# King Payne

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'''King Payne''' (died 1812) was probably a nephew of the [Seminole](/source/Seminole) high chief [Cowkeeper](/source/Cowkeeper), and succeeded him (in the matrilineal succession) as [leading chief of the Seminoles](/source/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](/source/Spain) and [American](/source/United_States)s from [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)) and established a number of towns and villages, including Paynes Town in [Paynes Prairie](/source/Paynes_Prairie), both of which are named for him.  Paynes Prairie is in present-day [Alachua County, Florida](/source/Alachua_County%2C_Florida), between [Gainesville](/source/Gainesville%2C_Florida) and [Micanopy](/source/Micanopy%2C_Florida). [U.S. Route 441](/source/U.S._Route_441_in_Florida) and [Interstate 75](/source/Interstate_75_in_Florida) 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](/source/Daniel_Newnan) during the [Patriot War](/source/Patriot_War_(Florida)). 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](/source/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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