Hi, I have been trying to trace my gg grandfather, Francis Lee Collins, b. Nov 24, 1832, near Birmingham, AL, for 10 years. I'm beginning to wonder if he changed his name, was born elsewhere, or some such thing, because I can't find a thing on him in Jefferson Co., AL. Either I haven't been looking in the right places, or the family left no record of their stay near Birmingham. Maybe they died elsewhere. Both d. bef 1850, names unknown Please, can anyone help me find this man in Alabama? If you are related, please contact me. I have his wife (Mary Jane Peyton) ancestry, and lots on their descendants, too. Please help. I'm at the end of my wits. I have scads of California info., but it gives only crumbs of info on his Alabama history, and after posting about 50 queries over the years in various places, with nary a response, I don't know what to do. Thanks in advance. Cornelia Warner

Timeline for COLLINS in NC, TN,VA. Ky 1742 Orange Co VA 27 Jan 1742 Thursday the xxviith day of January MDCCXLIII "Alexander Machartoon, John Bowling, Manicassa, Capt. Tom, Isaac, Harry, Blind Tom, Foolish Jack, Charles Griffin, John Collins, Little Jack. Indians being brought before the court by precept under the hands and seals of Wm Russell & Edward Spencer, Gent. for terrifying one Lawrence Strother & on suspicion of stealing hoggs........" The above put up security individually. It was ordered that their guns be taken from them till they are ready to depart out of this county, "they having declared their intentions to the Court to depart this colony within a week" (Orange Co..VA Order Book 3 1741-1743. 309) Orange Co Va Microfilm Reel 31, Va State Archives. **See 12 May 1742, Orange Co..Va, reference to "about twenty-six of the Saponi Indians that inhabit on "Colonel Spotswood's land. Charles Griffin had been a white man who taught school in the Saponi Indian town at Fort Christiana from January 1715 NS to the spring of 1718. 1750 Tax List Granville Co. NC Thomas Collins Sr. Samuel Collins ( all three lived on the Flatt River ) John Collins 1755 Flatt River near Va/NC border (became Orange Co NC ) Thomas Collins mulatto Samuel Collins mulatto John Collins mulatto 1771 Botetourt Co Va Tax List John Collins Samuel Collins Charles Collins George Collins 1771 Montgomery Co Va (Wm. Herberts Company) Charles Collins John Collins (4 tithables) Samuel Collins (2 tithables) 1772 Montgomery Co Va George Collins John Collins (4 tithables) Samuel Collins 1773 Montgomery Co Va David Collins Elisha Collins Ambrose Collins Indian Land Samuel Collins Indian Land (2 tithables) John Collins Lewis Collins John Collins Jr George Collins Indian Land Charles Collins Indian Land 1776 Fincastle-Momtgomery Co. Christianburg,Va.-signed entry list for RevWar under Capt. James McDaniel George Collins Lewis Collins David Collins Meredith Collins 1777 Caswell Co NC - St James District Charles Collins Martin Collins Middleton Collins Paul Collins 1777 Montgomery Co Va Oath of Allegiance Capt Cox's Company 30 Sept 1777 John Collins 2 Sept Samuel Collins 30 Nov Those that refused in Capt Ozburns Company Elisha Collins, of Cox's Company 1778 25 Sept List of Fines set by Court Martial Elisha Collens John Collens 1780�s Mitilia list -Momtgomery Co. Va. David Collins George Collins Meredith Collins Elisha Collins ( refused to take Oath of Allegiance1777) Samuel Collins John Collins ( probably a Jr.) 1782 Montgomery Co Va Tax list tithes slaves horses cattle land Ambrose Collins 1 0 1 1 Yes Daniel Collins 1 0 4 9 Yes David Collins 1 0 0 2 Yes George Collins 1 0 0 4 Yes John Collins 1 0 1 2 Yes Lewis Collins 1 0 1 2 Yes Martin Collins 1 0 1 0 Millinton Collins 1 0 1 0 1782 NC ARCHIVES LEMOIR PAPERS UNC LIBRARY Samuel Collins 100ac of land,3 horses,6 head cattle 1783 Montgomery Co Va Millinton Collins 5-10-1783 80 acres Big Reed Island Pine & Snake Cr[in modern Carroll Co] & New River Grants 29-325 1784 NE part of Wilkes Co. NC George Collins Samuel Collins Ambrose Collins 1786 NE part of Wilkes Co. NC George Collins Samuel Collins Ambrose Collins 1787 Wilkes Co NC 9 Apr 1787, Wm Morris entered 100 acres on south side New River, Transferred to Vardy Collins # 68 1787 Montgomery Co Va Tax List John Collins Sr John Collins Jr Lewis Collins David Collins 1787 NC STATE CENSUS Ambrose Collins 1m 21-60,2m under 21,2 f George Collins 1 m 21-60,3munder 21,3 f Samuel Collins 1m 21-60, 1f 1788 NE part of Wilkes Co. NC George Collins Ambrose Collins Volentine Collins Martin Collins 1789 NE Part of Wilkes Co. NC Samuel Collins ( 0 poll means he was under 16 yrs) Volentine Collins (1 poll) Benjamin Collins (1 Poll....first appearance) 1790 FEDERAL CENSUS (1st in USA) Ambrose Collins 1m ov 16,1m und 16,2f George Collins 1m ov 16,3m und 16,3f David Collins 3m ov16,2m und 16, 6f Vardy Collins 1m ov 16,1 m und 16, 4f Volentine Collins 1, ov 16, 2f Martin Collins 1m ov 16, 3m und 16, 4 f 1790 Wilkes Co NC Census Morgan District Tenth Company Free Wh Male>16 <16 Females David Collins 3 2 6 Hardy Collins 1 3 1 Vol Collins 1 2 Ambrose Collins 1 1 2 George Collins 1 2 4 Martin Collins 1 3 4 1790 Wilkes Co. Dist. 4 Ambrose Collins 1 poll Volentine Collins 1 poll Elisha Collins 1 poll 1791 Wilkes Co. NC Volentine Collins 1792 Wilkes Co. NC George Collins 1 poll Volentine Collins 1 poll Vardy Collins 1 poll 1793 Wilkes Co. NV dist 13 Volentine Collins 1 poll Elisha Collins 1 poll Vardy Collins 1 poll Lewis Collins 1 poll 1793 Wythe Co, VA (formed 1793 from the lower western part of Montgomery Co...1793 List for New River District Lewis Collins Benjamin Collins Absolem Collins Joseph Collins John Collins Sr John Collins Jr Mahlon Collins Millitent Collins David Collins Jonathan Collins 1794 Wilkes Co. NC Dist 13 Volentine Collins 1 poll Elisha Collins 1 poll Vardy Collins 1 poll 1795 Wilkes Co NC dist 13 Verdie Collins 1 poll Lewis Collins 1 poll 1795 Wilkes Co NC Tax List District 8 Griffin Collins ***** David Collins Valentine Collins District 12 Verdie Collins Lewis Collins Vardy Collins entered 50 acres south side South Fork New River #1912 Ambrose Collins entered 100 acres on Oba (Obeds?) Creek #1913 1796 Wilkes Co NC Tax List District 4 David Collins Valentine Collins 1796 Wilkes Co. Dist 13 Lemoir Papers UNC Library Vardie Collins 100 ac 1 poll Lewis Collins 0 ac 1 poll Meridia Collins ( Meredith) 0 ac 1 poll David Collins 100 ac 1 poll Volentine Collins 0 ac 1 poll Griffith Collins 0 ac 1 poll 1797 Wilkes Co. NC dist 13 Verdie Collins 0 ac 1 poll Volentine Collins 50 ac 1 poll AAron Collins 0 ac 1 poll dist 4 Thomas Collins 70 ac 1 poll 1800 Ashe Co NC Census Thomas Collins fpc Vadery (Vardy?) Collins fpc Valentine Collins fpc Ambrose Collins fpc 1800 Ashe Co NC Land Entries & Other Collins Vardy Collins Married Margaret Gibson Volintin Collins 8-21-1800 50 ac Ambrose Collins 5-1-1800 200 acres, 11-24-1803 300 acres Aaron Collins 9-23-1802 (John Maxwell; contains Aarons claim) Elisha Collins 3-8-1802 150 ac, 5-10-1803 150 ac, 11-8-1803 200 ac David Collins Griffeth Collins * 11-14-1800 150 ac, 1-01-1801 60 ac Grisey Collins (Griffin ?) Lewis Collins Thomas Collins 3-9-1801 50 ac, 10-7-1802 100 ac, 2-10-1803 100 ac 1800 Ashe Co NC Census Vardy Collins Thomas Collins Valentine Collins Ambrose Collins 1800 Grayson Co Va Tax List George Collins 1 wm over 21 Paul Collins 1 wm over 21 Jacob Collins 1 wm over 21 Jonathan Collins 1 wm over 21, 1 horse Malin Collins 2 wm over 21, 5 horses John Collins 1 wm over 21, 2 horses Milliner Collins 2 wm over 21, 1 horse Benjamin Collins 2 wm over 21, 2 horses Moses Collins 1 wm over 21 1802 Montgomery Co Va Millenton and Avy Collins of Grayson Co Va sold 80 acres on Big Reed Island to James Bobbit for 34 pds. DB 1-480 22 Feb 1802 1809 Grayson Co Va George Collins testified in a land dispute in Grayson Co ,land on Peach Bottom Creek, that he settled on the land in 1767 (Chalkleys Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Vol 2 page 143) 1810 NC FEDERAL CENSUS Ashe Co. NC E. Collins 3m0-10, 1m 16-26,1f10-16,1f 26-45,1f ov45 A.Collins 1m 0-10, 1m ov45,2f 0-10,1f 10-16,1f 26-45 J.Collins 1m 16-26,2f 0-10, 1f 26-45 T.Collins 4m 0-10,1m26-45,1f 26-45 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN FAMILIES Frankie Blackburn Brenda Collins Dillon (This is to be used for personal use only)

>James had two known children: >1. James Potter Collins Nov 22, 1764 Lincoln Co., Tn. D. April 14, 1840 Tn. >? >2. Francis Collins March 11, 1791 SC d. 1844 Stewart co., Tn. > Francis married 1st: Alice Brown(e) abt 1827 one known child: > James Monroe Collins Jan 2, 1827 Stewart co. Tn > Francis married 2nd: Annis (Anna) unknown about 1829 five known children > 1. John collins ca 1830 Tn > 2. Benjamin Collins ca 1836 Tn > 3. Francis Collins ca 1837 Tn > 4. Marion Collins ca 1838 > 5. Louisa collins ca 1839 Tn. >Any information greatly appreciated >Will share all information >Thanks >'In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know >our friends" > LaNoy Collins > golffer4@mercury.net > http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/3860/ > Have a nice day. > Researching: Ainsworth, Bateman, Brown, Collins, Jones, Martin, Patterson, >Pearre > >

CYNTHIANA -- Harold Venard Collins, 82, Spring City, Tenn., formerly of Harrison County, husband of Martha Cozette Chipman Collins, died Feb.10,1998. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Ware Funeral Home. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Thursday. Source-Lexington Herald Leader,Lexington,Ky Sherry Crawford Dansher@tkdyer.com

Hi Collins Searchers, I am searching for any information or connections to three Collins men who lived in Richmond County, NC in the 18th century , Jeremiah, Elisha, and George Collins. The earliest I have is George Collins (born about 1725) through a deed transaction for land in Anson County, NC in 1764. There are two other Collins men by the names of John Collins and Thomas Collins in with land transactions in the 1750's Anson County, and I would love to learn how they relate to my lines. There are many other family names in Richmond County, some migrated to middle Tennessee in the early 1800's, while others appear to have stayed in the general region of Richmond County. I thank you in advance for any information and hope to hear from a North Carolina cousin! Jamie Wood tennessee@dial.pipex.com Researching: Collins, Scott, Brown, Barnes, Hescock, Drew, Renshaw, and many others in NC and TN.

