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.


 

*Cane Hill  

Other Names: Canehill, Boston Mountains

Location: Washington County, Arkansas

Campaign: Prairie Grove Campaign (1862)

Date(s): November 28, 1862

Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. James G. Blunt [US]; Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke [CS]

Forces Engaged: Department of Missouri [US]; two cavalry brigades [CS]

Estimated Casualties: 475 total (US 40; CS 435)

Description: In late November, Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman detached Brig. Gen. John Marmaduke’s cavalry from Van Buren north to occupy the Cane Hill area. Hearing of this movement, Brig. Gen. James Blunt advanced to meet Marmaduke’s command and destroy it, if possible. The Union vanguard encountered Col. Joe Shelby’s brigade, which fought a delaying action to protect their supply trains. Shelby gradually gave ground until establishing a strong defensive perimeter on Cove Creek where he repulsed a determined attack. The Federals withdrew to Cane Hill, while the Confederates returned to Van Buren. Although fighting well, Marmaduke’s withdrawal was a setback for Hindman’s plans for recapturing northwest Arkansas. Victory at Prairie Grove a few weeks later, solidified Union control of the region.

Result(s): Confederate tactical victory

CWSAC Reference #: AR004

Preservation Priority: III.3 (Class C) 

** Prairie Grove  

Other Names: Fayetteville

Location: Washington County

Campaign: Prairie Grove Campaign (1862)

Date(s): December 7, 1862

Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. Francis J. Herron and Brig. Gen. James G. Blunt [US]; Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman [CS]

Forces Engaged: Army of the Frontier [US]; I Corps, Trans-Mississippi Army [CS]

Estimated Casualties: 2,568 total (US 1,251; CS 1,317)

Description: Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman sought to destroy Brig. Gen. Francis Herron’s and Brig. Gen. James Blunt’s divisions before they joined forces. Hindman placed his large force between the two Union divisions, turning on Herron first and routing his cavalry. As Hindman pursued the cavalry, he met Herron’s infantry which pushed him back. The Rebels then established their line of battle on a wooded high ridge northeast of Prairie Grove Church. Herron brought his artillery across the Illinois River and initiated an artillery duel. The Union troops assaulted twice and were repulsed. The Confederates counterattacked, were halted by Union canister, and then moved forward again. Just when it looked as if the Rebel attack would roll up Herron’s troops, Blunt’s men assailed the Confederate left flank. As night came, neither side had won, but Hindman retreated to Van Buren. Hindman’s retreat established Federal control of northwest Arkansas.

Result(s): Union strategic victory

CWSAC Reference #: AR005

Preservation Priority: I.3 (Class B)

Marks' Mills  

Other Names: None

Location: Cleveland County

Campaign: Camden Expedition (1864)

Date(s): April 25, 1864

Principal Commanders: Lt. Col. Francis Drake [US]; Brig. Gen. James B. Fagan [CS]

Forces Engaged: Infantry brigade [US]; two divisions [CS]

Estimated Casualties: 1,793 total (US 1,500; CS 293)

Description: A Union force escorted 240 wagons from Camden to Pine Bluff to pick up supplies and transport them back to Maj. Gen. Fred Steele’s army. At first the Union escort rebuffed Rebel attempts to halt them. Then the Confederates moved in on the Union rear and front, causing a rout. The Rebels captured most of the men and all of the supply wagons. Thus, Steele gave up all thoughts of uniting with Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks on the Red River and realized that he had to save his army.

Result(s): Confederate victory

CWSAC Reference #: AR015

Preservation Priority: II.4 (Class D)


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
Detailed Soldier Record
Abraham Collins (First_Last)
Regiment Name 1 (Monroe's) Arkansas Cavalry.
Side Confederate
Company D
Soldier's Rank_In Sergeant
Soldier's Rank_Out Sergeant
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M376 roll 5
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This family line has a lot of information available, so this will be quite lengthy.  To begin with this line, we will refer to "These Are My People" written by Pauline Collins Rice, which Patty Mallory was kind enough to forward to me.  

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

COLLINS ISAAC         MA BERKSHIRE SHEFFIELD 1790
COLLINS ISAAC         MA PLYMOUTH SCITUATE 1790
COLLINS ISAAC         MA SUFFOLK BOSTON 1790
COLLINS ISAAC         NC RUTHERFORD MORGAN DIST 1790

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 
 

COLLINS ISAAC         CT NEW LONDON STONINGTON 1800
COLLINS ISAAC         DE SUSSEX LITTLE CRK HUNDRED 1800
COLLINS ISAAC         MD WORCESTER BOCKATONORTON 1800
COLLINS ISAAC         NC LINCOLN MORGAN DIST 1800
COLLINS ISAAC         NC RUTHERFORD NO TWP LISTED 1800
COLLINS ISAAC         NY CLINTON CHATTAUGAY 1800
COLLINS ISAAC         NY NEW YORK 2-WD NEW YORK CITY 1800
COLLINS ISAAC         PA LUZERNE ULSTER TWP 1800
COLLINS ISAAC JR         MD CAROLINE NO TWP LISTED 1800
COLLINS ISAAC SR         MD CAROLINE NO TWP LISTED 1800

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

COLLINS ISAAC         DE SUSSEX LAUREL 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         KY MASON NO TWP LISTED 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         KY NELSON NO TWP LISTED 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         MA ESSEX GLOUCESTER 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         MD DORCHESTER NO TWP LISTED 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         MD WORCESTER NO TWP LISTED 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         MD WORCESTER NO TWP LISTED 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         NC RUTHERFORD NO TWP LISTED 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         NY HERKIMER NEWPORT 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         NY ONTARIO BLOOMFIELD 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         PA LYCOMING LOYALSOCK TWP 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         RI WASHINGTON RICHMOND 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         SC YORK NO TWP LISTED 1810
COLLINS ISAAC         VA WASHINGTON NO TWP LISTED 1810

 

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.

