Hi cousins: Here is my lineage that does not go back to landed immigrants but with a little luck and help - who knows? James Collins b. 1771, Halifax County, VA, married Elizabeth Lovelace (daughter of Tabitha Lovelace) Sept. 28, 1795. Their children: Tabitha Oldham Collins b. 6/26/17?? John Thomas Collins, b. 2/14/17?? Sarah H. Collins, b. 11/6/1802 - 4/17/1878 Judith Wood Collins, b. 3/16/18?? Nathaniel S. Collins, b. 3/31/1809 Nancy Ann Collins, b. 9/15/1811 William Coop Collins, b. 10/31/1800, d. 5/26/1890 married Sarah Thompson, b. 1802, d. 4/17/1878, married 10/31/1822 Their children: Ellener Collins 11/18/1826-8/19/1834 Carolyn Collins (Mitchell) 7/23/1823-6/6/1898 William Collins Jr. 6/?/1836-6/20/1863 Winson Collins 5/17/1833 - 11/25/1863 Watson Collins ? - 8/25/1834 Sarah Collins (Key) 11/11/1838 - 1929 Walter Scott Collins 11/8/1828 - 1910 (born in Madison, Morgan Co., GA) married Nancy Ann Thompson 12/10/1847 - 7/11/1909 - married 12/2/1866 Their children: Sarah Susan Collins (Pickard) 9/17/1867 - 1937 William Henry Collins 8/11/1869 - ? Lula Rebecca Collins (Robinson) 7/2/1872 - ? Mary Walter Collins (Hall) 8/7/1883 - ? Charles Benjamin Collins 7/11/1838 - 1925 married Luella Talbot, Their children: Olivia Collins (Poole) Helene Collins (Waller) Winston Collins Charles Benjamin Collins Juanita Collins (Hoffman) Walter Sanders Collins b.5/2/1914 married Erline Hendry b. 11/27/1917 Their children: Dana Pamela Collins (Tillman) b. 11/16/1948 Walter Sanders Collins Jr. b. 7/28/1944 - ME! I married Karel Morter b. 6/3/1946. Our chldren: Melissa Gayle Collins, b. 3/10/78 Shawn Elliott Collins, b. 9/7/83 >From Walter Scott Collins onward all lived in and around Alabama - Lee County, Greene County and Jefferson County. Anyone with additional information or corrections to any of this information is more than welcome to let me know. Thanks a bunch ! Walter wcainc@msn.com