Elisha Madison Collins

Abt 1800 - 1850  (~ 50 years)

• Name	Elisha Madison Collins  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1800	Tennessee   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jan 1850	Leon County, Texas
  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. (Research): 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
  Person ID	I2100	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Eliza Ann McGrew,   b. 20 Mar 1816, Marion County, Mississippi d. Aft 1850, Texas (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	6 Apr 1831	Marion County, Mississippi   [2, 4, 5]
  	Per Wynema McGrew, their marriage was recorded in Bk. B, p. 147, Robert Burton, clerk
  Children	1. Nathaniel Alexander Collins,   b. 24 Mar 1832, Marion County, Mississippi d. 7 Mar 1869, Robertson County, Texas (Age 36 years)   2. Sarah Ann Raridones Collins,   b. 8 Jul 1834, Marion County, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   3. Susan Elizabeth Collins,   b. 25 Jan 1838, Sabine County, Texas d. Bef 1850, Sabine County, Texas (Age 11 years)   4. Andora Gertrude Collins,   b. 15 Aug 1839, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   5. Exalona Clemintine Collins,   b. 9 Jan 1842, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elnora Loney Collins,   b. 17 Mar 1844, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   7. Buckner Madison Collins,   b. 8 Oct 1846, Texas d. 4 May 1863 (Age 16 years)   8. Eudora Philonia Collins,   b. 24 Dec 1849, Texas d. 30 Jul 1851, Texas (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F1375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1800 - Tennessee Marriage - 6 Apr 1831 - Marion County, Mississippi Death - 9 Jan 1850 - Leon County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S350] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1835 Sabine District, Texas Census" c. 1983 Distributed by Ericson Books, p 17 (Reliability: 3). [S202] McGrew, Wynema THE JAMES McGREW FAMILY (1744-1797) Second Edition, 1999, p. 243 (Reliability: 3). [S202] McGrew, Wynema THE JAMES McGREW FAMILY (1744-1797) Second Edition, 1999, p. 243, the 1835 character certificate filed in the District of Sabine shows him as a native of Tennessee, however the 1850 mortality schedule lists his place of birth as Kentucky (Reliability: 3). [S445] Upton, Mrs. Robert Chester, comp "Marriage Records Marion County Mississippi 1812-1860 ", Book B 1825-1832 (Reliability: 3). [S57] Ancestry.com - Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 [database online].