Hi, COLLINS Cuzzins: Melungeons were/are people of mixed racial and ethnic backgrounds in east Tennessee, and in that general area. Vardy COLLINS seems to be the first [COLLINS] of the settlers in that area. For those of you interested in COLLINSes that were/are connected to the Melungeons of east Tennessee...and elsewhere now, here are a couple websites to check out: WELCOME PAGE - MELUNGEON http://www.clinch.edu/appalachia/melungeon/ [links to other pertinent sites in the above] APPALACHIA MOUNTAIN FAMILIES - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvnichol/AMFHome/index.htm this one right above has COLLINS data. Good hunting - good luck! Shirley: bobert@panacom.com

Does any one know any thing about this COLLINS family? Larkin COLLINS b. ca. 1814 MS m.Eliza SMITH b. 1817 MS - Larkin and Eliza lived in AL MS and AR. They were in Saline Co., AR in 1860 and Franklin Co., AR in 1870, but they were not listed on the Franklin Co., AR census for 1880. So far I have not been able to locate them. Both Larkin and Eliza were teachers in Saline Co., AR .Their children were: Margaret E COLLINS b. ca. 1840 MS m. Morgan D Brown Martha Ann COLLINS b. ca. 1842 MS m. John McCray Larkin Dallas COLLINS b. ca. 1844 AL Darling J COLLINS b. ca. 1846 AL m. Scharlotte Jacob G COLLINS b. ca. 1849 MS William COLLINS b. ca. 1852 MS Ida COLLINS b. ca. 1855 AL Robert J COLLINS b. ca. 1858 Would like to locate descendents of this family. Thanks, Jannice

I ran across a few Collins surnames listed in the Ky-Footsteps Archives, Vol I- #218. I'm including the names, go to the site for the full text. Search down the page to CEM: Selected burials, Pike Co. Here is the link: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/ky-footsteps/1997b/v01-218.txt Belvie Collins Hlie ? Collins Jay Collins Moses Collins Olliver Collins Phebe Collins Married March 16, 1937 Lazarus Collins

I would like to connect with others researching the following Collings/Collins line: William Collings, born 28 Jan 1834, bapt 29 Jan 1834 in Bideford, Devon, England, son of John and Mary Collings. William immigrated in 1838 and married Mary Pelton on 29 Jan 1856 in Orange Cty, NY. He apparently used the name Collins after arriving in US. The family resided in NYC by 1860 and had the following children: Mary Frances Collins b 28 Oct 1858, died 16 Jun 1914 never married William Pelton Collins b 2 Apr 1859, married Maime Armenia Jones 29 May 1888, divorced between 1900-20, married 2nd Enid Dickinson Schultz, died 1929. Sarah Edith Collins b Mar 1863, died 2 Jan 1927, never married. John Griffith Collins b Feb 1866, probably married, no additional information. Maud Elizabeth Collins b 1868, marr bef 1900 to ____ Parsell, died 28 May 1929. Frederick Prance Collins b Jan 1870, died 1 Jun 1921. He married but I don't know when or to whom. If anyone connects to this line, I'd love to hear from you. Lori Rogers

Seeking information on:1.John COLLINS m.Hannah BUTLER 2.William Joshua COLLINS b.1868 d.1939 + Mary Elizabeth Harriet REEVES b.1872 d.1963 3.Eliza May 3.Lucy 3.Emma 3.John 3.Beatrice 3.Letitia + Pleman MANUEL 4.Annie Joyce MANUEL 2.Phoebe + John LOUGHLIN 2.Caroline + George COLLINS 2.Albert + Alice STOWBRIDGE 2.Frederick + Cecilea MUNDON, Maggie SENIOR 2.Chelsey + Jemima BUTLER 2.Eliza Ann TOODLOO..Marlene

FLEMINGSBURG -- William "Bill" Collins, 56, Route 2, Ewing, plumber, husband of Lynn Hinton Collins, died Sunday Feb.8,1998. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church. Visitation 5 p.m. Wednesday, Boone-Nickell Funeral Home. Source-Lexington Herald Leader,Lexington,Ky Sherry Crawford Dansher@tkdyer.com

Hi I'm very new to all of this. What are/were Melungeons? Thanks Lyn Collins lyne@theriver.com Have you considered they might have been Melungeons? Collins is one of their most common surnames. I've gathered from my reading that there was a lot of prejudice against them some places in the south once the Census began classifying them as "free persons of color." I know there are persons on this group better qualified than I to address the issue with regard to counties of origin, etc. Hal Amick

