Hi everyone, I and searching for info on my Collins line. I don't have a lot of info on them, but maybe what I have will ring a bell with someone else on the list. In 1870 in the Bell Co., KY census, my great great grandfather Obediah Collins (age 36 born in NC) and his wife Elizabeth_____ (age 19 born in NC) are listed in household #147-139. In 1880, Obediah and his young son Lewis (William Lewis) are living in the household of Jarvis Lovins in Clay Co., KY. It is possible that Obediah married again after 1880 in Clay Co. to Lucy Powell and they possibly had children. I don't know what happened to the 1st wife Elizabeth, but they had a child to die shortly after birth between 1875-80. William Lewis Collins married Dora Jones in Claiborne Co., TN about 1895 and they had 2 or 3 children before he was murdered in 1901 in Bell Co., KY as he left the voting polls. My grandmother Ellen Josephene Collins was born just before he was shot and killed but since she was just a day or so old, she never seen her father. It is probable that Obediah's grandparents were Obediah and Patsy Collins from Surry Co., NC. They had several sons, and the sons named their sons after their g-father Obediah. These boys were all close in age, so I really don't know which one is the father. It is also possible that Oebdiah had a family in NC before he came to KY. I sure hope someone out there on the list will be able to help me sot thru all this. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Penny