Laura Lee Hash Runions NARROWS, Va. - Laura Lee Hash Runions, 73, of Narrows, died Wednesday, December 31, 1997 in the Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital, Pearisburg, Va. She was born at Comers Rock, Va., on May 16, 1924 and was the daughter of the late William McKinley and Cora Mays Hash. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother and a sister, Herman Hash of Peterstown and Lena COLLINS of Crockett, Va. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Narrows, and was a member and past worthy matron of Lakeland Chapter #74 O.E.S. of Narrows. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, William French "Bill" Runions; a son, Kenneth Lee Runions, Narrows; a brother and sister-in-law, W. Vance and Peggy Hash of Rural Retreat; a sisters and brothers-in-law, Clara and Norman Jacoby, Luthersville, Md., and Betty and Robert J. Monroe, Aitkin, Mn.; sisters-in-law, Virginia Hash, Peterstown, and Lola D. Runions, Narrows; nieces and nephews, William "Bill" Hash, Peterstown, Mrs. Patricia King, Rural Retreat, George Patrick Runions, Covington, Tenn., Brenda Martin, Narrows, James K. COLLINS, Kenosha, Wis., Mrs. Sharon Sexton, Crockett, Dale A. COLLINS, Wytheville, Cathy COLLINS, Marion, Mrs. Teresa Dix, Crockett, Gregory Hash, Rural Retreat, Joseph Hash, Rural Retreat, Richard Jacoby, Westminster, Md., David Jacoby, Abingdon, Va., Alan Monroe, Hampton, Conn., Lt. Scott Monroe, U.S.A.F. Great Falls, Mont., many grandnephews and nieces, and special friends, H. Benjamine and Jeanette Johnson, Narrows, Arnold W. "Pete" and Sherry Ferguson, Narrows, M.W. Runions, Williamsburg, Va., and many other family members and friends. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Narrows with Rev. Chris Michael officiating. Burial will follow in Birchlawn Burial Park, Pearisburg. A memorial service will be held at Riffe's Funeral Service, Narrows, Friday at 7 p.m. by Lakeland Chapter #74 O.E.S. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Christian Church, Pew Cushion Fund, Memorial Boulevard, Narrows, VA 24124. Source_Bluefield Daily Telegraph,Bluefield,WVa Sherry Crawford COLLINS-DARBY-FOLEY-MCORMICK-WYATT-YEATTS

Artie B. Collins RICHMOND, Va. - Artie B. Collins, 89, of Richmond, and formerly of Bluefield, Va., died Wednesday, December 31, 1997, in Richmond. She was born in Arkansas and was a daughter of the late Frank Westmoreland and Adline Westmoreland. Survivors include two sons, Jimmy Collins and wife Kay, and Jessie Collins and wife Lola, all of Richmond; one daughter, Bonnie Mason and husband, Robert of Merrifield, Va.; two brothers, Earnest Westmoreland of Pocahontas, Va. and Shelby Westmoreland of McDowell County; one sister, Ellen Dillon of Roanoke, Va; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Dudley Memorial Chapel in Bluefield, Va. with Rev. Michael Gibson officiating. Burial will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Gardens on the Courthouse Road in Princeton. Friends may call between 7 and 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Source_Bluefield Daily Telegraph,Bluefield,WVa Sherry Crawford COLLINS-DARBY-FOLEY-MCORMICK-WYATT-YEATTS

Opal June Perry OAK HILL -- Opal June Perry, 70, of Oak Hill died Sunday, Sept. 7, 1997, in Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, after a short illness. She was a homemaker and Christian. Surviving: husband, the Rev. Carlos A. Perry; daughter, Gail Hodge of Oak Hill; sons, John of Taylorsville, N.C., Glen and Gregory, of Oak Hill; sisters, Mary Johnson and Virginia Williams, of Holden, Lahoma Crum of Parkersburg; brothers, William COLLINS, Fred COLLINS, David COLLINS and James COLLINS, of Logan; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, with the Rev. Michael Angelona officiating. Burial will be in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Oak Hill. Friends may call from 6:30 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Source-Beckley Register Herald, Beckley, WVa Sherry Crawford COLLINS-DARBY-FOLEY-MCORMICK-WYATT-YEATTS

This is a hoax! It has been going around the net for quite a while now. >>>>I am writing you this to inform you of a very important matter >>>>currently under review by the FCC. Your local telephone company has

