The above photo is of Scarecorn Creek, just west of Hinton, Georgia, in the
Talking Rock District of Pickens County. This is probably land once owned by
William James Collins, son of Jacob Collins, Sr., and Mary Martin of Lincoln
County, North Carolina. If any of this makes sense to you, you are probably in
the right place. This website is devoted to relatives and descendants of Jacob
and Mary, especially their children who settled in Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer,
Gordon, Pickens and Whitfield Counties in Georgia in the 1840s. The information
on this website was gathered from census records, other websites, and historical
documents, and is an attempt to create a central resource for all things
Collins.
Please note that this is not a typical genealogy site. Long
lists of names and dates bore me. What I have tried to do is get a sense of the
stories behind the names and dates by relying on family accounts and historical
records. As such, there are no family trees here, and all the information is
written in paragraph form.
I have also tried to be faithful to the
historical records, but the process necessarily includes both induction and
speculation on my part, so I make no claim of absolute accuracy. And I have
tried to cite all sources, but I know that some have inevitably been left out.
However, I envision this page as a living organism, continually growing and
revising itself as new information becomes available, and welcome any comments,
corrections, and amendments. I try to update this site as new information
presents itself.
This is a labor of love and I need no other
compensation for it, but I am unemployed, poor and in ill health, so any
contributions are welcome.
Thanks,
M. T. Smith, gg-grandchild of Ursula Collins
To
contact me or to send corrections, additions, and photos to this website, send
them to <upmytree@inbox.com>.