King Payne

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King Payne (died 1812) was probably a nephew of the Seminole high chief Cowkeeper, and succeeded him (in the matrilineal succession) as leading chief of the Seminoles upon his death in 1783. [1] He led his people against the Spanish and Americans from Georgia and established a number of towns and villages, including Paynes Town in Paynes Prairie, both of which are named for him. Paynes Prairie is in present-day Alachua County, Florida, between Gainesville and Micanopy. U.S. Route 441 and Interstate 75 cut through the prairie.

On September 27, 1812, Payne and a group of Seminoles as well as black allies were attacked by a force led by Daniel Newnan during the Patriot War. Payne was shot and succumbed from his wounds days later. [2] He was succeeded as leading chief by his brother Bolek, called Bowlegs by the Anglo-Americans. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Mahon, John K. (1985). History of the Second Seminole War: 1835 - 1842 (Rev. ed., repr. [d. Ausg.] 1967 ed.). Gainesville: Univ. of Florida Pr. p. 10. ISBN   978-0-8130-0154-8.
  2. ↑ Brown, Canter Jr. (1990). "The "Sarrazota, or Runaway Negro Plantations": Tampa Bay's First Black Community, 1812-1821". Tampa Bay History. 12 (2): 1–2. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Bergman Peters, Virginia (1979). The Florida Wars. Archon Books, p. 42. ISBN   0-208-01719-4


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