Wiles Collins

Notes:

Shown as "Alexander/Andrew Madison/Matthew Collins" by Wynema McGrew.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K33D-FS1
name: Andrew Madison Collins
event: Death
event date: 29 Dec 1931
event place: Ranger, Eastland, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 26 Jun 1858
birthplace: Robertson, Texas
father's name:
mother's name: Nannie Caley
certificate number: 60104
film number: 2135735
digital folder number: 005145170
image number: 03229
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Andrew Madison Collins, 1931

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Robertson County, District 144
Enumerated 7 Jun 1880
Page 14 SD 4 ED 144
122-122
Collins, T. (Widow) and family
123-123
E. and Martha McGlaun and family
124-124
Collins, A. M. W M 22 Husband Laborer Tx --- Ala
Collins, Sarah A W F 30 Wf Keeping House Geo Geo Geo
Collins, Wiles W M 2/12 Apr Son Tx Geo Geo
125-125
W. M. and M. A McGlaun

Andrew married Sarah "Sallie" A. McGlaun. Sarah was born on 13 Jun 1850 in Georgia; died on 17 Jun 1926 in Stephens County, Texas; was buried in Bullock Cemetery, Ranger, Bullock, Eastland County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Sallie Collins
Event Type Death
Event Date 17 Jun 1926
Event Place , Stephens, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 13 Jun 1850
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name William Mcgeaun [McGlaun], born Ga
Mother's Name Elizabeth Bruce, born Ga
Certificate Number 22906
GS Film number 2114143
Digital Folder Number 005144908
Image Number 02060



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KS1Y-33Y : accessed 08 Jun 2014), Sallie Collins, 17 Jun 1926; citing certificate number 22906, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2114143.

Notes:

His FindAGrave memorial page includes an image of a 27 April 1861 Robertson County (Texas) tax receipt for cattle and property, added by Bob Matthews on 1/23/2014

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Robertson County, Precinct 2
Enumerated 19 July 1860
Page 60
433-433
Nathaniel Collins 29 M Farmer 28 M 350 1873 Miss
Nancy Collins 28 F Housekeeper Fla
Margaret A Collins 3 F Tex
Orlando M 2 M Tx

Nathaniel married Nancy "Nan" Jeanette Coley on 30 May 1855 in Robertson County, Texas. Nancy (daughter of Wright Coley and Rebecca ???) was born on 9 Jan 1832 in Alabama; died on 20 Jul 1904 in Robertson County, Texas; was buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Calvert, Robertson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census, she was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Nettie and C. D. Drury in Calvert, Robertson County, Texas.

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
not located

1880 Census
Texas, Robertson County, Dist 144
Enumerated 7 Jun 1880
Page 14 SD 4 ED 144
122-122
Collins, J. W F 48 Widow Keeping House Ala --- ---
Collins, Alex M W 17 Son Farmer Tx --- Ala
Collins, N. J. W F 15 Dtr At Home Tx --- Ala
Collins, E. W. W M 11 Son Works on farm Tx --- Ala

Notes:

The son of Nathaniel M. Collins and Susan Burroughs.

After the death of their parents, the children of Elisha and Eliza Ann (McGrew) Collins can be found in Robertson Co, TX with and near the family of James Tate McGrew.

THE SOUTHERN McGREWS GREW says that they moved to Texas in late 1834 and they got 3 land grants (1 league in Sabine County on 15 November 1835, 160 acres in Hood County on 15 February 1837, and 320 acres in Sabine County on 15 December 1837) for services Elisha rendered from 12 November 1835 to 7 January 1836 in the Texas Army. He was captain of a company of volunteers in 1836 and was said to be a currier and tanner by trade. They were in Leon County, TX for the 1850 census and Eliza was head of household because he had died of dropsy on 9 January 1850---shortly before this census, in the home of their daughter Elizabeth.

Wynema McGrew's book cites these same facts, crediting Allye Moody as the source. The Patent number for the Hood County land was shown to be Patent 581, Vol. 15.

Ancestry.com shows that Eisha M. Collins was on the 1836 Texas Territory Census, in the District of Sabine. The Database they cite is "TX Tax List Index, 1830-1839." Elisha M. Collins is also shown on the Ancestry.com database of US Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index for Leon County, listed as Age 38, Male, Born in Kentucky, and dying in January of Dropsey. The ID # in MRT197_63297.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Leon County, Leon Division
Enumerated 17 Sept 1850
106-106
Eliza A Collins 35 F $800 Miss
Alexander Collins 20 M Farmer Miss
Sarah A Collins 15 F Miss
Andora Collins 10 F Tx
Ecalona Collins 8 F Tx
Elnora Collins 6 F Tx
Buckner M Collins 3 M Tx
Udora Collins 1 F Tx

Elisha married Eliza Ann McGrew on 6 Apr 1831 in Marion County, Mississippi. Eliza (daughter of Alexander McGrew and Elizabeth Blackburn) was born on 20 Mar 1816 in Marion County, Mississippi; died after 1850 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Per Wynema McGrew, their marriage was recorded in Bk. B, p. 147, Robert Burton, clerk

Notes:

Will Johnson shows him as born in 1788 in Columbus County, NC.

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wjhonson&id=I63568

A Wright Coley was in Major Lillington's Detachment, North Carolina Militia, serving as a Private during the War of 1812 (Roll Box 43, M602). Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.

There are also Alabama land records for a Wright Coley, as follows

Name Wright Coley
Land Office SPARTA
Document Number 54
Total Acres 78.08
Signature Yes
Canceled Document No
Issue Date 2 Jul 1826
Mineral Rights Reserved No
Metes and Bounds No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names No
Act or Treaty April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description 1, E?SW, ST STEPHENS, No 1N, 10E, 12

The age and location are a good fit, but it is not certain the records above are for the Wright Coley who moved to Texas ca 1835. Further research should be done.

Ancestry.com also lists numerous Texas Land Title Abstracts relating to Wright Coley, though based on the dates they were likely related to his son, or some other Wright Coley.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Roberston County, Pr. 1
Enumerated 4 Nov 1850
116-116
Wright Coley 63 M Farmer $--- NC
Rebecca Coley 49 F NC
William R. Coley 26 M Farmer Ala
John G. Coley 24 M Ala
Mary A Coley 21 F Ala
Nancy Coley 18 F Ala
Wright P Coley 15 M Tx
Rebecca Coley 11 F Tx
Elizabeth Coley 9 F Tx

Wright married Rebecca ???. Rebecca was born about 1801 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]