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Elisha Madison Collins

Male Abt 1800 - 1850  (~ 50 years)


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  • Name Elisha Madison Collins  [1, 2
    Birth Abt 1800  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 9 Jan 1850  Leon County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 6 Apr 1831  Marion County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1869, Robertson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     2. Sarah Ann Raridones Collins,   b. 8 Jul 1834, Marion County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Susan Elizabeth Collins,   b. 25 Jan 1838, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1850, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 11 years)
     4. Andora Gertrude Collins,   b. 15 Aug 1839, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Exalona Clemintine Collins,   b. 9 Jan 1842, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Elnora Loney Collins,   b. 17 Mar 1844, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Buckner Madison Collins,   b. 8 Oct 1846, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1863 (Age 16 years)
     8. Eudora Philonia Collins,   b. 24 Dec 1849, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1851, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F1375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1800 - Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Apr 1831 - Marion County, Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Jan 1850 - Leon County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S350] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1835 Sabine District, Texas Census" c. 1983 Distributed by Ericson Books, p 17 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S202] McGrew, Wynema THE JAMES McGREW FAMILY (1744-1797) Second Edition, 1999, p. 243 (Reliability: 3).

    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).

    4. [S445] Upton, Mrs. Robert Chester, comp "Marriage Records Marion County Mississippi 1812-1860 ", Book B 1825-1832 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S57] Ancestry.com - Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 [database online].