>Reply-To: <@itexas.net> >From: stormi@itexas.net (Stormi Alldredge) >To: "Brian Berryhill" <berryhil@baranof.com> >Cc: <PatHodgson@aol.com>, > "Lynn Murray" <LynnMurray@hia.net>, > "lance Holmes" <LanceHolms@aol.com>, > "Chricket Gwynne" <chricket5@rocketmail.com> >Subject: Note >Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 21:32:49 -0600 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >>************************************************************************ >>>The paragraphs below were copied from another mail list. I am passing it >>>on because it appears to be authentic and needs to be brought out into >>>public discussion before it is put into law. Note the email address >where >>>you can register your concern. Spread the word - note deadline is >2/13/98. >>>******************************************************************* >>>I am writing you this to inform you of a very important matter >>>currently under review by the FCC. Your local telephone company has >>>filed a proposal with the FCC to impose per minute charges for your >>>internet service. They contend that your usage has or will hinder the >>>operation of the telephone network. >>> >>>It is my belief that internet usage will diminish if users were >>>required to pay additional per minute charges. The FCC has created an >>>email box for your comments, responses must be received by February >>>13, 1998. Send your comments and tell them what you think. >>> mailto:isp@fcc.gov >>> >>>Every phone company is in on this one, and they are trying to sneak it >>>in just under the wire for litiagation. Let everyone you know hear >>>this one. Get the e-mail address to everyone you can think of. >>>******************************************************************* >> >

Greetings Fellow Family Reseachers & possible Cousins! First, I wish all a Happy, Productive, and Prosperous New Year! Thank you for your patience, cooperation, and participation in the COLLINS Family Mail List! Over the past few hours I have received a number of posts regarding "per minute charges for e-mail" and I regret to inform that though the intentions of those who were forwarding them was well-meaning, this concern dates back to a year ago and this go-around for this report is nothing more than a HOAX at this time! Please do not send messages not pertaining to the family surname or subject matter of this list without checking either with me first, or at the very least, not without checking the source of the material you receive as in doing genealogical research, verify, verify, VERIFY! No virus warning, chain letter, plea for help, or commercial message should be made to any surname list without checking with the List Owner first and definitely not without verifying the source of the information to begin with! Should you ever need assistance please don't hesitate in getting back with me and I will do my best to be of help! Thank you again for your continued patience, cooperation and participation in the COLLINS Family Mail List! TTYL Craig crb@ponyexpress.net List Adm for COLLINS-L and COLLINS-D

I am searching for descendents of Larkin Collins b. 1814 MS and Eliza Smith b. 1817 MS. Larkin Collins m. Eliza Smith ca. 1839 Children: Margaret E Collins b. ca. 1840 MS m. Morgan D Brown 1862 Saline Co., AR Martha Ann Collins b. ca. 1842 MS Larkin Dallas Collins b. ca. 1844 AL Darling J Collins b. ca. 1846 AL 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 In 1870 Larkin and Eliza were listed on the census as living in Ozark, Franklin Co., AR. By 1880 they are no longer listed in Franklin Co. If any of these names ring a bell please e-mail me at <perserj@aol.com> Thanks Jannice

1838 INDIAN REMOVAL NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS Contributed by WILLIAM R. NAVEY JR., P. O. BOX 251, HOLLY RIDGE, NC 28445 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATING IN THE INDIAN REMOVAL 7 APRIL 1838 GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT INFORMED HIS SUPERIORS: I SHALL PROBABLY CALL FOR THE FOLLOWING DETACHMENTS OF MILITIA TO RENDEZVOUS AT THE PLACES MENTIONED, TWO REGIMENTS OF 1840 GEORGIANS TO RENDEZVOUS AT NEW ECHOTA, ONE REGIMENT OF 740 ALABAMIANS TO RENDEZVOUS AT BELFONT, ONE REGIMENT OF 740 NORTH CAROLINIANS TO RENDEZVOUS AT FRANKLIN, NC, ONE REGIMENT OF 740 TENNESSEANS TO RENDEZVOUS AT ROSS LANDING. 3700 TROOPS PLUS 2200 REGULARS. SUBSISTENCE FOR THE FOREGOING TROOPS AT THE PLACES MENTIONED, WILL BE REQUIRED FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS, COMMENCING ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MAY. 3 MAY 1838 GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL HAS THIS MORNING REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT, THAT THE REGIMENT OF DETACHED MILITIA FOR THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES IS COMPOSED OF ALL VOLUNTEERS, AS FOLLOWS, FROM RUTHERFORD THREE COMPANIES, WILKES, TWO, YANCEY, ONE, BURKE, THREE, AND BUNCOMBE ONE. YOU WILL LEARN BY MY LETTER OF THE 28TH THAT A COMPANY HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED BY COL. LINDSAY, AND A COMPANY HAS BEEN OFFERED FROM ASHE, FROM WHENCE NONE WAS ASKED OR ORDERED. COL. LINDSAY WAS POSTIVE IN HIS EXCEPTION TO RECEIVING TROOPS FROM COUNTIES CONTIQUOUS TO THE CHEROKEE DISTRICT. CONSEQUENTLY THE ORDER WAS PLACED TO THE NEXT ADJOINING AND MOST CONVENIENT COUNTIES TO REDUCE THE DISTANCE OF MARCH. IN THE END NORTH CAROLINA FURNISHED THIRTEEN VOLUNTEER COMPANIES COMPOSED OF APPROXIMATELY 824 MEN AND OFFICERS. ---------------------------------------------------------- 1838 INDIAN REMOVAL NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT COMPANY D - BURKE COUNTY VOLUNTEERS WILLIAM COLLINS NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT COMPANY G - RUTHERFORD COUNTY VOLUNTEERS JOHN COLLINS NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT COMPANY M - YANCEY COUNTY VOLUNTEERS WILLIAM W. COLLINS ADOLPHUS COLLINS USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Sherry Crawford COLLINS-DARBY-FOLEY-MCORMICK-WYATT-YEATTS

Mason Co KY Deed Extract E-246 25 Feb 1799 Solomon Collins of Mason Co and Robert B Morton and George Morton Tr: Mortgage for one hundred twenty pounds of livestock and household goods Wt: William Maxwell, Thomas Browning, John Ficklin, Thomas Ficklin Clerk: Thomas Marshall Jr This is a new COLLINS for me. Anyone researched Solomon Collins? Where did he live before Mason Co KY? Parent's? Siblings? Children? <fontfamily><param>Comic Sans MS</param>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.</fontfamily>

Mason Co KY Deed Extracts E-428 25 Sep 1799 Anthony Thornton of Caroline Co VA by Anthony Thornton Jr his attny and Edmond Collins of Mason Co Tr: Sale of land in Mason Co, by lands of Thornton and Buckner Clerk: Thomas Marshall Jr E-452 27 Sep 1799 Philip Buckner and Tabby his wife of Bracken Co KY and Edmund Collins of Mason Co Tr: Sale of land in Mason Co; beginning at the division lines of said Buckner and Thornton Wt: Robert Finley, Anthony Thornton Jr, David Bell Clerk: Robert Warring Can anyone tell me where is Edmund Collins came from (VA? MD?) and his parent's, siblings, & children?

Mason Co KY Deed Extracts AC-97 15 Oct 1803 Ambrose Collins and Mary his wife of Bracken Co KY and John Collins of Mason Co and Joseph Doniphan of Mason Co Tr: Sale of 82 acres for 44 pounds in Bracken Co Desc: Part of survey of Anthony Thornton�s of 33,750 acres, of Caroline Co VA and bounded by Elijah Thompson land. Clerk: Francis Taylor AC-101 15 Oct 1803 Meredith Helm and Mary his wife of Mason Co and Ambrose Collins of Bracken Co Tr: Sale of two tracts of 51 acres each for $204 in Bracken Co Desc: Part of the John Craig survey of 800 acres. Clerk: Francis Taylor Anyone researching the family of Ambrose Collins? Where did he come from? Siblings? Parent's?

Mason Co KY Deed extract C1-355 21 Nat 1802 Anthony Thornton of Caroline Co VA by Thomas Thornton his atty and Ambrose Collins of Mason Co Tr: Sale of land in Bracken Co KY Clerk: William Murphy Can anyone tell me about Ambrose Collins mentioned above?

Mason Co KY Deed book extract B1-230 1 Jan 1795 Thomas Collins and Rachel his wife of Mason Co KY and John Shepherd of Mason Co Tr: Sale of land in Mason Co Desc: Sold by Mayor Charles Pelham, near Frances McClure�s line Clerk: Thomas Marshall Jr. Has anyone researched this line of Collins? Where did Thomas Collins come from? Parents? Siblings? Children?

