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I feel so out of place here it’s not funny. I recieved this site through another posting i made in another forum. I’ve not done much searching yet , but would very much like to find out more about my indian ancestry…
My Grandfather Was half ” Blackfoot ” indian ,and his name was Dewey Collins, I know that his cousin was also a collins and from the west virginia area. His name was Abe Collins, probably short for Abraham not really sure only called him pap! but my grandfather lived in ohio in the appalacian mountains…
i know this isn’t much info but any help would be appreciated! any clues on where to start looking would help too. I’m really new to this geaneology thing.
Thanks!
Rbecca74,
I have been researching the COLLINS surname for over 30 years and still have so many unanswered questions. This family is not an easy one to follow so I can truely understand how you can get fustrated when not finding the answers.
I think we have communicated before but in case my memory is wrong…I have a website listed on my profile with a lot on the Collins surname. My line followes Meredith Collins from the Colonial Virginia area through NC, then Kentucky and his descendants into West Virginia.I also typed Dewey Collins into Google search and came up with this:
Dewey Collins married Mildred Hammond
Children : Edwin D. Collins, Ives D. Collins, Max D. Collins , & Marlin D. Collins
Hope this might e of some help.
Brenda
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Life is a Rainbow made up of Many Different Colors…..
Well, you can’t really feel out of place here with a name like Collins and and ID of Blackfoot from WV and Ohio Appalachians.
That’s about as solid as you can get for belonging here. Take you time and read up on posts. See the article on the main page, “The Other Blackfoot” and you’ll see what I”m talking about.
Welcome and Merry Christmas!!
Hello Brenda,
I’m a cousin of yours from the Griffin Collins line.
I am sure you remember that Riley Collins s/o Griffin married a Nancy Emaline Hammond’s ……..could this be the same Hammonds line that thsi Dewey married into?
Take care,
Nancy
On the COLLINS FAMILY My ggreat grandfather Aaron Collins was from the William Collins of the 1700s aND MY ggreat grandmother ElizabethCollins was from the David Collins born 1750 William and David were Brothers I was always told that William got a land grant from the government for fighting in a war and moved to Ohio. My great-great grandfather Aaron was killed by the confederate army in a raid into south Missouri . My line of Collins goes all the way back to a Saponi Indian by the name of John Collins born in the 1600s.
I’m curious what the connections are that bridge the Saponi Collins to modern generations. I know Brenda has been chasing that elusive link for years.
Osiyo, to all. I am so excited to find all this info on the Collins line. So many of you have put in years of hard work,its a treasure for generations to come.My aunt had been researching my mothers line and i came here looking at the blackfoot ,i had no ideal the Collins my fathers line was so rich with history also.I have to start putting together his side also.
wado for the insperation.
Angie:p
Welcome, Coyote. Has your family carried the story that you all were Blackfoot? Would that be on the Collins line? If not, what names are involved?
No on the Collins line i have nothing i cant even get my aunt to answer my calls . Shes the only one left i can get info from all the rest have passed.I can tell you this my grandfather mack was a dark skined man in dark i dont mean Black blood we have none of those Traits on eithier side no offence meant to anyone just trying to be clear here.no hair on his face or chest he had black eyes and black hair, he was a farmer.
As to the blackfoot story it comes from Grams Brewer Her maiden name was Gibson and before that its willams and downing,and hubbard. some where in these lines.grams gibson said her mother was full blood but the only downing i can find is a chief downing and he was cherokee no refernce to black foot so unless its in the gibson line i dont know.
Any help you can offer will be apreceated.Do yo have any of the blackfoot surnames put together? Maybe where they came from at what time and there lines.
Williams and Gibson are both names associated with Saponi/Tutelo families. Brewer is also a name found in Indian families in the SE.
I don’t have a list of all the people I’ve heard from with the Blackfoot ID. That’s something I’m probably going to need help with compiling. There are so many emails and posts to sort through at this point.
My theory is that the Blackfoot ID is a marker for Saponi/Tutelo aka VA/NC Piedmont Siouan descent. So, all the names you’ve mentioned fit the pattern. Pretty remarkable.
Well its a start , im enjoying reading in all the forums hopfully we can all learn something from them. I have look at the rolls of diferent nations and all my surnames show up on one or the other of them.Its just hard to pen a finger on any direct line.
Angie/coyote
Hello,
My father …… a Collins’s from the Griffin Collins line was a light ruddy skinned black hair and grey eyed man. And what was so odd to me growing up was that he didn’t have any hair on his chest or legs, I can’t say about his face, as I don’t remember him shaving, he died when I was 11 years old, but I do remember about his chest and legs.
All my life I was told that my Collins line was Cherokee Indian …….but haven’t found documentation of that.
Interesting.
Nancy
Where was your family living? There are some Cherokee in the midwest who are intermarried with the Saponi Collins. I’ll see if I can get you someone to contact.
My Collins line lived in Wise Co., VA. It is the Griffin Collins line , same as Brenda’s I believe.
Anyway, I have Mullins’s on my mother’s side , grew up being told that we were Blackfoot Indian on that side and then my Collins side was supposed to be Cherokee Indian…….the Griffin Collins line was listed as FPC on the 1830 census records in TN. But they become WHITE after that!
I believe that both lines are Melungeon and/or Saponi Indian.
I have 3 of the Melungeon traits as do several of my siblings.
Both lines married into each other along with Gibsons, Bakers, Boatwrights/Boatrights, Hammonds and several other know Melungeon / Indian surnames. That and the locale of both lines lead me to that asumption.
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