Sanford Payne

Payne’s Mill / Rock Hill (Parcel 1.1.5.1)

In May 1758 William Payne, Sr. leased from Henry Fitzhugh (Colonel) “six acres more or less” on Accotink Run for a mill. The 99-year lease required “the yearly rent of one peppercorn on every feast of the Nativity of our Lord Christ…,” a token fee common in that era for mill leases.

About four years later in January 1762, the elder Payne “in consideration of the natural Love and affection…for their further advancement” transferred the lease to his two oldest sons, William Payne, Jr. and Sanford Payne.1

The mill appears on the 1792 deed plat that divided the north half of Ravensworth (Parcel 1.1). It is within the part of Ravensworth that by 1797 had passed to Giles Fitzhugh. That year William, Jr.’s son, Colonel William Payne, bought 25 acres including the mill (Parcel 1.1.5.1) from Giles. Thus he became the first Ravensworth landowner outside the Fitzhugh family. Before or during Colonel Payne’s ownership, the property became known as Rock Hill.

Source: http://ravensworthstory.org/landmarks/paynes-mill-rock-hill/

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