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1) Needham W. Collier married Emma Louisa Hayles about 1833. Their known children were:
a) Margaret Sarah Jemima Collier b. ca 1838 married
John C. DeGraffenried on 25 Dec 1856 Dougherty Co.,GA
1860 Dougherty Co., GA census:
Jno C De Groffenrind M 30 Decatur Co
M De Groffenrind F 21 Albany
H M De Groffenrind M 2 Albany
Infant De Groffenrind M 0 Albany
(**Infant= Needham C. deGraffenried)
b) Lawson Forsythe Collier b. ca 1841 married 1st, Henrietta Swift, 16 Jan 1866 Dooly Co., GA. They had three children, Rosa, Joseph N. and Lawson J. Collier. Henrietta died after 1870 and before 1876. He married 2nd, Jane A. Humes, 28 July 1876 Dooly Co., GA and they had three children, Emma S., Annie E. and Maggie May.
SSA applications and claims:
Name: Bessie Collier Wilson
SSN: 252727946
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1881
Birth Place: Drayton Dooly, Georgia
Father Name: Lawson F Collier
Mother Name: Macy Haymes
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jan 1963: Name listed as BESSIE COLLIER WILSON
c) Mary Emma Collier b. 15 Aug 1848 d. 21 Oct 1913 married
Francis Hobson DeGraffenried on 7 May 1861 Dougherty Co.,GA. Francis Hobson DeGraffenried died 26 March 1865 in hospital after having his left leg torn off. They had one daughter, Anna (no further info).
1870 Doughetry Co., GA census -- Emma deGraffenreid, age 22 and daughter, Anna deGraffenreid, age 7, are enumerated in the household of a Jno A. Davis.
Francis Hobson deGraffenried:
born: 17 January 1839
military: 4th GA Regt.,1st Sgt,Lieut, Adj., Major.
wounded:Battle of Ft Stedman, Petersburg, Va 25 March 1865.
died: hospital 26 March 1865
d)Patty I. Collier (?died before 1870)
e) Georgia E. Collier married Joshua D. Hargrove
f) Carrie V. Collier
2) 1850 Baker Co., GA census:
Needham W. Collier, age 42, merchant
Mrs. Emma L. Collier, age 32
Margarett S.J. Collier, age 11
Lawson Forsythe Collier, age 9
Mary E.E. Collier, age 2
3)Pulaski County Wills and Estates, register book A 1810-1848, pgs 209 & 210:
I, MARGARET JANE HAYLES, being of sound mind make this my last will and testament.
Item 1. To MARGARET SARAH JEMINAH COLLIER and LAWSON F.COLLIER, children of my daughter EMMA LOUISA and her husband NEEDHAM COLLIER, my entire estate and any other child or children born to them shall share equally.
Item 2. To my daughter EMMA LOUISA, six hundred dollars annually from the profit arising from my estate as long as she lives.
Item 3. My executors shall invest any money owing to me in negroes and land and these are to be part of item 1.
Item 4. The money from rents and profits remaining after paying item 2 are to become part of item 1.
Item 5. No part of item 1 is to be paid to the legatees until they reach age 21 or marry nor until the death of EMMA LOUISA.
Item 6. I appoint my son-in-law NEEDHAM W. COLLIER as my executor.
signed MARY J. HAYLES.
Witnessed by J. O. JELKS, JOHN V. MITCHELL, THOMAS G. PACKILL.
Proved by the witnesses 7 Sept 1846.
4) 1860 Dougherty Co., GA census:
N. W. Collier, age 57, Planter & B. Preacher
E.L. Collier, age 42
L.F. Collier, age 19
Mary E.E. Collier, age 12
Patty I. Collier, age 4
G.E. Collier, age 2
Infant Collier, age 3/12 months
4a) 1870 Pulaski Co.,GA census--29 June 1870:
Needham Collier, age 61, Planter & Preacher
Emma L. Collier, age 51, K.H.
