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1	1880 Wise Co Collier Census Name Relation Marital Sex Race Age Born Occ. Parents Status Born Milton H. COLLIER Self M Male W 35 KY Farmer KY KY Isabella COLLIER Wife M Female W 32 KY Keeping KY KY House Mary J. COLLIER Dau S Female W 14 KY At Home KY KY William H COLLIER Son S Male W 12 KY Works KY KY On Farm Benjamin S. COLLIER Son S Male W 10 KY Works KY KY On Farm Milton P. COLLIER Son S Male W 8 MO At Home KY KY Sarah E. COLLIER Dau S Female W 6 KS At Home KY KY James P. COLLIER Son S Male W 3 TX At Home KY KY Peter P. COLLIER Son S Male W 1 TX At Home KY KY Mary J. COLLIER Mother L W Female W 60 KY Asst In (VA) (VA) Keeping House	Family: F483
2	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F001
3	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Weldon Lee Barker
4	The Colyer Family of Pulaski County TN shows this as John Perry Colyer vs. James Perry.	James Perry Colyer (J.P.)
5	One of the original purchasers of the town of Hadden, CT	Nicholas Achley
6	Julia's uncle, William D. Purple, was a medical doctor who practiced medicine in McDonough NY 1830-1840 per McDonough section of book History of Chenango and Madison County NY	Julia Ann Ackley
7	From Ballous in America by Hawley 1937: Merideth Ballou spent his adult life in two several sections of Ashe Co., N. C. He was a man of distinction -- wealthy in lands, mines, negroes and all the concomitants of an old fashioned Southern planter -- an influential magistrate of his County -- and an eminent member of the Regular Baptist denomination. Mrs. Mary, the wife of his youth, a pious Baptist, and the mother of the above named chn., d. June 12, 1831, a. 51 yrs. 1 mo. and 9 ds. At the age of 70, Merideth3 m. his 2d wife, but had no further issue. He d. Mar. 17, 1847, a. 80 yrs. 5 mos. and 18 ds. He left a large estate to his chn. He owned, at one time, 10,000 acres of land, rich in mineral ores.	(Owen) Merideth Ballou
8	A twin of Nannie	Emerine Ballou
9	Sam Colyer diary records Leon's aunt Hattie coming to visit and stay with them in Somerset May 7, 1949 and Leon and Aunt Hattie go to Greenwood Ky for visit May 8, 1949.	Harriet (Hattie) Ballou
10	Joseph Ballou, 1239 Ormsby Court, Louisville, KY 1953: cited in Lafayette TN Smith County TN newspaper column by Cal Smith Oct 1, 1953--- said that James Ballou settled near the Falls of Cumberland River, at a place called Sawyer. Later he located at Point Isabella, now Burnside in 1850. He reared his family there and in the latter par of his life, removed to Indiana where he died. The book Ballous in America by Hawley says that James was a minister of the Regular Baptists, but attended largely to farming interests. He lived first in Ashe County NC then a while in VA, then in Pulaski County KY. But in 1861 removed to Boone Co. Indiana where he died of pneumonia in 1863 at about 64 years. His wido died in 1869 at 63 years quote from James W. Arnett: "...James died 1863, Boone Co., Indiana. Dr. James L. Ballou was a physician and surgeon and benefactor of the Univ. of North Carolina. He corresponded with Eleanor Baker Reeves of UNC in compiling his genealogy as listed above. He and Frankey moved back to Point Isabel, Pulaski Co., KY in 1832..."	James Larkin Ballou
11	lived in Tatesville KY 1953	Joe Mart Ballou
12	Lived at 1372 South Sixth Street, Louisville KY	Joseph Ballou
13	FROM Ballous in America by Hawley 1937: that sometime during the Revolutionary War Leonard2 took a drove of beef cattle to Philadelphia for sale, where he was attacked by small pox and died; and that later his widow and several of her chn. emigrated to West Tennessee. Leonard Ballou and his brothers fled France during the FrenchRevolution. 2 of these brothers were col's in Army. Letter from T.C. Ballou obtained by Edith Colyer Curtis This Letter is in response to numerous inquiries for informationconcerning the heirs of Leonard Ballou and his two brothers, James andWilliam, who left France during the great social and political upheaval,the French Revolution. When the National Convention of 800 members came into completecontrol of the government it was utterly hostile to the monarchy andnobility. It declared France a Republic in 1792, tried and beheaded the Kingin 1793: and took vigorous action to defend itself against the coalitionof European autocrats aimed at its overthrow and the restoration of theBourbons. In this it was successful. After hundreds of priests and royalists had been butchered by theParis Commune, in those terrible September Massacres. The reign ofterror was pouring in a steady stream of noble heads into the basket ofthe guillotine: after Lafayette had fled to Austria, the Bamouriez, whohad opposed the execution of Louis, had deserted to the enemy, thesethree Ballou brothers (two of whom were Colonels in the army) decided toleave their unhappy country and come to America. On their way to America, they stopped in Dublin, Ireland, andLeonard married a lady of rank by the name of Meridith. These brothers at first settled in Bottetourt county, Virginia.Soon afterward, Leonard, my great grandfather exchanged his Virginia homefor vast tracts of land among the smiling hills and valleys of WesternNorth Carolina. It is said he was influenced to do this, not alone bythe visions of vast mineral wealth, but because that land of the longleaf pine--that summer land where the sun doth shine---appealed moststrongly to his poetic fancy. Here lived and died, on the hills overlooking New River, his son,Meridith, whose life was long, busy and useful, and who reared a familyof ten boys and girls. These children are scattered to the four cornersof the globe---many of them in Kentucky. Meredith left a mane and example of which his family and fellowcitizens were justly proud. At the time of his death he had acquiredover thirty thousand acres of land, much of it stored with the vastmineral wealth still in the family. Here, in the land he loved, he wasgathered up to his fathers, and sleeps beneath the mumering pines high upon the New River hill that commands an extensive and beautiful view overthe wide domain he once called his own. The legend of a vast estate in France has been recited among us formany, many years; but, if we never act that, let us take pleasure in thereflection someone else enjoys it. A proper investigatin would beattended, perhaps with extreme difficulty. There is no probate court in France, no central office where willsare filed; and it is possible---if not probable---that an estate of themagnitude I have been lead to believe the Ballou's would be foundoutlawed by the statutes of limitations. While our forbears in France were Bourbons of the Bourbons, theirmigration to America and long sojourn among the crags and peaks of thefree Alleghenies transmuted the dross of their aristocratic,monarvhistic, political and social faiths into the finest gold of modernconstitutional and representative democracy. A heritage this, it seems to me, we should all be glad to hold inlife. T.C. Ballou	Leonard Ballou
14	Family Index is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/pulaski/vitals.html 1855 Births; page 6 S/C = Sex/Condition (Alive or Dead) Co = Color (White, Black, or Mulatto) PC = Pulaski County, KY (Scroll to the right for full place info) Typescript page preceeding actual records: "1855-1856 Pulaski County Births - All births on the following assessor's list are assumed to be 1855 unless they are dated 1856." [this transcription only lists the year if given - no assumptions have been made. vjd] Birth Date Child S/C Father/Owner Mother Co Birthplace Residence 11 Dec Maria E. Ballow F/A Levi Ballow Polly Ann Lewis W C. River PC Per letter to Cal Smith editor of Lafayette TN Smith County tn newspaper October 1, 1953, Mary Ballou Lewis was living then in Greenwood KY.	Mary Elizabeth Ballou
15	Diary of a Geological Tour by Dr. Elisha Mitchell in 1827 and 1828 with Introduction and Notes by Dr. Kemp P. Battle, LL.D. Published as James Sprunt Historical Monograph No. 6, by the University of North Carolina, 1905 45. Meredith Ballou, a Frenchman, came to Ashe about A.D. 1800, and died in 1847, bought nearly all the available iron ore in the county. He was an influential man, surveyor of note, and was for a while County Surveyor. He left sons and daughters, all of whom had families. Among his sons was Napoleon Ballou to whom he deeded all his mineral interests a year before he died and Napoleon endeavored by will to entail his property, but the will was broken. There was also litigation over the purchase of his interests at a Sheriff's sale. Many prominent lawyers were employed on one side or the other of the various Ballou suits, including two concerning the will of Meredith Ballou. It is said that Napoleon once refused $50,000 cash for his interests. The old forge is not worked now and has not been for years. A grandson of the old Frenchman, Albert Lucien Ballou, was a law student of the University of N.C. in 1902.	Meredith Ballou
16	Twin to Emerine	Nannie Ballou
17	In WWII he served in the US Navy. In 1945 he went down on the USS Indianapolis.	Clayton Paul Barnes
18	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Donna Ellen Barrows
