Valentine Collins found in Records of Rockingham County, North Carolina 1786

I have been on a quest to find more information about my 5x great grandfather...I was recently given this information about him being on a Tax list and he is listed as having no land but is taxed on 1 poll.  Also on this list is a Jordan Gibson...

These records were found by Susan Higgins Williams a fellow cousin and an avid researcher of the Gibsons....

https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=1&place=393039&lifeEvent=105057&lifeEventRecordTypes=124032&rmsId=TH-909-71612-85793-45&imageIndex=116&singleView=true&fbclid=IwAR1JoDSvbggHMm5xB6RtXDB8MtTNXY5LGb4CeCKn0vZgCXjiHrmlDCcHoZc

So we can find Valentine Collins in Rockingham County, North Carolina in 1786...

After talking to another cousin, Patrick Nichols, informed me that the law was changed in 1784 to this...

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1784

North Carolina. General Assembly

April 19, 1784 - June 03, 1784

Volume 24, Pages 543-649

-------------------- page 543 --------------------

LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1784.

At a General Assembly begun and held at Hillsborough, on the Nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Four, and in the Eighth Year of the Independence of the Said State: Being the first session of this Assembly. Alexander Martin, Esq., Governor.

CHAPTER I.

An Act to amend an Act, intituled, An Act for ascertaining what property in this State shall be deemed taxable property, the method of assessing the same, and collecting public Taxes.

I. Be it Enacted by the General Asembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby Enacted by the authority of the same, that all lands as described by the aforementioned Act, town lots with their improvements, all free males and servants twenty-one years old or upwards, and all slaves male and female between the age of twelve and fifty years within this State, shall be subject to the payment of public taxes, and the public taxes on such property and persons shall be assessed and proportioned as follows, viz: All lands shall be liable to be taxed by the quantity, and freemen and male servants twenty-one years old and upwards, and slaves male and female between the age of twelve and fifty years, shall be subject to a poll-tax.

 

Thank you Patrick for this information...So we now can put Valentine Collins born about 1765...

I haven't searched any other records in Rockingham County other than land records looking for Collins where I did find that a William  C. Collins and his wife Hannah sold their property in 1854...https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYD-8S4P-6?cat=386882 

I am not sure if this could be Valentine's brother or cousin or what...but it gives us another clue!!

 

 

 

Are Valentine Collins and Vardy Collins brothers?

 Valentine Collins and Vardy Collins are not brothers, at least not through their father's lines.  According to this website:  https://www.familytreedna.com/public/coremelungeon?iframe=yresults 

Now with that being said it is entirely possible that they have the same mother. But as of yet we have no proof of Valentine's or Vardy's mother....

Valentine Collins and Dicy his wife sell property in Morgan County, Kentucky

 Valentine Collins and wife Dicy sell their property to Rufus Humphrey December 19, 1839.

Morgan County, Kentucky Deeds Volume E years 1823-1850 pg. 45 & 46

(pg 45) This Indenture made and entered into this 19th day of December 1839 Between Voluntine Collins and Dicy Collins his wife of the one part and Rufus Humphreys of the other part both of the County of Morgan and State of Kentucky witnesseth that the said Voluntine & Dicy his wife for & in consideration of three hundred dollars to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby Acknowledged hath bargained and sold & by these presents Doth grant bargain & sell unto the Rufus Humphrey his heirs & assigns all that tract or parcel of Land where said Collins now lives Situate and being on the corner(?) by aforesaid on the waters of the Newcum for of Little Sandy and bounded as follows  to wit    in two Surveys on Beginning at a Spruce Pine a corner to a Survey of Henry (?) Base at his Sugar Camp. Place thence East Crossing the fallen branch 36 pole to 3 Spruce Pines on the lope(?) of the cliffs of Nucum thence with the cliffs S47 E 18 poles to 3 Spruce Pines on the Cliffs  S 44 W 60 poles to 3 large white oaks in the gap of a ridge W22 poles to a beech popular and Sugartree N65 W 76 poles to two white oaks On the side of a ridge Same Course continued 300 poles to a Stake N 5 E 60 poles to a Stake S 85 E 310 poles to the Beginning Containing one hundred acres Be the Same more or less  the other on Nucuum For of Little Sandy including A Sugar camp of Henry Bares? and bounded as followeth  to wit) Beginning a A popular & 2 beeches S 40 W 20 poles to a Sugar tree S 60 E 80 poles to a White Oak N 85 E 45 poles to a Spruce Pine N 40 E 80 poles to a stake including the river N 50 W 20 poles to a stake S 12 W 150 poles to the beginning containing 100 acres making 200 acres in the whole tracts be the same more or less  Together with all & singular the appertenances unto the said Rufus Humprey his heirs & assigns forever and the said Voluntine Collins and Dicy for themselves Their heirs & the aforesaid tracts of land and appertenances have conveyed the same to the said Rufus Humphrey his heirs & assigns against the claim or claims of all and every person or persons whatever doth and will warrant and defend by these presents In witness whereof the said Voluntine Collins Together with Dicy his wife who hereby Relinquishs her right of Dower in & to the lands conveyed to this deed hath hereunto set their hands & seals the day & date first written

