Bradley Collins

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name
Bradley Collins
sex
male
access
public
born
date
1787
place
North Carolina
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township, article-blackburn-1998-one-more-mountain-to-cross]
note
Aged 63, born North Carolina, in November 1850; probably in the Wilkes-Ashe settlements. The Conley list gives 1786/87, Wilkes County; the DAR lineage papers give Virginia.
died
date
aft. 29 Nov 1850
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township]
note
Last seen alive on the 1850 census sheet; the DAR's "(post) 29 Nov 1850" is that date. No death, will or estate record found.
residences
date
1820
place
Floyd County, Kentucky
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1820-floyd-county-collins]
note
Head of household.
date
1850
place
Center Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township]
note
In Andrew Collins's household.
father
id
meredith-collins-1760
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[article-blackburn-1998-one-more-mountain-to-cross, index-dar-grs-meredith-collins, census-1820-floyd-county-collins]
note
On the Conley list and in nine or more DAR lineages. In 1820 his household is on the line beside Meredith's.
spouses
name
Jane Ray
married
date
1817
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[article-blackburn-1998-one-more-mountain-to-cross]
note
On the Conley list only; county uncertain (Clay or Floyd); not yet seen in a register.
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[article-blackburn-1998-one-more-mountain-to-cross]
id
sarah-reid-1795
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[death-certificate-nancy-williams-1909]
note
Mother of his daughter Nancy (b. c. 1822); no marriage record. Possibly a daughter of James Reed [?].
name
Catherine Barney
married
date
28 Jul 1831
place
Clay County, Kentucky
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
note
Licensed 22 Jul 1831.
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
note
Almost certainly this Bradley, the only one in Clay County.
name
Betsy Griffin
married
date
16 Feb 1833
place
Clay County, Kentucky
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
name
Elizabeth Lunsford
married
date
5 Sep 1836
place
Clay County, Kentucky
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
note
Entered as "Luneford."
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]

Son of Meredith Collins by his first wife, whose name no record gives, and half-brother of Jesse. Older notes and some online trees made him Jesse's father; the dates rule that out. The DAR's Bradley-line papers name Polly Holloway as his mother, which is wrong.

In 1820 his Floyd County, Kentucky, household was entered first as white and then moved, entry by entry, into the free colored and slave columns. In Clay County in 1830 his household of eleven was counted white, with no adult woman in it. He had 50 acres on Shelby Creek, Pike County, in 1829. He sold his Clay County land in 1839 and went west, by flatboat per Eula Conley, to Chariton County, Missouri (1840 census), and on to Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1844 with his son Andrew's family. A judge of the August 1849 election there. In 1850 he was in Andrew's household in Center Township, counted white, unable to read or write.

Children named in the research: Andrew (b. c. 1811, Kentucky; m. Betsy Ann Sizemore 31 Mar 1838, Clay County; d. c. 1875, Scott County, Missouri), whose mother is unknown; and Nancy (b. c. 1822; m. Williams; d. 1909, Appanoose County), by Sarah Reid. John Collins (b. c. 1821), of Independence Township in 1850, who named a son Bradley, may be another.

Open questions

  • Who was his mother?
  • Did he marry Sarah Reid? Was she a daughter of James Reed?
  • When and where did he die?
  1. ---
  2. name: Bradley Collins
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. born:
  6. date: "1787"
  7. place: North Carolina
  8. basis: documented
  9. confidence: probable
  10. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township, article-blackburn-1998-one-more-mountain-to-cross]
  11. note: Aged 63, born North Carolina, in November 1850; probably in the Wilkes-Ashe settlements. The Conley list gives 1786/87, Wilkes County; the DAR lineage papers give Virginia.
  12. died:
  13. date: aft. 29 Nov 1850
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: proven
  16. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township]
  17. note: Last seen alive on the 1850 census sheet; the DAR's "(post) 29 Nov 1850" is that date. No death, will or estate record found.
  18. residences:
  19. - date: "1820"
  20. place: Floyd County, Kentucky
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: proven
  23. sources: [census-1820-floyd-county-collins]
  24. note: Head of household.
  25. - date: "1850"
  26. place: Center Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: proven
  29. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township]
  30. note: In Andrew Collins's household.
  31. father:
  32. id: meredith-collins-1760
  33. basis: compiled
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [article-blackburn-1998-one-more-mountain-to-cross, index-dar-grs-meredith-collins, census-1820-floyd-county-collins]
  36. note: On the Conley list and in nine or more DAR lineages. In 1820 his household is on the line beside Meredith's.
  37. spouses:
  38. - name: Jane Ray
  39. married:
  40. date: "1817"
  41. basis: compiled
  42. confidence: possible
  43. sources: [article-blackburn-1998-one-more-mountain-to-cross]
  44. note: On the Conley list only; county uncertain (Clay or Floyd); not yet seen in a register.
  45. basis: compiled
  46. confidence: possible
  47. sources: [article-blackburn-1998-one-more-mountain-to-cross]
  48. - id: sarah-reid-1795
  49. basis: documented
  50. confidence: proven
  51. sources: [death-certificate-nancy-williams-1909]
  52. note: Mother of his daughter Nancy (b. c. 1822); no marriage record. Possibly a daughter of James Reed [?].
  53. - name: Catherine Barney
  54. married:
  55. date: 28 Jul 1831
  56. place: Clay County, Kentucky
  57. basis: documented
  58. confidence: proven
  59. sources: [marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
  60. note: Licensed 22 Jul 1831.
  61. basis: documented
  62. confidence: probable
  63. sources: [marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
  64. note: Almost certainly this Bradley, the only one in Clay County.
  65. - name: Betsy Griffin
  66. married:
  67. date: 16 Feb 1833
  68. place: Clay County, Kentucky
  69. basis: documented
  70. confidence: proven
  71. sources: [marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
  72. basis: documented
  73. confidence: probable
  74. sources: [marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
  75. - name: Elizabeth Lunsford
  76. married:
  77. date: 5 Sep 1836
  78. place: Clay County, Kentucky
  79. basis: documented
  80. confidence: proven
  81. sources: [marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
  82. note: Entered as "Luneford."
  83. basis: documented
  84. confidence: probable
  85. sources: [marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
  86. ---
  88. Son of Meredith Collins by his first wife, whose name no record gives, and half-brother
  89. of Jesse. Older notes and some online trees made him Jesse's father; the dates rule that
  90. out. The DAR's Bradley-line papers name Polly Holloway as his mother, which is wrong.
  92. In 1820 his Floyd County, Kentucky, household was entered first as white and then
  93. moved, entry by entry, into the free colored and slave columns. In Clay County in 1830
  94. his household of eleven was counted white, with no adult woman in it. He had 50 acres on
  95. Shelby Creek, Pike County, in 1829. He sold his Clay County land in 1839 and went west,
  96. by flatboat per Eula Conley, to Chariton County, Missouri (1840 census), and on to
  97. Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1844 with his son Andrew's family. A judge of the August 1849
  98. election there. In 1850 he was in Andrew's household in Center Township, counted white,
  99. unable to read or write.
  101. Children named in the research: Andrew (b. c. 1811, Kentucky; m. Betsy Ann Sizemore
  102. 31 Mar 1838, Clay County; d. c. 1875, Scott County, Missouri), whose mother is unknown;
  103. and Nancy (b. c. 1822; m. Williams; d. 1909, Appanoose County), by Sarah Reid. John
  104. Collins (b. c. 1821), of Independence Township in 1850, who named a son Bradley, may be
  105. another.
  107. ## Open questions
  109. - Who was his mother?
  110. - Did he marry Sarah Reid? Was she a daughter of James Reed?
  111. - When and where did he die?
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