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31. Phillip (Philip) Wroe Payne (Married: Maria (Myria) F. Hardie (#32) on 13 October 1850)
Born: 17 November 1826 of William Wroe Payne (#61) & Amelia Gaw (#62) in Virginia. Click here for the Family Record of William Wroe Payne (#61) and Amelia Gaw (#62).
Died: 26 December 1861; he died of "Tremens" (Delirium Tremens is related to alcoholism) during the Civil War in Clarksburg, Taylor, West Virginia. (Source of dates: Research by Russell Leach and a note in an old family photo book in the possession of Evelyn Sharpe Bumgarner, a Colerider Descendant, copied by Susan Snyder on September 2009). (Source: West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1873). (Source of research in purple was conducted by Linda Cunningham Fluharty. ).
[His siblings included:
a) Catharine Gaw Payne: (Married: 1st. Dr. James William Newton May 21, 1844, Married 2nd: when widowed, to John A. Rightmire). Born: 15 April 1819. Died: 29 December 1870 in Paris, Virginia;
b) John Moses Payne: (Married: his cousin Ann Eliza Trone Weedon December 23, 1852, daughter of George and Julia (Trone) Weedon); Born: 8 June 1820. Died: 10 August 1888; Miscellaneous: He was only 17 when his father died; he was raised by his relatives in Prince William County, Virginia;
c) Mary Jane Payne: (Married: Redmond Foster Brawner on February 22, 1844) Born: 3 November 1821. Died:? ; Miscellaneous: She was only 16 when her father died; she was raised in Prince William County by her cousins Andrew Monroe Chancellor and his second wife Elizabeth (Wroe) Chancellor.
d) William McManus Payne: (Married: Maria Quigley on July 1, 1852) Born: 22 December 1822, Died: 4 August 1879.; Miscellaneous: He was only 10 when his mother died and 14 when his father died, so he was raised by his father's relatives in Prince William County.
e) Amelia Frances Payne: (Married: Abram Enoch Sargent January 17, 1843) Born: 6 April 1824. Died: 16 June 1905. ;
f) Joseph William Payne: Born:13 July 1825. Died: 17 September 1827;
g) Edmund (Edward) James Payne: (Married: Margaret T. Martin on March 5, 1854) Born: 19 July 1829. Died:13 December 1894. Miscellaneous: He and his wife had five children: Amelia Ellen Payne, William McManus Payne, Nancy Ann Payne, Flora Eva Payne, and Fannie Ruff Payne;
h) Eliza Elen Payne: Born: 28 February 1830. Died: 28 July 1830;
i) Henry Keppler Payne: (Married: Annie E. Rogers on April 9, 1855) Born: 5 May 1831. Died: 2 July 1863. Miscellaneous: He and his wife had four children: John William Payne, Mary Hannah Payne, Amelia Catherine Payne, and Henry Allison Payne.]
Miscellaneous: Phillip lived in Grafton, West Virginia. All blue information above was confirmed by William C. Wroe in The Wroe and Chancellor Families, which William C. Wroe compiled and published in 1992. p. 273-278.
Phillip was only 6 years and about 4 months old when his mother died on 23 March 1833 and 10 years and about 2 months old when his father died on 11 January 1837. Records show that many of Phillip's brothers and sisters were raised by relatives when their father died. No records have been found concerning who raised Phillip.
In the 1860 Census for Independence District, Preston County, Virginia, conducted on 29 September, 1860, Philip W. Payne's home is listed as the 1647 "Dwelling-house numbered in the order of visitation." His home was the 1643rd "Families numbered in the order of visitation." "The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June, 1860, was in this family" included five people. Philip, Maria, William, Mary, and Anna. Philip W. Payne is listed as 33 and his profession was cabinetmaker. Maria is listed as being 28 (This is difficult to read. It should be 29 if she was born 20 February 1831). William H. is 9 , Mary O. is 5, and Anna E. is 3 (Anna would actually have been 2 if she was born 20 June 1858). [ Note: Philip and Maria had 5 children: William Henry, James Wroe, Mary Olive, Anna Eliza (#16), and Lucy Ellen. Lucy was not listed in the 1860 census because she was born in 1861; James Wroe isn't listed because he died at the age of 3 in 1854.]
