Thanks for the reply, it gives me more names to look for. My husband's ggrandfather was names Alfred Collins, his parents were Shelby Collins and Caroline Grimm. Do any of these names come up in your information? TJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [COLLINS] Collins Info > Hi, > > Very interesting information! > > My Collins family was living in Warrick County IN near Boonville (Newburgh > and Yankeetown) during this same time. But I don't have data on a > Willson. > > My line was Jonas B Collins b 1795 in Vermont (son of Ebenezer, Rev War > Vet from Mass. descended from Henry Collins the starchmaker of Lynn, > Mass.) and his wife Eleanor Briscoe, and they had a farm on the Ohio River > in Yankeetown (where the Alcoa plant now stands). There is a Collins > Lake there too. > > Ebenezer & his brother Henry were the first settlers in West Brome > Township, Quebec Canada and Jonas grew up there. Ebenezer & Henry left > Canada for Illinois around 1840, as did their children. > > Jonas had at least two sons who also made homes in that Newburgh Indiana > area: Slaughter Collins b 1840 and his brother Salvin Collins who were > both Civil War Veterans. I have never heard of a Willson Collins and I > don't know if Jonas had a son by this name - but he would have only been > 19 when Willson was born. > > Slaughter's wife was Elizabeth Comfort Pearson. She lived to be 105 and > my father in law attended her 100th birthday in 1950 in Tulsa OK. > > By 1920, the Slaughter Collins children had all left Indiana and were all > living near Tulsa OK. One son, Louis Collins, was very successful in the > oil industry there. > > I don't have much information on the Salvin line. > > Hope that helps! > Valerie > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 9:41 PM > Subject: [COLLINS] Collins Info > > > I found the following at the Warrick County Library in Boonville, IN. > > 1870 Vanderburgh County IN Census > > Collins, Willson 56 M White Farmer IN > Sybol 51 F White NY > Shelby 27 M White IN > Martha 18 F White IN > Charles 15 M White IN > Nancy 14 F White IN > > Vanderburgh County Marriages > > Collins, Wilson and Kinyon Sibble 2-2-1837 > > Collins, Thomas O. and Miller, Martha Jane 8-13-1835 > > If anyone has any information on this family I would appreciate hearing > from > you. Thanks, TJ Brandt > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security > tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, > free AOL Mail and more. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello List, I need help on my Collins families, especially my 3rd ggf Nero Collins. Nero was born c 1820 and married Martha Wright 04/30/1838 in Grainger Co., TN. Martha may be a daughter of Moses Wright. Other than finding Nero on the 1840 Grainger Co., TN census and a brief mention of him in an estate sale in 1848 where he purchased a bucket, he has left no footprints I can find. The 1850 Grainger Co., TN census has Martha as head of house, no Nero, and children Mary, Hannah/Harriett, Greenville, James, and Easter. In 1860 Grainger Co., TN census, Martha appears to be still in the same area, is listed as a widow and now has Pleasant with her. Her next door neighbor is a Wesley Collins who married a Jane and their children are Angelina, Cornelia, Riley, and William. I have no information on Jane. Wesley may be related as well, his daughter Angelina is named the same name as Levi Perry's sister, and Riley could be after one of the Riley Collins. A theory I have is that I know a Nathan Perry fought between 1846-1850 in Mexico and was injured. It is possible that Nero went with Nathan and was a casualty there in Mexico. I find this Nathan on the VA census 1850, 1860, 1870 and died 1874. I did find a Nathaniel Perry in 1840 Grainger Co., TN living next door to old Griffin Collins. Nero and Martha had five known children: Mary Collins b 1838 Grainger Co., TN d 1893 Wise Co., VA, married 1856 Grainger Co., TN to Levi Perry (same Levi as mentioned above), son of Nathan Perry and Mary Collins (daughter of old Griffin) Perry. Hannah/Harriett Collins b 1840 Greenville Colllins b 1841 Tennessee d 1917 Claiborne Co.,TN, married Martha Lane daughter of G.W. Lane and Margaret Smith Lane. James Collins b 1845 Easter Collins b 1847 and married a John Collins 02/26/1865 in Grainger Co., TN And then there is Pleasant Collins born c 1849-1851. Descendents of Pleasant do not believe he was a son of Nero and the census records appear to support this theory. Pleasant married Ludima Perry b 1860 Wise Co., VA and died 1935 in Virginia, a daughter of James Perry born VA and Francis Hall Perry born NC. I have a second marriage for this Ludima to a G. Pleas Collins 10/22/1879 Upsur, VA. I do not know if these are the same men. Pleasant, son of Martha and husband of Ludima Perry Collins was also married to Mary Ann "Polly" Collins in 1875 in Wise Co., VA. This Mary's parents are Riley Collins and Emaline McGinnis Collins. Riley is thought to be a son of old Griffin and later in life Emaline McGinnis Collins married Levi Perry mentioned above who was first married to Nero Collins' oldest daughter Mary. This marriage between Levi and Emaline was 1895 in Tasso, Wise Co., VA. I also found where I believe it is James, the son of Martha has gone to Wise Co., VA by 1870 and his mother apparently follows him there and she may have remarried. Martha is not in Grainger Co., TN in 1870. If anyone can help I would appreciate any clues, hints. Also if someone sees any errors in my data PLEASE correct me. Thanks, VA,NC,TN,KY:COFFEY-COLLINS-HICKS-JORDAN-PERRY-RUSSELL/SC AL: McCOOL-MILLS-SEGREST-THRASHER-WOOD Sheri K. in Tennessee [email protected] "Genealogy is Perpetual!" --------------------------------- We have the perfect Group for you. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups.