OUR  COLLINS  IN THE    AND U. S. MEXICAN WAR AND CIVIL WAR This is Cleo Sims Josey's grandmother's line,  (Elizabeth Collins Sims): ISAAC COLLINS  (War of 1812)  was my ggg-granddad ABRAHAM COLLINS  (U. S. Mexican and Civil War) was my gg-granddad Jackie

CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS
1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Monroe's)

1st (Fagan's-Monroe's) Cavalry Regiment [also called 6th and 1st Arkansas Trans-Mississippi Cavalry], organized by Colonel J. F. Fagan in May, 1861, contained men from Izard and Carroll counties. Attached to General Cabell's Brigade, it participated in the conflicts at Cane Hill*, Prairie Grove, Fayetteville**, and Marks' Mills where 13 were killed and 23 wounded. The regiment later skirmished in Arkansas and disbanded in May, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels James F. Fagan and J.C. Monroe, Lieutenant-Colonel A. V. Reiff, and Majors M. D. Davis and James M. O'Neil.

Early in 1861, a company of militia was formed in Sevier County under the leadership of Captains John G. McKean and William Brown, at the town of Paraclifta, they entered the Confederate Army at Fort Smith and were known as the "Star Group" of militia.  Note that "Abe" Collins is in above list.

1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Monroe's) No. Last, First Company Rank_In Rank_Out 301 Coleman, Alex A Private Private 302 Collins, Abraham D Sergeant Sergeant 303 Collins, J.C. F Corporal First Sergeant 304 Collway, W.G. C Private Private 305 Colman, Alexander A Private Private 306 Compton, P.N. G Private Private 307 Comstock, James F 308 Condon, Joshua L. C Private Private 309 Condren, J.J. C Private Private 310 Cone, A.H. B Private Private 311 Cone, R.R. B Corporal Private 312 Conner, D.J. K Private Private 313 Conway, C.M. D Sergeant Sergeant 314 Conway, F.M. H Private Private 315 Conway, H.G. D Sergeant Bugler 316 Cook, Demps. D Corporal Private 317 Cook, J.R. C Private Private 318 Cook, T.J. A Private Private 319 Cooper, A.H. H Private Private 320 Copler, J.P. H Private Private

In researching the 1790 census records, I find four Isaac Collins:

I wonder if the Isaac Collins from Rutherford, NC is our ancestor?  The 1790 census does not give any stats such as where born, name of spouse, children, etc., 
so here is a picture of the 1790 NC census, with  the only four Isaac Collins  
Series: M637 Roll: 7 Page: 135

In the 1800 census records, I find ten Isaac Collins again, one still in Rutherford, NC with no stats, 
here is a picture of the 1800 NC census, with Isaac Collins  
M32  Roll: 33   Page: 104  

In the 1810 census records, I find 14 Isaac Collins listed

In the 1820 census records, I find 32  ISAAC COLLINS, with three in Rutherford, NC, still with no stats, plus another Isaac Collins in NC, but in Lincoln County, and yet another one in Onslow, NC.
I can't explain this at all, since they are on different rolls and pages, so I did not know which one to put as a hyperlink here.  I did not list all 32 of them.

Now, on the 1860 census records, I find an Isaac Collins in 

"In Goodspeed's Biographical Sketches of Arkansas, 1890," it is stated that the great grandfather of Walter Henry Collins was from Scotland and came to the New World to seek his fortune.

There is no further data on him, and I have not found his name mentioned, as to his ancestors.  I think his name must have been Isaac Abram or some other Biblical name as I have found so many of the surname, with given names from the Bible.

Abram Collins was the son of Isaac, who was born in Southern Georgia in 1785, and Jeminea, who was born in 1790 in South Carolina, according to Conecuk County, Alabama census record of 1830.  They moved to Mississippi about 1845; traveled with Natchez Trace Movement* and settled close to Tupelo after first stopping in Lee or Itawamba Counties, Mississippi.  

*The River Road:

Before stern-wheeled steamboats, riverboat-men relied on the Mississippi's mighty current to propel their flat-bottomed boats to New Orleans. The same strong currents made up-river travel impossible, so they walked or rode back to Natchez along the River Road.