Mary E. Collier, age 22, at home (??Emma, where dau, Anna)
Georgia E. Collier, age 12,at school
Carrie V. Collier, age 10, at school
M.S.J. Degraffenreid,age 31,ex h.keeper, no home, under MD
Needham C. Degraffenreid, age 10
John Degraffenreid, age 5
5)Served as a Pvt in Bostwick's Co., Alford's Batt'n Georgia Mounted Volunteers in Creek War.
6) The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia
Our old fellow citizen, Rev. Needham W. Collier, departed this life at his residence near town on Wednesday evening, May 23d, 1877 aged about sixty-eight years. With the exception of a few years residence in Dougherty county, Mr. Collier had been a citizen of Pulaski since 1831, in which year he moved from Laurens County to Pulaski. He was an active participant in all important political or religious meetings held in the county during his residence. We are informed by our older citizens that, about the year 1843, he conceived the plan of establishing the present Baptist Church in Hawkinsville, and the completion of the building was mainly accomplished through his efforts…The minutes of Mr. Hope Lodge, as we are also informed show that Mr. Collier was the first Mason ever initiated in the county…On Thursday afternoon, 24th inst., a large congregation of friends assembled at the Baptist Church, where the funeral services were conducted by Rev. George R. Mcall, after which the members of Mt. Hope Lodge, F. &A.M. took charge of the remains and escorted them to Orange Hill Cemetery….
Tribute of respect, Mt. Hope Lodge, No. 9, F.&A.M., Hawkinsville, GA, May 21, 1877. Again has the Almighty Maker, as his right to do, entered our fraternity and removed another one of our members, Brother N. W. Collier, to the land of Spirits…
1) Needham W. Collier married Emma Louisa Hayles about 1833. Their known children were:
a) Margaret Sarah Jemima Collier b. ca 1838 married
John C. DeGraffenried on 25 Dec 1856 Dougherty Co.,GA
1860 Dougherty Co., GA census:
Jno C De Groffenrind M 30 Decatur Co
M De Groffenrind F 21 Albany
H M De Groffenrind M 2 Albany
Infant De Groffenrind M 0 Albany
(**Infant= Needham C. deGraffenried)
b) Lawson Forsythe Collier b. ca 1841 married 1st, Henrietta Swift, 16 Jan 1866 Dooly Co., GA. They had three children, Rosa, Joseph N. and Lawson J. Collier. Henrietta died after 1870 and before 1876. He married 2nd, Jane A. Humes, 28 July 1876 Dooly Co., GA and they had three children, Emma S., Annie E. and Maggie May.
SSA applications and claims:
Name: Bessie Collier Wilson
SSN: 252727946
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1881
Birth Place: Drayton Dooly, Georgia
Father Name: Lawson F Collier
Mother Name: Macy Haymes
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jan 1963: Name listed as BESSIE COLLIER WILSON
c) Mary Emma Collier b. 15 Aug 1848 d. 21 Oct 1913 married
Francis Hobson DeGraffenried on 7 May 1861 Dougherty Co.,GA. Francis Hobson DeGraffenried died 26 March 1865 in hospital after having his left leg torn off. They had one daughter, Anna (no further info).
1870 Doughetry Co., GA census -- Emma deGraffenreid, age 22 and daughter, Anna deGraffenreid, age 7, are enumerated in the household of a Jno A. Davis.
Francis Hobson deGraffenried:
born: 17 January 1839
military: 4th GA Regt.,1st Sgt,Lieut, Adj., Major.
wounded:Battle of Ft Stedman, Petersburg, Va 25 March 1865.
died: hospital 26 March 1865
d)Patty I. Collier (?died before 1870)
e) Georgia E. Collier married Joshua D. Hargrove
f) Carrie V. Collier
2) 1850 Baker Co., GA census:
Needham W. Collier, age 42, merchant
Mrs. Emma L. Collier, age 32
Margarett S.J. Collier, age 11
Lawson Forsythe Collier, age 9
Mary E.E. Collier, age 2
3)Pulaski County Wills and Estates, register book A 1810-1848, pgs 209 & 210:
I, MARGARET JANE HAYLES, being of sound mind make this my last will and testament.
