Searching for the last name of wife of Creed Collins b. 1777 Wake Co., N. C. m. ca 1800 Lydia (Unknown) d. ca 1857 Newton Co., Texas. Lydia was b. Johnston Co., N. C. ca 1780 and d. between 1850 and 1860 in Newton Co., Texas. Was Lydia's last name Lacey? Their known children were Beady m. John Mason Kimmey, John Lew m. Mary O'Neil, Creed Harrison m. Sarah Green Johnson and Andrew m. Rutha. They were in Dale Co. AL from about 1830 to 1840 and then were on the 185k0 Newton Co., Texas census. Would appreciate any help. Dorothy S. Crook dotsc@net1inc.net Any help would be appreciated.

It's been a while since I sent in this information. Hopefully we have new commers and someone will contact me. Meredith Collins b. 1760 (possibly Orange Co. Va) d. 1841 Pike Co. Ky. Parentage unk ( believe it is possible he was related to Vardimon Collins b. 1764) He joined Fincastle-Montgomery Co. 1776 under Captain James McDaniels( this record was found at Christianburg,VA, "Merdy" being 16 years of age entered RevWar with three other Collins, same day, same district, George, David, and LewisCollins) He also seved with these same Collins after the war was over in the Montgomery Militia under a Captain Osburn 1780's. Meredith had three wives( not sure of any legal marriages as no record has never been found) 1) unk, mother of Bradley and a female child; 2) Polly Holloway, mother of JohnW., Edward, Archibald, James, a female, Rubeun, William 3) Milly Johnson , mother of Merdy Johnson aka Levi Collins Meredith 's exsistance and location of where he lived durning the Militia is now the center of my search. I know he was somewhere in the Upper New River Valley along the Flatt River. I believe the reason I haven't found him is that he is from a Tri-racial mixture or Melungeon bloodline. I believe somehow the Saponi Indians are connected to this group of Collins. Anybody researching any of these Collins I wish you would get in touch with me. I am very interested in finding others searching the three men that entered RevWar with Meredith ,George Collins settled in Peach Tree Bottom.........I know nothing of David or Lewis except these Collins were always together from 1776 til 1796 Wilkes Co. Tax list. Meredith went to Russell Co. and the others went to Tennessee. Brenda Collins Dillon

Hi this is Jim Collins, I received an email from a lady who wrote me concerning the COLLINSes of SKIBBEREEN (co. Cork, Ireland). Would you please write back. I think I inadvertently deleted your message & wanted to respond. Thanks, Jim

Hello, Collins Cuzens: For those of you who haven't already checked out this site, the actual documents for COLLINS, and other surnames, can be viewed at The Bureau of Land Management: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Just enter your own zip code (explains this is for area counting purpose) & click on the state you wish to check out. Unfortunately, they only cover 11 states & PA & MD are not there. The COLLINS listings are limited to 200 "due to an administrative limit", whatever that means in a govt. office - so the COLLINS entries end at a John COLLINS - but I think if you plug in a first name'down further in the alphabet of first names', you may get your entry to pop up. One other good site I found is: Geographic Namesaver at - http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo self-explanatory, really, but just plug in the town and state - data pops up - or just the town and you get a whole bunch of same town name in different states. Good hunting - good luck! Shirley: bobert@panacom.com

Can any COLLINS researchers place these COLLINS families with their Kentucky places? Ancestors? Descendants? C452 1910 OHIO Lucas Co, Toledo 119-0080-0128 Collins, Adrain 10 KY, Clara 13 KY roomer with Dollie Smith Hamilton Co. Cincinnati 080-0046-0326 BLACK Collins, Alice 25 KY senant to Stephen Chase Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 078-0037-0118 Collins, Alice L 70 KY with Joseph Haley Hamilton Co. Hartwell C 094-0346-0231 BLACK Collins, Ankney 26 KY, Lucy 25 KY Hamilton Co, Elmwood Place 093-0332-01 44 Collins, Arlin 20 KY boarder with Marion Dye Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 086-0172-0240 Collins, Benjamin 33 KY, Mabelle 26 OH Scioto Co, New Boston 158-0127-0050 Collins, Benjamin 25 KY, Letty A 18 KY (wife), Lucy M 4 KY, Grant 3 KY, Sherman KY Marion Co 127-0102-0148 Collins, Bert R 27 KY, Minda 28 KY, Myrtle 6 KY, Roy _ OH Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 086-0197-0020 Collins, Catharine 68 KY mother in law to Clay Henry Scioto Co, Portsmouth 157-0146-0194 Collins, Charles 23 KY, Elizabeth 20 KY, Mildred L 2 OH Scioto Co, Portsmouth 157-0147-0293 Collins, Charles 23 KY, Opal 25 OH Stark Co, Massillon 164-0225-0150 Collins, Charles 24 KY son in law to Edward Wright Mahoning Co, Youngstown 125-0109-0251 Collins, Charles S 24 KY roomer with Edward Dillon Hamilton Co, College Hill 093-0330-0400 Collins, Charles W 33 KY partner to John C Sheets 1910 Butler Co OH ED 19 Sheet 15B 23 Apr 1910 736-295-316 Collins, Christ C 52 KY-KY-KY m2-8yrs Glove Shop-laborer, Lucinda 28 ml-8yrs 3c21 KY-KY-KYI Stella M 7 KY, Sarah G 4 KY, Evelree P 13 KY (s) Butler Co, Hamilton 010-001 1-0251 Collins, Clamond 22 KY lodger with Carl Lakes Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 079-0147-0012 Coiling, Crittenden F 61 KY, Annie B 56 KY, Allison 33 KY (son) Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 079-0154-0290 Collins, Dewitt C 28 KY, Minna M 27 WVA Scioto Co, Portsmouth 157-0153-0455 Collins, Disa 12 KY, Lilly 10 KY step daughters to James Stamper Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 079-0064-0146 Collins, Earl 19 KY boarder with Landon B Osborne Butler Co, Hamilton 010-0022-0335 Collins, Edward 30 KY, Elizabeth 26 KY, Florence E 2 OH Butler Co, Middletown 012-0034-0291 Collins, Edward 17 KY boarder with Louis Hunt Scioto Co, Portsmouth 157-0146-0331 Collins, Edward J 29 KY, Cleopatra 22 KY, Edward J Jr KY Lawerence Co, Coal Grove 106-0097-0107 Collins, Edward T 38 OH, Mary E 37 OH, Brady 16 OH, Beatrice 13 OH, Burl 9 OH, Belmer 8 KY, Bessie 5 KY, Bernard D 3 OH Clark Co, Springfield 019-0021-0152 Collins, Edwin A 41 OH, Mary F 31 OH, Edwin F 7 OH, Lucy M 64 KY (mother) Scioto Co, Portsmouth 157-0152-0480 Colluns, Elijah 31 KY, Alice 26 KY, Roberta 8 WV, Elizabeth 7 WV, Frederick 6 WV Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 077-0008-0114 Collins, Elizabeth 17 KY lodger with William F Catinand Athens Co 008-0039-0168 Collins, Elizabeth R 49 KY servant to Lafayette Gaston Alien Co 003-0032-0010 BLACK Collins. Elizabeth 59 KY. Wilkie 30 OH Stark Co, Massilion 164-0225-0150 Collins, Emily 23 KY daughter to Edward Wright Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 087-0210-0163 Collins, Eugene 48 KY boarder with Anna Gargar Ferry Co, Crooksville 146-0127-0358 Collins, Ezra F 66 KY, Lucy J 63 KY Butler Co 010-0023-0134 Collins, Fannie 18 KY servant with Herschel D Hinckley Trumbull Co 171-0214-0028 Collins, Frank J 48 KY hired man with Ellis Gates Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland 050-0337-0051 Collins, Fred 30 KY lodger with James Bevington Gallia Co 070-0036-0132 Collins, Frederick 20 KY son to Amanda Evans Butler Co. Oxford 012-0039-0496 BLACK Collins, George 50 KY (s), Lisa 40 KY(dl) with Eliza Page Franklin Co 067-0189-0078 Collins, George 35 KY hired man with Jesse Elliott Scioto Co, Portsmouth 157-0151-0267 Collins, George 43 KY, Rhoda 42 KY, Bertha 22 KY, Thomas 21 KY, Bessie 19 KY, Della 14 KY, Bruce 9 KY, Ray 5 KY, Roy 5 KY, Beecher 1 OH Hamilton Co. Madisonville 092-0298-0196 Collins, George S 75 KY brother in law to Julius Harmyer Butler Co, Hamilton 011-0019-0128 Collins, Green 38 KY boarder with Sophia Durham Hamilton Co, Norwood 092-0305-0016 Collins, Gregory 27 KY brother in law to John Rockwood Hamilton Co, College Hill 093-0330-0400 Collins, Harry P 35 KY sec to John Sheets Butler Co 010-0023-0249 Collins, Henry 20 KY hired man to Charles M Martin Gallia Co 070-0036-0132 Collins, Henry 35 KY (s), Lucy 17 KY (d) to Amanda Evans Athens Co 008-00390-0248 Collins, Herman 25 KY, Vergie M 20 KY Butler Co, Middletown 012-0034-0299 Collins, Hiram 45 KY, Lydia 33 KY, Oval 16 KY (son) Montgomery Co, Dayton 134-0060-0052 Colluns, Homer 30 KY roomer with Eugene Kissling Lawrence Co. Ironton Cih: 106-0101-0331 BLACK Collins. Ira 56 KY. Pollv 56 VA, Kenneth 16 KY Butler Co 010-0001-0333 Collins, James 18 KY hired man with A B Isaacs Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 079-0160-0117 Collins, James A 63 KY, Carrie E 53 CA (wife), Alpheus 31 OH (son), Grace 27 NY (dl) Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland 039-0162-0126 Collins, John 41 KY lodger with Harry Wetson Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 077-0008-0114 Collins, John 20 KY lodger with Willam F Catinand Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 077-0009-0125 Collins, John 27 KY boarder with Joseph Schwab Athens Co, Nelsonville 008-0044-0128 Collins, John H 37 KY, Mary J 28 OH, Crystal E M 8 OH Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 083-0098-0035 Collins, Josephine 35 KY, Viola 10 OH, Edward J 5 OH Scioto Co, Portsmouth 157-0145-0173 Collins, Juliana 66 KY, Ida 20 KY (gd), Spencer, Genora 11 KY (gd) Franklin Co, Columbus 064-0103-0038 Collins, Laura C 30 KY boarder with Zoe Sturdevant Franklin Co, Columbus 065-0120-0001 BLACK Collins, Luella 31KY inmate with Thomas Jones Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 086-0179-0311 BLACK Collins. Maggie 20 KY daughter to Emma Whitesides Montgomery Co. Dayton 134-0062-0100 BLACK Collins, Mamie B 26 KY daughter to Ella Mason Hamilton Co, Glendale 094-0345-0154 Collins, Marion 45 KY, Blanche 32 IN, Gertrude L 5 AR, Joseph W 2 KY Franklin Co. Columbus 066-0152-0039 BLACK Collins. Martin 49 KY Hamilton Co, Columbus 087-0205-0021 Collins, Mary 24 KY lives alone Sandusky Co 155-0111-0009 BLACK Collins, Mary A 69 KY Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 093-0330-0400 Collins, Mary C 34 KY wife to John Sheets Hamilton Co. Cincinnati 086-0175-0222 BLACK Collins. Mildred 6 KY grand daughter to Robert Bronn Darke Co 029-0078-0083 Collins, Mildred M 9 OH grand daughter to Christian Groff Lucas Co, Toledo 119-0080-0128 Collins, Mimie 32 KY roomer with Dollie Smith Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 081-0078-0155 Collins, Norah 42 KY, Michael 13 KY, Alfonso 8 KY Hamilton Co 094-0348-0001 Collins, Richard 67 KY inmate with John Schott Scioto Co, Portsmouth 157-0153-0455 Collins, Rosa 16 KY step daughter to James Stamper Hamilton Co. Lockland 05)1-0350-0229 BLACK Collins. Thomas 50 KY. Fannie 37 OH Marion Co 127-0102-0166 Collins, Thomas 19 KY hired man to Ferry Imbody Butler Co, Middletown 012-0034-0291 Collins, William 21 KY boarder with Louis Hunt Champaign Co, Mechanicsburg 020-0004-0405 Collins, Wesley 18 KY boarder with Early Nichols Hamilton Co, Cincinnati 086-0176-0375 Collins, William H 55 KY, Nannie E 33 KY Butler Co 008-0002-0058 Collins, William 42 KY lives alone Clay Co, Holt 020-0021-0024 Collins, Willaim 48 KY, Anna 41 KY, Stanley 12 KY, Sidney 6 KY Robbintina Kellum Harrison Renick/Rennick = All States redbird@interaccess.com Kellam/Kilham/Kellum/Killam = All States Downers Grove, IL Collins = KY (before they came & after they left!) Homepage: http://members.aol.com/Charri8655/index.html Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6147/Renick.html

Hi all, I'm Jim COLLINS. Have COLLINS on two lines. They are: 1) COLLINS of Ballylinch/Ballymacrown, Tullagh (Rath) Parish near Baltimore, south of Skibbereen (married BURKE of Ballyoughtra). 2) COLLINS of Gortacrossig/Lickowen, Castlehaven South near Skibbereen (married HOLLAND of same area). Would like to correspond with long lost cousins, or anybody doing research on COLLINS, BURKE, or HOLLAND in these parishes. Also would like to correspond with anybody doing medieval to early modern history in those parishes. Any information will be most appreciated. Would like to share what I know. Thanks, Jim Collins

Hi, I'd love to know about ALL Collins' that were in MISSOURI during the mid (1840/50) to last of the 1800s. My William David Collins was there & married there in the early 1880s. The bride & groom gave their residence as FIELDS CREEK TOWNSHIP on the marriage license (they married in Clinton, Henry Co., MO) BUT, I can't find my William on any census, deed, etc. ..... so perhaps my guy was living with another family since he was either a "hold out bachelor" until the age of 27 or had a previous marriage. He married Annie Elizabeth (Bessie) Ishmael. If anyone has a William on their list that they don't know "from whence he came" ... maybe he's ours? Soooo many William's & soooo little time to investigate all of them <grin>. Thanks, Lynn LynnMurray@hia.net My Home on the Net: http://members.tripod.com/~MurrayL/index.html SEARCHING FOR: BEATTIE/BEATTY, CANTRELL, CARMICHAEL, COLLINS, DENNY, DRIVER, GENTRY, HAAS, HARRIS, ISSACS, ISHMAEL, JONES, LAIRD, LEE, LUNSFORD, LYNN/LINN, MALLARD, MEDLEY, MORLAND, MURRAY, MCFERRIN, O'NEAL, STEWART, STORM/STURM, STOCKTON, THOMAS

I am looking for Info on an M.A.Collins who married James Andrews with written consent on Nov 10 1869 in the residence of G. M or N Collins in Monroe Co Al thanks Paula COLLINS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > COLLINS-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 153 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Margaret Collins [Robin5374@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from COLLINS-D, send a message to > > COLLINS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Margaret Collins > Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 00:05:46 EDT > From: Robin5374@aol.com > To: COLLINS-L@rootsweb.com > > I'm looking for information about a Margaret Collins who lived in Southeastern > (Clay, Leslie, Knox, Harlan, Co., etc.) Kentucky. In the spring (approx. > April) of 1878 or 1879, she gave birth to a son named John. > > I do not know the name of John's father. I was told she bore him out-of- > wedlock. > > I don't know if Collins was her maiden name, if she had been married and then > widowed/divorced. A relative stated they thought she may have had a brother > named Cicero. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > Robin

