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Hello my name is Billie Lee, this is my first time to post. I will post my Collins & Johnson connections first and the rest later. I decend from two Collins brothers David 1750 & William 1741. VA, TN, IND, KY, & MO. James & Rebecca Johnson, NC, KY, MO. I am both a Collins and Johnson several times.
John Collins Sr. b. 1690 in VA d. in Bertie Co. NC. m. Martha Dempsy b. 1700 & d. 1759 in VA.
William Collins b. 1741 d. 1830 in NC. don’t know name of wife.
Aaron “Arn” Collins b.1814 KY d. 1864 Douglas Co. MO m. Elizabeth Betsy Collins b. 1811 in KY d. MO.
Levi Zeke Collins b. 1848 in IND. d. 1910 Douglas Co. MO. m. Sarah Johnson b. 1842 Pulasky Co. KY d. 1920 Douglas Co. MO.
Louisa J. (Eliza Jane) Collins b. 1870 Douglas Co. MO d. 1945 Barnsdall Osage Co. OK m. Andrew C. (Asa) Johnson b. 1866 Pulasky Co. KY d. 1894 Douglas Co. MO.
James William (Willie) Johnson b. 1888 Douglas Co. MO. d. 1972 Barnsdall OK m. Ada Lee Dobbs b. 1901 Dora, Ozark Co. MO d. 1983 OK.
Delpha Lee Johnson b. 1922 Springfield MO d. 1990 San Angelo TX. m. Walter Edward Brooks Jr. b. 1919 Mounds OK, d. 2000 TX
Billie Lee Brooks b. 1943 Tulsa OK.
John Collins Sr. b. 1690 VA d. Bertie Co. NC m. Martha Dempsey b. 1700 d. 1759 VA.
David Collins b. 1750 VA d. 1823 IND. m. Thompsey Posting b. 1750 NC d. 1810 KY.
Levi Collins b. 1784 NC d. 1828 MO. m. Mary Polly Dodson b. 1784 OH. d. 1860 MO .
Elizabeth Betsy Collins b. 1811 KY d. MO m. Aaron “Arn” Collins b. 1814 KY d. 1864 Douglas Co. MO.
Levi Zeke Collins b. 1848 IND. d. 1910 Douglas Co. MO m. Sarah Johnson b. 1852 Pulaski C. KY d. 1920 Douglas Co. MO.
Louisa J. (Eliza Jane) Collins b. 1870 Douglas Co. MO d. 1945 Barnsdall, Osage Co. OK m. Andrew C. (Asa) Johnson b. 1866 Pulasky Co. KY d. 1894 Douglas Co. MO.
James William Johnson b. 1888 Douglas Co. MO d. 1972 Barnsdall Osage Co. OK m. Ada Lee Dobbs b. 1901 Dora Ozark Co. MO. d. 1983 OK.
Delpha Lee Johnson b. 1922 Springfield MO d. 1990 San Angelo TX m. Walter Edward Brooks Jr. b. 1919 Mounds OK d. 2000 TX
Billie Lee Brooks b. 1943 Tulsa OK.
According to family legend handed down from generation to generation the COLLINS are SAPONI, and the JOHNSON’S are CHEROKEE.
Billie Lee,
I am also a Collins and I have a few Johnson and Taylor connections also. David 1750 is somehow associated with my Meredith Collins. There is a lot on the forum archives so if you go to the upper right corner and use the “search” button there is a lot to read. Good luck and welcome on board.
Brenda
James Johnson b. 1785 VA d. 1850 Wayne Co. KY m. Rebecca Johnson b. 1787 VA d. 1860 Wayne Co. KY.
Washington Johnson b. 1810 NC or VA d. aft. 1880 in KY m. Nancy Elizabeth Thompson b. 1812 Pulaski Co. KY d. aft. 1880 KY.
I decend from two of Washington Johnson’s sons.