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the Presents of

Lewis Kendall

Pleasant Adams

Voluntine Collins
   (his mark)
         X
Dicy Collins
   (her mark)
        X

(pg 46)
Commonwealth of Kentucy Morgan County

     I John M.(?) Hazelrigg clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid do certify that this deed of conveyance from Voluntine Collins to Rufus Humphrey was prove ^before me^ by the Oath of Lewis Kendall on the 1st day of August 1840 & on this day by the oath of Pleasant Adams to be the act and deed have and seal of the said Collins for the purpose therein contained and Thereupon the same is Together with this certificate Duly recorded in my office Given under my hand this 28th day of September 1846.
} att   Jn. W or M.(?) Hazelrigg Clk.

Valentine Collins "A Lighthouse in the Wilderness History of the Clear Fork Baptist Church"

In my research for my elusive ancestor Valentine Collins, I came across some information that he was in the minutes of a book title ...."A Lighthouse in the Wilderness  History of the Clear Fork Baptist Church" Published by the Clear Fork Baptist Church Albany, Kentucky. 

Now what Valentine Collins was doing in that area we really have no idea....other than there is mention of a William Bunch....possibly his uncle or father...still no information on who Valentine's Bunch father is at the time of this writing.

Here is a link to the book so you can download it and read it at your convenience.  https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/25698-a-lighthouse-in-the-wilderness-history-of-the-clear-fork-baptist-church-with-facsimile-pages-from-the-church-minutes-from-1802-to-1902?offset=2&fbclid=IwAR2ms-BHj9Q2hjV7TJylux6HLJJR0QGJZi0_pLjfaSIBBprZu_Izur_5Fuw

Here are the excerpts of the information that I found on Bunch, Collins and Cole. 

from page 107..." The church met on the fourth Saturday in December 1805 and after prayers proceeds. 1st Bro. Michael Speck reports that he cited Bro. Wm. Bunch to appointment make last church meeting and Bro. Bunch made objections and refused to come and the church appointed Bro. Michael Speck and Bro. James Wood and Bro. Wm. Wood to visit Bro. Bunch and endevor to labor with him and report next church meeting."

 from page 108..." The church met on the fourth Saturday in January 1806 and after prayer proceeds. 1st Wm. Bunch excluded from the church for disorderly conduct and a contempt? against the church in withholding an acknowledgement from the church while the report was know condeming the conduct lay against him. "

 from page 112...." The church met on the third Saturday in September 1806 and after prayer proceeds. 1st A door being opened received Mary Trigg (Frogg) by letter, also Valentine Collinson, received under the watch case of this church. "

from page 114..."The church met on the fourth Saturday in January 1807 and after prayer proceeds. 1st Bro. Brock suspended by the church and the case continued till next meeting. 2nd The referance from October meeting laid till the church meeting in may. 3rd The church taken of a change against Valentine Collins in your various observations made and appointed Bro. Wm. Wood and Isaac Denton to cit him to next church meeting."

