History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883. Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980. p. 625. JOHN L. PAYNE, born in Nelson County, Ky., May 14, 1825, is a son of John L. Payne, a native of Maryland, born in 1799, who came with his parents to Kentucky and settled in Nelson County, near Bardstown, in 1811. He came to this county in 1828 and bought 1,300 acres of land, and became one of the wealthiest citizens of the county. He died Aug. 6, 1860. John L. was reared on a farm and educated in the early subscription schools. He now owns a good farm of 100 acres and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in May, 1856, to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard W. Long, of this precinct. Nine children have been born to them, seven now living--Theresa A., Martha A., Elizabeth E., Madora T., John R., Rosa L. and Michael Guy. Mr. Payne is a member of the Catholic church. Payne Long = Nelson-KY MD http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/payne.jl.txt