I'm looking for information about a Margaret Collins who lived in Southeastern (Clay, Leslie, Knox, Harlan, Co., etc.) Kentucky. In the spring (approx. April) of 1878 or 1879, she gave birth to a son named John. I do not know the name of John's father. I was told she bore him out-of- wedlock. I don't know if Collins was her maiden name, if she had been married and then widowed/divorced. A relative stated they thought she may have had a brother named Cicero. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Robin

First day on Rootsweb. There was a Susanna and Robert Collins who had a son James who was dismissed Sept 1829 from the David's Fork Baptist Church in Fayette Co., KY. I am looking for the James Collins born around 1770 who had a daughter Cynthia who married a William Welch. Does anyone have more information on this Collins family. It is said that James was married to a SHARP. Thanks, Jane Tenney

Searching for any info on Isam T. Collins. Lived in Toccoa, Ga. and married Sarah Whitlock on 6/24/1877. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Steve sgailey@ibm.net

Searching for Bart Collins Sr. b 1833 IR and married Elmira Davis in Cecil Cty MD. Other family names Morgan, Haney, Sullivan. Most stayed in DEL / MD area but one son came to IL. Any help needed. Will share info. Crystal

Hi. This is my first post to this list. I am looking for information on the family of Dr. Vandeuo V. Collins. Dr. Collins married Lucy Cornelia White. They had a daughter Lillie Othella Collins(6/22/1901-11/14/1982. Lillie was born in Anderson County, SC and died in Pickns Co, SC. She married Ernest Roy Ellison. Dr. Collins and Lucy's other children were Pearle, Harry Crayton, May and Frank. Thanks for any help. Tina

Descendants of James Collins Generation No. 1 1. JAMES1 COLLINS was born May 17, 1741 in Edington, North Carolina, and died Aft. 1832 in Tennessee. Children of JAMES COLLINS are: 2. i. JAMES POTTER2 COLLINS, b. November 22, 1764, Lincoln County, TN; d. April 14, 1840. 3. ii. FRANCIS COLLINS, b. March 11, 1791, South Carolina; d. 1844, Stewart Co., TN. Generation No. 2 2. JAMES POTTER2 COLLINS (JAMES1) was born November 22, 1764 in Lincoln County, TN, and died April 14, 1840. He married MARY ANDERSON March 31, 1803 in GA. Children of JAMES COLLINS and MARY ANDERSON are: i. SUSAN3 COLLINS, m. EDWARD POWERS. ii. JAMES S. COLLINS. iii. SOPHIA COLLINS. iv. ANN COLLINS, m. JOHN SUMMERVILLE. v. FRANCES COLLINS, b. June 24, 18151; d. March 10, 18982; m. JOHN EAST 3. FRANCIS2 COLLINS (JAMES1) was born March 11, 1791 in South Carolina4, and died 1844 in Stewart Co., TN5. He married (1) ALICE BROWNE/BROWN Abt. 18276. He married (2) ANNIS LAST NAME UNKNOWN Abt. 18297. Francis Collins, Estate Inventory found in Will Book F, P. 168, Stewart County, TN 1844. [On Microfilm File, TN State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN] Annis Collins, Benjamin McIntosh, and Jacob Browning named as Administrators. Administration approved May Court, 1844. Child of FRANCIS COLLINS and ALICE BROWNE/BROWN is: i. JAMES MONROE3 COLLINS, b. January 02, 1829, Stewart Co., TN, Dover8; d. 1914, Benton Co, TN9; m. MARY JANE OBAR, January 08, 1850, Stewart County, TN10. Children of FRANCIS COLLINS and ANNIS UNKNOWN are: ii. JOHN3 COLLINS, b. 1830; m. SELPHA BELL, March 14, 1851, Stewart, Tennessee. iii. FRANCIS COLLINS, b. 1836 iv. BENJAMIN COLLINS, b. Abt. 1836 m. SARAH PAYNE, April 25, 1857, Stewart County, Tennessee17. v. LOUISA J. COLLINS, b. 1839, Stewart County, Tn. m. (1) THOMAS B. MADDEN, September 23, 1851, Benton Co., Tennessee. vi. MARION COLLINS, b. Abt. 1838. LaNoy "Tex" Collins http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/3860/

