Gilson Olliver Collins

1826 - Aft 1900  (~ 75 years)

• Name	Gilson Olliver Collins
  Birth	Apr 1826	, Brunswick County, Virginia Colony,
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1900	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Notes	Gilson O. Collins was a Union supporter during the Civil War, and took part in the destruction of bridges as a member of the 'Bridge Burners'. He and his brother Watson served in the Second East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. He served briefly as the Carter County Registrar in 1872. From the History of the 13th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, US Army CAPTAIN GILSON O. COLLINS, CO. M. Gilson O. Collins is a Carter county man, and remained steadfast to the Union cause through many dangers and difficulties. Being a man of decided opinions and with courage to assert and maintain them, he early lost favor with the Confederate authorities. After assisting to burn the bridge at Union, or Zollicoffer, as detailed elsewhere, and engaging in the Carter county rebellion he fled to Kentucky and joined the 2d Tennessee Mounted Infantry and served with that regiment until its capture, Nov. 6, 1863. Collins, at that time a private soldier absented himself from his command on account of striking a Federal officer for making disparaging remarks about Tennesseeans, and though his absence was known and approved by Col. Carter he was marked on his company rolls as a deserter. Since the war the facts were made known and he received an honorable discharge from th? 2d Tennessee Infantry as well as from the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry. Captain Collins was commissioned as Captain March 22d, 1865, and assigned to duty with Company M. He was in command of his company in the last Stoneman raid in pursuit of President Davis. Captain Collins is still living near Valley Forge, Carter countv. Tenn. 1900 Carter County, TN Census 14th District Household 59 Gilson CollinsApr 1826 74VA NC VA Pallis V. Jun 1848 51TN NC NC Bessie L. McKiney Aug 1887 12TN TN TN NieceMcKiney lined through Kate McKineyJun 1830 70TN NC NC Sister in Law Sarah J. AllenJan 1816 84VA NC VA Sister
  Person ID	I8986	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	Gilson Oliver Collins,   b. Abt 1792, Patrick County, , , Virginia d. Aft 18 Jun 1852, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Martha Campbell,   b. Abt 1791, , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, d. Aft 1850 (Age ~ 60 years)
  Marriage	8 Feb 1816	Washington County, , , Virginia
  Family ID	F3544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emily P. Fletcher,   b. 27 Sep 1827, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 6 Feb 1872, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1849	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  	Something happened between 1870 and 1880 which caused the family to split up. Perhaps it was the death of Emily Collins, as she does not appear on the 1880 Carter Census. In 1880: James and Jane are living in the household of the Reverend J.H. Hyder. Olly is living with James Scott and working in the Scott Mill. Samuel and Cordia are living with their sister in the household of Elbert Glover and his wife Anna C. Collins Glover. Maggie and Sally are living with their brother, Christopher. Gilson Olliver is living with Niel and Kate Carriger.
  Children	1. Christian E.C. Collins,   b. Jul 1849, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 31 Jul 1926, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 77 years)   2. Amey C. Collins,   b. Abt 1851, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. Abt 1925, Sullivan County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 74 years)   3. James P.C. Collins,   b. Abt 1853, Carter County, , , Tennessee   4. Jane Leah Collins,   b. 10 Nov 1855, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 14 Aug 1900, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 44 years)   5. Martha "Mattie" Collins,   b. 4 Feb 1857, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 27 Feb 1926, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 69 years)   6. Samuel P. Collins,   b. 4 Jan 1859, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 24 Apr 1914, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 55 years)   7. Gilson Olliver "Ollie" Collins, Jr.,   b. 3 Nov 1861, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 29 Aug 1927, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 65 years)   8. Cordia Collins,   b. Abt 1866, Carter County, , , Tennessee   9. Margaret J. 'Maggie' Collins,   b. 1 Aug 1868, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 11 Nov 1884, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 16 years)   10. Sally Collins,   b. Abt 1870, Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Family ID	F178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Polly Verda McKinney,   b. Abt 1848, , Giles County, Tennessee,
  Marriage	10 Jun 1887	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Family ID	F3834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart