SIXTH GENERATION

48. John COLLINS was born in 1777 in , Sussex, New Jersey, USA. He died before 1858. I had previously supposed John Collins was born in Virginia, but the
IGI file has him born in New Jersey.

Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants:
Grayson County

18 Oct 1804 175 a On the head of Meadow Creek and on the waters of
Little River branches of New River.
30 June 1807 120 a. On the waters of Rockey Creek a branch of New
River
30 Sept 1840 200 a. See Collins, Randolph and Collins, John

Southwest Virginia Tax Assessments 1815
John Collins (Collens), one farm on the waters of Little River joining
the lands of William Conley, 105 acres having thereon two cabbens
[sic] and one tub grist mill, one stable, valued at $160; a tract on
the waters of Meadow Creek joining the lands of Chesley Ward, 175
acres, having thereon two cabbens, valued at $150; total $310.

John was living with son Elijah in the 1850 Census. He was married to Effie CONLEY in Baywood, Grayson, VA, USA.

49. Effie CONLEY was born in 1775 in of Baywood, Grayson, VA, USA. She died in 1830. Children were:

24 i. Elijah COLLINS.