Help needed with this line. Who are the ancestors of Robert? This family is included in the FamilyTies database. The database can be found at the address listed at the bottom of posting. Descendants of Robert Hearn Collins Generation No. 1 1. ROBERT HEARN2 COLLINS (ALEXANDER1) was born Abt. 1810 in SC. He married MARY JANE GRIER. Notes for ROBERT HEARN COLLINS: Robert Hearn Collins lived near the Pee Dee River. Not far from the present Yauhannah bridge, there is a small graveyard on a bluff not too distant from the river, and here Robert Hearn Collins and other members of his family are buried. There is only a stone at his grave, and one at the grave of his mother, Elizabeth Collins, wife of Alexander Collins. In the 1790 census for Georgetown District, Prince Frederick's Parish is found: Males +16 (2) Alexander Chovin & Alexander Collins Males -16 (1) Females (4) Slaves (49). The Collins family was Dutch. Children of ROBERT COLLINS and MARY GRIER are: i. WILLIAM3 COLLINS, b. Abt. 1839. ii. SAMUEL COLLINS, b. Abt. 1841. iii. ROBERT COLLINS, b. Abt. 1843. 2. iv. BENJAMIN GRIER COLLINS, b. October 06, 1845, Pee Dee, Georgetown, Sc; d. August 14, 1926. v. MARY COLLINS, b. Abt. 1847. vi. THOMAS COLLINS, b. Abt. 1849. vii. EMMA JANE COLLINS, b. August 22, 1854; d. October 03, 1907; m. EDGAR ROBERT BEATY, August 20, 1873. viii. JAMES CAPERS COLLINS, b. August 22, 1854. Generation No. 2 2. BENJAMIN GRIER3 COLLINS (ROBERT HEARN2, ALEXANDER1) was born October 06, 1845 in Pee Dee, Georgetown, Sc, and died August 14, 1926. He married LAURA JANE COOPER September 04, 1870, daughter of TIMOTHY COOPER and MARY BEATY. Notes for BENJAMIN GRIER COLLINS: Benjamin Grier Collins entered the Confederate Army at the age of sixteen. After the War Between the States, he and Franklin Gorham Burroughs established the firm of Burroughs & Collins, and later, the Bank of Conway. He was instrumental in the organization of the Waccamaw Line Steamers. Postmaster of Conway, SC in 1903. More About BENJAMIN GRIER COLLINS: Burial: Conway, Horry Co., SC Cemetery: First United Methodist Church More About LAURA JANE COOPER: Burial: Conway, Horry Co., SC Cemetery: First United Methodist Church Children of BENJAMIN COLLINS and LAURA COOPER are: i. OLA HART4 COLLINS, b. August 18, 1871; d. October 01, 1935; m. B.B. MCWHITE, November 25, 1891. 3. ii. MARY ESSIE COLLINS, b. February 15, 1873, Conway, Horry Co., SC; d. April 28, 1932, Conway, Horry Co., SC. iii. MALCOM WOOD COLLINS, b. February 20, 1875, Conway, Horry Co., SC; d. June 22, 1955, Conway, Horry Co., SC; m. LAURA MOORE, January 06, 1899, Conway, Horry Co., SC. More About MALCOM WOOD COLLINS: Burial: Conway, Horry Co., SC Cemetery: Lakeside 4. iv. EMMA C. COLLINS, b. February 17, 1877, Conway, Horry Co., SC; d. 1958, Conway, Horry Co., SC. v. ALLEN THURMAN COLLINS, b. February 24, 1879, Conway, Horry Co., SC; d. November 26, 1936, Conway, Horry Co., SC; m. ROENA VEREEN, September 23, 1900, Conway, Horry Co., SC. vi. HARRY SMITH COLLINS, b. June 10, 1881, Conway, Horry Co., SC; d. June 09, 1956, Conway, Horry Co., SC; m. DAISY JOHNSON, June 10, 1902, Conway, Horry Co., SC. More About HARRY SMITH COLLINS: Burial: Conway, Horry Co., SC vii. LAURA JANE COLLINS, b. April 04, 1884. viii. MITCHELLE COLLINS, b. April 06, 1886; d. January 27, 1981. More About MITCHELLE COLLINS: Burial: 1st United Metho, Conway, Horry, SC ix. RUTH JESSIE COLLINS, b. April 23, 1888. x. NAOMI COLLINS, b. April 23, 1888. xi. NINA GRIER COLLINS, b. March 08, 1891, Conway, Horry Co., SC; d. October 25, 1900. More About NINA GRIER COLLINS: Burial: 1st United Metho, Conway, Horry, SC Generation No. 3 3. MARY ESSIE4 COLLINS (BENJAMIN GRIER3, ROBERT HEARN2, ALEXANDER1) was born February 15, 1873 in Conway, Horry Co., SC, and died April 28, 1932 in Conway, Horry Co., SC. She married DOCK ALLEN SPIVEY June 18, 1895 in Conway, Horry Co., SC. More About MARY ESSIE COLLINS: Burial: Conway, Horry Co., SC Children of MARY COLLINS and DOCK SPIVEY are: i. EDNA EARLE5 SPIVEY, b. June 15, 1897. ii. ALLEENE SPIVEY, b. September 05, 1901. iii. COLLINS ALEXANDER SPIVEY, b. March 21, 1904; m. HARRIETTE R. EDWARDS. iv. BAYLISS LARKIN SPIVEY, b. August 02, 1905. v. LAURA FRANCES SPIVEY, b. January 16, 1910. 4. EMMA C.4 COLLINS (BENJAMIN GRIER3, ROBERT HEARN2, ALEXANDER1) was born February 17, 1877 in Conway, Horry Co., SC, and died 1958 in Conway, Horry Co., SC. She married AUSTIN CHARLES THOMPSON August 19, 1902 in Conway, Horry Co., SC, son of LEWIS THOMPSON and SARAH CRAWFORD. More About EMMA C. COLLINS: Burial: Conway, Horry Co., SC More About AUSTIN CHARLES THOMPSON: Burial: Conway, Horry Co., SC Cemetery: Lakeside Children of EMMA COLLINS and AUSTIN THOMPSON are: i. BENJAMIN LEROY5 THOMPSON, m. NEDRA DAVIS. ii. CHARLES RINGNALD THOMPSON, b. March 16, 1905; d. March 1973, Conway, Horry Co., SC; m. SELMA FRANCES GREGG. More About CHARLES RINGNALD THOMPSON: Burial: Conway, Horry Co., SC More About SELMA FRANCES GREGG: Burial: Lakeside Cemetery, Conway, SC iii. LAURA THOMPSON, b. March 06, 1907; m. LEO WEST. iv. GLADYS THOMPSON, b. 1908; d. 1908. More About GLADYS THOMPSON: Burial: Conway, Horry Co., SC v. AUSTIN CHARLES THOMPSON, b. November 17, 1908; d. September 13, 1958; m. MARY DANNER, September 03, 1931. More About AUSTIN CHARLES THOMPSON: Burial: Lakeside Cem, Conway, Horry, Sc vi. MARY EMMA THOMPSON, b. November 08, 1915, Horry Co., SC; m. WOFFORD PTOLEMY BOYD, September 06, 1936, Cades, Sc. My genealogy database can be found at site http://www.cityathletics.com Once there, click on the genealogy tab. Now you will see the following tabs; 1) Discussion - bulletin board format for posting queries concerning surnames in the database. 2) Database - FamilyTies Genealogical Database It is searchable and you can create and download gedcom files. 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