Is there anybody out there with marriage books for SE Kentucky that can look up and see if you can find a record of marriage for : John W. Collins b. 1797 Va. Married "Polly" Roark about 1852-55 . Polly may stand for Mary.....Margaret..... or Nancy. I have also thought of the past few months that Polly might have been married a first time to a Roark.....Is there anyone out there with a widow Roark with 3 children Alfred,Arnetta, and Richard? Brenda Collins Dillon

Have you considered they might have been Melungeons? Collins is one of their most common surnames. I've gathered from my reading that there was a lot of prejudice against them some places in the south once the Census began classifying them as "free persons of color." I know there are persons on this group better qualified than I to address the issue with regard to counties of origin, etc. Hal Amick At 08:11 AM 2/9/98 -0700, Ruth A. Collins wrote: >I was born in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky. The older >relatives back there were very secretive about our heritage... before >they passed away. They would say "leave the dead rest in peace" or "if >you find what you are looking for, you won't be happy with what you >find". >

I was born in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky. The older relatives back there were very secretive about our heritage... before they passed away. They would say "leave the dead rest in peace" or "if you find what you are looking for, you won't be happy with what you find". The only thing I could get out of them was that our earliest known ancestor, Zachariah Collins was born (1780-1785) in NC or maybe VA. That his parents died and were buried in Tennessee while making the trip to KY from NC by covered wagon. According to census information in Adair County, KY, Zachariah's first son, Aaron, was born in NC and his wife, Edna was born in NC. But, the NC Bride and Groom Book has no record of a marriage between Edna and Zachariah. I haven't been able to find a marriage record in KY, TN or VA. I keep wondering what the family is trying to hide. Why the secrecy? Rumor is that some of the Collins and Ennis (allied families) boys married Cherokee Indians while in Burke Co., NC. I find it difficult to believe that the family would have been ashamed of Indian blood. My maternal great-great grandmother was one-half Cherokee and my paternal great-grandmother was one-half Cherokee and nobody seems ashamed of that... In fact it is a source of pride! So I wondered if maybe he was black or something like that that they were trying to hide. I've been checking into Afro-American geneology but I haven't found anything. It is a puzzle. Without the names of his parents or even the county in Tennessee where they are buried it is anybody's guess who his parents were. If they had everything they owned packed onto a covered wagon and owned no real property at the time, I doubt that a Will was even probated. Sometimes I even wonder if the bits of information that the family gave me was any good or if they were trying to lead me off the trail! The only independent information that I can somewhat rely on is the census information which points to North Carolina. Among the allied families, I've found the Aaron, Ennis, Sparks and Rippetoes in Burke Co., NC (now Caldwell County) so I suspect that he lived in Burke Co. and made the trip to KY with the allied families... So far, the trail ends with Adair Co., KY. I would appreciate any suggestions anybody might have. Ruth A Collins [rac@azstarnet.com]

I too, am William A. Collins. However I am NOT the one in the previously mentioned notes. After all cousins, we are not all like that. aka Bill John C Collins wrote: > To Bill & the COLLINS List, > > After reviewing the article, you are probably right and I apologize > for posting the message. > > regrets and regards, > > John C Collins > > William A. Collins wrote: > > > > This sounds to me like COLLINS is the Publisher, not the name of > > the clan <g> > > > > Bill > > > > John C Collins wrote: > > > > > > fyi > > > > > > Saw this on soc.genealogy.marketplace newsgroup > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Subject: Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia

To Bill & the COLLINS List, After reviewing the article, you are probably right and I apologize for posting the message. regrets and regards, John C Collins William A. Collins wrote: > > This sounds to me like COLLINS is the Publisher, not the name of > the clan <g> > > Bill > > John C Collins wrote: > > > > fyi > > > > Saw this on soc.genealogy.marketplace newsgroup > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Subject: Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia

This sounds to me like COLLINS is the Publisher, not the name of the clan <g> Bill John C Collins wrote: > > fyi > > Saw this on soc.genealogy.marketplace newsgroup > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia

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