COLLINS ISAAC         CT HARTFORD GLASTONBURY 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         DE KENT LITTLE CREEK HUNDRED 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         DE NEW CASTLE APPOQUINIMINK HUNDRED 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         DE SUSSEX BROAD CREEK HUNDRED 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         DE SUSSEX LITTLE CREEK HUNDRED 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         KY BRACKEN AUGUSTA 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         KY BULLITT NO TWP LISTED 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         KY MASON NO TWP LISTED 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         MA ESSEX GLOUCESTER W WARD 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         MD BALTIMORE 1-DIST 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         MD WORCESTER 5-DIST 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         NC LINCOLN WEST OF SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIV 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         NC ONSLOW NO TWP LISTED 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         NC RUTHERFORD NO TWP LISTED 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         NC RUTHERFORD NO TWP LISTED 1820
COLLINS ISAAC         NC RUTHERFORD NO TWP LISTED 1820

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

111 40 COLLINS ABRAM 27 AL pg0102b.txt

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

67 33 COLLINS MARY 20 NC pg0065.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

111 40 COLLINS ABRAM 27 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

111 39 COLLINS JEMIMA 60 SC pg0102b.txt

1850 Census - Pontotoc County, MS PAGE 065

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

1850 Census - Pontotoc County, MS - Page 102

111 38 COLLINS ISAAC 65 GA pg0102b.txt

111 39 COLLINS JEMIMA 60 SC pg0102b.txt

111 40 COLLINS ABRAM 27 AL pg0102b.txt

111B 1 COLLINS McLENDON 16 AL pg0102b.txt

111B 2 COLLINS MARY 4 MS pg0102b.txt

1850 Census - Pontotoc County, MS PAGE 127

134B 38 COLLIN ROBERT 24 AL pg0127b.txt

134B 39 COLLIN JANE 20 SC pg0127b.txt

135B 30 COLLINS MOSES 34 GA pg0127b.txt

135B 31 COLLINS MARY 22 AL pg0127b.txt

135B 32 COLLINS JAMES 3 MS pg0127b.txt

135B 33 COLLINS RUFUS 1 MS pg0127b.txt

136 22 COLLINS JESSE 47 AL pg0127b.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

136 26 COLLINS JOHN 12 MS pg0127b.txt

136 27 COLLINS BENJAMIN 5 MS pg0127b.txt

136B 13 COLLINS JAMES 34 VA pg0127b.txt

136B 14 COLLINS MARTHA 25 GA pg0127b.txt

136B 15 COLLINS SARAH 7 MS pg0127b.txt

136B 16 COLLINS MARY 1 MS pg0127b.txt

1850 Census - Pontotoc County, MS - Page 140

148B 23 COLLINS REBECCA 22 AL pg0140.txt

1850 Census - Pontotoc County, MS - Page 165

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

1850 Census - Pontotoc County, MS PAGE 190

190 31 COLLINS JAMES 32 GA pg0190.txt

 

Courtesy of Patty Mallory - 03-24-2004

 

I transcribed the first three pages of These Are My People by Pauline Collins Rice, written about 1963. Pauline was the daughter of Walter Henry Collins and Frances Ellen Steel. I have it posted at http://www.texaspowermulch.com/thesearemypeople.htm. When I transcribe and post the rest of the pages (the ones listing descendants of Abram and Pamelia Collins), I'll let you know. You might prefer to scan and/or transcribe it yourself on your website, but you are welcome to reference the link if you prefer. I believe I mailed you a copy.
 

Cathy Wittig and William Olsen, my parents, are still living. I agree with you and would rather not have living data posted. If you refer to me, which is perfectly okay, you could state I'm descended from Alice Gwen Collins (dau of Walter Henry Collins). My mom and dad like the research I'm doing, but I'm certain they wouldn't want their info posted, so could you stop it at Miriam Moon and Donald Alvin Wittig? I do have quite a bit of references for Miriam and Don. These are my grandparents, and they have both passed away.

THESE ARE MY PEOPLE

Pauline Collins Rice

 

      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 South-

ern 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 war record shows that Isaac Collins served

in the War of 1812 from Southern Georgia, as does his appli-

cation 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 County, 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”

Batallion 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, Miss-

issippi. 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, after-

wards acquired more, and at his death left about 500 acres,

with his homeplace.  The home was a large Colonial house with

a gallery around it, bolstered by big columns.  My mother rem-

embered going there after she and Papa were married, and of

her impression 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 & 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 link.  Three Brothers

and two sisters moved on to Texas, and settled near Galveston.

No record of brother Joel, but Isaac Mc. and Clint moved on

to Arizona and stayed there.

 

      A sister, Martha, married James McCall

                P_____         Ballard

                Kate           Morphew

 

      Isaac McClendon Collins, youngest brother of Abram Collins,

married Mrs. Elize 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 war-

path 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.

 

      Abram 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 Naomi Nickels and William Horan, Jr., who were married in

Mississippi in April 23, 1829.  Naomi Nickels 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 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.

COLLINS TREE

COLLINS FAMILY

COLLINS FAMILY TID-BITS

COLLINS MILITARY

CIVIL WAR ANCESTORS - WITH ABRAM COLLINS

CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE REUNION IN SEVIER COUNTY, AR

MILITARY CEMETERY - WITH ABRAM COLLINS