Item 1. To MARGARET SARAH JEMINAH COLLIER and LAWSON F.COLLIER, children of my daughter EMMA LOUISA and her husband NEEDHAM COLLIER, my entire estate and any other child or children born to them shall share equally.
Item 2. To my daughter EMMA LOUISA, six hundred dollars annually from the profit arising from my estate as long as she lives.
Item 3. My executors shall invest any money owing to me in negroes and land and these are to be part of item 1.
Item 4. The money from rents and profits remaining after paying item 2 are to become part of item 1.
Item 5. No part of item 1 is to be paid to the legatees until they reach age 21 or marry nor until the death of EMMA LOUISA.
Item 6. I appoint my son-in-law NEEDHAM W. COLLIER as my executor.
signed MARY J. HAYLES.
Witnessed by J. O. JELKS, JOHN V. MITCHELL, THOMAS G. PACKILL.
Proved by the witnesses 7 Sept 1846.
4) 1860 Dougherty Co., GA census:
N. W. Collier, age 57, Planter & B. Preacher
E.L. Collier, age 42
L.F. Collier, age 19
Mary E.E. Collier, age 12
Patty I. Collier, age 4
G.E. Collier, age 2
Infant Collier, age 3/12 months
4a) 1870 Pulaski Co.,GA census--29 June 1870:
Needham Collier, age 61, Planter & Preacher
Emma L. Collier, age 51, K.H.
Mary E. Collier, age 22, at home (??Emma, where dau, Anna)
Georgia E. Collier, age 12,at school
Carrie V. Collier, age 10, at school
M.S.J. Degraffenreid,age 31,ex h.keeper, no home, under MD
Needham C. Degraffenreid, age 10
John Degraffenreid, age 5
5)Served as a Pvt in Bostwick's Co., Alford's Batt'n Georgia Mounted Volunteers in Creek War.
6) The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia
Our old fellow citizen, Rev. Needham W. Collier, departed this life at his residence near town on Wednesday evening, May 23d, 1877 aged about sixty-eight years. With the exception of a few years residence in Dougherty county, Mr. Collier had been a citizen of Pulaski since 1831, in which year he moved from Laurens County to Pulaski. He was an active participant in all important political or religious meetings held in the county during his residence. We are informed by our older citizens that, about the year 1843, he conceived the plan of establishing the present Baptist Church in Hawkinsville, and the completion of the building was mainly accomplished through his efforts…The minutes of Mr. Hope Lodge, as we are also informed show that Mr. Collier was the first Mason ever initiated in the county…On Thursday afternoon, 24th inst., a large congregation of friends assembled at the Baptist Church, where the funeral services were conducted by Rev. George R. Mcall, after which the members of Mt. Hope Lodge, F. &A.M. took charge of the remains and escorted them to Orange Hill Cemetery….
Tribute of respect, Mt. Hope Lodge, No. 9, F.&A.M., Hawkinsville, GA, May 21, 1877. Again has the Almighty Maker, as his right to do, entered our fraternity and removed another one of our members, Brother N. W. Collier, to the land of Spirits…
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1) Needham W. Collier married Emma Louisa Hayles about 1833. Their known children were:
a) Margaret Sarah Jemima Collier b. ca 1838 married
John C. DeGraffenried on 25 Dec 1856 Dougherty Co.,GA
1860 Dougherty Co., GA census:
Jno C De Groffenrind M 30 Decatur Co
M De Groffenrind F 21 Albany
H M De Groffenrind M 2 Albany
Infant De Groffenrind M 0 Albany
(**Infant= Needham C. deGraffenried)
b) Lawson Forsythe Collier b. ca 1841 married 1st, Henrietta Swift, 16 Jan 1866 Dooly Co., GA. They had three children, Rosa, Joseph N. and Lawson J. Collier. Henrietta died after 1870 and before 1876. He married 2nd, Jane A. Humes, 28 July 1876 Dooly Co., GA and they had three children, Emma S., Annie E. and Maggie May.
