Willian Collins s/o Meredith PENSION CIVIL WAR 1860-64 CONFEDERATE CO-F WOODWARD'S KENTUCKY CAVALRY INFANTRY---PRIVATE WILLIAM COLLINS B. APRIL13,1806 RUSSELL CO.VA. D/D MARCH30,1896 CRAIGSVILLE,WV,NICHOLAS CO. WIFE;MARY COLLINS AFTER SERVICE: PIKE CO. KY William Collins Jr. grandson/Meredith PENSION CIVIL WAR 1860-1865 CONFEDERATE CO-G VIRGINIA INFANTRY WILLIAM COLLINS JR. B.FEB 30,1831 PIKE CO. KY D/D JULY 21,1905 HOLCOMB,WV NICHOLAS CO. WIFE:NANCY COLLINS AFTER SERVICE: McDOWELL CO.& NICHOLAS CO.WV PRISONER OF WAR: RECIEVED AT CAMP CHASE,OHIO AUG16,1862 TRANSFERRED TO:CAIRO,ILL SEPT29,1862 CAPTURED AUGUST8,1862 @ HIGHLAND CO,VA.(ROLL 6 SHEET 3) APPEARS ON REGISTER OF GENERAL HOSPITAL PETERSBURG VA ADMITTED JAN30,1863 RETURNED TO DUTY MAR21,1863 (REMARKS:THIS MAN HAD A DISCHARGE PAPER WHEN ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL)CHAP. 6 #273,P.31 This is a father and son who both served. Jr. was taken prisioner of War . William was son of Meredith Collins and brother to my John W. Collins. My great grandfather Richard Collins, s/o John, went to Nicholas Co. after death of his father to live with uncle William. Brenda Collins Dillon