William Johnson b. Abt. 1830 KY d. 1913 Douglas Co. MO m. Elizabeth “Betsy” Ann Martin b. 1830 KY d. 1960 Douglas Co. MO
Their daughter Sarah Johnson b. 1852 Pulaski Co. KY d. 1920 Douglas Co. MO m. Levi Zeke Collins. (See my Collins line)
James Granville Johnson b.1834 Wayne Co. d. 1901 Douglas Co. MO. m. Mahala Stodgill b. 1838 Wayne Co. KY d. 1916 Douglas Co. MO.
Andrew C. “Asa” Johnson b. 1866 Pulaski Co. KY d. 1894 Douglas Co. MO. m. Louisa J. “Eliza Jane” Collins b. 1870 Douglas Co. Mo. d. 1945 Barnsdall, Osage Co. OK. (See My Collins line)
John Peter Corn b. 1752 Albemarle Co. VA d. 1843 Henderson Co. NC. m. Hannah Elizabeth Parr b. 1764 Henry Co. VA d. 1853 Henderson Co. NC.
Peter Corn b.1792 VA d. 1869 Henderson Co. NC d. Mary Ann Polly Jones b. unk d. Henderson Co. NC
John Roland Corn b. 1818 Henderson Co. NC d. 1865 TX m. Mary Elizabeth McMinn b. 1821 Henderson Co. NC d. 1887 NM.
This family lived in NC, then TN, then TX, then GA. and back to TX.
Lee Barry Corn b. 1851 Cherokee GA d. 1910 NM m. Sally W. Lee Newsom b. 1858 TX d. Unk.
Mary Lee Corn b. 1886 TX d. 1958 TX m. David Shuford Masters b.1882 TX d. 1970 TX.
William Brooks b. 1782 Prince William VA d. unk date KY m. Caty Cole b. unk date Garrard KY d. unk date KY.
Samuel C. Brooks b. 1810 near Bowling Green KY d. 1863 Prairie, Washington Co. ARK m. Mary Gray b. 1814 Cumberland Co. KY d. 1853 KY.
James W. Brooks b. 1836 Cumberland Co. KY, d. abt. 1920 near Ardmore OK m. Mary Polly Harris b. 1840 place unk d. date unk. near Ardmore OK.
Hiram Louis Brooks b. 1873 near Bowling Green KY d. 1958 Ochelata OK m. Mary Emma Morris b. 1875 Dyersburg TN d. 1931 Ochelata OK.
Walter Edward Brooks b. 1893 OK d. 1919 Mounds, OK. m. Anna Elizabeth Brown b. 1900 Pala Pinto Co. TX d. 1983 OK.
Robert S. Hicks b. 1780 NC d. 1845 Ind, m. Nancy W. Combs b. 1773 VA d. 1860 Ind.
James Hicks b. 1797 KY d. 1873 Douglas Co. MO, m. Rebecca Riley b. 1815 VA d. date unk. Douglas Co. MO
William R. Hicks b. 1830 Ind. d. unk, m. Rutha Unknown b. 1829 KY d. unk.
Margaret E. Hicks b. 1847 MO d. 1904 MO, m. James K.P. Dobbs b. 1846 Ozark Co. MO d. 1914 Dora, Ozark Co. MO.
Brenda,
I found your Meredith in the last place that I would have thought to look. I had been looking in my mother’s Collins family files, but I found him in my father’s family files. The Locke family files. This file has Meredith 1760’s father as James Collins. It also has Milly Johnson and Meredith Collins with a son, Levi Johnson Collins. I doubt that it has anything that you don’t already have, but just in case I wanted to let you know that I have the file.
Billie Lee
Billie Lee,
I am also a descendant of Meredith Collins and I read your post about Meredith’s father being James Collins. Do you know who James Collins wife was? Also Do you have any information on mary holloway Meredith’s 2nd wife? Thank you for the information about Meredith”s Father and also welcome to the Forum.
Waitman,
I don’t know who James wife was. All that I have on Mary Margret Holloway is that she was born 1765 in VA, and died abt. 1812 in Floyd Co. KY.