Does anyone have the 1830 Federal Census for Nelson County Virginia. I am looking for Samuel COLLINS . He was listed there in 1820 and was wondering if he was still there in 1830. To see if it list his wife and children. The nearest Library for me to check the films out is 85 miles away. Thanks , Cynthia Collins, Brownwood, Tx. xyz4@gte.net

Anyone else working this line?? Direct Descendants of John COLLINS 1 John COLLINS b: Abt. 1524 d: Abt. 14-Sep-1594 Bramford, SUF, ENG .... +Wife 1 or 2 2 John COLLINS b: Abt. 1564 d: Bef. 1614 Bramford, SUF, ENG *2nd Wife of John COLLINS: .... +Magdalen TREITHERNE b: Bef. 28-Apr-1577 Bramford, SUF, ENG 3 Edward COLLINS b: Bef. 25-Mar-1603 Bramford, SUF, ENG d: 9-Apr-1689 Charlestown, SUF, MA .... +Martha BAYLIE b: Abt. 1609 Framlingham, SUF, ENG d: 22-Mar-1699/00 Charlestown, SUF, MA 4 Samuel COLLINS b: Abt. 1635 Framlingham, SUF, ENG d: 10-Jan-1695/96 Middletown, Middlesex, CT .... +Mary MARVIN b: Abt. 23-Oct-1636 Great Bentley, ESS, ENG d: 5-Mar-1713/14 Middletown, Middlesex, CT 5 Mary COLLINS b: 16-Jun-1672 Middletown, Middlesex, CT d: 12-Jul-1760 Oxford, MA .... +Richard MOORE b: 12-Sep-1671 Sudbury, MA d: 19-Nov-1767 Oxford, MA 6 Isaac MOORE b: 11-Jun-1700 Sudbury, MA .... +Hannah NEWHALL b: 29-Jan-1705/06 7 Thomas MOORE b: 1-May-1727 Worcester, Worcester, MA .... +Ruth NICHOLS b: 6-Apr-1724 Leicester, MA d: Bef. 1766 8 Thomas MOORE b: 12-Apr-1751 Brookfield, Worcester, MA d: 12-Jun-1842 Cummington, Hampshire, MA .... +Rebecca HARRINGTON b: 26-Jan-1753 North Brookfield, Worcester, MA d: 30-Mar-1818 Cumington, Hampshire, MA 9 Antiphus Holland MOORE b: 7-Oct-1776 Brookfield, MA d: 31-Dec-1856 Cummington, Hampshire, MA .... +Sarah KINDALL b: Abt. 1783 of Canterbury, CT d: 5-Nov-1839 Chesterfield, MA 10 Adeline MOORE b: Abt. 1803 MA .... +Amos COLE b: Abt. 1796 Chesterfield, MA d: 1864 Worthington, MA 11 Elisha Brewster COLE b: 23-Apr-1835 Worthington, MA d: 17-Apr-1908 Springfield, MA .... +Rachel A. LEETE b: 5-Apr-1838 Guilford, CT d: 6-Jan-1926 Peoria, IL 12 Charles Edward COLE b: 1863 Elmwood Twp, Peoria, IL d: 2-Feb-1945 Peoria, IL .... +Hellena MCCARTNEY b: 1-Oct-1872 Trivoli, IL d: 25-Oct-1967 Peoria, IL 13 Rachel Ann COLE b: 5-Jul-1899 Elmwood Twp, Peoria Co, IL .... +Clifford UTZINGER b: 12-May-1894 Fulton County, IL d: 3-Oct-1975 Hot Springs, AR 14 Charles Adam UTZINGER b: 10-Sep-1918 Peoria, IL .... +Beatrice Anne ROSS b: 19-Oct-1922 d: 13-Aug-1978 Milwaukee, WI 15 David Brewster UTZINGER b: 21-Jan-1941 Canton, IL Alway optimistic--Dave

