This probably has nothing to do with your family, but since you did put a question mark after the Nashville area. However, just for the record of checking under every rock, check out Sparta, White County, Tennessee and see if a John Anderson Collins shows up there. John was a name that appeared a lot in that area and the Anderson's and Collins are everywhere. Anderson could have been a last name of a relative. -----Original Message----- From: Keith & Jacqui <jacthestamper@yahoo.com> To: COLLINS <COLLINS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Feb 13, 2011 5:29 pm Subject: [COLLINS] 2nd Great Grandfather is missing. Can you help find him? My 2nd great grandfather is John Anderson Collins born somewhere between 1846 and 1863. Some of our family say 1846 in Tennessee (nashville area?) others say 1863 in Missouri (Hannibal area?). All agree he was an orphan. Rumor has it he had 2 sisters and maybe 1 brother. One story says one day his father was walking to town and was conscripted into the army. No one knows which side or what happened to him. His name may have been William. John married Almeda Camp in Cedar CO, MO on 8 March 1877. Family tradition says that she too was an orphan. John died 21 April 1911, Louisburg, Kansas. I am totally stuck. Does this JOhn sound like anyone in your files? Thanks! Jacqui BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message