19	Owned 80 acre farm in Blaze Valley near Somerset, Ky early in life. Howard worked as a traveling salesman after selling farm and moving into Somerset until he retired according to Jack Curtis 2004. Rev. and Mrs. Wesley Colyer spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Howard Botkin's --Jan 7, 1921 Somerset Journal	Howard Botkin
20	Jack Curtis remembers his father Earl Curtis, talking about visiting his grandfather Botkins farm out in Ruth Kentucky as a boy. Earl often remembered his grandfather Botkin as a taskmaster, working him hard on the farm visits when he was a small boy say of the age of about 12 years old. Jack remembers Earl saying that one time he got so tired of working so hard on the farm upon visiting out there that he and his brothers walked all the way back into Somerset home.	Maranda H. Botkin
21	NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 25 June 1920 Sells More Edens. The Somerset Hardware Co. gives a lit of those who have purchased Eden Washing Machines in an "ad' this week. Since the "ad" was printed the company reports the following sales which should have been added: Kenwick Hotel, Mrs. Chas. Colyer, Newtonian Hotel, and Mrs. J.C. Curtis. Jack Curtis said that the Kenwick Hotel was at the end of Main Street in Somerset in the 90 degree turn before going down the hill toward the old Somerset Mill. Both Lavonia Hyman and Jack Curtis remember Savanah as one to tell of her ailments in great length as an older woman. Savannah R. Curtis ... From the Springfield News and Sun, Springfield, Ohio, June 7, 1957 ... 87, born May 18, 1870 ... daughter of Randolph and Mary Catherine Hunt Bolkin ... Preceded in death by husband John C. Curtis in January 1940 ... Survived by 5 sons; 2 brothers; sister; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren	Savannah Rachael Botkin
22	Lived in Clayville VA	Francis Bradley
23	parents ran rooming house in Russell Springs, KY. Jack Curtis thought it might have been a mineral springs resort type hotel. They were from Jamestown KY. Lovonia died at about age 29 of TB and is buried next to church in Jamestown Kentucky.	Lavonia Bradshaw
24	He kept hotel in McDonough for a short time. and was brother of William Brown who was proprietor fo same hotel for many years. They lived also in Otselic NY.	Charles Brown
25	http://files.usgwarchives.org/mo/cooper/bibles/jcalvin.txt The John Calvert Family Bible ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. File submitted by Ruby Coleman rcoleman@netins.net These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. **************************************************************** Washington County, TN - BIBLES - The John Calvert Family Bible According to the contributor, the Calvert family moved to Cooper County, MO after living in Washington County, TN. According to the contributor, the Calvert family lived in Loudon County before moving to Washington County, TN. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ruby Coleman rcoleman@netins.net BIRTHS: John Calvert was born October the 19th, in the year of our Lord, 1781 Dorcas Calvert was born Mrch the 20th, in the year of our Lord, 1785 William Calvert was born Sept the 15th, Anna Domia, 1803 Ursula Calvert was born July 5th A.D. 1805 Leonard Calvert was born Octber the 1st, A.D. 1807 John Calvert was born March 23rd. A.D. 1809 Nancy Calvert was born December 24th. A.D. 1810 Elizabeth Calvert was born Oct the 9th, A.D. 1812 Martin Calvert was born May 12th. A.D. 1815 Noding Calvert was born DEc 13th A.D. 1817 Tabitha Calvert was born Feb. 26th A.D. 1820 Agnes W. Calvert was born the 25th of November 1825 George T. Calvert was born the 1st day of September 1842 Cyrus P. Calvert was born the 8th day of November 1844 Sarah E. Calvert was born the 17th day of November 1846 Laveina A. Calvert was born April 6th 1849 Joseph T. Calvert was born the 7th day of April 1854 Elizabeth Calvert was born August 3rd, 1856 Eri Calvert was born Dec 8 1858 Abigail H. Calvert ws born Nov 2oth 1859 Mary E. Calvert was born September the 24th 1861 Sallie B. Calvert was born March the 6th 1867 MARRIAGES John Calvert and Dorocas Collyar was married October the 14th, 1802 James Mahan and Dorcas Calvert was married November the 25th, 1841 Noding L. Calvert and Agnes W. Brodges was married September 28th, 1841 Eliza Calvert and P.R. Wray was married March 3rd, 1880 DEATHS John Calvert died September the 13th 1839 Dorcas Mahan, late Dorcas Calvert departed this life June the 1st, 1843, in the fifty-eight year of her age. George T. Calvert died March the 15th 1847 Sarah E. Calvert died February the 8th 1848 Eri Calvert died December the 19th,1858 Abigail H. Calvert died November the 30th 1860 Lavenia A. Calvert died Sept. the 7th, 1861 Noding L. Calvert , died February the 11th 1870 Sallie B. Calvert died June the 25th 1871 Agnes W. Calvert died August the 4th 1878	John Calvert
26	TSeabaugh@aol.com wrote: > > Hello my name is Troy Seabaugh, According to our family record book I do > believe we have the same entry. If you see this to be true please let me know > so that we may work discuss this. > > William Calvert > born Feb. 26, 1757 died May 31, 1834 > Married July 18, 1780 to Elizabeth Nodding born 2 -29-1761 died 11-6-1826 > Children > John Calvert Oct. 18, 1781 died Sept. 13, 1839 > Married Dorcas Collyar	John Calvert
27	From book "Tennessee Frontiers" by John R. Finger 2001 University of Indiana Press: page 171 ---" Though Tennessee adoped North Carolina's restrictive manumission laws, it was not uncommon for early slave owners to free their property. During the first decade of statehood a number of antislavery advocates, often employing the rhetoric of morality and revolutionary patriotism, petitioned the legislature to pass more liberal manumission legislation. One such advocate was William Calvert , who in 1804 invoked humanitarian principle in seeking permission from the Washington County court to free several slaves once they had reached adulthood. Calvert insisted, however, that the slaves first compensate him for the costs of their rearing. And the 1796 state constituion tacitly acknowledged the citizenship of African-Americans by allowing free black males to vote and hold certian kinds of property."	William Calvert
28	This was second wife of Charles G. Colyer Jr. having married after death of his first wife.	Marie Frances Cargill
29	, a niece of Col. Robert Carter, of "Corotoman," per Colonial Familes of the Southern States	Carter
30	NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 18 June 1920 Mrs. William Curtis will leave today for Fort Thomas, Ky., to visit her uncle Captain Cecil. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 22 April 1921 Mrs. Will Curtis is visiting her father at Evarts, Ky. Miss Carrie Harrison, a pupil in the Somerset Business College, is working for Judge R.C. Tartar in the absence of Mrs. Will Curtis. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 26 Aug 1921 Mrs. Wilda Cecil Curtis, County Road Engineer, has been absent from her duties at the court house this week on account of illness. Excerpts from Somerset Journal, 21 Nov 1919 Mrs. William Curtis left Sunday for a visit with her father Mr. R.C. Cecil at Anchorage, Ky. NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 7 Nov 1919 A lad by the name of George Bullock was sent from this county to the reform school at Greendale last week. Mrs. Will Curtis and Miss Ann Hamm accompanied him. Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) - June 8, 1988 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deceased Name: SOMERSET -- Wilda Curtis SOMERSET -- Wilda Curtis, 89, of Britthaven Nursing Home, a former Pulaski County deputy circuit court clerk, quarterly court clerk, and judge's office secretary, wife of William "Bill" Curtis, died Monday at the nursing home. Mrs. Curtis also was a former interim Pulaski County judge and a former president of the Business & Professional Woman's Club. Services 10 a.m. Friday at Somerset Undertaking Co. Visitation after 4 p.m. Thursday.	Wilda Cecil
31	Somerset Commonwealth Journal Edith Lay Edith Chestnut Lay, 66, of Somerset, Ky., passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home. She was born July 4, 1943 in Somerset, Ky., to the late James B. and Ruby Colyer Chestnut. She married Max Lay on Dec. 20, 1964 in Somerset, Ky.Edith graduated Georgetown College in 1964 and returned to Eastern Kentucky University to receive her Masters Degree. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.Edith is survived by her husband and her son, John B. Lay of Lexington, Ky.Preceding her in death are her parents; her son, James Chestnut Lay; and her brother, James C. Chestnut.Visitation for Edith will be held Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the chapel of Somerset Undertaking and Crematory.A celebration of Edith's life will be held Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the chapel of Somerset Undertaking and Crematory with Bro. Darrell Vance officiating. Interment will be in the Somerset Cemetery.Somerset Undertaking and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.Condolences may be expressed at www.somersetundertaking.com.	Edith Bradley Chestnut
32	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	David Samuel Cohn
33	of The Peninsular	Benjamin Collier
34	3 Dec 1787 Charles and Dabney Collier chose Langston Bacon as guardian and Betsey chose Paul Carrington as guardian (so they were at least age 14, so born before 1773) [Source: Charlotte Co, VA Court Order Book 7 p144]. Langston Bacon is Betsy's guardian by 1792 when he makes his report so she is still under age. (Source: Charlotte Co, VA Court Order Book 9 p24.) (from Rubyann Thompson Darnell, Flower Mound TX)	Charles Collier
35	POSSIBLE RELATION TO THIS WILLIAM COLLIER??? http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/C/COLLIER+1998+2025355+MESSAGE-BODY Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 13) John Pate wrote: > I am interested in any information that anyone may have on > William Collier. He was supposed to have been born in 1660 > in England, married Mary Eyers about 1682 and died in King > and Queen County, Va in 1735. John, I have some information with those names but with different combinations. Some of the dates I have are very suspect and confusing. I'm going to have to re-search. Vaughn ROBERT COLLYER/COLLIER (1566??--1625) Robert Collyer, son of Thurston, was born at Staffordshire, England, in 1566 [This date can't be right if the marriage info is correct— must be 1546] and died in 1625. He married Margery Straunge, widow, of St. Botolph, Aldegate on February 3, 1569/70 [ London Marriage Licenses, 1551-1869, pg 312] Their children: A. Charles Collyer was born about 1580 and married about 1614. The was a cloth worker and merchant in London. He had four children, two of which have been identified, William Collier and Mary Collier. 1. William Collier, the third child of Charles Collyer, was born about 1625 in London, England and married Sarah or Mary Culliford. William was a citizen and weaver in London. William took his family and went to Virginia where his uncle, Isaac Collier was in York County. William is mentioned in York County records in 1670. He later moved to New Kent County where he joined the militia as an officer. In 1675, he was named Lt. Colonel of that county. William and Sarah had one son born in England just before they made the trip to Virginia and three more born in America. They were the ancestors of the Colliers of New Kent, Hanover, and King William Counties, Virginia. Their children: a. Charles Collier who was born in London, England in 1660 and died September 4, 1735 in Virginia and married Mary Eyers on April 21, 1682. b. Sarah Collier. c. John Collier. d. William Collier Jr. 2. Mary Collyer. B. John Collyer, of London, "Merchant and cloath worker", was born in 1594 and died in December 1649. He married Regina, daughter of Mrs. Anna Semiliano. His will, made December 18, 1649 and proved January 8, 1650, directed that he be buried at Beddington, Surry and gave 1/3 of his goods to his wife, Regina, 1/3 to his son, Charles and gave the remaining 1/3, "to my brother, Isaac Collyer Sr., I forgive E500 he owes me, to my nephew, Isaac Collier Jr., E15O." There were several other bequests to relatives, in-laws and to the poor. The executors named were his friend John Throgmorton; brother, Isaac Collyer; and wife, Regina. He also stipulated that, "If my wife leaves England at any time, my son, Charles is not to go with her; he is to be brought up in English learning and the Protestant faith". [VIRGINIA MAGAZINE, XXVIII, 130] C. Mary Collyer was born about 1600. She married John Knight and they had three children. D. Isaac Collyer Sr. , our emigrant ancestor, is discussed in the following section.	Charles Collier
36	From G. Brown Goode's Virgina Cousins: "was born at Porto Bello 1720-30, and removed about the middle of the century to a place on the Meherrin River, where he owned large tracts, probably in Lunenburg Co., and in or near what is now Charlotte Co. His plantation houses were occupied by Tarleton during his raid in 1776. After the Revolution in 1802 he removed with his family to South Carolina. Married Elizabeth, dau. of John W. Wyatt, of Gloucester Co., who was grandson either of Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor of Virginia, or more probably of Rev. Hawte Wyatt, his brother. Issue:-- "	Cornelius Collier
37	3 Dec 1787 Charles and Dabney Collier chose Langston Bacon as guardian and Betsey chose Paul Carrington as guardian (so they were at least age 14, so born before 1773) [Source: Charlotte Co, VA Court Order Book 7 p144]. Langston Bacon is Betsy's guardian by 1792 when he makes his report so she is still under age. (Source: Charlotte Co, VA Court Order Book 9 p24.) (from Rubyann Thompson Darnell, Flower Mound TX)	Dabney Collier
38	Thomas M. Owen's Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama: COLLIER, JAMES. Died at his residence near the village, on Monday the 20th instant, after a severe illness of two weeks, Mr. James Collier, in the 77th year of his age. Mr. Collier was a native of Virginia, and at an early period of his life entered the Revolutionary Army. Through the whole of that arduous and protracted struggle for liberty, he manifested the most untiring zeal and unceasing devotion in the cause of his country. He was no less distinguished for his patriotism, than for high-toned honor and those bland and social virtues which endeared him to a large circle of relations and friends. Overwhelming as is this melancholy bereavement to his worthy family, in which he shone as a most affectionate husband and father, and benevolent master, there is still for them great consolation in knowing that he developed strong hopes of future bliss, that flourish above the tomb, immortal and unfading. Many of his latest moments were spent in prayer; and he maintained throughout this trying interval that propriety which belonged to the character of a man of sense, and that elevated dependence upon a higher power which became a Christian. Such were, as we have been enabled to sketch them, the life and death of our deceased friend; we see pictured in them the employments of a man bent earnestly and steadily upon the faithful discharge of the duties which pertained to the situation allotted to him by his Creator. No meritorious artifice to attract the popular applause, no disingenuous maneuvering, were perceptible in his character. These qualities rendered him firm and steady in his friendships. His loss will long be felt by the circle of relations whom he has left behind him; and his memory, as a soldier and a man, will be long and affectionately cherished by all to whom he was known. How often, at the peaceful fireside of this revolutionary soldier, have we heard the tale of the deeds of other years! Even now, can we see, in fancy's eye, the grey-haired sire, traveling with increased emotion through the memorable battles of Gilford, Brandywine, Savannah and Eutaw Springs. His aged and failing eyes glisten again with the fire of youth! At the recollection of their resplendent glories, he springs forward from the venerable chair of age, and in the warmth of emotion, almost forgets, for the time, the lapse of years! But he is gone to the cold and silent tomb, moldering into dust, and mingling again with his mother earth. No more shall his spirit rejoice in the cannon's roar, or the music of the drum. Triana, Madison Co., Ala. Aug. 18, 1832.?Southern Advocate, Huntsville, Sept. 8, 1832. Mrs. P. H. Mell has collected some additional details, and her sketch is given in full, although it contains some repetitions: "James Collier a Revolutionary soldier, is buried on his plantation near Triana, Madison County, Alabama, about twenty miles from Huntsville. "His wife is buried beside him and their monuments, with inscriptions, are now standing in a full state of preservation in the old family burying ground. The inscriptions are as follows: " 'To the memory of JAMES COLLIER, who was born in Lunenburg Co. Va., Oct. 13th, A. D. 1757, and died the 20th of August, A. D. 1832. "And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself and my eyes shall behold and not another." To the memory of ELIZABETH BOULDIN, of Charlotte Co., Va., wife of James Collier, who was born the 13th of Feb., A. D. 1763, and died the 23rd of Feb., A. D. 1828. "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as a flower of the field, for the wind passeth over it and it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more." "James Collier was the son of Cornelius Collier and Elizabeth Wyatt, of Lunenburg County, Va. He was descended from Charles Collier, of King and Queen County, Va., on his father's side, and his mother was nearly related to Sir Francis Wyatt, Colonial Governor of Virginia. It was the old flax wheel of his (James Collier's) cousin, Mary Collier, the ancestor of the late Prof. G. Brown Goode, which suggested insignia of the Daughters of the American Revolution. James Collier was wounded at the battle of Eutaw Springs by a sabre cut across his cheek, in a hand-to-hand encounter with a British soldier. He killed the soldier and carried the scar on his face to his grave. His brother, Wyatt Collier, was killed in the same battle when only a boy. "James Collier married Elizabeth Bouldin, July 3, 1788, daughter of James Bouldin and Sally Watkins, of Charlotte County, Va. He was a large land owner in Lunenburg County and resided there until 1802, when he, with his little family, followed his father and other relatives to Abbeville District, South Carolina. He was a large planter in that State until 1818, when he followed his sons to the territory of Alabama, his older sons having settled in that part of the Mississippi territory, now Alabama, in 1812. He settled on a large plantation in Madison County, where he lived and died. "His wife, Elizabeth Bouldin, was the daughter of James Bouldin, who was the oldest son of Colonel Thomas Bouldin of Colonial fame, who settled in Lunenburg (now Charlotte) County, Virginia, in l 744, coming from Pennsylvania. His wife was Nancy Clark, niece of Captain Richard Wood of the English navy. The family of Bouldins are noted for their intellect and their love for the legal profession. Virginia boasts there has never been a generation without a Judge, even to the present day. This couple left a large family of sons, but there were only four grandsons among, the grandchildren. Governor Henry Watkins Collier was a son of James Collier. He was closely connected with the politics of Alabama from 1822 until his death in 1855. "The ancestry of James Collier is as follows: (1) Charles Collier of King and Queen County, Virginia. One of his children,- (2) John Collier, Sr., (1680-1735), who was married three times, by his third wife, Nancy Eyres, had issue, among others: (3) Cornelius Collier, born 1725, married Elizabeth Wyatt in Gloucester County, Va., about 1750, lived in Lunenburg County, Va., was a soldier in the Revolution and moved to Abbeville District, South Carolina in 1788; he had four sons and one of them was? (4) James Collier, the subject of this sketch. The facts of this article were furnished by his great-granddaughter Miss Elizabeth R. Benagh. James Collier is mentioned in the Memorial Record of Alabama, vol. ii p. 415."? Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, pp. 536-7. Moved to South Carolina 1802 then to Alabama 1818 per Virgina Cousins by Goode.	James Collier
39	THE A.E. HART BOOK THE "RICHARD CALLOWAY FAMILY" IN SPEAKING OF JOHN COLLIER OF 1742 WHO WAS MARRIED TO GRIZZELDA TAYLOR, SAID THAT JOHN OF 1742'S FATHER WAS A JOHN COLLIER A PROSPEROUS PLANTER. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN JOHN COLLIER OF 1707. IT SAYS THAT JOHN OF 1707 HAD MANY SONS AND DAUGHTERS, ONE OF WHICH WAS A WILLIAM (THIS WOULD BE WILLIAM OF 1754) MOVED TO TENNESSEE AND WAS LOST TO ALL KNOWLEDGE OF THE KINDRED. THIS IS THE ONLY INDICATION OF WHO WAS WILLIAM OF 1754'S FATHER I HAVE FOUND. HOWEVER IT IS BORN OUT BY THE SEVERAL INDICATORS. FIRST THE QUESTION OF WHY WOULD JOHN OF 1707'S WILL NOT INCLUDE THIS CHILD WILLIAM IF HE WAS IN FACT A CHILD. THE REASON WAS THAT JOHN OF 1707'S WILL WAS DRAWN IN 1746 BEFORE WILLIAM OF 1754 WAS BORN, AS WAS THE CASE OF ANOTHER DOCUMENTED CHILD OF JOHN OF 1707---MARY....WHO THE VIRGINIA COUSINS BOOK SAYS WAS BORN IN 1756. NOTE THAT THIS JOHN OF 1707 DIED IN 1759. FROM A.E. HART CALLOWAY FAMILY WRITE UP IN LDS LIBRARY. "The Isaac Collier line,though lnteresting,has no special claim on me,for my descent is from the William Collier family Of 1670, whose members drifted. from the coast to King end Queen county, Va.,and thence to Hanover county,Va , ,where John Collier, grandfather of Mary A.Collier,was born and reared,a son of another John Collier, a prosperous planter with several ,sons,besides numerous daughters (according to family tradition.) One of the brothers, William, moved to Tennessee and was lost to all knowledge of the kindred." FROM Colonial Families of Southern States: "CAPT. JOHN COLLIER (4--1.), of King and Queen Co., and later of Hanover Co., Va.; b. 1707. made will Sept. 26, 1749, pro. 1759, in which he names his sons, Thomas, John, and Joseph, daughters Elizabeth Ironmonger Collier, Frances and Sally; and in which he leaves "to my mother-in-law, Ann Collier, of King and Queen County, the part of that tract that was given me by my [p.150] grandfather,. Charles Collier, of King and Queen." He also names his step sister, Martha Games, and appoints George Morriss andDavid Crawford, executors. He served as an officer in a VirginiaRegiment under Admiral Vernon in the Carthagean expedition, 1740-42; and owned large estates in Isle of Wight and Surry Co.'s. He m. Elizabeth Meredith" There is preserved the will of John Collier, Jr., of Hanover county, dated September 26, 1749, which names sons Thomas, John, Joseph, daughters Elizabeth Ironmonger Collier, Frances and Sally; "to my mother-in-law Ann Collier, of King and Queen county, the part of that tract that was given me my my grandfather Charles Collier, of King and Queen," sister-in-law Martha Gaines. appoints Geroge Morriss and David Crawford executors. Witnesses Thomas Harris, Stephen Harris and ----------- (name faded). The original will is in the hands of Mrs. Walter S. Osborne, of Mason county, KY. She is descended from Thomas Collier, oldest son of John. Patrick Henry, as governor of the commonwealth, granted to Thomas Collier for military services, as captain in the Revolution, 3000 acres in Mason Co., KY, on a part of which some of his descendants live. He married Mary Dabney, of Hanover county. Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 1 (Mike and Carolyn Chapman http://home.comcast.net/~gochapman/) Other "John Colliers, Colyers" not placed but noted here for info: Per Lyman Chalkley's work Vol III -Augusta County Va. court records page 403: 27th October, 1760. John Colyer's will----To wife Sisley; to son Alexander, 400 acres akjoining James Davis; to son John, place testator now lives on (infant); to son Moses, tract called Boyd's Entry; to son Aaron; to son (daughter?)Margaret. Executors, wife Sisley and James Gilmore. Teste: Jno. Wiley. Proved, 20th August, 1765, by witnesses. Cicely (her mark) qualifies, with Jas. Trimble, John Summers. comment: If this is William of 1715's father, seems strange not mentioned in Chalkley will above. THIS NEXT JOHN COLYER OF 1722 I HAVE NOT PLACED EXACTLY BUT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A PART OF THE LINE OF MY FAMILY OF JOHN COLLIERS ETC. Will of John Colyer, Sr. 1722-1765 Oct 27th 1760 Proved 20th August 1765. (John Colyer was born ca 1722, Augusta Co, VA) To wife Sisely: to son Alexaner, 400 acres adjoining James David; to son John, place testor now lives an (infant); to son Moses, , tract called Boyd's entry; to son Aaron; to son (daughter) Margaret, (Aaron's and Margaret' shares are not spe cified in the abstract). Esecutors; Wife Sisly and james Gilmore Teste: Jno Summers. Jno Wiley. Proved 20th August 1765 by the witness. Cicely (her mark) qualifies with Jas. Trimble. John Summers. WBK 3, 403, Original court records, Chalkey, Vol III pg 90. John ColyerSr. married ca. 1743 Sisely ca. 1724 VA 1. Alexander ca 1744 2. John, jr. ca 1746 3. Moses ca 1748 m. 8/1/1769 Lunenburg, VA (lived lincoln kY ca 1790's) Nancy Blank (s) 4. Aaron Sr. 1760 Augusta VA; 1842 Lee Co VA; m. ca 1777 Rockbridge VA; lived Buck Creek, SEminary, Turkey Cove lee Co VA; FRances (Frankey/Eliz) ca. 1765; ca 1845 Turkey Cove Lee Co VA5. Margaret ABout the same time that Aaron appears on tax lists in Lee Co VA; Wm. Randolph Collier, Sr also appears. Then later ca. 1860 Lewis Collier of LEE Co VA married Valera Collier d/o Martin Douglas Collier; Lewis's father is given as Isaac Collier. Sure do need some help with this bunch of Colliers. I have further info down from these people and will happily share. Marsil in NM MRS MARSIL R CREECH Per Dessie Simmons of Johnson City TN (editor for Johnson City historical society past 18 years (8/1/98) and co editor of book History of Washington Co. TN before 1800) her review of book in her possession by the Daughters of the American Revolution called Roster Of Soldiers Buried in Tn--shows a John Collier born 1732 in Pennsylvania that died in 1792 in TN. He was under Col Randolph's Regiment in North Carolina in 1782 in Randolph Co. N.C. Says that he was married to a Margaret and had sons named Thomas and John, Jr. BELOW IS EMAIL OBTAINED FROM SEARCH OF ROOTSWEB. CNJDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 25) Dear Randy, I am always curious when I see "John Collier" had a big plantation and seven sons in North Carolina. Can you please tell me which county in NC and when. If it is the John Collier in Guilford/Randolph County during the Rev. War, I want to make sure you don't get yours confused with 11mine." I have been arguing with sources (one live) for years, trying to seperate the two. I have finally done so, to my satisfaction and have documents to prove it. The two John's overlap in time somewhat, but yours stayed and mine moved to Greene County, TN in 1792 So everything after that date should be yours safely. Mine was the Col. John Collier (1732-1823) born in Harrisburg (Paxtang/Paxton), PA, son of James and Susannah Dougan Collier. He moved to NC after his uncle, Thomas Dougan, Sr., (1763) by 1772 and lived there for 20 years. Any military connection with the Dougan family (and also a Thomas Johnston) will be mine. Col. John was in the NC militia and fought in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. He was also a prosecutor of Tories and was persecuted in return. Fanning and Little burned his house down twice. One night he escaped with three bullet holes through his shirt. His wife was named Margaret. Col. John also owned a lot of land. Much of it bought after confiscation from the Tories. After the war, much of it was taken away from him. In 1792 he had had enough and started over again in Tennessee. One lady I corresponded with was convinced that she had been in the large house he had owned which was still standing. That was the large plantation which had been divided among 7 sons. That would be yours. My Col. John, had only two living sons. One died during the persecution of Fanning and LIttle. The sons of my Col. John came to Tennessee with him, John Jr, and Thomas Mine lived on or near Deep River. The Dougans, his cousins, lived on Deep River also and are buried in the Bell/Welborn Cemetery in Sophia, Randolph County, North Carolina. I have copies of 14 letters written among the members of the Dougan, Collier, Johnston families from NC and SC back to their family in PA. They range from 1776 to 1828. That, plus some Bible records, county histories, etc. are my proof. Let me know if I can help you straighten them out. Sincerely, Brenda Schwall GENEOBUG@aol. com http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/.../COLLIER+1997+5995529+MESSAGE-BOD 7/25/98[ColyerV2.FTW]	John Collier
