Descendants of Solomon Collins Generation No. 1 1. SOLOMON1 COLLINS was born Abt. 1760 in Cumberland Co., PA1(according to family tradition), and died February 08, 1838 in Hawkins Co. TN. He married EDY DICKERSON 1777-1795 in NC. Notes for SOLOMON COLLINS: A Solomon Collins is listed as a Rev. War Pvt., Pennsylvania Line. Pension List of 1820, residence: Virginia. This may not be the same individual. More research needed. Family traditions says he marched into Carolinas during war, married Edy Dickerson there. He was listed in the1800 Census of Nash Co., NC., p. 96. Brother of Vardeman, (1764-1860), and Benjamin? Some info per Grohse, p63. More About SOLOMON COLLINS: Fact 7: Stone Mason Children of SOLOMON COLLINS and EDY DICKERSON are: 2. i. SOLOMON D.2 COLLINS, b. 1795, Asheville, NC; d. June 28, 1863. ii. GEORGE COLLINS. iii. CHARLES COLLINS. iv. ROBERT COLLINS. Generation No. 2 2. SOLOMON D.2 COLLINS (SOLOMON1) was born 1795 in or near Asheville, NC, and died June 28, 1863. He married VIRGINIA GOINS 1805-1825 in TN, daughter of JOSEPH GOINS and MILLIE LOVIN. Moved to Hancock CO., TN in 1815. Land Grant on Newman's Ridge. Known as "Old Sol," he stated that his father was a Rev. War veteran. Hancock Co. Census of 1860, p 104, lists Solomon, 65; wife Jane,50. Children of SOLOMON COLLINS and VIRGINIA GOINS are: i. BETTY3 COLLINS. ii. KATE COLLINS, m. THOMAS ANDERSON. 3. iii. MAHALA COLLINS, b. 1823, Hawkins Co. TN. iv. RICHARD COLLINS. v. SALLIE COLLINS. vi. THALAMON COLLINS. vii. FRANKLIN COLLINS, b. 1825. Notes for FRANKLIN COLLINS: TN Vol. Cav., Civil War. Never married. 4. viii. SILAS COLLINS, b. Abt. 1828; d. March 24, 1863, Triune, TN. 5. ix. BAILEY COLLINS, b. August 07, 1827, Hawkins, TN; d. September 22, 1908, Hancock, TN. x. ENOCH COLLINS, b. 1830, TN. xi. LETHY COLLINS, b. 1835. xii. ELIZABETH COLLINS, b. Abt. 1835. xiii. SARY COLLINS, b. 1841. xiv. AMELA COLLINS, b. 1844.