Re: Swetnam of Blaine KY
From: jpayne5744@aol.com
To: dkkedslie@verizon.net
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 1:25 pm
Dee,
You are right and I didn't remember spelling Jonesboro or Jonesborough incorrectly. I will have to change that and thanks for pointing that out. I know the Payne family that you descend from, don't they connect to the Jett family of Kentucky? You are correct that we are two completely separate lines, and I think the DNA evidence is there for that. I know I thought because of the Swetman connection that you speak of I was hoping that our lines may connect because of yours being traced back further than mine, giving me hope that my brick wall, Reuben Payne would finally have some hope other than he being the first of my line to step foot in the America's after the revolution.
When I have a little more time I will correct my error and would like to know more about your Kentucky connection. Reuben's son Daniel left the Jonesborough area about 1801 with Reuben and all the slaves, leaving my relative John Payne to farm a rough and barren land in the hills of East Tennessee and S.W. Virginia. They also had a brother James that they sort of disinherited, having to bail him out of trouble all the time.
Did you line happen into Monroe or Barren Co., Kentucky?
Joe Payne
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From: Darlene Kedslie
To: JPayne5744@aol.com
Sent: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 8:40 am
Subject: Swetnam of Blaine KY
I am part of the Payne family of NC to VA to KY with a side stop in TN. In researching the Parker Family which marries the Payne family I found this note:
From the Parker notes: Family lore speculates that Francis Marion Parker was the grandson of Neri Swetnam, the wealthiest landowner around Blaine, Kentucky. It is highly unlikely that this was the case since Nancy came to Lawrence County from Virginia in the warm months of 1844. Nancy gave birth to Frank during her first winter in Kentucky, February 5, 1845. Frank's death certificate also states that his father was "Unknown".
From the Parker/Prestons of Lawrence County, KY
Obituary � Ashland Daily Independent, Saturday, July 14, 2007
Carolyn Swetnam Carey Childers, 91, residing in Catlettsburg since 1944, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2007, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. Mrs. C hilders was born Jan. 20, 1916, in Blaine, KY, the daughter of the late Charles W. and Carrie Swetnam Carey, and a direct descendant of Neri Swetnam, one of the first settlers of Blaine who came to the area in 1804. She was preceded by two husbands, Sgt. James B. Shelton, whose B-24 was lost over the Pacific during World War II, and Don Carlos Childers in 1986; and a stepson, Glen F. Childers. Mrs. Childers was a retired teacher, having taught in Catlettsburg schools for 30 years and Lawrence County schools for seven years. She was a member of First Christian Church in Louisa, KY, a lifetime member of Eastern Star, Mistletoe Chapter 144, Kentucky Retired Teachers Association and Kentucky Historical Society. Surviving are a daughter, Melinda Jane Perdue and her husband, Mike, of Catlettsburg; a stepson, Don Childers Jr. and his wife, Suzanne, of Ashland; 10 grandchildren, Jonathan C. Perdue, Matthew F. Perdue, Jerry Childers, Terry Childers, Denise McGill, Danny Childers, Carol Sue Pennington, Greg Childers, Mark Childers, and Todd Childers; 13 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild. A funeral service to honor the life of Carolyn Childers will be at 11 a.m. Monday, July 16, 2007 at Kilgore & Collier Funeral Home, Panola Street, Catlettsburg. Words of inspiration will be offered by the Rev. Mabel Johnson. Committal will follow in Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions maybe made to First Christian Church, 401 West Madison Street, Louisa, KY 41230, American Heart Association, 1544 Winchester Avenue, Ashland, KY 41101, or Community Hospice, 1538 Central Avenue, Ashland, KY 41101.
Swetnam was known to us when I lived in Blaine, it was a place.
Also: ON that same page: http://joepayne.org/aol/payne.htm
was born in 1770 in King George County, Va, and on Aug 6, 1794 in Johnsborough, Tennessee, Washington Co., USA, Do you mean Jonesborough, TN named for Patriot "Willie Jones" - oldest planned city in TN and home to the National Storytelling Festival? I once lived there and have a super history of Jonesborough done by Paul Fink. All of that area was part of the State of Franklin. Your Payne family doesn�t seem to fit my main lineage but who knows as these families cross again in KY?
Dee
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