Spostylvania County, Va Will of Joseph Collins 1753 wife was Susannah Children: John Collins James Collins William Collins Thomas Collins md. _____ Bartlett Lewis Collins Ann Wisom or Wisdom Drucilla Cook Caty Glass (U.S. Senator Carter Glass from her) Susannah Golson or Gholson Tabitha wife of Henry Gatewood Mary wife of John Brockman (my stepmother's line-Andrea) Wyatt Collins from Va took up land in Kershaw in 1787. Will of Lewis Collins Sr Pr 24 March 1806 (He was Baptist Minister) Kershaw Co/. SC (no wife named evidently dead) Children: Dillard Collins; Davis Collins; Lewis Collins; Ann Collins; Zerviah Brumfield; Delpha Arnold; Susannah Collins; Hannah Cator or Catoe; Nancy Elliot. Ex. Alexander Steward and John Millhouse WiT; Jacob and Michael Chambers. Just ran across another page of the bible. Lewis Collins 1763-1815 md 1788 Charlotte Lois Hammond 1764-1863 Children: 1) Elizabeth b 1790 md 1808 Joseph Patterson 1787 2) Wilie b 1796 d 1816 3) Alethea Lois b 1804 md 1819 Jesse Kilgore 1797 Children of Elizabeth Collins and Joseph Patterson 1) Lewis Jefferson b 1810 md 1840 Margaret Wardlaw-no issue 2) Mary Alethea b 1812 md 1831 James Ross Dye. no issue 3) Charlotte Sarah b 1816 d 1897 md 1835 James S. Thompson 4) Joseph Wilie and Wyatt Patterson, twins died young. Children of Alethea Lois Collins and Jesse Kilgore were: 1) James Lewis b 1822 (His dau. Lois md William McKain) 2) Charlotte Keziah b 1840 md 1858 Watt Wardlaw Shropshire; James Shropshire md. Elizabeth Bradford and had: 1) Sarah Elizabeth md William Thompson in 1814 2) John Shropshire had daughter Elizabeth Perry and son J.J. Sara E. Shropshire and William Thompson had 1) John Shropshire Thompson b 1815 md 1835 Charlotte S. Patterson 2) John Thompson b 1817 Elizabeth Shropshire Perry, Dau. of Dr. J.J. had 1) John S. Perry 2) Mamie Perry Wade 3) Henrietta Perry DuRant 4) Alice E. Perry 5) Lois S. Perry 6) Cornelia Perry Dye 7) Florida perry Propet John S. Thompson and Charlotte S. Patterson had: 1) Joseph Patterson b 1835 2) Sarah Elizabeth b 1837 md Andrew B. Wardlaw 3) maury Josephine b 1839 md William Clark Wardlaw 4) William Kilgore b 1842 5) Lewis Collins b 1846 6) John Shropshire b 1850 7) Mamie Charlotte b 1852 8) James Ross b 1854 Okay, next email is Andrea's notes. These mention several people, as well as Collins, and I will type it in it's entirity (sp). Lori