History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883. Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980. p. 625. STEPHEN T. PAYNE was born in Nelson County, Ky., April 7, 1826. His father, William Payne, was a native of Montgomery County, Md., a descendant of Lord Baltimore, and came to Kentucky with his parents in 1812, and to this county in 1827. His grandfather, John H. Payne, was born Feb. 14, 1789. He came to this county in 1827 and bought 1,400 acres of land, settling his children around him. He died March 24, 1846. Stephen T. was reared on the old homestead of his grandfather. Jan. 15, 1849, he married Martha J., daughter of Robert Cecil. Of their nine children but seven are living--Margaret F., William R., Matilda J., Susan A., Martha A., Stephen S. and James T. Susan Elizabeth and Everellis (twin of James T.) are deceased. Mr. Payne was Registering Sergeant during the drilling of militia of the Mexican war. He has served as Road Supervisor four years. He is a member of the Catholic church and Total Abstinence Society. Payne Cecil = Nelson-KY Montgomery-MD http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/payne.st.txt