Mason Co KY Deed Book Extract A-360 12 Feb 1793 Nathaniel Allen, Merchant of Town of Washington, Mason Co and John Macher, farmer, of Washington, Mason Co Tr: In consideration of five shillings - mortgage of one dry goods store and groceries in Washington. Desc: Allen owned lots in Washington, now mortgaged to Thomas Warring, Simon Kenton, Robert Rankins, and William Roe, Now for purpose of securing payment of 271 pounds to them he morgaged store, to Macher. Wt: Cuth Butler, Jacob Arnold, James Collins Clerk: Thomas Marshall Jr. Has anyone researched the James Collins listed above?

Mason Co KY Deed Extracts A-350 21 Jan 1794 Henry Symmonds and Barbary his wife of Mason Co and John McBride of Mason Co Tr: Sale of 26 acre and 16 poles of Mason Co land for 13 pounds and one shilling. Desc: By Parberry�s line Wt: Joshua Shelby, George Moore, Thomas Collins Clerk: Thomas Marshall Jr. A-357 27 Mar 1794 Charles Pelham and Isabella his wife of Mason Co and Thomas Collins of Mson Co Tr: Sale of 871/2 acres Mason Co land for 30 pounds 12 shilling Desc: by McClure�s and William Arms line Clerk: Thomas Marshall Jr. Has anyone researched the lines from the Thomas Collins' listed above?

Mason Co KY Deed Extractions Book A-255 4 Sep 1792 Benjamin Collins of Washington, Mason Co VA and Thomas Lounsdale of Wahington, Mason Co Tr: Sale of one red & white heifer for 4 ppounds Wt: Edward Holmes, James Lounsdale Clerk: Thomas Marshall Jr. Has anyone researched this Benjamin Collins? Need parent's, siblings, & descendant's. _______ .------|_______ <color><param>ffff,0000,0000</param> Robbintina Harrison of Downers Grove IL </color> ------+ _______ redbird@interaccess.com ------|_______ charri8655@aol.com <fontfamily><param>Comic Sans MS</param>Homepage: http://members.aol.com/Charri8655/index.html.</fontfamily>

Thomas KENNEDY was b. 1764 in N.C. according to his Rev.pension file. I am looking for his parents and siblings. He was first m. to Sarah__? from this union 6 sons were borned. His oldest James was my ggggrandfather. The other sons were Joseph, John, David, Felix, and Daniel. After Sarahs death he m. Nancy Bishop whose father was Robert Bishop. They had 10 children Robert, Rhilly, Delia, Mary, Sarah, Catherine, Henry, Nancy, Susan and Rebecca. All of his children were borned in Duplin Co, N.C., where he died 2-05-1851. We have over 3500 of Thomas decendants. With 16 children there are many cousins out there to be found. One of his grandsons Married Martha Elizabeth COLLINS daughter of Lewis COLLINS b. 8-30-- 1797. Lewis was first m. to Margaret Casteen. Their C: James b. 12-26-1826,John b. 10-20-1828, Sarah Ann b. 2-13-1831 and Jeremiah b. 7-29-1832. I have a copy of Lewis Collins picture . From some of the pictures I have seen that was said to be Melungeon, he could be one. Lewis m. Elizabeth Ann 9-8-1846. They had 2 known children , Martha Elizabeth who m. James Kennedy 12-7-1870, and George Anna We will be glad to share info Ruby with

Sorry, I goofed. David died in Grant Parrish, LA Aug 8, 1883

BLUEFIELD - Claude G. Collins, age 94, of Rt. 4, Box 405 A, Bluefield (Bluewell) and formerly of River Road, passed away at his home on Sunday, Aug. 31, 1997. Born on Oct. 12, 1902, in West Jefferson, N.C., he was a son of the late Calvin and Rosa Collins. He had lived most of his life in Mercer County and was retired coal miner with 30 years in the mines. He was a member of the U.M.W.A., attended the Church of God and was preceded in death by his wife, Belle Sluder Collins; one daughter, Irene Collins Isaac; three sons, Buford, Chester and Jack Collins; three grandchildren; four brothers and two sisters. Survivors include two daughters, Wilma Collins Poe and husband Don of Raeford, N.C. and Ester Collins Howard of Falls Mills, Va.; one son, Claude Junior Collins of New Castle, Del.; one brother, Raleigh Collins of Coopers; 25 grandchildren and 46 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel in Bluewell with the Minister Harold Goins officiating. Burial will follow in Grandview Memory Gardens on the Bluefield-Tazewell Road in Bluefield, Va. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Source-beckley register herald,beckley, wva Sherry Crawford COLLINS-DARBY-FOLEY-MCORMICK-WYATT-YEATTS