Amanda (Mandy) Pinket Payne Grayson????? Loudoun County, Virginia

Pat Duncan,

Thanks to you I believe I am on the right track.

On the 1870 Census Samuel Payne is listed as "Pinket". Amanda Payne is also living in the same place as Samuel Payne with Lewis and Clora E Pinket.

On the 1880 Census Samul. Payne is still living with Louis and Chloe Pinket. He is listed as their grandson. Amanda Payne is not on the 1880 census with them as she is working as a cook living in the home of Joseph and Tamonie Dillon. Amanda is listed as married. I am thinking if Samul. Payne is the grandson of Chloe Pinket and Louis Pinket then Amanda must be their daughter or she may be their former daughter in law???????????

I believe this is the correct Samuel Payne who is married to Lucy Steward Payne and listed on the 1900 Federal Census with Mandy Payne, Thomas Grayson and other family members. By 1910 Samuel Payne is deceased and Lucy Payne is the head. She has a brother living with her named John Stewart. On Samuel and Lucy Steward Payne marriage record Clowe and Louis Pinket are listed as parents and not grandparents for Samuel Payne. Maybe because they raised him as their own he thought of them as his parents.

Amanda's son Thomas is listed as Payne on the 1880 census and Gracon on the 1900 Census and Grayson on the 1910 Census. According to the birth date I believe they are one and the same.

According to the 1900 and 1910 Census Mandy Grayson is listed as having had 12 children. From the information gathered on the 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 Census and Loudoun County Vita Records we have 12 children as follow:

1. Roberta Pinket Payne
2. Samuel Pinket Payne
3. Sallie Pinket Payne
4. Ellia Payne
5. Cortna J. Payne
6. Jane Payne
7. Thomas Payne/Grayson
8. Harriet Grayson (Father: James H. Grayson)
9. Harry Grayson
10. Mary Grayson
11. Lilly Grayson
12. Blanche Grayson

All of the children are believed to have been born in Loudoun, Virginia.

I cannot find a death record for Amanda (Mandy) Grayson in D.C. or listed in the Harmony and/or Payne Cemeter in Landover, Maryland.
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INFORMATION GATHERED:
1870 United States Federal Census
about Samuel Pinket
Name:Samuel Pinket
Birth Year:abt 1865
Age in 1870:5
Birthplace:Virginia
Home in 1870:Southern District, Loudoun, Virginia
Race:Black
Gender:Male
Value of real estate:View image
Post Office:Circleville
Household Members:NameAge
Lewis Pinket50
Clora E Pinket45
Roberta Pinket8
Samuel Pinket5
Sallie Pinket6
Amanda Pane20
Ellia Pane1

PAYNE, Cortna J., colored female, b. 30 May 1873 at Garett's Hill House?, Illegitimate, laborer, nr Philomont, mother- Amanda Payne, Informant-father & mother [?]

On the following 1880 Federal Census there is an Amanda Payne with it looks like her son name Thomas Payne living in the home of Tamonie & Joseph Dillon. Amanda was a cook. (Where was her husband was he living in another household working or what?)

It might be that for the 1880 Loudoun Census, Amanda's husband was away on a job on the day the census taker came. One of my ancestor's was visiting her parents on that day so she is listed with them and not her husband.(Pat Duncan)

Also, she is Mullatto. My grandmother, Blanche Grayson, claimed that she was Cherokee and she was not black even tho her skin was dark.

The use of the term mulatto in the census often denoted a skin color more than the race. The census taker could have assumed she was part black based on her skin color.(Pat Duncan)

1880 Federal Census
Tamonie J. Dillon Joseph Mount Gilead, Loudoun, Virginia abt 1849 Virginia Wife

Joseph Dillon Tamonie J. Mount Gilead, Loudoun, Virginia abt 1850 Virginia Self (Head)

Lester J. Dillon Joseph,
Tamonie J. Mount Gilead, Loudoun, Virginia abt 1875 Virginia Son

Lindo C. Dillon Joseph,
Tamonie J. Mount Gilead, Loudoun, Virginia abt 1876 Virginia Son

Joseph D. Dillon Joseph,
Tamonie J. Mount Gilead, Loudoun, Virginia abt 1877 Virginia Son

Robert Gray Mount Gilead, Loudoun, Virginia abt 1851 Virginia

Amanda Payne Mount Gilead, Loudoun, Virginia abt 1850 Virginia Self (Head)

Thoms Payne Mount Gilead, Loudoun, Virginia abt 1878 Virginia


1880 United States Federal Census
about Saml. Payne
Name:Saml. Payne
Home in 1880:Mount Gilead, Loudoun, Virginia
Age:13
Estimated birth year:abt 1867
Birthplace:Virginia
Relation to Head of Household:Grandson
Father's birthplace:Virginia
Mother's birthplace:Virginia
Neighbors:View others on page
Occupation:School
Marital Status:Single
Race:Black
Gender:Male
Cannot read/write:Blind:Deaf and dumb:Otherwise disabled:Idiotic or insane:View image
Household Members:NameAge
Chloe Pinket55
Louis Pinket60
Sallie Payne14
Saml. Payne13
Jane Payne6

From "Loudoun Co. Birth Register 1880-1896" by Pat Duncan:
GRAYSON, Harriet, colored female, b. 2 Feb 1882 in Loudun, father: James H. Grayson a laborer, resides Loudoun, mother: Amanda Grayson, Informant - J. H. Grayson, parent

Pat Duncan
GenNutLdn@msn.com

from the Loudoun Co. Marriage Register:
date of marriage: 15 Dec 1885, colored
groom: Saml. W. W. PAYNE, 23y, single, laborer, b. and resides Loudoun, s/o Louis & Clowe
bride: Lucy Steward, 18y, single, b. and resides Loudoun, d/o Jesse & Mary
performed by A. H. TILGHMAN

1900 federal census:
Name Age
Samuel Payne 35 - Head
Lucy Payne 33 - Wife
Lulla Payne 5 - Daughter
Edward Payne 1 - Son
Mandy Gracon 51 - Mother
Thomas Gracon 21 - Brother
Harry Gracon 16 - Brother
Mary Gracon 14 - Sister
Lilly Gracon 13 - Sister
Blanche Gracon 9 - Sister
Terresa Payne 10 - Niece
Lizzie Johnson 33 -Other
They were all born in Virginia.

1910 Federal Census:
Mandy Grayson 64 - Head - Born in Virginia
Thomas Grayson 29 - Son - Born in Virginia
Blanche Grayson 19 - Daughter - Born in Virginia
Mary Grayson 25 - Daughter - Born in Virginia
Teresa Morris 19 - Grandaughter - Born in Virinia
Dorothy Johnson 7 - Grandaughter - Born in DC
Catherine Morris 2 - Grandaughter - Born in DC
Lewis Grayson 4 - Grandson - Born in DC

1910 Federal Census
Lucy Payne 39
Lillie Stewart 23
John Stewart 30
Earl Stewart 8
Zella Stewart 1
Louise Payne 15
Viola Payne 7
Beulah Payne 9
Flora Lee 21
Edward Peyer 11

1930 Federal Census:
Teresa Marrie 38
Thomas Gragson 50
Mary L Marris 9
Margret Marris 11


They were living in Washington, D.C. 1900, 1910 and 1930.

I have a death certificate for a Thomas Grayson who died on June 1, 1938 in Washington, D.C. at the age of 58. The name of his parents were Amanda Payne and Bud Grayson.