Moses Collins (abt. 1753 - 1816)

Born about 16 Jul 1753 in Barnwell, South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Willis) Collins — married 6 Aug 1774 in SC

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1816 at about age 62 in China Grove, Walthall County Mississippi

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Note: This profile represents Moses Collins, son of John Collins and Elizabeth Odom, married Hannah Willis.^[1]

Biography

Moses Collins served with South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Moses Collins is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A024536.

Birth

Moses Collins was born ca. 1753,^[2] most likely in Barnwell, South Carolina.^[3]

Marriage

Moses Collins married August 6 1774. Spouse Hannah Willis Collins (1754 - 1833),^[2] daughter of William Willis (1723–1760) and Susannah Toney (1730–1830).

Children

Children: 11 Identified Births 1775-1796 ^[2]

1. Susannah Collins Youngblood (1775 - 1866) Susannah Collins, born 5-16-1775 in Orangeburg Dist., SC and died 11-19- 1866 at China Grove, Pike Co., MS. She married Judge Benjamin Youngblood on 12-20-1794 in Richmond Co., GA.
2. Nancy Ann Collins Robinson (1777 - 1851) Nancy Ann Collins, born 1-31-1777 in Orangeburg Dist. SC and died 2-17- 1831 at Robinson Springs, Madison Co., MS. She married John Robinson on 12-20-1796.
3. Joseph Collins (1779 - 1863) Joseph Collins, born 3-31-1779 in Orangeburg Dist. SC and died 11-30-1863 at Gore Springs, Grenada Co., MS. He married 1st Sarah Williams on 8-12-1804 and married 2nd Elizabeth Johnson on 11-17-1847. Joseph Collins was in his brother, Capt. Moses Collins' Company during the War of 1812.
4. Moses Collins (1781 - 1855) Moses Collins, Jr., born 7-16-1781 in Orangeburg Dist. SC and died 4-10- 1855 at Keatchie, De Soto Parish, LA. He is buried in the Collins-Williams Cemetery there. He married 1st Elizabeth Zachary on 5-26- 1802, and married 2nd Matilda Prestridge on 7-31-1828. At the time of the War of 1812, Moses Collins, Jr. became a captain in Col. George Henry Nixon's MS Militia.
5. Hannah Collins Williams (1783 - ____) Hannah Collins, born 8-22-1783 in Orangeburg Dist. SC. It is not known when Hannah died, it has been said she was buried in the Collins-Williams Cemetery in Keatchie, De Soto Parish, LA. Hannah married Samuel Williams on 5-26-1802. Their grandson, Weston Williams, met the 17 year old daughter of the Sam Houston's, Margaret Lea “Maggie” Houston (named for her mother). Weston and Maggie were married on 10-17-1867 by Rev. William Carey Crane, a Baptist minister and President of Baylor.
6. Henry Collins (1785 - 1793) Henry Collins was born 10-8-1785 in Winton Co., SC. He died 4-23-1793 in Winton Co. when he was 7 years old.
7. Sarah Collins Phillips (1787 - 1843) Sarah Collins was born 10-9-1787 in Winton Co., SC. She died in 1843 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. She married 1st to John Hatcher in 1809 Sarah and John Hatcher had a son Rhesa Hatcher, b. 9-19-1810, who was twice mayor of Jackson, MS. He was removed from his seat at the end of the Civil War in 1865, but reinstated in 187. Sarah married 2nd to James Phillips on 6-2-1816. James Phillips was a captain in General George Henry Nixon's Militia during the War of 1812. Sometime after the war, he became a justice of the quorum court in Marion Co., MS.
8. Rebecca Collins McManus (1789 - 1841) Rebecca Collins was born 12-27-1789 in Winton Co., SC and died 7-30-1841 at Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. She was known to have married Archibald Mc Manus, but the date and place are unknown.
9. Ailcey Collins Collins Woodruff (1792 - 1887) Ailsey Collins was born 10-26-1792 in Richmond Co., GA. She died 1-12- 1887 in De Soto Co., MS and is buried in the Grove Hill Cemetery there. On 9-5-1811 she married Elias Woodruff.
10. Joshua Collins (1794 - 1850) Joshua Collins was born in 1794 in Richmond Co. GA . It is known that he married a certain Mary in 1818, and that he was in the 1830 and 1840 Lawrence Co., MS census records. He was later in the 1850 Scott Co. MS census. Joshua Collins was in his brother Capt. Moses Collins' Company during the War of 1812
11. Seaborn Collins (1796 - 1868) Seaborn Collins was born 1-22-1796 in Richmond Co., GA and died 8-2-1868 in Yazoo Co., MS and is buried in the Dover Cemetery there. He married Mary May on 10-30-1816.^[4][5][6]

Death

Moses Collins, Senr. Deceases January the 29th 1816.^[2] Most likely in China Grove, Walthall County, Mississippi.