In the next entry it states that the "case respecting Bro. Collins continued till next meeting."

  from page 115...."The church met on the fourth Saturday in March 1807 and after prayer proceeds. 1st Bro Collins came forward and after examining the charge against him the church thinks is proper to continue him under sispence till satisfaction is given respecting a report of a contradiction existing in the where his membership is."

 from page 117..."The church met on the fourth Saturday in July 1807 and after prayer proceeds......4th The church takes iy? a charge againsts Valentin Collins who is a trancient member under supence for prevailing action. And the church appoints Bro. Jessie Robert and Bro John Lee to cite him to the next church meeting. "

 from page 118...The church met on the fourth Saturday in August 1807 and after prayer proceeds. ....2nd The case of Vallentine Collins laid over until next meeting lead and approved. "

also from page 118... "The church met on the fourth Saturday in September 1807 and after prayer proceeds. 1st Valentine Collins who was a trancient member under the watch care of this church and suspended on a former report of a contradiction existing between him and some of the members where his membership and charges here being taken in against him for pevoctions and after due labour used with him and he neglected to hear the church. The church declares an unfellowship with him and agrees to inform the church on Black Water. And Bro. Isaac Denton, Wm Goodson, Harden Williams appointed to write to Black Water church in Valentine Callins case --in Bro. Samuel Coles case mentioned at last meeting. 2nd The church agrees that Bro James Williams keep the horse (house) which was was formerly provided by the Bever (Beaver) Creek Church for the use of Bro. Bunch by paying $3.50 to Bro. John Lee in trade and $3.00 to Moses Beck in trade and the expences of making Bro. Bunches coffin. "

 

So from this we can assume that Valentine Collins was at or near Albany, Clinton County, Kentucky from September 1806, until sometime around September 1807.   

 

Valentine Collins and Dicey Gibson Collins (children)

Here I am going to list the children that I have been able to find that are possibly Valentine and Dicey's Children...However.....We are not sure when they got married exactly, so it is possible that Valentine had children with a first wife, and that Dicey had children by a first husband.......

1) Hiram Collins b. 1800-1810 d. before 1850?

2) Shepherd Collins b. 1802-1810 

  Here is what I have found on Shepherd....Formation of Breathitt County, Kentucky taken from Wikipedia...On February 6, 1839, a portion of Clay (along with portions of Estill and Perry Counties) was partitioned off to create Breathitt County. It was named for Governor John Breathitt.[4]

***1840 Breathitt County, Kentucky Census***

Shepherd Collins is listed as having the following in his household.
02001 males
20001 females

2 males b. 1830-1835
1 male b. 1810-1820 (This would be Shepherd)

2 females b. 1835-1840
1 female b. 1810-1820 (This would be Polly)

***1850 Breathitt County, Kentucky Census***

Shepherd Collins age 38 (b. abt 1812)
Polly (his wife) age 38 (b. abt 1812)
     children listed in his household are as follows:
John age 16 (b. about 1834)
Hiram age 14 (b. abt. 1836)
Sally age 11 (b. abt 1839)
Fereby age 10 (b. abt 1840)
Susannah age 7 (b. abt 1843)
Dicey age 5 (b. abt 1845)

***1860 Breathitt County, Kentucky Census***
Enumeration Date: July 24, 1860

Household # 717

Shep Collins, age 55, (b. abt 1805), male, farmer, Value of Real Estate $100, Value of Personal Estate, $150, Place of birth, Kentucky

Polly Collins, age 54, ( b. abt 1806), female, Place of Birth, Kentucky

Children of Shep and Polly Collins are listed as the following:

Sarah, age 20, (b. abt, 1840) female, Place of Birth, Kentucky
Phobee, age 18, (b. abt 1842) female, Place of Birth, Kentucky
Susana, age 16, (b. abt 1844) female, Place of Birth, Kentucky
Dicy, age 14, (b. abt 1846) female, Place of Birth, Kentucky
Adam, age 9, (b. abt 1851) male, Place of Birth, Kentucky

***1870 Breathitt County, Kentucky Census***

We find Shepherd Collins listed next door to his son John Collins.

