa C. M. Irwin on 28 Aug 1856 in Jasper County, Texas. Eliza was born about 1836 in Texas; died about 1914 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]