This is from the Daniel Collins Will just sent. Comments by Andrea: Perhaps by an examination of the file 12-94 it will give additional data. The file records plus the deed records in a county always give very valuable additional genealogical data, that does not show in the will itself..This applies fo all wills. Leonardo Andrea. James Collins Will sg Date missing Pr. 9 Jan 1790 Book 1 page 77 Barnwell Co., S.C. James Collins...The elder Names in his will Wife..None listed Children James Collins, Jr...Eldest son and Ex Elizabeth Toney...Daughter Lydia Collins...Daughter Major Croom Collins...Son John Collins...Son Susannah Collins...Daughter Daniel Collins...Son William Wainwright Collins...Son Mary Collins...Daughter Relationship for the next two not listed: Levin Collins...Ex. also as Leven Collins Joseph Collins...Ex Witnesses Daniel Odom Benjamin Odom Leven Odom Mentions lands adjacent to Thomas Morris and James Morris Comments by Andrea: See Joseph Collins..James Collins...Leven Collins, all as sons in Law of Benjman Odom in Barnwell..His estate 5 Jan 1801 James Collins Levin Collins Joseph Collins In Estate of Benjamin Odom 5 Jan 1801 file 8-2 Barnwell Co., S.C. Capt. Benjamin Odom and also as O'Dom His estate was administered 5 Oct 1801 with the consent of his widow Tamer Odom by his brothers, Thomas Odom and George Odom...Administrators Ther was a considerable estate consisting of real and personal property and of slaves. No list of Heirs show in the file. However in Deed books in Barnwell Co., S.C. there are a score of papers...One of the best is Book 3 page 219 and Book 3 page 115.. Plus dowers signed. When the * follows a name it was taken from a sower on this estate and is not in the two deeds mentioned above. The Heirs of Benjamin Odom deceased...Power of Attorney signed 6 Feb 1804 To the following neighbors, Gideon Haygood, Darling Peoples, Gasper Trotti, Lawrence Trotti, George Lathan, to divide the land and other property of Capt. B. Odom Division: Tamer Odom...The widow to have one-third childre Levin Collins residing in the state of Georgia to have one share in the right of his wife Catherine Collins nee Odom* James Collins residing in Barnwell Co. S.C. to have one share in the right of his wife Mary Collins nee Odom* Lydia Odom residing in Barnwell Co., S.C. to have one share in her own right (She died single circa 1835-Andrea) Dorcas Collins nee Odom and Lee and now deceased. Her heirs to have on share aln all residing in Georgia. Lewis Lee the first husband of Dorcas and now deceased and one childe Mrs. Sarah Durett nee Lee to have one portion Joseph Collins the second husband of Dorcus and living in Georgia and two children Mary Collins or called Polly Collins to have one portion, Catherine Collins called Catey Collins to have one share or portion John A. O'Bannon residing in Barnwell District, S.C. to have one share in right of his wife Sarah O'Bannon nee Odom* Mary Odom also called Polly Odom to have one shar in the right of her deceased father who was a son of Capt. Benjamin Odom. After the widow received her dower third the estate was divided into six equal portions...A revolutionary soldier Banjamin Odom, Jr in the S.C. archived died in 1792 in Barnwell Dist...Levin Collins was his administrator...I think he is the father of the 6th heir, Mary Odom...This Capt. Benjamin Odom was Capt. and Major in the S.C. State Militia After the Revolution..He was also a soldier in the Revolution. James Collins, Sr Will sg 17 June 1836 Pr 19 Oct 1836 Book B page 180 Green Co., Alabama James Collins, Sr Names in his Will My wife...her name not listed (she signed as Martha Collins) Claiborne Collins...Son The son by my second wife Martha All my first set of children...none list by name Amos Travis, Jr..Ex Henry Williams...Ex Witnesses Amos Travis, Sr Eliza Withrow J.C. Snider Lazarus Whitehead >From Barnwell County data in 1820 in S.C. James Collins, Sr married a widow, Mrs. Martha Steinwinder sometimes listed as Stivender. Barnwell County Deed Book L-2 Page 72 James Collins Sr...Deed of gift sg. 4 Dec 1819 To my children by my deceased wife Mary Collins (see Benjamin Odom 5 Jan 1801) James Collins...Eldest son (he married Mary Steinwinder) From Andreas Stivender files. Elizabeth Collins wife of John Rickenbacker Dorcas the wife of William Nimmons Susannah the wife of John Steinwinder Lewis C. Collins, a minor Martha Collins, a minor Keturah Collins, a minor Witnesses William W. Dunn Lewis O' Bannon John c. Allen J.P. My son, James Collins is guardian of these three minor children. In 1822 James Collins give power of Attorney from Green Co., Alabama. Final Division in Green Co., Alabama on the 19 May 1853 Keturah E. Collins wife of James Porter Martha Collins deceased wife of aaron M. Dowling See the above children..They were also heirs. Joshua Collins... a son sued for his part of the Odom Estate and won the suit. In 1853 Joshua Collins was dead and had heirs: Elizabeth Collins...Widow of Joshua Children Sarah Collins widow of Samuel Lee...Daughter of Joshua James Collins, Jr...Son of Joshua Jack Collins...Son of Joshua Daniel Collins...Son of Joshua Lewis Collins...Son of Joshua Williamson Collins...Son of Joshua Lewis Patterson age 6...grandson, son of deceased daughter Susannah wife of Thomas Patterson. See the will of James Collins the elder in Barnwell sg or pr. 9 Jan 1790. John Collins 21 March 1801 file 19-409 Abbeville Co. S.C. John Collins His estate was administed 21 March 1801 by Andrew Collins. The bond was signed by Capt. John Hamilton and Campbell Kennedy. The inventory was made by John Hamilton, Jeremiah S. Terry, Patrick Cain. In the citation "Andrew Collins is the next of kin to John Collins" Tin the file is a mention of the Estate of Peter Collins and sse this in Abbeville sg. 27 June 1785 by Campbell Kennedy. More in a minute, Lori