Shepherd age 60, b. in Kentucky about 1810
Polly age 63 b. in Kentucky about 1807

Also listed in the household are the following

Susan age 21 (b. abt 1849)
Diancy age 19 (b. abt 1851)
Babary age 30 (possible daughter in law?) (b. abt. 1840)
Pollyann age 10 (b. abt 1860)
Oathra (male) age 7 (b. abt 1863)
Adam age 1 (b. abt 1869)

***1880 Breathitt County, Kentucky Census***

Shepheard Collins age 78 born about 1802
Polly (his wife) age 78 born about 1802
Susannah daughter age 25 born about 1855
Dicy daughter age 23 born about 1857
Sally Cole daughter age 35 born about 1845
Rhoda grand daughter age 10 born about 1870
Leander grand son age 8 born about 1872

3) Obedience Collins b. 1804 Virginia d. 1839 Magoffin County, Kentucky (according to some others)

Obedience married a man by the name of William Cole....According to their first child's birth Obedience would have been 8 years old if she was born in 1804.... which this is highly unlikely....I would presume that she would have to have been at least 13 years old....so more than likely she is one of the 2 females listed in William Cole's  census record below....born 1791-1800.

***1830 Census, Floyd County, Kentucky***

William Cole
20102 males
122102 females

2 males under 5 (born 1825-1830)
1 male 10-14 (born 1816- 1820)
2 males 20-29 (born 1801-1810)

1 female under 5 (born 1825-1830)
2 females 5-9 (born 1821-1825)
2 females 10-14 (1816-1820)
1 female 15-19 (born 1811-1815)
2 females 30-39 (b 1791-1800)

4) Joshua Collins b. abt 1805 in Hawkins County, Tennessee ? (not sure if it is Hawkins, but he was born in Tennessee. d. Feb. 7, 1854. 

 Joshua Collins--- Age 48 Parents: Valentine and Dicy Collins Born Tennessee and died in Johnson County, Kentucky on 7 Feb 1854.

****1830 Floyd County, Kentucky Census****

We find Joshua Collins listed as head of household.
Listing is as follows:  10001 males and 11001 Females...
All listed as white.

1 male under 5 (this would be William born 1829)
1 male 20 and under 30 (this would be Joshua born about 1805)
1 female under 5
1 female 5 and under 10 (this would be Louisa Dale b.1820-1825 , Elizabeth's child before she married Joshua)
1 female 20 and under 30 (this would be Elizabeth born about 1805)





In 1850 we find Joshua Collins in Johnson County, Kentucky with a wife and 7 children.

1850 Census Records, Johnson County, Kentucky
Census date September 11, 1850

House # 383

Joshua Collins      45     m     farmer       Value of real estate 1000   born in Tennessee  cannot read or write
Elizabeth               45      f                                                                      born in North  Carolina
William                   21     m    farmer                                                     born in Kentucky
Elijah                      19     m                                                                     born in Kentucky
Elisha                     17     m                                                                    born in Kentucky
Lydia                      13     f                                                                       born in Kentucky
Allen                       11     m                                                                     born in Kentucky
Cynthia                    9     f                                                                       born in Kentucky
Elizabeth                  7     f                                                                       born in Kentucky

5) David Collins b. 1807 in Virginia  d. ?

**1870 Barnett's Creek, Johnson County, Kentucky**

David Collins age 60 (b. abt 1810) born in Virginia race: Indian
Wife
Polly Collins age 70 (b. abt 1800) born in Virginia race: Indian

Malissa age 30 (b. abt 1840) born in Kentucky race: Indian
Juliann age 11 (b. abt. 1859) born in Kentucky race: Indian

6) Margaret "Peggy" Collins b. 1809 Kentucky?  because she states that she isn't sure where she was born....married Christopher Auxier August 23, 1827 in Lawrence County, Kentucy.

***1850 Census, Floyd County, Kentucky***
Enumeration Date: August 21, 1850

Margaret Auxier "listed as Aurier on Census Records".

Maragert Aurier (Auxier) age 40, (b. abt 1810), Female, Mulatto, Unknown Birthplace

Children listed in household are as follows:
All children listed as born in Kentucky

Allred Auxier, age 22, (b. abt. 1828), Male, Mulatto
Barbary Auxier, age 17, ( b. abt 1833), Female, Mulatto
Ezekial Auxier, age 13, (b. abt 1837), Male, Mulatto
French Auxier, age 9, (b. abt 1841), Male, Mulatto
Hiram Auxier, age 7, (b. abt 1843), Male, Mulatto
Clarah Auxier, age 6, (b. abt 1844) Female, Mulatto
Doctor Auxier, age 3, (b. abt 1847), Male, Mulatto
Teira Auxier, age 8/12 (b. January,1850), Female, Mulatto

7) Elijah Collins b. abt 1812 in Kentucky 

* 1850 Census*

Elijah Collins age 35 (b. 1815) male, black
Darcus Collins age 32 (b. 1818) female, black

children are as follows:

Elizabeth, age 13, (b. 1837) female, black
Sidney, age 8, (b. 1842) male, black
Phebe, age 5, (b. 1845) female, black
John, age 4, (b. 1846) male, black
Elijah, age 2, (b. 1848) male, black

*1860 Census*
Enumeration date is June 18, 1860
All listed as Mulatto

Elijah Collins age 47 (b. 1813)
Dorcas age 38 (b. 1822)

children are as follows:

Sidney age 16 female (b. 1844)
Phobe age 14 female (b. 1846)
John age 12 male (b. 1848)
Elijah age 10 male (b. 1850)
Franklin age 8 male (b. 1852)
William age 6 male (b. 1854)
George B. age 5 male (b. 1855)

8) Otary Collins b. 1816 in Kentucky

***1840 Census, Morgan County, Kentucky***
**Note**
Listed as "Free Colored"

Otry Collins
101000 males
100000 females

1 male age under 10 (b. 1830-1840
1 male age 24 to 36 (b. 1804 - 1816)
1 female age under 10 (b. 1830-1840)

***1850 Census, Johnson County, Kentucky***

Household # 319
No Race is listed

Otary Collins, age 34, male, Farmer, born in Kentucky (b.1816)
Francis, (wife), age 34, female, born unknown (b.1816)

Children listed in household as all born in Kentucky
Amanda, age 14, female (b. 1836)
Amos D., age 11, male (b. 1839)
Eliza J., age 6, female (b. 1844)
John, age 5, male (b. 1845)


***1860 Census, Johnson County, Kentucky***
Paintsville, Kentucky
Enumeration Date:  June 28, 1860

Otrey Collins, age 44, (b. abt 1816), white, born in Tennessee
Frances Collins (wife), age 44, (b. abt 1816),white, born in Virginia

Children listed in the household are as follows:

Elijah Collins, male, age 17, (b. abt 1843), white, born in Kentucky
Joshua Collins, male, age 15, (b. abt 1845), white, born in Kentucky
Doctor Auxier, male, age 13, (b. abt 1847), white, born in Kentucky

***Note Doctor Auxier is also listed in Margaret Auxier's census report 1850 Floyd County, Kentucky***
Margaret Auxier is Margaret Collins who married Christopher Auxier.  Doctor would be Otery's nephew.



**1870 Census, Barnett's Creek, Johnson County, Kentucky**

Household #12
Oatery Collins age 54 ( b. abt 1816) born in Tennessee race: Indian
Francis (wife) age 55 (b. abt 1815) born in Virginia race: Indian

Also listed in Oatery's household are:

Eliza J. Blanton age 27 (b. about  1843) born in Kentucky race: Indian
assuming these are Eliza's children:
John A. Blanton age 7 (b. abt 1863) born in Kentucky race: white
Amanda Blanton age 4 (b. abt 1866) born in Kentucky race: white
Ellen Blanton age 1 (b. abt. 1869) born in Kentucky race: white

*Note*
According to what I have found online...Eliza married John H. Blanton

Valentine Collins

 This is what I have personally found for Valentine Collins (Mulengeon) Okay so Wilkes County, North Carolina wasn't formed until 1778...So it is not possible for Valentine Collins to be born in Wilkes County!!!!! Or is it??????

{Per Wikipedia}

The county was formed on April 20, 1778 by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 from parts of Surry County and Washington District (now Washington County, Tennessee). The first session of the county court was held in John Brown's house near what is today Brown's Ford. The act creating the county became effective on February 15, 1778, and the county celebrates its anniversary as February 15. Wilkes County was named for the English political radical John Wilkes, who lost his position as Lord Mayor of the City of London due to his support for the colonists during the American Revolution.

