This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Collins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AB.2ACI/6876 Message Board Post: I am looking for documentation on (Mahlon,Mallion,Malin) Collins. I have been told he is the son of Benjamin Collins and Manerva Fields. He married Corna Johnson(Feb 15 1896) which I Have been told She is the second child of Elisabeth Brewer.-James Johnson. Mahlon and Corna named thier first son George (my grandfather) I was told his middle was Calvin, bit I think it was Allen. Corna Johnson 1880 Lee Co., VA Sylvester BREWER Self M Male W 65 TN TN TN Farming 1815 Amelia BREWER Wife M Female W 45 TN TN TN Keeping House 1835 Nancy BREWER Dau S Female W 27 TN TN TN Without Employment 1853 Elizabeth BREWER Dau S Female W 24 TN TN TN Without Employment 1856 Lorinda BREWER Dau S Female W 21 TN TN TN Without Employment 1859 James BREWER Son S Male W 19 TN TN TN Work On Farm 1861 John BREWER Son S Male W 16 TN TN TN Work On Farm 1864 Ellen BREWER Dau S Female W 13 TN TN TN Without Employment 1867 Lettitia BREWER Dau S Female W 10 TN TN TN At Home 1870 Burdine BREWER Son S Male W 9 TN TN TN 1871 Nancy? Wheeler BREWER GSon S Male W 8 TN TN TN 1872 Joseph BREWER GSon S Male W 6 TN TN TN 1874 James BREWER GSon S Male W 3 TN TN TN 1877 Florence BREWER GDau S Female W 5/12 TN TN TN 1879 Elizabeth? Rosa Bell BREWER GDau S Female W 5 TN TN TN 1875 Corna BREWER GDau S Female W 2 TN TN TN 1878 Martelia BREWER GDau S Female W 2/12 TN TN TN 1879 Lorinda? Archibald BREWER GSon S Male W 3 TN TN TN 1877 William BREWER GSon S Male W 7/12 TN TN TN 1879 From the Harlan 1900,1910 and 1920 census Mahlon has various ages,and I have found two birth years--1874 and 1877. I think this was the last child conceived by Ben and Min I was told Ben and Min broke up in the Seventies and she placed Abraham with a Pope Family. I'm trying to find out where Ben and Min went. Did the older Collins kids raise Mahlon after they broke up? ---- Sylvania,George,Howard or did one of Mins brothers or Sisters raise him. Where Did Min go?---She would have been in her thirties I was told that Min lived with Howard and Jane Farly Collins For a while and I know I have also been told we were related to some Farleys. My brother married a Farley and My Gr uncle use to tease him about the possibility of her being a Cousin.................Maybe that is my lead. Might be something in the Perry or Lee, Va Census too. Attached is a picture of Manerva passed down from Corna's last child, Lawrence. Cath