

My Payton line is from the Neosho, Missouri area. My father was Junior Lee Payton son of John Franklin Payton and Stella Marie Gates. John Franklin's father was William Riley Payton married to Emma Alexander. Other names that link to the Payton line from there are Bybee, Gates, Linder, Cox, Lawson, Cutburth, Robertson, Smith, Schrader, and Jackson.