b. Abt. 1723, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1791, Believed To Have Died in Georgia.
Notes for JOHN COLLINS IV:
Source is; "Biographical Directory Of The South Carolina Senate 1776 - 1985, Volume I, Abbott - Hill, by N. Louise Bailey, Mary L. Morgan and Carolyn R. Taylor. University Of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Pages 320 and 321.
"COLLINS, JOHN."
John Collins was living in Granville, South Carolina by 25 April 1765 when he received a grant for 200 acres at
the mouth of Steel Creek. He subsequently obtained additional grants for 1,023 acres in Orangeburg District,
including 400 acres on Lower Three Runs. The federal census of 1790 listed sixteen slaves as his property.
Collins represented the District Between Savannah River and North Fork of the Edisto River in the First (1775)
and second (1775 - 1776) Provincial Congress and in the First (1776), Third (1779 - 1780), Fourth (1782), and
Fifth (1783 - 1784) General Assemblies; his service in the Fifth General Assembly followed a special election and
qualification on 27 January 1784. In addition, he was a member of the Second General Assembly (1776 - 1778).
His home district elected him to the South Carolina Senate for the Eighth General Assembly (1789 - 1790). As a
delegate for the District Between Savannah River and North Fork of Edisto River, he voted at the state convention in favor of ratification of the federal Consttution (1788) and two years later attended the state constitutional convention (1790). John Collins also served his district as commissioner of elections (1788) and tax inquirer and collector (1779, 1784). Eighth General Assembly District (1789-1790) Between Savannah River and North Fork of Edisto River
Sources quoated in this book were;
Andrea files, roll 11. # 190, pp. 19, 20. Biographical Directory of the House, 1: 155, 157, 167, 175, 180, 193: 3:
148-149. Census 1790, 101: A. O. Collins, Ole Man Mose and his Chillun (Houston, Tex. 1974), pp.388-89.
Elliott, 4: 340. Grand Jury Lists, 1783. Journal of theConstitutional Convention 1790, 6. Journal of the
Convention of S.C, 1788, 49. Petit Jury Lists, 1788. Reynolds & Faunt. Royal Grants, 12: 180; 22: 492. Sally,
Orangeburg County, pp. 274, 275. SCHM. 7: 108; 34:202. SC Statutes, 4: 491, 632. State Grants, 8: 186, 204,
413; 17: 376.
Marriage Notes for JOHN COLLINS and UNKNOWN:
It is believed by this compiler that John "Jack" Collins and Moses Collins were the sons of this John Collins.
Children of JOHN COLLINS and UNKNOWN are:
45. i. JOHN "JACK"7 COLLINS, b. Bef. 1774, South Carolina; d. 1853, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
ii. MOSES COLLINS, b. October 21, 1785, South Carolina; d. March 14, 1858, New Albany, Mississippi; m.
ELIZABETH ( MRS. HOUPT) SMITH, January 18, 1810, Augusta, Georgia.
Notes for JOHN COLLINS IV:
Source is; "Biographical Directory Of The South Carolina Senate 1776 - 1985, Volume I, Abbott - Hill, by N. Louise Bailey, Mary L. Morgan and Carolyn R. Taylor. University Of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Pages 320 and 321.
"COLLINS, JOHN."
John Collins was living in Granville, South Carolina by 25 April 1765 when he received a grant for 200 acres at
the mouth of Steel Creek. He subsequently obtained additional grants for 1,023 acres in Orangeburg District,
including 400 acres on Lower Three Runs. The federal census of 1790 listed sixteen slaves as his property.
Collins represented the District Between Savannah River and North Fork of the Edisto River in the First (1775)
and second (1775 - 1776) Provincial Congress and in the First (1776), Third (1779 - 1780), Fourth (1782), and
Fifth (1783 - 1784) General Assemblies; his service in the Fifth General Assembly followed a special election and
qualification on 27 January 1784. In addition, he was a member of the Second General Assembly (1776 - 1778).
His home district elected him to the South Carolina Senate for the Eighth General Assembly (1789 - 1790). As a
delegate for the District Between Savannah River and North Fork of Edisto River, he voted at the state convention in favor of ratification of the federal Consttution (1788) and two years later attended the state constitutional convention (1790). John Collins also served his district as commissioner of elections (1788) and tax inquirer and collector (1779, 1784). Eighth General Assembly District (1789-1790) Between Savannah River and North Fork of Edisto River
Sources quoated in this book were;
Andrea files, roll 11. # 190, pp. 19, 20. Biographical Directory of the House, 1: 155, 157, 167, 175, 180, 193: 3:
148-149. Census 1790, 101: A. O. Collins, Ole Man Mose and his Chillun (Houston, Tex. 1974), pp.388-89.
Elliott, 4: 340. Grand Jury Lists, 1783. Journal of theConstitutional Convention 1790, 6. Journal of the
Convention of S.C, 1788, 49. Petit Jury Lists, 1788. Reynolds & Faunt. Royal Grants, 12: 180; 22: 492. Sally,
Orangeburg County, pp. 274, 275. SCHM. 7: 108; 34:202. SC Statutes, 4: 491, 632. State Grants, 8: 186, 204,
413; 17: 376.
Marriage Notes for JOHN COLLINS and UNKNOWN:
It is believed by this compiler that John "Jack" Collins and Moses Collins were the sons of this John Collins.
Children of JOHN COLLINS and UNKNOWN are:
45. i. JOHN "JACK"7 COLLINS, b. Bef. 1774, South Carolina; d. 1853, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
ii. MOSES COLLINS, b. October 21, 1785, South Carolina; d. March 14, 1858, New Albany, Mississippi; m.
ELIZABETH ( MRS. HOUPT) SMITH, January 18, 1810, Augusta, Georgia.
b. Abt. 1723, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1791, Believed To Have Died in Georgia.
