Linda, I've been working on this. I do have John in my files but had John S. instead of John D. Email me and We can see if I have what you need. glo --- On Thu, 8/5/10, Linda Fifield <linda@lindafifield.com> wrote: > From: Linda Fifield <linda@lindafifield.com> > Subject: [KYKNOTT] John D. Collins 1870 > To: KYKNOTT@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 4:33 PM > I have tried for years to find more > information concerning by great > grandfather John D. Collins born 1870. I find him first in > Boyd Co. in 1880. > If anyone has information on this Collins family I would > greatly appreciate > the help. > > > Found on the 1880 Boyd co. census at White Sulphur Springs > precinct #4. > Household number 40 > > John W. Collins born 1834 Husband (age 46) mining ore > Mary born 1841 wife (age 39) > Children: > John D. born abt. 1870 (my great grandfather) (age 9) > Wm. S.(William ?) born 1873 > Kenne P. born 1877 > Elizabeth born 1879 > > I have been told the following about John W. Collins  > and Mary and their > children: > > Mary's surname was Conley and she had a 1/2 brother John > Mayo (Floyd Co) > > Kenne P. (daughter) was burned to death on a steamboat on > the Kentucky > river. > > Elizabeth lived for a time in Weeksbury Floyd Co. KY > I know that John D. (my great grandfather) came to Floyd > Co. Weeksbury and > was married to Sarah Johnson and Susannah Elizabeth Johnson > and had a number > of children.I find him on the 1900 Floyd Co. census dist 6 > married to > Sarah Johnson. He is on the 1910 Floyd Co. census dist.6 > married to Susannah > Elizabeth Johnson.I cannot find him on any census record > after 1910.  He > also was married maybe 2 other times. He had a son Tipton > Collins (my > grandfather) with Ellen Slone daughter of Henry C and > Martha Martin Slone. > Henry C. was the son of Reuben Slone Sr. and Sarah Pigman. > > Ellen Slone  also married Hiram Gibson. Hiram was the > son of John P. Gibson > and Rebecca Terry. > > John's middle name was Decoursey. > > John's  last son's name was Veda (known as Earnest to > my mother) Veda > died 4-20-1942  death cert. says he is buried in Flax > Patch. I do not know > the mother of Veda. > > I believe John D. died maybe in 1938 or 1939. In the Adam's > cemetery at Flax > Patch, I see there is a grave listed as Verdie Collins (no > other notations) > and a grave listed John Collins (no other notation) I > believe this is the > John C. I am researching...... > > After years of trying I cannot make any connections back > for John D Collin's > family. Any help appreciated. Linda > Knott County Kentucky Kinfolk http://knottkentuckykinfolk.com/ > What I kept I lost, What I spent I had, What I gave I > have. > Knott County KyGenWeb > http://98.131.135.96/knott/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYKNOTT-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >