Individual Details

William C. COLLINS

(5 October 1766 - 26 October 1846)

Events

Birth5 October 1766, Middlesex, New Jersey
Marriage24 August 1789, Nelson, Kentucky - Mary WELLS
Census1790, Nelson, Kentucky
Census1790
ResidenceAbt 1792
Census1800, Shelby, Kentucky
Residence18 September 1809, Nelson, Kentucky
Census1810, Shelby, Kentucky
Religion19 January 1811, Shelby, Kentucky
Residence1833, Parke, Indiana
Census1840, Shelby, Kentucky
Will1844
Will12 October 1844, Shelby, Kentucky
Death26 October 1846, Shelby, Kentucky
Inventory24 November 1846, Shelby, Kentucky
Note-shared1848(Richard Collins RIGG) received $50 from will of grandfather, William C. Collins - , Shelby, Kentucky
Estate Sale9 August 1852, Shelby, Kentucky
Notemarried by William Taylor - Mary WELLS
Noteof English and Irish descent
Militaryserved in the War of 1812
Occupationfarmer, tanner, shoemaker
NoteBirth
ResidenceKentucky
Land, Shelby, Kentucky
Occupationmilling business -- He may have been in the milling business with George McGrew, brother to his nephew Benjamin's wife Sarah.

Families

SpouseMary WELLS (1772 - 1838)
ChildLydia COLLINGS (1792 - 1880)
ChildJohn COLLINGS (1795 - 1855)
ChildAbraham COLLINGS (1797 - 1826)
ChildWilliam COLLINGS (1798 - 1868)
ChildMary COLLINS (1800 - 1836)
ChildZebulon J. COLLINGS (1802 - 1890)
ChildSarah COLLINGS (1804 - 1876)
ChildElizabeth COLLINGS (1806 - 1861)
ChildFrances COLLINGS (1809 - 1886)
FatherZebulon COLLINGS (1746 - 1823)
MotherLydia SPENCER (1747 - 1790)
SiblingBenjamin COLLINGS (1769 - 1830)
SiblingSarah COLLINGS (1771 - )
SiblingIsaac COLLINGS (1774 - 1830)
SiblingAnn COLLINGS (1776 - )
SiblingJohn COLLINGS (1778 - )

Notes

Census

No William Collins/Collings in NJ, though several in USA.

Residence

In 1792 or 1793 floated down Ohio River on a raft to present site of Louisville. Only three log cabins in area at time. Remained there a short time and moved to Nelson County, KY. Raised one crop and then moved to Shelby County.

Residence

Nelson County Deed Book (p. 886) entry dated Sept. 18, 1809 - William Collings, Isaac Collings and Benjamin Collings to James Heady, $100 for 25 acres on Simpson's Creek , adjoining Heady 's corner.

Census

p. 207
Males:
1 under 10
3 10 - 16
1 26 - 45
Females:
4 under 10
1 25 - 45
Slaves - 1

Religion

William, Mary and Lydia Collins -- Charter member of Salem Baptist Church in Shelby County which was organized January 19, 1811.

Census

p. 155
Males:
1 70 - 80
Females:
1 under 5
1 15 - 20
1 30 - 40

Will

Will of William Collings, Shelby County, Ky. Book 17, page 171

Note-shared

My other daughters Mary Rigg deceased, and Sarah Johnson I have not given anything that I make any charge of. Therefore Mary's Rigg's lawful heirs, namely, Zebulon Johnson, Frances Wise, Elizabeth Gray, Richard Rigg, Mary Jane Rigg, and to Lydia Ann Riggs Heir three hundred dollars to be equally divided among them as they may severally arrive at proper age to receive, and my daughter Sarah Johnson to receive her three hundred dollars, and my daughter Elizabeth Bristow to receive the balance of her three hundred dollars, being one hundred and eighty-three dollars which when paid make my daughters

Note

History of Viga and Parke Counties and Barbara Carter have birth in Virgnia.

Residence

Emigrated to Kentucky in an early day, when the Indians were so troublesome that a part of the company were obliged to guard the laborers while they built a fort or performed other work.

Land

Obtained government land and accumulated over 500 acres. Planted orchards. Purchased a slave family which multiplied. A plague later killed all but four of the slaves. At his death William C. Collings freed these slaves.

Endnotes

1. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~patmount/Collings.html).

2. Collings William Edward by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04525).

3. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch   (http://new.familysearch.org), )..

4. (maggi59@msn.com http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/state/salisbury/wells/gene/abraham_pa.html).

5. edited by Jordan R. Dodd, Kentucky Marriages, Early to 1800.

6. Early Kentucky Settlers, 1700s-1800s.

7. Census, 1790, KY - First Census of Kentucky 1790.

8. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

9. Census, 1800, KY - state census.

10. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

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12. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

13. Willis, George L., 1929, History of Shelby County, Kentucky, p. 67.

14. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

15. Census, 1840, KY, Shelby Co..

16. Collings, William -- Will and Probate, 1844.

17. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~patmount/Collings.html).

18. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

19. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~patmount/Collings.html).

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22. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

23. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

24. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

25. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

26. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

27. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).

28. Collings William C by Claude Flory (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caflory&id=I04358).