King Payne

'''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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahon |first=John K. |title=History of the Second Seminole War: 1835 - 1842 |date=1985 |publisher=Univ. of Florida Pr |isbn=978-0-8130-0154-8 |edition=Rev. ed., repr. [d. Ausg.] 1967 |location=Gainesville |pages=10}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Canter Jr. |title=The "Sarrazota, or Runaway Negro Plantations": Tampa Bay's First Black Community, 1812-1821 |journal=Tampa Bay History |date=1990 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=1–2 |url=https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1288&context=tampabayhistory |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> He was succeeded as leading chief by his brother ''Bolek,'' called Bowlegs by the Anglo-Americans.<ref>Bergman Peters, Virginia (1979). ''The Florida Wars''. Archon Books, p. 42. {{ISBN|0-208-01719-4}}</ref>

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{{S-start}} {{Succession box| before=Cowkeeper| title=Leading chief of the Seminoles| after=Bolek| years=1783–1812}} {{S-end}}

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