This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2R.2ADE/998.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I am pretty sure there is a connection for this reason: One of the children of the son of Robert and Parthena was named Owen(s) Collier. Robert and Parthena's son, Thomas Newton Collier, had a large family of children, the first couple born in Clay County. They were: Thomas Washington Collier b. July 29, 1892 Minnie Corine Collier b. November 13, 1893 --the following born in GA probably in the area of Montezuma, Macon County, GA-- Artie Mae Collier b. Sept. 26, 1895 William Oliver Collier b. Apr. 5, 1896 James Oscar Collier b. Oct 6, 1898 Lomis Grady Collier b. Dec. 29, 1900 Walter B. Collier b. Jue 29, 1902 ARCHIBALD SAMUEL COLLIER (my husbands grandfather) Earlie Della Collier b. June 28, 1906 Owens Collier b. Aug. 6, 1907 Thanks for your time and information! Suz