Inscription on Tombstone in China Grove Cemetery, Walthall County, Mississippi:^[7]

Native of Barnwell Dist. South Carolina

Soldier of the Revolutionary War

Husband of Hannah Willis

Research Notes

The following biography was copied from "The Order of the First Families of Mississippi: 1699-1817".

MOSES COLLINS, SR. 1751 SC-1816

Moses Collins Sr. (1751 SC-1816), one of eight sons of John Collins and Elizabeth Odom of Virginia and South Carolina, was a Revolutionary War soldier in South Carolina. This Collins line descends from John Collins, Maidstone, Kent County, England, who emigrated to Virginia in the early 1600s. Moses received lands as compensation for service in Georgia, and the family first moved there, living in three counties before moving to the Gulf Coast area. He married Hannah Willis, daughter of William Willis III and Susannah Toney, in South Carolina on 6 August 1774.

Hannah and Moses were parents of 11 children, with one son, Henry (1785-1793), dying as a child in Georgia. Other children were Susannah (1775-1866, m. Benjamin Youngblood, d. Pike County), Nancy Ann (1777-1831, m. John Robinson III, d. Robinson Springs, Madison County), Joseph Collins (1779-1863, m. Elizabeth, then Sarah Williams, d. Grenada County), Moses Collins Jr. (1781-1855, m. Elizabeth Zachary, then Matilda Prestridge May, d. De Soto Parish, LA), Hannah (1783-after 1850, m. Samuel Williams, d. De Soto Parish), Sarah (1787-1843, m. John Hatcher, then James Phillips, d. Jackson MS), Rebecca (1789-1841, m. Archibald McManus, d. Jackson MS), Ailcey (1792-1887, m. Elias Woodruff, d. Desoto County MS), Joshua (1794 - d. Texas), and Seaborn (1796-1868, m. Mary May, d. Dover, Yazoo County).

The entire family, parents, children, their spouses and children, other relatives, and entourage came to Mississippi Territory via military passport in 1811-1812, where they first settled in Jackson County. Moses served on a Jackson County jury in 1812. By 1814, they had moved to Pike County, Mississippi and were censused “east of the Pearl.” Moses had farming interests in South Carolina, Georgia, and south Mississippi. They were members of China Grove Baptist Church in Pike County (now a Methodist congregation, and now in Walthall County), and of Palestine Baptist Church in Hinds County. Moses died in 1816 while visiting his son Joseph, and is buried at China Grove, as is his son-in-law John Hatcher who died there in 1815.

Sources

1. ↑ Recent research availability has helped to solidify some of the mis-information. Researchers are encouraged to reverify (and add source) information, making adjustments to profiles as necessary
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Primary Source Moses Collins m Hannah Willis BIBLE Transcript.
3. ↑ Several dates are given for his birth. However, the Bible Record is considered as the most accurate "Primary Source":
   • 1751 (one of eight sons), according to "The Order of the First Families of Mississippi" (accessed 8 August 2020)
   • 1753, according to Find A Grave: Memorial #88279965 and Moses Collins [Bible]
   • c1755, according to his DAR record
     • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 8 August 2020), "Record of Moses Collins", Ancestor # A024536.
4. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=collinsgensearch&id=I19456
5. ↑ Moses Collins Bible , Mississippi Cemetery and Bible Records Volume XVI Mississippi Genealogical Society, 1976.
6. ↑ http://msgw.org/scott/familytrees/Mosescollins.html
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #88279965

Note: Links are provided for reference and convenience only (and are considered unreliable /unproven unless sources are contained within). The primary source for this profile is the BIBLE Transcript.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 11 Mar 2018), "Record of COLLINS, MOSES", Ancestor # A024536.
• Find A Grave, Walthall Co., MS
• Order of First Families of Mississippi
• http://msgw.org/scott/familytrees/Mosescollins.html
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=collinsgensearch&id=I16953
• Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Tree.
• Ancestry.com, Year: 1790; Census Place: Orangeburg, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 255; Image: 160; Family History Library Film: 0568151.
• Ancestry.com, Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Ancestry.com.
• Ancestry.com, South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999), Ancestry.com.
• Ancestry.com, U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Ancestry.com, Document: Jury Lists, 1783, Acts #1172 [at SC Archives]; Page Number: 5; Family Number: 524.
• Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com.
• Ancestry.com, Web: Mississippi, Find A Grave Index, 1798-2012 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com.
• Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000), Ancestry.com, Birth year: 1753; Birth city: Possibly; Birth state: PA.
• Jeffery, Alice, Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998), Ancestry.com.
• South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Volume VIII (see page 108 - John Collins listed in report of Nov. 1775 session; no further mention of this family that I found).

• Henning, Elma & Merle Rummel, The Toney Family History, Gateway Press, 1979, pg 495

• Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, Ancestry.com. Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data:Moss, Boby Gilmer. Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994.

• FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File (L5P6-PF8) for Moses Collins Sr., 16 July 1753 – 29 January 1816