40	COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America COLLIER FAMILY page 150 5--3. Joseph, 1749 of South Crolina served with distinction in the Revolutionary War; he m. 12-15-1772 Amy Moseller, and had issue among others: 1. Meredith, m. Eliza Grey of Georgia; 2. Merrel, of Georgia; 3. Hiliary, m. Frances Quarlesy of Georgia. 4. Nancy m. John Talbert. 5. Sarah m. John S. Combs. 5. Ann m. ---- Farrar 7. Mary m. Samuel Boyd. 8. Tos. G. Abin	Joseph Collier
41	Jack Curtis remembers Howard Botkins wife being named MaLLie not Mattie. Mallie is buried in Clay Hill Cemetery near Ruth Kentucky off highway 192.	Mallie ( Colyer) Collier
42	I researched and compiled a book, ROBERT TERRELL COLLIER, His Ancestors and Descendants. The search for Robert Terrell Collier's ancestors was through Upshur and Nacogdoches counties in Texas, back to Georgia during its formative years from directly after the Revolutionary War and through the Civil War, back to Virginia during the Colonial days, then to England to a time prior to the discovery of America, and finally to the family origin in France about 1200 AD. The origin of the family name Collier was probably the village of Cauliéres in France, and the first recorded use of the name was in a cartulary of Selincourt Abbey in 1217 when one of the witnesses was "Frater Johannes de Caouliéres". [ANTIQUARIES DEPICARDIE, Vol 40, Amiens; grant by Godefrid deMiannay]. Johannes de Liéstes was born in the village of Liéstre, 44 kilometers southeast of Boulogne, Department of Pas-de-Calais,Artois, in northwest France. He was the younger son of a baronial family who, as a young man, was apparently transferred, by the mother abbey, to Selincourt Abbey, which assigned him as a bailiff or magistrate to the management of the village of Cauliéres. The evidence indicates that he was not a member of the clergy and the designation "Frater" was probably a courtesy title because of his duties in connection with the village of Cauliéres. Johannes adopted the name of the village of his employment, Cauliéres, as his surname and became the founder of a prolific family. He did not possess a feudal estate since the entire village belonged to the abbey, so each of his sons had to acquire his own estate through purchase, marriage, military service, or other means. As a result, the Cauliéres family spread widely over ancient Picardy and Artois, but disappeared from the village whose name they bore. A variety of coats-of-arms arose among the various family branches. The forename Robert occurred repeatedly throughout the Department of Pas-de-Calais in this region that our ancestor Robert Coliére was born about 1453. Robert Coliére was born near the end of the hundred year war between France and England. The English kings controlled much of France. William the conqueror was also the Duke of Normandy, so his heirs continued to rule that important part of France. Eleanor of Aquitaine, heiress of that vast feudal estate that included most of southwestern France, was divorced by King Louis VII of France and married an English prince who became King Henry II of England. The English kings held their French lands as vassals of the king of France while ruling England in their own right. In theory their lands were part of the french kingdom, but in practice they belonged to England. Fighting over feudal claims went on for several centuries, but in the 14th century the trouble blazed into a national war that lasted over a hundred years. For a time the war went badly for the French. Then Joan of Arc changed the course of event, leading the French in the defense of Orleans. She also recaptured the city of Reins where the French kings were crowned, making possible the coronation of the Dauphin, heir to the crown. The new king was lazy and did not follow up on the victories and later, the English captured Joan and burned her at the stake. According to legend, one of the English soldiers, who had come rejoice at the death of an enemy was heard to cry out, "We are lost --we have burned a saint!" The English cause in France was indeed lost. In the next few years, the French slowly drove back the English invaders until only Calais remained in English hands. Calais, France was controlled by England until 1558. Robert Coliére de Darlaston was a contemporary of Christopher Columbus. Both may have been in the service of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand at the same time. Both started a move to America at about the same time. Columbus reached America first, but Robert's move was more lasting. Prior to the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, Spain consisted of many little Christian kingdoms, all engaged in the re-conquest of Spain from the Moors. Castile finally became the most powerful and in the 13th century managed to confine the moors to a small area near Granada. The kings of Spain needed the support of the middle class in this struggle and representatives of the towns were admitted to the national council. When Isabella, the young Queen of Castile, and Ferdinand, King of Aragon, fell in love and married they laid the foundation of a united Spain and together they conquered Granada. A voluntary association of the towns and the rural gentry to clear the country of brigands was established in 1475 , with 7-year memberships for foreigners. This brotherhood or fraternity, called the Hermandad consisted of horsemen in proportion of one for every 100 families. In the war with Granada, the Hermandad was employed as soldiers. Warriors from all over Europe swarmed into Spain to help in this war. It is quite possible that Robert Coliére, as a foreign legionnaire was among the foreigners, including Englishmen, who were welcomed to this service in 1475. In 1482, the Moorish Boabdil, deposed his father, who fled to Malaga, but the advance of the forces of Ferdinand and Isabella forced him to resign the task of defense into more war-like hands in 1483. It is not unreasonable to speculate that, at the end of a 7-year contract, young Robert Coliére might have been induced to accompany an English friend to England. There in Staffordshire, as a young, former officer, he would have been introduced into good circles and thus met and married Sir John Doddington's daughter Isabella. Robert Coliére's arrival in England about 1482, long preceding the arrival of other members of this family in England and Ireland. He settled in the market town of Stone, in Staffordshire County, England. The town stands on the river Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal, 7 miles north northwest of Stafford, 7 miles south of Stoke-upon-Trent, and 137 miles from London. Robert was first a taylor (tailor), then a draper (a dealer in cloth or in clothes), and then a woolbuyer. Some of these staplers (dealers in staple goods) grew to great wealth. In the year 1503, two years before his death, Robert and Isabella moved to Darlaston Manor. Robert and his son Thurston leased Darlaston Manor, in the county of Staffordshire, from Thomas Whalley, then in 1537, Robert's son, James, purchased the manor from Richard Whalley. Except for a brief time when Robert's great grandson, James Collier, sold the manor to his father-in-law in 1597 and until James's son, Francis, repurchased it from his grandfather in 1597, there was a Coliére as Lord of Darlaston for over 180 years. A great-great-great-great- grandson, James Coliére sold Darlaston to William Jervis in 1685. Robert Coliére de Darlaston's great-great-great-grandson Isaac Collyer/Collier Sr. emigrated to America between 1653 and 1670, settling in York Co., Virginia. Isaac was my wife's G-G-G-G-G- G-Grandfather. The details I have are sketchy and there are a few improbable dates. I would also like to contact researchers of the English Colliers. Vaughn Ballard [vballard@airmail.net] 8/7/99	Sir Robert Collier
