Greenwood Payne

1750 - 1797  (47 years)

• Name	Greenwood Payne  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1750	Amelia County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1790	Caswell County, North Carolina, USA   [4]
  FSID	G7VJ-Q86
  Residence	1796	Caswell County, North Carolina, USA
  Death	1797	Davidson County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 3]
  	Cause: Accidental Drowning
  	Drowned in the Cumberland River
  Person ID	I12909	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Payne,   b. 1 Dec 1722, Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 24 Nov 1780, Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mildred Greenwood,   b. 7 Mar 1723, Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 1797, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1743	Virginia, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah payne,   b. Abt 1755, Tennessee, USA d. Bef 1804, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA (Age < 48 years)
  Children	1. Nancy Payne,   b. Abt 1773, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Reuben Payne,   b. 2 Apr 1781, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA d. 18 Sep 1838, Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Greenwood Payne, Jr,   b. Abt 1783, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA d. 19 Sep 1863, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Payne,   b. Abt 1796, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA d. 1861, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Payne  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1750 - Amelia County, Virginia, USA Census - 1790 - Caswell County, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1796 - Caswell County, North Carolina, USA Death - Cause: Accidental Drowning - 1797 - Davidson County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~l Smith-M Smith Male Ancestor

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  History-PAYNE Sarah and Greenwood The sons of Greenwood and Sarah Payne - Contributed by Jerald Wilson; 2005

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S581] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;). [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S8239] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Caswell, North Carolina; Series: M637; Page: 82.