The Natchez Trace:

The Natchez Trace was the second leg of the riverboat-men's journey home to Nashville. Tom tells the stories of the infamous land pirates who preyed on unwary travelers, and the mysterious death of Meriwether Lewis at Grinder's Stand. He also visits Cypress Swamp, Indian burial mounds, the Civil War battleground at Franklin Tennessee, and Belle Meade Plantation at trail's end in Nashville.
A more detailed description of Natchez Trace Movement: http://www.texaschapbookpress.com/sites.htm

The war record shows that Isaac Collins served in the War of 1812 from Southern Georgia, as does his application for pension, filed in 1853, from Mississippi.  The instrument is signed by Isaac Collins as petitioner, and by Abram Collins as Justice of the Peace or Notary.  He served from Morgan County, Georgia, as a private soldier, under Captain William Patrick's company, 2nd Regiment, Georgia, Militia.  Isaac and Jeminea Collins both died in Mississippi before the War Between the States.  

Abram Collins was born in Conecuh, Alabama on August 18, 1824.  He served in the Mexican war.  He enrolled November 7, 1847, at Pontotoc, Mississippi, and was mustered in as a private in Captain Wray's Company, which became Company "D" Battalion Mississippi Rifles (Andersons.)  He was honorably discharged as a private and mustered out June 28, 1848, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  He was granted land bounty #43183.  He served as Sergeant, Co. "D", First Regiment Monroe's Cavalry, Confederate States of America.  At age of enlistment, he was 38 years old.  He served from 1862 to 1865.

Union War records show that Abram Collins was captured October 22, 1864, at Independence, Missouri, and was imprisoned at Camp Leavenworth, Kansas, and at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana.  After signing the oath of allegiance to the Union, he was sent by boat to Pine Bluff where he was put ashore, and left helpless on the river bank; he was ill, crippled and helpless.  The year was 1865.  He appealed to the Masonic Order, which he had joined in Mississippi in 1858.  They gave him a horse and funds to help him get back to Brownstown.  He belonged to Harrisburg Lodge #156 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.  He was commissioned Justice of the Peace, Beat 9, in Pontotoc County in 1851.

Early in 1861, a company of militia was formed in Sevier County under the leadership of Captains John G. McDean and William Brown, at the town of Paraclifta, they entered the Confederate Army at Fort Smith and were known as the "Star Group" of militia. 

Abram Collins was a member of the Baptist Church, his wife, a Presbyterian.  He served as County and Chancery Judge during the 1870's and was chairman of the delegates from Sevier County to frame a new State Constitution, which was passed on in 1874.  The log book is in the Archives of Arkansas History Commission in the name of Walter Henry Collins.

Abram Collins had not originally planned to settle in Arkansas, but after a trip to Texas to visit his brothers living there, he had planned to return to Mississippi, dispose of his property there and return to Texas.  He returned home and proceeded with his plans.  He started with his family in a covered wagon caravan on the return trip to Texas; however, illness and bad weather forced them to camp near the Pine Woods section in Sevier county for an extended stay, during which time he grew to like the area and decided to settle there.

He first built a large home on 160 acres of land, afterwards acquired more, and at his death left about 500 acres, with his home place.  The home was a large Colonial house with a gallery around it, bolstered by big columns.  My mother remembered going there after she and Papa were married, and of her impressions of the home and the huge willow trees around it.  The house was deeded to Frand and Adelia Collins Johnson in 1892, afterwards changing hands several times between 1892 and 1961 when it was sold for taxes and bought by the Dierks Lumber and Coal Company.  Some people from out-of-state had owned it, during the interim, and had restored the home to its original state, but it had fallen into disuse and dilapidation.

Other members of Abram Collins' immediate family had moved West at about the same time, but if any of them settled here in this state, I have not found the line.  Three brothers and two sisters moved on to Texas, and settled near Galveston.  No record of brother, Josel, but Isaac Mc. and Clint moved to Arizona and stayed there.

A sister, Martha, married James McCall
P_____ married Ballard
Kate married Morphew

Isaac McClendon Collins, youngest brother of Abram Collins, married Mrs. Eliza Wright Beloat; she had two sons by her first marriage.  After the Civil War, they moved to Arizona after first moving to California, and returning, planning to locate in Texas.  The trip was through undeveloped country, and they were in danger of Indian attacks as Geronimo was on the warpath at the time.  When they arrived at Phoenix, they decided to settle there, and Isaac Collins bought mining property and worked on developing it until shortly before his death after 1916.

Abrams Collins and Pamelia Adeline Horan were married in Tupelo, Mississippi on the 30th of December 1852.  They were married by a Presbyterian minister named John W. G. Maxey who had been a close friend to the Horan family in old Ninety-Six District in South Carolina.  He possibly had a connection with the Little River Presbyterian Church, of which the Horan family were members.  Adeline Horan was the daughter of Carters Nickels and his second wife, Annie (mentioned in Will 1826.)  William Horan, Jr. was son of William, Sr., and his wife Anna Simpson Wallace, who had been widowed in Ireland with two daughters, Barbara and Mary Wallace, who came to America with her.  Aboard ship, she met William Horan and a hasty courtship ensued; they were married soon after she arrived here, early in 1800's.  They lived in South Carolina, close to the place where her father had settled.

Anna's mother, Barbara Bowlin Simpson, had died in Ireland, prior to John Simpson's emigrating to America.  Anna was an only child; she was born in Ireland, County Antrim, August 24, 1779.  She married first John Wallace; they had two daughters, Mary Wallace and Barbara Wallace.  Mary Wallace Married Ansel B. Godfrey in South Carolina January 30, 1827, died November 4, 1855.  No data on Barbara Wallace.  After Anna Simpson Wallace married William Horan, they had three children born in South Carolina, namely, William Horan, Jr., born March 2, 1808, Ann Horan died unmarried; Pamelia Horan married James Craddock in Texas.  Mary Godfrey and Pamelia Craddock are mentioned in Ann Simpson's will dated 1852.

William Horan, Sr., was a cotton broker with an office in Liverpool, and he returned there on business when the children were small, and died while there.  Ann Horan was left with her family to rear under hardship and privation.  She had a strong determination, and lived to see them responsible Christian citizens and respected.

Serg. Abraham Collins
Brownstown Cemetery
Brownstown, Arkansas

Here is a link to the Collins Chart

COLLINS GENEALOGY 1-4-01

From: [email protected] (Sherida and Terry Sibley) To: [email protected]
[COLLINS] Thomas COLLINS, Kilsyth, Stirling Thanks for the reply. I have only just started on the Collins side of the family so have no other information than what I previously sent. I would have to get further back to find any connection with your Isaac. He would be the same generation as my Thomas's grandfather, and so far I still can't find his parents. I will keep your message and when (if) I can find further information I will let you know. Thanks again.Sherida

Pontotoc, MS 1850 Federal Census (INDEX File 2 of 7) This Census transcribed by Betty Casey for the USGenWeb Archives Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright 1998 by Betty Casey