I was surfing last night and found this article. It interest me because my ggggrandfather was Meredith Collins and in this article is also a Meredith Collins. If someone reconizes the line this belongs to please let me know. Brenda Collins Dillon History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 708. [Harrison County] [Rutland Precinct] LEWIS COLLINS, farmer, P. O. Rutland, is a native of Jessamine County, Ky., where he was born Oct. 16, 1826, near Keene on Sinking Creek; his grandfather, John Collins, was born in Orange County, Va., and in company with Mr. Allen, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was in the battle of Bunker's Hill, where both were wounded; he was also at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, having served through the entire war, he often related to his family the joke that a darkey passed on the noted English commander at the time of the surrender. Upon being told that Cornwallis had surrendered, he replied: "He no more Cornwallis, Massa; he Cob-wallis now." After the Revolutionary war he came to Kentucky, passing over the Alleghenies, and continuing his journey down the Ohio River in a flat boat; he landed at May's Lick; came through to Central Kentucky; their party camped at the Lower Blue Licks two or three days after the at that place, which decided the fate of so many of the Kentucky brave pioneers. He and his son William were detailed as a guard at this place while the others slept; they passed through Lexington when it consisted of only a few log cabins, and settled on South Elkhorn in Fayette County; he leased 200 acres of land from Col. Bowman, and was offered a title to it for a wagon and team, but refused; he worked it during his lifetime, and had it in good condition, but his lease expiring with his life, his family could reap no benefit from his labor; he died in Fayette County in the sixty-sixth year of his age, and was buried in the graveyard of the old Baptist Church at South Elkhorn. Whitfield Collins, son of John and father of Lewis, was born in Orange County, Va., April 16, 1782; he was about six years old when his father moved to Kentucky. When a small boy, he and his brother went to Ryman's Mill; being compelled to remain over night, their horses were placed in a lot adjoining the mill, while they stood guard from the mill window. When about twenty-four years of age he entered the ministry of the old style Baptist Church, in which he labored until his death, Feb. 18, 1871. His career as a minister was a noted one, extending for a period of sixty-four years, having as his associates Ambrose Dudley and his son Thomas P., Matthias Gossett, William Conrad, and others. Like most of the pioneer preachers of his time, his work was scattered over a large territory, embracing churches in most of the counties of Central Kentucky. On the 1st of February, 1804, he married Sarah, daughter of David Allen, of Pennsylvania, by whom he had thirteen children, and with whom he lived for more than sixty years, she dying Jan. 5, 1865, in the eighty-second year of her age. Lewis Collins, the subject of this sketch, came to Harrison County with his father when three years of age, and settled at Rutland where he now resides. His brother, Meredith Collins, twenty-one years his senior, was the first resident of Rutland. Lewis worked with his father till [sic] he was twenty-seven years old, when he married Martha Ann, daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Boyers) Eckler, receiving from his father at that time thirty-seven acres of land, a part of his present farm; his early education was quite limited, and after his marriage, while erecting the house in which he now lives, he was taught at night by Joseph Miller, the stonemason who assisted him in his work; he has a family of seven children, the oldest, Samuel, born July 21, 1854, an active member of the Cynthiana Commandery of Knights Templar; his second child, Sarah, has been afflicted since here eleventh year, and is now confined to her bed all the time, and has not spoken a work for three years; Eliza, born Dec. 17, 1857, married to William Hannah; Mary Elizabeth, Jan. 19, 1859; Lewis W., Dec. 15, 1861; Alice G., July 1, 1864; and Martha Ann, April 28, 1870. He stood three drafts for the late war; was ordered into the ranks by Col. Landrum during the first battle of Cynthiana. Himself and wife are both members of the Mill Creek Baptist Church; in politics he is a Republican.

