Since there were several Collins queries, I thought I would ask about the Collins I'm trying to find - my husband's gggg grandparents, James O. and Sarah McGraw Collins.   James O. Collins was a sailor and drowned in the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1800s.  I have no other information on James and Sarah.    Their son, William Smith Collins was born in Somerset Maryland on 5/30/1799.   William later travelled West to Louisville KY, where he learned how to lay bricks and met and wed Mary Ann Hoke, the daughter of Adam Hoke and Catherine Hoffheins.   The young married couple later travelled to Carlisle, Sullivan County, Indiana (with other members of the Hoke family) where they had several children and acquired land. I am very curious about James and Sarah.  Were they born in America or did they come from the British Isles?  Did they have any other children? Was James a sailor for the navy or a private shipper?  Was his body recovered?   Who were the parents of James and Sarah?  This first Collins couple I've found is one of my great challenges; I'd appreciate any information or suggestions. Thanking you in advance, Beverly Cronk ----- Original Message ----- From: Dorothy Semenyna <antiqdorothy@sbcglobal.net> Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:12 Subject: Re: [COLLINS] correction Re:  early Carolinian Collins To: collins@rootsweb.com > I know little of my Collins ancestry other than it began with > Octavia Collins, my grandmother, who was a daughter of J. J. > (John/Jack) Collins a son of Jones Collins; Jones Collins 1797- > N.C., and JamesCollins 1758-1838 - N.C.  If any of the names are > included in the document you described, I would like to have a > copy.  I would be most appreciative of your efforts.  Thank you. > > --- On Sat, 1/15/11, Alice Sanders <sanders922@comcast.net> wrote: > > > From: Alice Sanders <sanders922@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [COLLINS] correction Re: early Carolinian Collins > To: fenenga@connpoint.net, skersha@rootsweb.com, collins@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 5:12 PM > > > We’ve all been there.  Southern research can be a challenge at > best and most of my family lines have a southern connection.  > Have a Happy New year and good searching. > A. > PS  Do you have all that file?  It is pages long and I can send > it to you via an attachment if you want. > > From: fenenga@connpoint.net > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 12:17 PM > To: Alice Sanders ; skersha@rootsweb.com ; collins@rootsweb.com > Subject: correction Re: [COLLINS] early Carolinian Collins > > my apologies, Alice, I have not had all of my facilities of late > due to health issues and stress and did not see that it was > Leonardo's work. my head is muddled from lack of sleep and > general malaise. it was an innocent mistake. I try to be > accurate and factual in my research as well, but being human, > there is always potential for mistakes. > > I am still relatively new to early southern research, though I > have been researching for 20 years. I'm just trying to find the > lost trail to my own ancestry. > > Cornelia > > > On Sat 01/15/11 11:08 AM , "Alice Sanders" > sanders922@comcast.net sent: > > >   The information you have provided is from information I found > at a Mormon >   Family History Library some years ago. >   It is NOT research done by Connie Andrea but done by one late > Leonardo >   Andrea for several clients. The file was >   in the possession of Connie Andrea at the time it was donated > to the FHL. I >   copied the file and have shared it with >   many people over the years researching southern Collins > families. Each time >   this information was shared I have >   tried to be factual where the information came from and who > did the work. >   Alice Sanders. > >   -----Original Message----- >   From: fenenga@connpoint.net >   Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 10:44 AM >   To: sckersha@rootsweb.com ; collins@rootsweb.com >   Subject: Re: [COLLINS] early Carolinian Collins > > > >   I have, among my relatives, a Louis Davis Collins, b. 26 Nov > 1832 AL >   son of Lewis D. Collins b. abt 1790 S.C. and Cynthia b. abt > 1791 N.C.. >   I wonder if there's a relationship here. > >   herein is an excellent transcript of the genealogical research of >   one Connie Andrea regarding the Collins of Kershaw Co., S.C. that >   looks fairly promising of being the missing branch of my ancestry. > >   http://www.wvi.us/collins/ [1] > >   and my family tree with my Collins ancestors and relatives; > >   http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi- > bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=necko&id=I6093  [2] > >   anyone care to compare them and give an opinion? it's hard for > me to >   tell if I'm following the correct lineage. just because I want > it to >   be doesn't mean it is, and I want to get it right. > >   thank you for your time and thoughts. > >   best, > >   Cornelia > > >   Links: >   ------ >   [1] http://www.wvi.us/collins/ >   [2] >   http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi- > bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=necko&id=I6093  BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF > YOUR SUBJECTS >   ------------------------------- >   To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >   COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes >   in the subject and the body of the message > > > BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

George Wiley Collins b abt 1812 somewhere in SC First appears on the Murray Co census 1850 with wife S. Price (born in SC) and several children some born in SC and at least one born in GA. The order of the births of the children seem to suggest that the family may have moved to GA, back to SC, and to GA a second time. There is an Elizabeth Collins age about 50 in the household as well (George's sister or sister-in-law??????). Next appears on the Cass/Bartow Co census 1860 with wife & children. Elizabeth is no longer in the home. Next door is a Price family from SC. Next appears in Cass/Bartow Co census 1870 with another wife. Most of the children are gone. Some researchers have the older boys moving out to Arkansas or Missouri after the war. Some say the boys were killed during the war. One of the girls is said to have moved to Texas and married. That's all I know of George Wiley Collins. Elaine