John Payne was
an older brother of David Payne. Before the
War Between the States, John Payne married Lousia Frady.
The cabin was built in the Young Cane District by John
and his brothers for John’s new wife in 1861.
John’s and Louisa eventually had seven children.
All lived in this cabin.
John enlisted in the Confederate Smith’s Legion,
later the 6th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Co. B.
He served as a blacksmith. John was sent home to Union
County on sick furlough in 1864. He was surrendered with
the Georgia Militia at Kingston in 1865.
His original Parole still
exists. One of his brothers and two of his wife’s
brothers died in the war. He helped found Pleasant Hill
Church. At his funeral, John was honored by the Captain
T. J. Butt Camp, United Confederate Veterans.
The cabin was bought, moved and reassembled by members of
the David W. Payne Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and
others. David was John’s brother. The original floor
was puncheons. All of the replacement logs and shakes are
from land once belonging to John Payne.
The cabin was donated to the Union County Historical
Society. The cabin is located in Blairsville, Union County,
Georgia on School Street behind the Socirty's Butt-Mock
Home.