Hi, I just joined this list, and I am researching a Collins family for my Church's pastor. His grandfather was a Theodore Collins, born in Kentucky, lived in Ava, Missouri in the 1920s and died in the 1960s. His wife as a ____ Greybill or Graybill. Theodore was a descendant of one of Daniel Boone's wife Rebecca Bryan's sisters. We don't know which one and I have joined the Boone-l group to try to find clues. I'd like to find out the names of Theodore's parents and especially the name of the Bryan sister that he descends from. By the way, my wife has a Collins line, and when I have more time I'll post that query. Eddie Davis ecdavis@atlascomm.net Davis page: http://www.atlascomm.net/ecdavis/davisgen.htm Vaughan page: http://www.atlascomm.net/ecdavis/vaughan.htm Pictures page: http://www.atlascomm.net/ecdavis/pictures.htm Geocities site: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/4209

Not my line of Collins, but may help someone. The Journal-News (Hamilton OH) Friday July 17, 1998, Page A8 - Maggie Smith Collins, age 67, of Hamilton, died at the Fort Hamilton-Hughes Memorial Hospital at 8:35 a.m. on July 16, 1998. She was born in Clay County, Kentucky, on July 8, 1931, the daughter of Irvin & Lizzie (WAGERS) Smith. She was educated in Clay County, Kentucky, and she married :Luker Collins on May 7, 1947 in Clay County, Kentucky. She was a cook for the Hicklory Hut for five years. She was amember of the Hamilton Vinyard Church, and a very active member of the Senior Citizens. She is survived by her husband, Luker Collins; children, C.B. Collins and his wife Debra, Myrtle Kniseley and her husband, Robert, and Jimmy L Collins, all of Hamilton, Barbara Fletcher and her husband, James of Woodbridge, Virginia, Ronnie Collins, Randy Collins and his wife, Kristie, and Bobby L. Collins and his wife, Jacqueline, all of Hamilton; fourteen grandchildren; two great grandchildren; four brothers, J.B. Smith, Frank Smith, Charlie Smith, all of Seymour, Indiana, and Joe Smith of Manchester, Kentucky; a sister, Gertrude Mills of Manchester, Kentucky; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, George Glenn Collins; and brothers, George P; Taylor and Junior Smith; and a sister, Opal Tester. Funeral Services will be held at the Britton Funeral Home in Manchester, Kentucky at 10:00 a.m. Monday, with Pastor Joseph Burns officiating. Visitation will be held at the Webb Noonan Funeral Home, Ross Avenue at South D Street, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, and at the Britton Funeral Home in Manchster, Saturday and Sunday from 5:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Burial will be at the Goose Rock, Kentucky Cemetery.

I have just returned from Second Union with several different Collins families' information. This is either from someone not on the net, or not a member of our group and who asked if I would post this information. I will be sending various Collins info periodically until I get it all on the net. The first is from: CROSENBAUM@netva.com Carole Rosenbaum John Floyd COLLINS b. Feb 09, 1874 m. Florence Laurel Ammons. (She has some more info on this couple.) ____________________________________________________________________ Albert Luther COLLINS, b. Aug. 18, 1877 Mary COLLINS b. Nov 01, 1881 m. a ___?___Lucas and may have lived in Salem or Roanoke, VA Katy COLLINS, b. abt 1883, died age 2 on Aug. 2. 1885 Sarah COLLINS b. ? m. Ed Almany Mitchell COLLINS b. ? The above siblings were children of Alexander COLLINS b. ? m. Susan E. GILBERT b. Sept. 16, 1849, d. Nov 26, 1919. Alexander was the son of Soloman COLLINS who d. ? when he fell into a boiling salt vat in Saltville, VA. PLEASE reply to Carole. Thanks, Nancy S