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Elizabeth “Betsy” <I>Johnson</I> Payne

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Elizabeth “Betsy” Johnson Payne

Birth
Orange County, Virginia, USA
Death
16 Apr 1846 (aged 74)
Burial
Great Crossing, Scott County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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"Jemima Suggett Johnson was the first to suggest bringing water, and led the brave women to the spring when it was surrounded by Indians in ambuscade, thus making possible the defense of Bryant Station. With her was her daughter, Elizabeth, aged ten, who carried a piggin. When the fort was attacked a lighted arrow from an Indian bow fell into the cradle of her baby brother, Richard, but Elizabeth extinguished the flames, and he lived to become Vice-President of the United States."

SOURCE: The Lexington Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, has built a memorial wall around this historic spring.

Contributed by: Janicet #47361005
"Jemima Suggett Johnson was the first to suggest bringing water, and led the brave women to the spring when it was surrounded by Indians in ambuscade, thus making possible the defense of Bryant Station. With her was her daughter, Elizabeth, aged ten, who carried a piggin. When the fort was attacked a lighted arrow from an Indian bow fell into the cradle of her baby brother, Richard, but Elizabeth extinguished the flames, and he lived to become Vice-President of the United States."

SOURCE: The Lexington Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, has built a memorial wall around this historic spring.

Contributed by: Janicet #47361005

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  • Created by: Trish
  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64860779/elizabeth-payne: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth “Betsy” Johnson Payne (16 Apr 1772–16 Apr 1846), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64860779, citing Payne Cemetery, Great Crossing, Scott County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Trish (contributor 47334277).