Yvonne, I have a little on Levi's descendants. Not much on Levi himself. North Carolina marriage bonds, 1741-1868 Levi Collins Rhoda Money 09 Jul 1849 000143815 005570 Surry 01 044 John L. Holcombe North Carolina marriage bonds, 1741-1868 Levi Collins Grace M. Swaim 06 Apr 1835 00143812 007778 Surry 01 044 Braxton Ray 1840 Surry County, NC Levi Collins 1 male under 5-2 females under 5-1male between 20-30 and 1 female between 30-40 next to Sally Collins with 2 males bet. 20-30- 1 female bet. 10-15 and 1 female bet. 40-50 also lived near Michael Swaim. 1850 Surry County census # 429-431 Levi Collins age 38 Rhoda age 18 Elizabeth Money age 42 Harriet M. Collins age 10 Levi age 5 Lucinda Money age 13 Mary A. Collins age 15 1860 Surry County, NC census Nixon's Dist # 499-499 Levi Collins age 48 Rhoda age 28 Levi Jr. age 15 S.J. age 7 male Rebecca age 5 It seems that Richard Martin Collins a son of Levi, Jr. married Alice Brown (don't have parents) & had a son Benjamin Franklin Collins. After Alice died Richard married Sarah Jane Crouse (dau of Robert & Margaret Pierce Crouse) Sarah Jane had a daughter Octavia Crouse by my Grandfather Thomas Jefferson Medley. ( who I recently found by dna was a son of probably Goodman Spencer & Liney Medley). Anyway Richard Martin's son Benjamin Frank married Octavia Crouse (daughter of his step mother & my aunt) I have their 10 children. If any is familiar?? Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne Norman" <cannedheat046@yahoo.com> To: <NCSURRY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:21 AM Subject: [NCSURRY] Help with Collins.........PLEASE!!! > Hello Listers, > I am searching for my ever elusive Levi Collins. I do not know for > sure where he was born, but I suspect Va or NC. Levi is my GGG > Grandfather. > He married Rhoda (Rhody) Money abt. 1849 in Surry County. John L. > Holcomb was bondsman. When they married, Levi brought 2-3 children by his > first wife. One of those children was Levi Jr. I believe Levi was first > married to a Charity Swaim in Surry Co. about 1835. I have never found a > birth place for him nor when or where he died? I have often wondered if he > was a son of Obediah/Obadiah Collins?