43	-------------------------------- End of COLLIER-D Digest V98 Issue #8 ********************************** [ColyerV2.FTW] 8/8/98 http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/C/COLLIER+1998+134146855+MESSAGE-BODY CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 8) Please post the following message. Seeking information on origins and life of Stephen Collier born 1775, probably in VA., lived about 30 years in TN.. Before 1810 moved to KY where he died in Rockcastle Co. in 1844. He was an Elder in his church and had at least 7 children. -------------------------------- End of COLLIER-D Digest V98 Issue #8 ********************************** On Mon, 28 May 2001 12:45:26 EDT Grfmtf@aol.com writes: > Greetings Wesley and or Dan; > > For years I have been researching a Stephen Collier that has been > reported in > Baptist Church records as a first cousin to Richard who was also a > Baptist > Preacher from about 1810 to 1850. Most of this time they were in > the general > area of Rockcastle Co..	Stephen M. Collier
44	COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America COLLIER FAMILY page 150 CAPT. THOMAS COLLIER (5--1),of Charlotte Co., Va., b. 1740 d. 1789; m 1703; he received a grant of 282 acres in BrunswickCo.; served with distinction in Braddock's Campaign, and in theRevolutionary War; was granted by Gov. Patrick Henry, for mili-tary services, as Capt. in the Revolution, 3,000 acres in Mason Co.,Ky., on a part of which some of his descendants are yet living; m. Mary Dabney, of Hanover Co., Va., Thomas Collier of Hanover Co. buys 367 acres of land in Charlotte Co. from Abraham Martin and wife, Betty, of Charlotte Co. on 2 Dec 1766 for 143 pounds, on main branch of Horsepen Creek. Witnesses: Saml Perrin, Joseph Crenshaw and William Martin. Recorded 2 March 1767. (Source: "Charlotte County, Virginia 1765-1771 Deed Books 1 and 2" by Joanne Lovelace Nance.) NOTE: Thomas is of Hanover Co. when he buys this land and Joseph Crenshaw (probably his father-in-law) is a witness. (source: Rubyann Thompson Darnell, Flower Mound TX) In 4 Nov 1771 Thomas and Frances Collier sell to Joseph Collier all of Charlotte Co. (Charlotte Co, VA Deed Book D3, p11-12) 177.5 acre tract in Charlotte Co., for 71 pounds 10 shillings, on main branch of Horsepen Cr. and bounded by patent line, Mays. Frances relinquished her dower. No witnesses signed. I believe the Thomas Colliers above are the same Thomas Collier who wrote his will in Charlotte Co, VA 18 Sept 1787, probated 3 Dec 1787 (Will Book 1:402-402a). Thomas left to his wife Frances, for her natural life, the "plantation whereon I now reside on Horsepen Creek" and 2 slaves David and Sue and household items and stock of her choosing. At her death the plantation to be sold and money to go to daughters. His wife was expecting a child because he bequeaths a daughter's portion if it is a girl or a son's portion if it is a boy. He names daughters: Elizabeth, Anna, Patsey; sons Benjamin, John, Charles and Dabney. His sons John and Benjamin and friend John Daniel are Executors. Executors are to sell his 517 acres in Halifax Co, VA and money is to go to daughters. The land in Fayette County, KY to go to sons. Inventory and appraisement (Will Book 2:59a abstracted by Bel Hubbard Wise) taken 26 Dec 1787, recorded 6 Apr 1795. Division Jan 1788: Charles Collier, Benjamin Collier, Betsey Collier, John Collier, Frances Collier, Patsey Collier, Anny Collier and Dabney Collier. Mathew Burt did not put his signature on the report as he removed to State of South Carolina and is now dead. Recorded 6 Apr 1795. Division of Thomas' estate (Will Book 2:137b abstract by Bel Hubbard Wise) among his orphans: Benjamin Collier negro Phill, John Collier negro Rachel; Betsey Collier negro Sarah and child Ben, Charles Collier negro Hannah, Dabney Collier negro Abraham, Anny Collier negro Dilley, Patsey Collier negro Aggy, Frankey Collier negroes Any and Moses. Recorded 4 Feb 1799. 3 Dec 1787 Charles and Dabney Collier chose Langston Bacon as guardian and Betsey chose Paul Carrington as guardian (so they were at least age 14, so born before 1773) [Source: Charlotte Co, VA Court Order Book 7 p144]. Langston Bacon is Betsy's guardian by 1792 when he makes his report so she is still under age. (Source: Charlotte Co, VA Court Order Book 9 p24.) Then in Charlotte Co, VA Order Book 9 (1792-1794) p122-124, 126 John Collier, guardian of Betsy Collier, orphan of Benjamin Collier deceased, reports account. Charlotte Co, VA Order Book 10 p240 dated 9 Nov 1796 is court case Langston Bacon, guardian of Dabney, Anne, Patsey and Frankey Collier infants, Betsey Collier, John Collier and John Collier, guardian to Betsey Collier, dau of Benjamin Collier, in chancery vs Frances Collier widow of Thomas Collier. Both of these Order Books are abstracted by Joanne Lovelace Nance, 1989 in her "Charlotte County, Virginia Eighteenth Century Orphans and Other Children." I have not actually seen these case papers, if there are any, to know what the issue was. Thomas Collier's executor (Chesley Daniel, Executor of John Daniel deceased) sells land on both sides of big Horsepen Creek, 190 acres, after the death of Thomas' wife Mrs. Frances Collier, to Philip Goode 4 Feb 1815 and recorded 7 May 1815. (Charlotte Co, VA Deed Book D13, p105-106) Benjamin Collier married Sarah Gains Collier, daughter of John Collier, bond dated 15 Nov 1787 and married 20 Nov by Rev. John Williams (Source: "Marriage Bonds and Minister's Returns of Charlotte County, Virginia 1764-1815" by Catherine Lindsay Knorr, 1951). Benjamin's will (Will Bk 2:16b abstract by Bel Hubbard Wise in "Charlotte County, Virginia Will Book 2 1791-1805") written 28 April 1791 with codicil 22 May 1791 probated 3 Oct 1791: wife Sarah Gains Collier negro Stephen; to daughter Elizabeth lands in Kentucky on south side of Ohio River devised to me by will of my father Thomas Collier and slaves Phil and Dinah, also to dau Elizabeth that due me from estate of my deceased brother Charles being in no manner disposed to submit to the establishment of his nuncupative will; brother Dabney Collier; sister Betsey a double portion; to "Unkle Joseph Collier" title to 440 in Halifax on Spider Creek. Executors friends John Collier, Paul Carrington Junr and James Hamblett. Inventory and appraisement of estate recorded 5 Dec 1791 (Will Book 2:17b). I don't know who this John Collier is, found in Charlotte Co, VA Will Book 2:49 (abstract by Bel Hubbard Wise) but believe it may be an older John Collier: nuncupative will 8 Dec 1793 probated 2 June 1794 Edgefield County, South Carolina. Mother all estate during her natural life then to his brothers and sisters [none named]. Witnesses: Joseph Collier, Amey Collier and Nancy Collier. Therefore, I have Thomas Collier's family is: Thomas born 1740s marr before 4 Nov 1771 Frances Crenshaw, children (order listed in his will): Elizabeth 'Betsy' (of age in 1796), Anna, Patsey, unborn child Frances 'Frankey' born 1787, Benjamin (d betw May-Oct 1791), John (d after the 1796 chancery suit or went to KY as some think), Charles (b bef 1773, d pre May 1791), Dabney (b bef 1773). Thomas may well have married Mary Dabney first, as your source states, but he was married to Frances by 4 Nov 1771 when they sold land. Since Hanover marriages aren't extant this is all we have. -- -- Rubyann Thompson Darnell 3/31/03 Flower Mound TX	Thomas Collier
45	G. Goode's Virginia Cousins: "CAPT. THOMAS COLLIER, of Charlotte Co., Va., a soldier in Braddock's campaign and the Revolution, took up 282 acres in Brunswick Co. in 1763, and for public services was granted 3,000 acres in Mason Co., Ky., to which his descendants removed. Married Miss Dabney, of Hanover Co"	Thomas Collier
46	See file at Church of Latter Day Saints http://www.familysearch.com file (AFN:P7FK-BL)	William Collier
47	POSSIBLE RELATION TO THIS WILLIAM COLLIER??? http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/C/COLLIER+1998+2025355+MESSAGE-BODY Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 13) John Pate wrote: > I am interested in any information that anyone may have on > William Collier. He was supposed to have been born in 1660 > in England, married Mary Eyers about 1682 and died in King > and Queen County, Va in 1735. John, I have some information with those names but with different combinations. Some of the dates I have are very suspect and confusing. I'm going to have to re-search. Vaughn ROBERT COLLYER/COLLIER (1566??--1625) Robert Collyer, son of Thurston, was born at Staffordshire, England, in 1566 [This date can't be right if the marriage info is correct— must be 1546] and died in 1625. He married Margery Straunge, widow, of St. Botolph, Aldegate on February 3, 1569/70 [ London Marriage Licenses, 1551-1869, pg 312] Their children: A. Charles Collyer was born about 1580 and married about 1614. The was a cloth worker and merchant in London. He had four children, two of which have been identified, William Collier and Mary Collier. 