If he was born in the surrounding area of what in 1778 became Wilkes then he had to have been born in {Washington District or Surry County} either one will work but just not Wilkes!!!

Valentine Collins

**Listed in 1790 Census, Wilkes County, North Carolina**

Vol Collins 1-0-2
1 free white male 16 & up
0 free white females under 16
2 free white females


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Valentine is found on the Wilkes County Tax List, 1797 listed as owning 50 acres and 1 pole. Also listed in this record is a "Martin Gipson".  I think this is the same Martin Gipson/Gibson that is Dicey's Brother.  Record can be found here.....https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-X312-X?i=217&cat=1689329

Ashe County was created from Wilkes County in 1799.... From Wikipedia....The North Carolina legislature created Ashe County in late 1799 with an area of 977 square miles (2,530 km2).  


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So...Here are the adjacent counties to Wilkes...Lookie here...Ashe County, North Carolina where Valentine, Vardy Collins are both listed in the 1800 census...Adjacent counties are as follows:

Alexander County (south)
Alleghany County (north)
Ashe County (northwest)
Caldwell County (southwest)
Iredell County (southeast)
Surry County (northeast)
Watauga County (west)
Yadkin County (east)

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However it is very possible and extremely probable that Valentine Collins, Ambrose Collins, Vardy Collins and Thomas Collins never moved...the County lines were moved.  Ashe County, North Carolina was developed in 1799.  

***Wikipedia*** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashe_County,_North_Carolina

"In the 1780s, Ashe County was a part of the self-declared "State of Franklin", within the boundaries of its Washington County. The "State of Franklin" marked the beginnings of the State of Tennessee. The North Carolina legislature created Ashe County in late 1799 with an area of 977 square miles (2,530 km2). Many family surnames noted in the 1800 Ashe County Census, Blevins, Hart, Bare, Barker, Stamper, Miller, Burkett, Gambill, Baldwin, and Ballou as a sample, are still present today. "

"Ashe County is located in extreme northwestern North Carolina. The county is bordered by two states: Virginia on the north; and Tennessee to the west."

Valentine Collins, Vardy Collins, and Thomas Collins are all listed in a book "Ashe County A History" by Aurthur R. Fletcher and this book can be found on www.familysearch.org and downloaded for free.

North Carolina

• In 1800 Valentine Collins is living in Morgan Twp., Ashe County, North Carolina. Vardery, Thomas and Ambrose Collins also. All listed as FPC  (Free Persons of Color)

****1800 Census of Morgan, Ashe County, North Carolina****

Valentine Collins Household is listed as 00000-00000-6
Ambrose Collins Household is listed as 00000-00000-4
Vardy Collins Household is listed as 00000-00000-4
Thomas Collins Household is listed as 00000-00000-7

The last # is listed in the column that states "All other persons except Indians not taxed".
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By 1801 we find Valentine over the border in Virginia in the Stony Creek Baptist Church minutes.....

In 1801 and then again in 1803 he is listed in the Minute Books for the Stony Creek Baptist Church which is in what is now Scott County, Virginia.  But before that it was.....from Wikipedia..."Scott County was formed by an act of the General Assembly on November 24, 1814, from parts of Washington, Lee, and Russell Counties" .

Stony Creek Baptist Church Minute Books

*Church Meeting December 1801

Comfort Osborn received but not baptised.  Nancy Gibson received by letter.  Valentine
Collins received by experience and baptised.  David Cox received by experience and
baptised.  Ellender Nelson rec'd by experience and baptised.  James Stanfield received
by experience and baptised.  Betsy Burton, Mary Stanfield, Susannah Marshall, David Cocks,
Margaret Carter received and baptised.
 

*April the 23 day 1803

Church meeting held at Stony Creek.  Brother Culberson and Brother Thomas
Marshel is to site Brother Giles Lea to appear at the next church meeting.  
Henry Leath laid over till next meeting.  Brother Charles Gibson and wife obtain
a letter of dismission.  Brother Valentine Collins and wife to receive a letter
of dismission.  Dismissed in order.  Brother John Brickey, Moderator.


