This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_909770672_boundary Content-ID: <0_909770672@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_909770672_boundary Content-ID: <0_909770672@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: Inalee@aol.com Return-path: <Inalee@aol.com> To: COLLINS-L@rootswebcom Subject: Fwd: James A. Collins, Warren County, Warrenton, North Carolina Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:35:31 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_909770672_boundary" --part1_909770672_boundary Content-ID: <0_909770672@inet_out.mail.aol.com.3> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part1_909770672_boundary Content-ID: <0_909770672@inet_out.mail.aol.com.4> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: Inalee@aol.com Return-path: <Inalee@aol.com> To: COLLINS-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: James A. Collins, Warren County, Warrenton, North Carolina Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:44:33 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit My most wanted wish and I am 85. My wishes are few but this is one of my most wanted!! I am searching for my great grandfather's parents; Who were the parents of my great grandfather? He was James A. Collins, born March 6, 1822 in Warren County, Warrenton, NC and died October 22, 1883 in Raleigh, NC. He married Susan Barnes, daughter of Wm. Barnes of Granville County, on November 28, 1844 They had six children: John B. Collins, born April 10,1845 Fannie R. Collins, born Feb. 7,1848 in Mt. Zion, Orange County, NC, married George Washington Wright William Preston Collins, born Dec. 3, 1851, Warrenton,NC, married Hellen Virginia Adams James Polk Collins, born April 1, 1851, married Ophelia Bobbitt Thomas Henry Collins, born Oct. 10,1857 in Oxford, N. C., married Nannie Link Mitchell. Daughter of R. A. Mitchell. Died in Washington, DC. James A. was a 2nd. Lt, in Co. F., 13th Battalion NC, Light Artillery. Transferred from Company A, Colonel Peter Mallett's Battalon NC Troops (Camp Holmes Guard) June 3, 1864 as 2nd. Lt. Present or accounted for through Dec. 1864. Paroled at Appomatox Court House, Va. April 9, 1865 He was a printer and was with DISTRICT DEMOCRAT in Oxford 1846 -1848. Edited REPUBLICAN BANNER IN Salisbury, NC, 1949 Owned and published THE SENTINEL, IN Winston Salem NC, 1856 Foreman of the SENTINAL, Raleigh, N. C. at time of death. I first found James A. in the 1850 Census of Warren. I have tried to give the highlights of what I know. Many thanks for your help. Lee Collins Tingen 822 Cloverdale Rd. Montgomery, Al. 36106 County, Warrenton, N. C.. Page 29, 386, Hotel, age 28, Printer 1860 Census Warren County, Warrenton, NC. Page 447, 27, 27 James A. Collins 38 Printer. Susan, age 37, John, age 14, Frances 12, William Henry 6/12 I have found most of the descendants (and there are lots of us) that I will be glad to share. Just please help me find the parents of JAMES A. COLLINS, PLEASE. --part1_909770672_boundary-- --part0_909770672_boundary--