1. William Collier, the third child of Charles Collyer, was born about 1625 in London, England and married Sarah or Mary Culliford. William was a citizen and weaver in London. William took his family and went to Virginia where his uncle, Isaac Collier was in York County. William is mentioned in York County records in 1670. He later moved to New Kent County where he joined the militia as an officer. In 1675, he was named Lt. Colonel of that county. William and Sarah had one son born in England just before they made the trip to Virginia and three more born in America. They were the ancestors of the Colliers of New Kent, Hanover, and King William Counties, Virginia. Their children: a. Charles Collier who was born in London, England in 1660 and died September 4, 1735 in Virginia and married Mary Eyers on April 21, 1682. b. Sarah Collier. c. John Collier. d. William Collier Jr. 2. Mary Collyer. B. John Collyer, of London, "Merchant and cloath worker", was born in 1594 and died in December 1649. He married Regina, daughter of Mrs. Anna Semiliano. His will, made December 18, 1649 and proved January 8, 1650, directed that he be buried at Beddington, Surry and gave 1/3 of his goods to his wife, Regina, 1/3 to his son, Charles and gave the remaining 1/3, "to my brother, Isaac Collyer Sr., I forgive E500 he owes me, to my nephew, Isaac Collier Jr., E15O." There were several other bequests to relatives, in-laws and to the poor. The executors named were his friend John Throgmorton; brother, Isaac Collyer; and wife, Regina. He also stipulated that, "If my wife leaves England at any time, my son, Charles is not to go with her; he is to be brought up in English learning and the Protestant faith". [VIRGINIA MAGAZINE, XXVIII, 130] C. Mary Collyer was born about 1600. She married John Knight and they had three children. D. Isaac Collyer Sr. , our emigrant ancestor, is discussed in the following section.	William Collier
48	Died in the revolutionary war battle of Eutaw Springs	Wyatt Collier
49	From website of Jean Colyer Grumbling: this Power of Attorney of son Alexander Colyar (son of William) which states that William Colyar and wife Nancy may have been living in Pulaski County Kentucky at the date of their death : Power of Attorney dated February 26, 1839 reads as follows: Know all men by thesse present that I, alexander Colyear of the County of Franklin and State of Tennessee hereby nominate, constitue and appoint my son, George T. Colyer of said county and state, my true and lawfull Attorney in fact for me and in my name to do and attend to all business I have any interest in in the state of Kentucky and more particularly to ask for, receive from and receipt for all money coming to me from the estate of my deceased Father, William Colyear late of the County of Pulaski and state of Kentucky or from the estate of my deceased mother, Nancy Colyear of said county and state and my said Attorney is also hereby authorized to bring suit or suits as he may think proper for the recovery of the same or to compromise the same in such way as he may think best and to give such receipts in my name as may be necessary hereby satisfying and confirming all the acts of my said Attorney may do in pursuance of this poser the same as if I was present and done the same myself. Given under my hand and seal this 26th day of February 1839. Alexander Colyear (his mark) ? State of Tennessee Franklin County I, John R. Paterick(?)an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforsaid hereby certify that Alexander Colyear personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the within power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal this 26th day of February, 1839. John R. Patrick Justice of the Peace State of Tennessee Franklin County I, William W. Brazelton, clerk of the County Court of said County certify that John R. Patrick is and was at the time of making the above (unreadable) an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned, legally qualified as such and entitled to (unreadable) and credit in all of his official acts. In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office, the 26th day of February, A.D.1839 William W. Brazelton, Clerk State of Tennessee Franklin County I, Wallis Estill (?) Jr., chariman and presiding magistrate of the county court of said county certify that William W. Brazelton whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is and was Clerk of said county of the time of signing the same and that his attestation is in due form of Law and sealed with the county seal. Given under my hand and seal this 26th day of February A.D. 1839. W. Estill Jr. Chairman of Franklin County Court (followed by another certification by Will Fawcett! Copy of Power of Attorney, now on file with Jean Colyer Grumbling.POA located in Book 10, Page 147. "Tennessee" by Moore, pg. 102	Alexander Colyar
50	[ColyerV2.FTW] Subject moved with parents to Franklin County, c.1828; after leaving father’s farm From the Procedings of the Bar Association of Tennessee. REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS,’ I-Ion. Foster V. Brown, President: The Special Committee appointed to draft memorials of the members who have died since the former meet.ing, to be inserted in the published pro-ccedings of the Tennessee Bar Association, beg leave to submit the following : ARTHUR ST, CLAIR COLYAR. ’ Col. Arthur St. Clair Colyar was born in a dwelling sit-uated on the banks of the historic Nolachucky River, in Wash- _ ington County, seven miles west of Jonesboro, June 23, 1815, and died at Nashville, December 13, 1907. His long life, thcre-fore, extended over a period of more than 89 years. During this lapse of time, beginning almost with the infancy of the country, what a kaleidescope of change passed before his discerning eyes ! When he was about nine years old his father, Alexander Colyar, ‘removed to Hillsboro in what is now Franklin County, -and, as the father was a farmer, Arthur began industrial life as a plow boy, and received onlysuch education as could be had in a pioneer country. -At the age of ‘22 he entered the office of Col. Micah Tane, of VJinchester, as a law student. In 1846 he obtained his license and formed a partnership with W. P. Hickerson, at Winchester. Here he soon made a reputation which encouraged him to venture into wider fields ; he removed in a few years to Winchester, and formed a partnership with his kinsman, A. S. Marks, who was afterwards Governor, and with John Frizzell, who afterward became a prominent man. Col. Colyar’s public spirit led -him into active politics, State and National. He was a member of the’ national convention in 1860, which nominated Bell and Everett for President and Vice-President respectively, on ‘the Whig ticket, and made an active canvass in favor of the ticket in the hope of saving the Union. He opposed secession, but at the parting of the ways . he cast his destiny with the South. He was elected to the Confederate Congress, in which he served with ‘the same zealand energy that always characterized the man. After the Civil \Var he settled at Nashville and practiced law, at one time in partnership with Henry S. Foote, and at other times alone, or in association with various other attorneys. * A fen- years after the close of the war he came connected as stockholder, director and president, of the Tennessee Coal and Railroad Railroad Company. afterward the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. He was not especially gifted as a business man, but by his efforts he saved the company from wreck, and so inspired the financial world with his confidence in the industry that it was placed on .he way to a success that has finally brought it to a very high place among the industries of the country. About this time he was very aggressive in his fight against a ring rule in the city of Nashville, which resulted in the city being placed in the hands of a receiver and in its complete relief from its distressing condition. In 1881 he took charge-of the American, a leading paper throughdut the State. His last important work was of a historic and ‘literary character, and in this, as a fitting climax to his laborious and zealous life, he left behind him the fruit of years of painstaking labor. Nothing that he ever did was perhaps more pleasing and gratifying to him than his authorship of the "Life and Times of Andrew Jackson", which is truly a monument to his industry in his old age. Col. Colyar was always prominent as a lawver especially as an advocate, being eloquent, strong in debate, and forceful in pursuit of what was right. He was a participant in many of the most important suits in both State and Federal Courts. Among other important cases, he represented the State in the United States Supreme Court in the boundnrv line case between Virginia and Tennessee, which he won in 1893. One of Col. Colyar’s most pronounced characteristics was his strong and enthusiastic interest in everything pertaining to public well-being and moral welfare. He was in deep sympathy with everything tending to the material prosperity of the country, and the intellectual, moral and religions culture of society, and was found among the active promoters of schools, colleges and churches, and was an ardent advocate of the establishment and construction of railroads,manufactories, mines and commercial and financial enterprises. He was an uncompromising’ friend of law and order, sobriety and purity -in individuals and government. He was a total abstainer and was the author of the Four Mile Law, one of the: most unique and successful bits of legislation that the country has known. His courage was almost