"Stony Creek Baptist Church
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Jenny Stilwell - jstill@midohio.net
Stony Creek Baptist Church
Minute Books
1801 - 1811
1811 - 1814
Fort Blackmore
Scott County Virginia
This copy of what is perhaps the first book of the Stony Creek Primitive Baptist Church, located on Stony creek, near Fort Blackmore, Scott County, Virginia, was in the possession of Mr. Scott Beatright of Colburn, Virginia, whose grandfather was once a Minister of this church.
The book is written on paper and bound between covers made of home spun cloth. The
handwriting is very good and the ink has lasted well.
Copied August, 1966, by Emory L. Hamilton, Wise, Virginia, with a copy filed in
the Archives of the Southwest Virginia Historical Society, at Clinch Valley College,
Wise, Virginia and a copy sent to the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia."

http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/scott/church/stonycrk.txt?fbclid=IwAR1oX3xK-1NYLiTVfUew8_ghd14_-EARhddF7JdHn2-MVK4HsZgzWM7qqSQ

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A little History and Geography about Scott County, Virginia....
Scott County, Virginia taken from Wikipedia.....................

History
The early settlers found evidence of a former native village at the mouth of Stony Creek on the Clinch river.
Thomas McCulloch was the first white settler within the county, in 1769. Daniel Boone commanded several forts located here in 1774 during Dunmore's War, and several more were built in successive years. Even so, the Chickamauga Cherokee leader Bob Benge remained active in the area throughout this time, during the Cherokee–American wars, up until he was killed in 1794. By the times houses were built in the 1790s, the largely Scots-Irish population had increased by reason of its situation along the Wilderness Road. After Scott County was formed in 1814, the first court took place in 1815, and the first public schools in 1870.

Geography
Fall foliage at Natural Tunnel State Park in Scott County
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 539 square miles (1,400 km2), of which 536 square miles (1,390 km2) is land and 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) (0.6%) is water.
Adjacent counties
Wise County - north
Russell County - northeast
Washington County - east
Sullivan County, Tennessee - southeast
Hawkins County, Tennessee - south
Hancock County, Tennessee - southwest
Lee County - west
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But between 1803 and 1816 he has purchased several pieces of land in Tennessee. One of which is in Warren County, Tennessee next to Reuben Gibson...https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3658/images/41659_290519-00319?pId=1582

Warren County was established 26 November 1807 from part of White County. Early records may be found under White County. County seat: McMinnville.  (Information taken from Family Search . Org. )

 
So here we are again with him crossing "State Lines"....Because Hawkins and Hancock County Tennessee is where we find him next....listed in 1816....


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Tennessee

• 24 April 1816--- by Tenn. Grant No, 3770 Absalom Looney received 150 acres; also 45 acres on north side of Clinch River where Valentine Collins formerly lived.
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By 1820 he is listed in the Floyd County, Kentucky Census...as follows:

Kentucky

• 1820 Floyd County, Kentucky Census

***Valentine is listed as having 6 FPC in household.  No ages are listed***

***1820 Census, Floyd County, Kentucky***

Valentine Collins 1820 Census Floyd County, Kentucky...I have found the ages for the people that were in his household....

9 free colored males under 14 (born 1806-1820)
  1 of these would be David Collins b. 1807
  1 of these would be Otary Collins b. 1816


3 free male colored age 14-26 (born 1794- 1806)
   1 of these is Joshua Collins b. 1805

1 free colored male age 45 and up (born before 1775)
   This would be Valentine b. abt 1768

8 free colored females under 14 (born 1806-1820)
  1 of these would be Margaret Collins b. 1809

1 free colored female age 14-26 (born 1794-1806)
   This would be Obediah or Obediance Collins b. 1804

1 free colored female age 26-45 (born 1775 - 1794)
 

1 free colored female age 45 and up (born before 1775)
  This could be Valentine's wife possibly Dicey b. about 1763

Or at least I am HOPING that this is correct.

There were ten Collins families on the 1820 census. Valentine, Bradley, and Meredith were the only Collins' listed as FPC. Adam Burchfield was living between Valentine and Martin Gibson. Martin Gibson is thought to be the same Martin Gibson born about 1776 in Orange Co, North Carolina. He was bound to James Carrington in 1784 along with sisters Dicey and Susannah. Dicey may be the wife of Valentine Collins. 

