Ignatius Payne, II

Ignatius PAYNE (John PAYNE1) was born 22 AUG 1801 in Prince George Co.

Md.., and died 28 APR 1851 in Daviess County, Ky. He married Christina HAGAN 4

OCT 1821 in Nelson Co. Ky. by Fr. O'Brien. She was born ABT 1800 in Maryland.,

and died in prob. Daviess Co., Ky.

Ignatius was baptized August 22, 1801 at Holy Trinity Church in Georgtown, D.C.

His godmother was his aunt, Elizabeth Drury, his mother's sister. Ignatius and

Christina Hagan, daughter of Elizabeth Hagan, widowed, we re married in Nelson

County, Ky., October 4, 1821 by Father O'Brien. They were in Daviess County, Ky.

by 1830 when their daughter, Ann Louisa, w as baptized at St. Lawrence.

Ignatius life ended in a horrific tragedy. This is a version told to me by his

great great granddaughter, Sister Mildred Barr OSU:

There was a gentlemen's agreement between Ignatius Payne and William and George

Turnbull concerning the use of water on Turnbull property for the Payne cattle.

For some reason the Turnbull’s fenced off the access. Ignatius took down the

fence so his cattle could get to the water. The Turnbull’s came out with clubs

and butcher knives and hacked to death, Ignatius and his son, George who was 18

years old. They cut up the other sons, John A., James and Ignatius (ages 21, 16,

and 13) and left them for dead. They survived but Sister Mildred said an old

picture of one of the sons shows the scars of the tragedy on his face. Another

source, History of Daviess County, stated that the Turnbull women came out and

fought as vicious ly as the men. They too were indicted for the murder of the

Payne’s. The Payne farm was about 6 miles east of Owensboro, on the Pleasant

Valley Road and in 1884 was described as the John A. Payne farm.

There was so much anger at the Turnbull’s that their trial was moved to Ohio

County where they were let go and were never heard from again. The language in

the depositions is quite strong in describing the evil deed of t he Turnbull’s.

Sources: Special Collections Library, Georgetown University, DC, Nelson County

records, Depositions of the deaths of Ignatius and his son, George a re found at

the Daviess Co. courthouse.

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History of Daviess Co Ky, Upper Town Precinct, page 797, see below:

A Neighborhood Battle

In the spring of 1852 a difficulty arose between the families of Ignatius Payne and William and George Turnbull, in regard to the building of a fence between the farms. The Turnbulls wanted to join fences, and the Paynes wanted a road between so that stock could pass back and forth. Turnbulls persisted and joined the fences, in spite of all opposition. Payne went out to move the fence, when the Turnbulls came out and commenced an attack, using butcher-knives for weapons. Mr. Payne and his son George were killed, and John, James and Ignatius Payne were badly wounded. The women portion of the family fought as desperately as the men. This affray occurred six miles east of Owensboro, on the Pleasant Valley road, on what is now known as the John A. Payne farm.

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