134B 39 COLLIN JANE 20 SC pg0127b.txt

134B 38 COLLIN ROBERT 24 AL pg0127b.txt - Brother to Abram

136 27 COLLINS BENJAMIN 5 MS pg0127b.txt

171 11 COLLINS CANSADA 22 SC pg0165.txt

67 31 COLLINS DAVID 65 NC pg0065.txt

136 23 COLLINS ELIZABETH 47 GA pg0127b.txt

136 24 COLLINS ELIZABETH 19 AL pg0127b.txt

136 25 COLLINS EMILY 14 AL pg0127b.txt

67 32 COLLINS HARDY 30 TN pg0065.txt

111 38 COLLINS ISAAC 65 GA pg0102b.txt

135B 32 COLLINS JAMES 3 MS pg0127b.txt

136B 13 COLLINS JAMES 34 VA pg0127b.txt

171 10 COLLINS JAMES 33 SC pg0165.txt

190 31 COLLINS JAMES 32 GA pg0190.txt

111 39 COLLINS JEMIMA 60 SC pg0102b.txt

136 22 COLLINS JESSE 47 AL pg0127b.txt

136 26 COLLINS JOHN 12 MS pg0127b.txt

136B 14 COLLINS MARTHA 25 GA pg0127b.txt

111B 2 COLLINS MARY 4 MS pg0102b.txt

135B 31 COLLINS MARY 22 AL pg0127b.txt

136B 16 COLLINS MARY 1 MS pg0127b.txt

111B 1 COLLINS McLENDON 16 AL pg0102b.txt

135B 30 COLLINS MOSES 34 GA pg0127b.txt

67 34 COLLINS PENELOPE ? NC pg0065.txt

66B 28 COLLINS R. H. 28 NC pg0065.txt

148B 23 COLLINS REBECCA 22 AL pg0140.txt

135B 33 COLLINS RUFUS 1 MS pg0127b.txt

136B 15 COLLINS SARAH 7 MS pg0127b.txt

171 12 COLLINS VIRGINIA 4/12 MS pg0165.txt

PONTOTOC COUNTY, MS COLLINS LISTED IN 1850 CENSUS AS

Born in MS

136 26 COLLINS JOHN 12 MS pg0127b.txt

136B 15 COLLINS SARAH 7 MS pg0127b.txt

136 27 COLLINS BENJAMIN 5 MS pg0127b.txt

135B 32 COLLINS JAMES 3 MS pg0127b.txt

136B 16 COLLINS MARY 1 MS pg0127b.txt

135B 33 COLLINS RUFUS 1 MS pg0127b.txt

171 12 COLLINS VIRGINIA 4/12 MS pg0165.txt

111B 2 COLLINS MARY 4 MS pg0102b.txt

Born in AL

136 22 COLLINS JESSE 47 AL pg0127b.txt

111 40 COLLINS ABRAM 27 AL pg0102b.txt

134B 38 COLLIN ROBERT 24 AL pg0127b.txt - Brother to Abram?

148B 23 COLLINS REBECCA 22 AL pg0140.txt

135B 31 COLLINS MARY 22 AL pg0127b.txt

136 24 COLLINS ELIZABETH 19 AL pg0127b.txt

111B 1 COLLINS McLENDON 16 AL pg0102b.txt

111 40 COLLINS ABRAM 27 AL pg0102b.txt

111B 1 COLLINS McLENDON 16 AL pg0102b.txt

136 22 COLLINS JESSE 47 AL pg0127b.txt

134B 38 COLLIN ROBERT 24 AL pg0127b.txt - Brother to Abram?

135B 31 COLLINS MARY 22 AL pg0127b.txt

136 24 COLLINS ELIZABETH 19 AL pg0127b.txt

136 25 COLLINS EMILY 14 AL pg0127b.txt

148B 23 COLLINS REBECCA 22 AL pg0140.txt

BORN IN GA

111 38 COLLINS ISAAC 65 GA pg0102b.txt  

AND 

111 39 COLLINS JEMIMA 60 SC pg0102b.txt

136 23 COLLINS ELIZABETH 47 GA pg0127b.txt

135B 30 COLLINS MOSES 34 GA pg0127b.txt

136B 14 COLLINS MARTHA 25 GA pg0127b.txt

190 31 COLLINS JAMES 32 GA pg0190.txt

Born in SC

171 10 COLLINS JAMES 33 SC pg0165.txt

171 11 COLLINS CANSADA 22 SC pg0165.txt

134B 39 COLLIN JANE 20 SC pg0127b.txt

66B 28 COLLINS R. H. 28 NC pg0065.txt

67 31 COLLINS DAVID 65 NC pg0065.txt

67 32 COLLINS HARDY 30 TN pg0065.txt

67 33 COLLINS MARY 20 NC pg0065.txt

67 34 COLLINS PENELOPE ? NC pg0065.txt

134B 38 COLLIN ROBERT 24 AL pg0127b.txt

148B 23 COLLINS REBECCA 22 AL pg0140.txt

171 10 COLLINS JAMES 33 SC pg0165.txt

171 11 COLLINS CANSADA 22 SC pg0165.txt

171 12 COLLINS VIRGINIA 4/12 MS pg0165.txt

190 31 COLLINS JAMES 32 GA pg0190.txt

Courtesy of Patty Mallory - 03-24-2004