unlimited. Like all posi-tive characters he occasionally fell into mistakes of judgment, and was sometimes criticised even when he was in the right. As might be expected of such an one, he sacrificed himself, so far as public office was concerned, and died a poor man, being in active practice almost to the end of his days. The objects and purposes of the Bar Association fell naturally in line with Col. - Colyar’s instincts and principles, for whatever organization tended or purposed to cultivate right dealing, right thinking and professional ethics could not fail to meet with his warm and enthusiastic sympathy and support To the end of his life these things were his guilding stars. [Collierj.ftw] Arthur St. Clair Colyar came from a poor family which eventually moved to Franklin co., Tennessee. He was self-educated and studied law. He maintained a law office in Nashville but did not live in that city until 1866. (His son, John B. Colyar, wrote A Boy's Opinion of General Lee). A Whig, he became a Constitutional Unionist and opposed immediate secession. In 1863, he risked his life by defending Tennessee Unionists who had been unlawfully arrested. He was elected to the second House in May, 1864. He served on the Ways and Means Committee, generally supported the administration, and favored extending the tax-in-kind. He was a staunch opponent of any special priveliges for Southern corporations. Along with John B. Baldwin of Virginia, he tried to pressure Congress into negotiations with the North even before the Hampton Roads meeting. After the war, Colyar became an important Democratic party leader but lost the race for governor in 1878. Colyar was an active lawyer who wrote for the Confederate Veteran. He also reorganized the Tennessee Coal and Railroad Company and became its president. He was considered a conservative because of his 1867 appeal to allow the freedman the vote. From 1881 to 1884, he edited the Nashville American. He also wrote the Life and Times of Andrew Jackson. He died in Nashville December 13, 1907. from Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy Jon L. Wakelyn Westport, CT 1977 Arthur St. Clair Colyar came from a poor family which eventually moved to Franklin, Tennessee. He was self-educated and studied law. He maintained a law office in Nashville but did not live in that city until 1866. (His son, John B. Colyar, wrote A Boy's Opinion of General Lee). A Whig, he became a Constitutional Unionist and opposed immediate secession. In 1863, he risked his life by defending Tennessee Unionists who had been unlawfully arrested. He was elected to the second House in May, 1864. He served on the Ways and Means Committee, generally supported the administration, and favored extending the tax-in-kind. He was a staunch opponent of any special priveliges for Southern corporations. Along with John B. Baldwin of Virginia, he tried to pressure Congress into negotiations with the North even before the Hampton Roads meeting. After the war, Colyar became an important Democratic party leader but lost the race for governor in 1878. Colyar was an active lawyer who wrote for the Confederate Veteran. He also reorganized the Tennessee Coal and Railroad Company and became its president. He was considered a conservative because of his 1867 appeal to allow the freedman the vote. From 1881 to 1884, he edited the Nashville American. He also wrote the Life and Times of Andrew Jackson. He died in Nashville December 13, 1907. from Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy by Jon L. Wakelyn, Westport, CT 1977 He moved with parents to Franklin County, c.1828; after leaving father’s farm From the Procedings of the Bar Association of Tennessee. REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS,’ Hon. Foster V. Brown, President: The Special Committee appointed to draft memorials of the members who have died since the former meet.ing, to be inserted in the published proceedings of the Tennessee Bar Association, beg leave to submit the following : ARTHUR ST, CLAIR COLYAR. Col. Arthur St. Clair Colyar was born in a dwelling situated on the banks of the historic Nolachucky River, in Washington County, seven miles west of Jonesboro, June 23, 1815, and died at Nashville, December 13, 1907. His long life, therefore, extended over a period of more than 89 years. During this lapse of time, beginning almost with the infancy of the country, what a kaleidescope of change passed before his discerning eyes ! When he was about nine years old his father, Alexander Colyar, ‘removed to Hillsboro in what is now Franklin County, -and, as the father was a farmer, Arthur began industrial life as a plow boy, and received onlysuch education as could be had in a pioneer country. -At the age of ‘22 he entered the office of Col. Micah Tane, of Winchester, as a law student. In 1846 he obtained his license and formed a partnership with W. P. Hickerson, at Winchester. Here he soon made a reputation which encouraged him to venture into wider fields ; he removed in a few years to Winchester, and formed a partnership with his kinsman, A. S. Marks, who was afterwards Governor, and with John Frizzell, who afterward became a prominent man. Col. Colyar’s public spirit led -him into active politics, State and National. He was a member of the’ national convention in 1860, which nominated Bell and Everett for President and Vice-President respectively, on ‘the Whig ticket, and made an active canvass in favor of the ticket in the hope of saving the Union. He opposed secession, but at the parting of the ways . he cast his destiny with the South. He was elected to the Confederate Congress, in which he served with ‘the same zealand energy that always characterized the man. After the Civil \Var he settled at Nashville and practiced law, at one time in partnership with Henry S. Foote, and at other times alone, or in association with various other attorneys. * A fen- years after the close of the war he came connected as stockholder, director and president, of the Tennessee Coal and Railroad Railroad Company. afterward the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. He was not especially gifted as a business man, but by his efforts he saved the company from wreck, and so inspired the financial world with his confidence in the industry that it was placed on .he way to a success that has finally brought it to a very high place among the industries of the country. About this time he was very aggressive in his fight against a ring rule in the city of Nashville, which resulted in the city being placed in the hands of a receiver and in its complete relief from its distressing condition. In 1881 he took charge-of the American, a leading paper throughdut the State. His last important work was of a historic and ‘literary character, and in this, as a fitting climax to his laborious and zealous life, he left behind him the fruit of years of painstaking labor. Nothing that he ever did was perhaps more pleasing and gratifying to him than his authorship of the "Life and Times of Andrew Jackson", which is truly a monument to his industry in his old age. Col. Colyar was always prominent as a lawver especially as an advocate, being eloquent, strong in debate, and forceful in pursuit of what was right. He was a participant in many of the most important suits in both State and Federal Courts. Among other important cases, he represented the State in the United States Supreme Court in the boundnrv line case between Virginia and Tennessee, which he won in 1893. One of Col. Colyar’s most pronounced characteristics was his strong and enthusiastic interest in everything pertaining to public well-being and moral welfare. He was in deep sympathy with everything tending to the material prosperity of the country, and the intellectual, moral and religions culture of society, and was found among the active promoters of schools, colleges and churches, and was an ardent advocate of the establishment and construction of railroads,manufactories, mines and commercial and financial enterprises. He was an uncompromising’ friend of law and order, sobriety and purity -in individuals and government. He was a total abstainer and was the author of the Four Mile Law, one of the: most unique and successful bits of legislation that the country has known. His courage was almost unlimited. Like all posi-tive characters he occasionally fell into mistakes of judgment, and was sometimes criticised even when he was in the right. As might be expected of such an one, he sacrificed himself, so far as public office was concerned, and died a poor man, being in active practice almost to the end of his days. The objects and purposes of the Bar Association fell naturally in line with Col. - Colyar’s instincts and principles, for whatever organization tended or purposed to cultivate right dealing, right thinking and professional ethics could not fail to meet with his warm and enthusiastic sympathy and support To the end of his life these things were his guilding stars. [Colyer.FTW] Subject moved with parents to Franklin County, c.1828; after leaving father’s farm Mr. A.S Colyar book entitled "Life and Times of Andrew Jackson" on page 27, Vol I, says that he was the great-grandson of Samuel Sherill.	Arthur St. Clair Colyar