Records of the U.S. Civil War Soldiers 1861- 1865 includes a Philip W. Payne. He was listed as a Confederate from Virginia with the 8th Regiment, Virginia Infantry. He was with company E, rank in: private, rank out: private. Film number M382 roll 43. That was not this Philip.
The Civil War Pension application made by Maria, his wife on January 6, 1864 has different information. It states he was with F3 WVa, Inf. This indicates that he fought for the union.
According to research conducted by Linda Cunningham Fluharty: "At age 36, Philip W. Payne joined Company F 3rd Infantry at Clarksburg, (W) Va on June 21, 1861. He mustered in the same day. His service record initially stated: 'Detached from the company at Clarksburg, Va and report dead, but not officially.' - Finally the record says he died of Intemperance 1861-1862. - The WV Death Records show that he died in Clarksburg, which is Harrison County, 26 Dec 1861, but it is indexed incorrectly as Taylor County. He died of 'Tremens' so that would mean Delirium Tremens related to alcoholism. - His widow, Maria, applied for a pension in 1864 but no certificate was issued. Application was also made on behalf of the minor children; no certificate. - Philip W. Payne 33, a cabinetmaker was living in Preston County, (W) Va. in 1860. Wife was Maria (Hardie) and there were 3 minor children, William, Mary & Anna. Another daughter, Lucy Ellen was born in 1861. - According to numerous genealogies, he was born 17 Nov 1826 in Grafton, Taylor County, and his parents were William Wroe Payne and Amelia Gaw. (Philip was Philip Wroe Payne."
On April 9, 2022, the webmaster received a very kind e-mail from a James C. Jeffery III of California, who had purchased a Civil War medal on e-bay that bears "Philip W. Payne"'s name. After purchasing the medal, Mr. Jeffery "googled" Philip's name and found this website. After several discussions, with the webmaster, it was determined that this medal had been struck for this Philip W. Payne. The webmaster purchased the medal of her great great grandfather from Mr. Jeffery.
There were three types of medals awarded to West Virginia Civil War soldier. Class 1 medals state: "Honorably Discharged," Class II medals state: "Killed in Battle". Class III medals state: "For Liberty," which indicated that the soldier died of illness or wounds. This type of medal would have been awarded to the next of kin of West Virginia soldiers, and this is the medal that Philip's family would have received.
As is shown in the photograph of the medal below, there are three parts which include a) a top piece of metal with a pin for hanging the medal as a broach, b) a ribbon, and c) a round medal. Note that the top portion of the medal below is the incorrect attached piece. It says "Honorably Discharged". That piece is also missing the letters WV which stands for West Virginia. These letters have been removed from this piece. The round medal shown below is a Class III medal.
Below Images 1 and 2: The front of the round medal shows a soldier at left with his arm in a sling and at right Lady Liberty. Between the two there is a table with a drum, cannon, cannon balls, eagle, and flags. At the base of the table, it states "Died in the Defence of His Country". Beneath that is 1861 on the left and 1865 on the right. In between the dates are two men representing agriculture and industry. They are standing on either side of a boulder inscribed with the date that West Virginia became a state, June 20, 1863. On the left stands a farmer with an ax and plow before a cornstalk. On the right stands a miner with a pickax, and behind him an anvil and sledge hammer. The pattern for this portion of the medal is copied from the state seal which was adopted September 1863. In front of the boulder lie two crossed rifles and a liberty cap as a symbol of the state's fight for liberty. The state motto at the bottom states "Montani Semper Liberi". It is Latin meaning "Mountaineers Always Free. [Note: West Virginia became a state two and 1/2 years after Philip died.] Below Image 3: The back of the medal has a wreath and the words, "Presented by the State of West Virginia.
Below: These two images show the bottom edge of the medal. The first image show: " Philip W. Payne." The second image shows :"Co F 3rd REG INF VOL"
According to research conducted by Linda Cunningham Fluharty, there was only one Philip Payne in the Civil War from West Virginia, but there are two medals that were inadvertently struck for him. After Philip died, the 3rd W Va. Infantry became the 6th W. Va. Cavalry in Jan 1864. The second medal states, "Philip W. Payne Co F, 6th Regiment W. Va. Cavalry." The webmaster has no knowledge of where the second medal is, but she is very grateful to have this one.
Lifetime Events Summary for Phillip Wroe Payne:
Contact person for this website is Susan Snyder: susanleachsnyder@gmail.com