Here is the link to Dicey Gibson and Martin Gibson being bound to James Carrington.... https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS35-4SSC-J?cat=474816

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• 1830 Floyd County, Kentucky census Valentine Collins is living next door to William Cole who is reported to have married Obediah (Biddy) Collins, daughter of Valentine.

***1830 Census, Floyd County, Kentucky page #49 of microfilm .pdf***

1 male under age 5 (b. 1825-1830)
1 male age 5 to 10 (b. 1820-1825)
1 male age 10 to 15 (b. 1815-1820)
1 male age 20 to 30 (b. 1800-1810)
1 male age 60 to 70 (b. 1760-1770)
1 female under 5 (b. 1825-1830)
4 females age 5 to 10 (b. 1820-1825)
1 female age 15 to 20 (b. 1810-1815)
1 female age 50 to 60 (b. 1770-1780)
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• Collins, Valentine

Acres: 100 Book: F-2

Survey Date: 10- 1-1833

County: Morgan

WaterCourse: Newcomb Fk Page:

Township: Range:

***Reference***

THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS Volume 1Part 1 page 512
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***1840 Census we find Valentine Collins in what is now Morgan County (Formerly Floyd), Kentucky (pg 326)***

Valentine Collins
Head
ages 60-70 (Born 1770-1780)
with him are these people listed
1 female age 50-60 (Born 1780-1790)
1 female age 40-50 ( Born 1790 - 1800)
2 female ages 15 -20 (Born 1820-1825)
1 female age 10-15 (Born 1825-1830)
1 male age 5-10 (Born 1830-1835)
2 males under 5 (Born 1835-1840)

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• 1844 2nd Sat Jul 13th; Met at meeting house. Bro. Samuel Smith, Mod. We give Bro. Valentine Collins and Sister Dicy Collins their letters of dismission.

***Reference***
STONE COAL CHURCH MINUTES. Part Four" (Contributed by Fred Vanderpool, Hippo, KY) in The Journal of the MAGOFFIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 23, Summer 2001, No. 2, page 57.

I personally do not think that Valentine and Dicey passed in Morgan County, Kentucky.  They received their letters of dismission...meaning...what exactly? 

My Great Grandfather- Chester Caudill

 My great grandfather, Chester Caudill, was born March 18, 1894 in Falcon, Magoffin County, Kentucky. His parents were Benjamin Lewis "Little Lewis" Caudill and Susan Emaline Lemaster.  He died Feb. 16, 1975 in Wakefield, Ohio.

As you can see by his obituary his name isn't correct, but several of the other things are correct. 

***Received from the "Garnet A. Wilson, Public Library of Pike County, 207 North Market Street, Waverly, Ohio 45690-1189"****


Note:  Obituary Notice has Charles Caudill, not Chester Caudill.

Obit notice as follows:

   Charles Caudill, 80 year-old retired farmer of Rt. 3, Lucasville, died at 2:45pm Sunday in the Pike County Hospital, where he had been a patient for eight days.  He had been in failing health recently.
   A native of Kentucky, he was born on Mar. 18, 1894 in Salyersville, a son of Lewis and Sue (LeMaster) Caudill.
   On Oct. 5, 1912 he married the former Abbie LeMaster, who died on Dec. 22, 1968.
   Surviving are three sons, Henry Caudill of Rt. 1, Piketon, and Victor J. Caudill and Charles E. Caudill, both of Marysville, O.; five daughters, Mrs. Una Mae Clark, Mrs. Roselee Trusty, Mrs. Mavis Gauer, and Mrs. Aileen Sims all of Brooksville, Fla.; 20 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren; one brother Charles Caudill of Portsmouth; and one sister, Mrs. Ruby Powers of Salyersville, Ky.
   Mr. Caudill was predeceased by his parents, his wife, one daughter and one son.
   Funeral services are scheduled to be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Howe Co. Funeral Home in Piketon, with Rev. R. G. Humble, officiating.  Burial will follow in the Bailey Chapel Cemetery, near Wakefield. Friends called at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, and from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. Tuesday.