I have just found this information, I didn’t research it myself, it was in my father’s Brooks & Locke family file, so I can’t be positive that it is correct.
Billie Lee
Has anyone run across information that connects Hicks and Humphrey?
Family lore has it that somewhere the name was changed from Hicks to Humphrey.
Any help is much appreciated.
Darryl
Hello, Billy Lee. Sorry I didn’t see your posts earlier. I’ve been out of commission around here the past season. You have quite a list of names there. Collins, Corn, Jones, Brown, Hicks are all names found among VA/NC Siouan families. Corn and Collins, and I believe Hicks are among the half dozen names that can be traced to tribal people. What sense of Indian descent, if any, is there in your family?
Billie Lee,
I would be very interested in finding out the source for the information on Meredith’s father being James Collins. The only other person I have heard this from is Eula Collins Conley, a cousin and very dear friend of my mothers who has long passed on. I have a lot of Eula’s notes and research material and James was a “best guess” as she put it. There was a James Collins in Russell/Scott County of Virginia that would be old enough to be Meredith’s father and Meredith named his 5th son James. That is about all she had to go on and to me that was not proof. Here is what I have confirmed:
1) Meredith was born abt 1760 ( estimated by census records)
2) Entered Captain James McDaniel’s Fincastle co militia in 1776 )age 16 per military record)
3) Entered the same day and same district as did David, George, and Lewis Collins ( record found Christianburg, Va)
4) These four Collins men were together from 1776 to 1799 when Meredith moved into Russell Co. and David and Lewis followed Vardy Collins across the border into TN.
5) Meredith Collins lived on land adjoining Vardy Collins in Wilkes Co. NC 1797
Because of the closness of the men listed above I figure they have to be somehow related. Vardy’s father was Samuel Collins s/o of Old Thomas Collins.
I believe , but cannot prove, that Meredith was the son of John Collins s/o of Old Thomas Collins. Meredith named his first son Bradley…..believed to be his first wife’s family name. His second son was John W. ( my line) and I believe he named this child after his father. ( treditional nameing pattern for that time)
I have never ran across the surname LOCKE before so maybe more research will turn up something new. Thanks for making us aware of this.
Brenda
Linda,
My elder relatives have always told me that we are of Native American decent. Saponi and Cherokee were always mentioned. We all have some if not all the physical characteristics. Now that I have become serious about researching my ancestors, I am amazed to find that they all trace back to the same few names. This is true of my Mother’s, my father’s, and even my husband’s family. We all connect to each other back in VA and NC. Most of my Collins and Johnson relatives still live close together in Douglas, Howell, and Ozark Co. in MO. with the Cunninghams, Bunch, Hicks, Bird, Lovans, Cheney, Mason, Russell, Crow, Fish, Tooley, Bennett and many other names that I come across when reading about the Saponi.
Billie Lee
Brenda,
Here are the sources listed for James being Meredith’s father.
July 86 Tree Shaker #124
Melungeons of KY,TN,NC – Dolly Farrow Nichols
1790’s Wilkes Co.
1796 Russell Co.
1810 Floyd Co. KY
1822 Pike Co. KY
I have also found trees on line with Samuel as the father.
As to the Brooks & Locke connection.
Wm. Brooks m. Nancy Locke
Some of their girls married Asbury boys. I have found two of thier Asbury girls marrying Collins men. I’m sure I haven’t found all the connections. I’m still looking.
John Collins b. 4/1/1827 TN m. Polly Riffe b. 1/25/1834, both died 1898. Two of their sons married Asbury girls.
Wm. Collins b. 1856 m. Mary Asbury 8/2/1876, she was b. 7/15/1863.
Anderson Collins b. 1865 m. Amanda Asbury b. 1864 d. 1897.
I can’t swear this file is correct. This file is one of my pre-stroke files and there is alot that I can’t recall.
Billie Lee
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