Notes for JOHN COLLINS IV:
Source is; "Biographical Directory Of The South Carolina Senate 1776 - 1985, Volume I, Abbott - Hill, by N. Louise Bailey, Mary L. Morgan and Carolyn R. Taylor. University Of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Pages 320 and 321.
"COLLINS, JOHN."
John Collins was living in Granville, South Carolina by 25 April 1765 when he received a grant for 200 acres at
the mouth of Steel Creek. He subsequently obtained additional grants for 1,023 acres in Orangeburg District,
including 400 acres on Lower Three Runs. The federal census of 1790 listed sixteen slaves as his property.
Collins represented the District Between Savannah River and North Fork of the Edisto River in the First (1775)
and second (1775 - 1776) Provincial Congress and in the First (1776), Third (1779 - 1780), Fourth (1782), and
Fifth (1783 - 1784) General Assemblies; his service in the Fifth General Assembly followed a special election and
qualification on 27 January 1784. In addition, he was a member of the Second General Assembly (1776 - 1778).
His home district elected him to the South Carolina Senate for the Eighth General Assembly (1789 - 1790). As a
delegate for the District Between Savannah River and North Fork of Edisto River, he voted at the state convention in favor of ratification of the federal Consttution (1788) and two years later attended the state constitutional convention (1790). John Collins also served his district as commissioner of elections (1788) and tax inquirer and collector (1779, 1784). Eighth General Assembly District (1789-1790) Between Savannah River and North Fork of Edisto River
Sources quoated in this book were;
Andrea files, roll 11. # 190, pp. 19, 20. Biographical Directory of the House, 1: 155, 157, 167, 175, 180, 193: 3:
148-149. Census 1790, 101: A. O. Collins, Ole Man Mose and his Chillun (Houston, Tex. 1974), pp.388-89.
Elliott, 4: 340. Grand Jury Lists, 1783. Journal of theConstitutional Convention 1790, 6. Journal of the
Convention of S.C, 1788, 49. Petit Jury Lists, 1788. Reynolds & Faunt. Royal Grants, 12: 180; 22: 492. Sally,
Orangeburg County, pp. 274, 275. SCHM. 7: 108; 34:202. SC Statutes, 4: 491, 632. State Grants, 8: 186, 204,
413; 17: 376.
Marriage Notes for JOHN COLLINS and UNKNOWN:
It is believed by this compiler that John "Jack" Collins and Moses Collins were the sons of this John Collins.
Children of JOHN COLLINS and UNKNOWN are:
45. i. JOHN "JACK"7 COLLINS, b. Bef. 1774, South Carolina; d. 1853, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
ii. MOSES COLLINS, b. October 21, 1785, South Carolina; d. March 14, 1858, New Albany, Mississippi; m.
ELIZABETH ( MRS. HOUPT) SMITH, January 18, 1810, Augusta, Georgia.
Notes for JOHN COLLINS IV:
Source is; "Biographical Directory Of The South Carolina Senate 1776 - 1985, Volume I, Abbott - Hill, by N. Louise Bailey, Mary L. Morgan and Carolyn R. Taylor. University Of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Pages 320 and 321.
"COLLINS, JOHN."
John Collins was living in Granville, South Carolina by 25 April 1765 when he received a grant for 200 acres at
the mouth of Steel Creek. He subsequently obtained additional grants for 1,023 acres in Orangeburg District,
including 400 acres on Lower Three Runs. The federal census of 1790 listed sixteen slaves as his property.
Collins represented the District Between Savannah River and North Fork of the Edisto River in the First (1775)
and second (1775 - 1776) Provincial Congress and in the First (1776), Third (1779 - 1780), Fourth (1782), and
Fifth (1783 - 1784) General Assemblies; his service in the Fifth General Assembly followed a special election and
qualification on 27 January 1784. In addition, he was a member of the Second General Assembly (1776 - 1778).
His home district elected him to the South Carolina Senate for the Eighth General Assembly (1789 - 1790). As a
delegate for the District Between Savannah River and North Fork of Edisto River, he voted at the state convention in favor of ratification of the federal Consttution (1788) and two years later attended the state constitutional convention (1790). John Collins also served his district as commissioner of elections (1788) and tax inquirer and collector (1779, 1784). Eighth General Assembly District (1789-1790) Between Savannah River and North Fork of Edisto River
Sources quoated in this book were;
Andrea files, roll 11. # 190, pp. 19, 20. Biographical Directory of the House, 1: 155, 157, 167, 175, 180, 193: 3:
148-149. Census 1790, 101: A. O. Collins, Ole Man Mose and his Chillun (Houston, Tex. 1974), pp.388-89.
Elliott, 4: 340. Grand Jury Lists, 1783. Journal of theConstitutional Convention 1790, 6. Journal of the
Convention of S.C, 1788, 49. Petit Jury Lists, 1788. Reynolds & Faunt. Royal Grants, 12: 180; 22: 492. Sally,
Orangeburg County, pp. 274, 275. SCHM. 7: 108; 34:202. SC Statutes, 4: 491, 632. State Grants, 8: 186, 204,
413; 17: 376.
Marriage Notes for JOHN COLLINS and UNKNOWN:
It is believed by this compiler that John "Jack" Collins and Moses Collins were the sons of this John Collins.
Children of JOHN COLLINS and UNKNOWN are:
45. i. JOHN "JACK"7 COLLINS, b. Bef. 1774, South Carolina; d. 1853, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
ii. MOSES COLLINS, b. October 21, 1785, South Carolina; d. March 14, 1858, New Albany, Mississippi; m.
ELIZABETH ( MRS. HOUPT) SMITH, January 18, 1810, Augusta, Georgia.
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