Hi, I'd love to know about ALL Collins' that were in MISSOURI during the mid (1840/50) to last of the 1800s. My William David Collins was there & married there in the early 1880s. The bride & groom gave their residence as FIELDS CREEK TOWNSHIP on the marriage license (they married in Clinton, Henry Co., MO) BUT, I can't find my William on any census, deed, etc. ..... so perhaps my guy was living with another family since he was either a "hold out bachelor" until the age of 27 or had a previous marriage. He married Annie Elizabeth (Bessie) Ishmael. If anyone has a William on their list that they don't know "from whence he came" ... maybe he's ours? Soooo many William's & soooo little time to investigate all of them <grin>. Thanks, Lynn LynnMurray@hia.net My Home on the Net: http://members.tripod.com/~MurrayL/index.html SEARCHING FOR: BEATTIE/BEATTY, CANTRELL, CARMICHAEL, COLLINS, DENNY, DRIVER, GENTRY, HAAS, HARRIS, ISSACS, ISHMAEL, JONES, LAIRD, LEE, LUNSFORD, LYNN/LINN, MALLARD, MEDLEY, MORLAND, MURRAY, MCFERRIN, O'NEAL, STEWART, STORM/STURM, STOCKTON, THOMAS