SSA applications and claims:
Name: Bessie Collier Wilson
SSN: 252727946
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1881
Birth Place: Drayton Dooly, Georgia
Father Name: Lawson F Collier
Mother Name: Macy Haymes
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jan 1963: Name listed as BESSIE COLLIER WILSON
c) Mary Emma Collier b. 15 Aug 1848 d. 21 Oct 1913 married
Francis Hobson DeGraffenried on 7 May 1861 Dougherty Co.,GA. Francis Hobson DeGraffenried died 26 March 1865 in hospital after having his left leg torn off. They had one daughter, Anna (no further info).
1870 Doughetry Co., GA census -- Emma deGraffenreid, age 22 and daughter, Anna deGraffenreid, age 7, are enumerated in the household of a Jno A. Davis.
Francis Hobson deGraffenried:
born: 17 January 1839
military: 4th GA Regt.,1st Sgt,Lieut, Adj., Major.
wounded:Battle of Ft Stedman, Petersburg, Va 25 March 1865.
died: hospital 26 March 1865
d)Patty I. Collier (?died before 1870)
e) Georgia E. Collier married Joshua D. Hargrove
f) Carrie V. Collier
2) 1850 Baker Co., GA census:
Needham W. Collier, age 42, merchant
Mrs. Emma L. Collier, age 32
Margarett S.J. Collier, age 11
Lawson Forsythe Collier, age 9
Mary E.E. Collier, age 2
3)Pulaski County Wills and Estates, register book A 1810-1848, pgs 209 & 210:
I, MARGARET JANE HAYLES, being of sound mind make this my last will and testament.
Item 1. To MARGARET SARAH JEMINAH COLLIER and LAWSON F.COLLIER, children of my daughter EMMA LOUISA and her husband NEEDHAM COLLIER, my entire estate and any other child or children born to them shall share equally.
Item 2. To my daughter EMMA LOUISA, six hundred dollars annually from the profit arising from my estate as long as she lives.
Item 3. My executors shall invest any money owing to me in negroes and land and these are to be part of item 1.
Item 4. The money from rents and profits remaining after paying item 2 are to become part of item 1.
Item 5. No part of item 1 is to be paid to the legatees until they reach age 21 or marry nor until the death of EMMA LOUISA.
Item 6. I appoint my son-in-law NEEDHAM W. COLLIER as my executor.
signed MARY J. HAYLES.
Witnessed by J. O. JELKS, JOHN V. MITCHELL, THOMAS G. PACKILL.
Proved by the witnesses 7 Sept 1846.
4) 1860 Dougherty Co., GA census:
N. W. Collier, age 57, Planter & B. Preacher
E.L. Collier, age 42
L.F. Collier, age 19
Mary E.E. Collier, age 12
Patty I. Collier, age 4
G.E. Collier, age 2
Infant Collier, age 3/12 months
4a) 1870 Pulaski Co.,GA census--29 June 1870:
Needham Collier, age 61, Planter & Preacher
Emma L. Collier, age 51, K.H.
Mary E. Collier, age 22, at home (??Emma, where dau, Anna)
Georgia E. Collier, age 12,at school
Carrie V. Collier, age 10, at school
M.S.J. Degraffenreid,age 31,ex h.keeper, no home, under MD
Needham C. Degraffenreid, age 10
John Degraffenreid, age 5
5)Served as a Pvt in Bostwick's Co., Alford's Batt'n Georgia Mounted Volunteers in Creek War.
6) The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia
Our old fellow citizen, Rev. Needham W. Collier, departed this life at his residence near town on Wednesday evening, May 23d, 1877 aged about sixty-eight years. With the exception of a few years residence in Dougherty county, Mr. Collier had been a citizen of Pulaski since 1831, in which year he moved from Laurens County to Pulaski. He was an active participant in all important political or religious meetings held in the county during his residence. We are informed by our older citizens that, about the year 1843, he conceived the plan of establishing the present Baptist Church in Hawkinsville, and the completion of the building was mainly accomplished through his efforts…The minutes of Mr. Hope Lodge, as we are also informed show that Mr. Collier was the first Mason ever initiated in the county…On Thursday afternoon, 24th inst., a large congregation of friends assembled at the Baptist Church, where the funeral services were conducted by Rev. George R. Mcall, after which the members of Mt. Hope Lodge, F. &A.M. took charge of the remains and escorted them to Orange Hill Cemetery….
Tribute of respect, Mt. Hope Lodge, No. 9, F.&A.M., Hawkinsville, GA, May 21, 1877. Again has the Almighty Maker, as his right to do, entered our fraternity and removed another one of our members, Brother N. W. Collier, to the land of Spirits…
1) Needham W. Collier married Emma Louisa Hayles about 1833. Their known children were:
a) Margaret Sarah Jemima Collier b. ca 1838 married
John C. DeGraffenried on 25 Dec 1856 Dougherty Co.,GA
1860 Dougherty Co., GA census:
Jno C De Groffenrind M 30 Decatur Co
M De Groffenrind F 21 Albany
H M De Groffenrind M 2 Albany
Infant De Groffenrind M 0 Albany
(**Infant= Needham C. deGraffenried)
b) Lawson Forsythe Collier b. ca 1841 married 1st, Henrietta Swift, 16 Jan 1866 Dooly Co., GA. They had three children, Rosa, Joseph N. and Lawson J. Collier. Henrietta died after 1870 and before 1876. He married 2nd, Jane A. Humes, 28 July 1876 Dooly Co., GA and they had three children, Emma S., Annie E. and Maggie May.
SSA applications and claims:
Name: Bessie Collier Wilson
SSN: 252727946
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1881
Birth Place: Drayton Dooly, Georgia
Father Name: Lawson F Collier
Mother Name: Macy Haymes
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jan 1963: Name listed as BESSIE COLLIER WILSON
c) Mary Emma Collier b. 15 Aug 1848 d. 21 Oct 1913 married
Francis Hobson DeGraffenried on 7 May 1861 Dougherty Co.,GA. Francis Hobson DeGraffenried died 26 March 1865 in hospital after having his left leg torn off. They had one daughter, Anna (no further info).
1870 Doughetry Co., GA census -- Emma deGraffenreid, age 22 and daughter, Anna deGraffenreid, age 7, are enumerated in the household of a Jno A. Davis.
Francis Hobson deGraffenried:
born: 17 January 1839
military: 4th GA Regt.,1st Sgt,Lieut, Adj., Major.
wounded:Battle of Ft Stedman, Petersburg, Va 25 March 1865.
died: hospital 26 March 1865
d)Patty I. Collier (?died before 1870)
e) Georgia E. Collier married Joshua D. Hargrove
f) Carrie V. Collier
2) 1850 Baker Co., GA census:
Needham W. Collier, age 42, merchant
Mrs. Emma L. Collier, age 32
Margarett S.J. Collier, age 11
Lawson Forsythe Collier, age 9
Mary E.E. Collier, age 2
3)Pulaski County Wills and Estates, register book A 1810-1848, pgs 209 & 210:
I, MARGARET JANE HAYLES, being of sound mind make this my last will and testament.
Item 1. To MARGARET SARAH JEMINAH COLLIER and LAWSON F.COLLIER, children of my daughter EMMA LOUISA and her husband NEEDHAM COLLIER, my entire estate and any other child or children born to them shall share equally.
Item 2. To my daughter EMMA LOUISA, six hundred dollars annually from the profit arising from my estate as long as she lives.
Item 3. My executors shall invest any money owing to me in negroes and land and these are to be part of item 1.
Item 4. The money from rents and profits remaining after paying item 2 are to become part of item 1.
Item 5. No part of item 1 is to be paid to the legatees until they reach age 21 or marry nor until the death of EMMA LOUISA.
Item 6. I appoint my son-in-law NEEDHAM W. COLLIER as my executor.
signed MARY J. HAYLES.
Witnessed by J. O. JELKS, JOHN V. MITCHELL, THOMAS G. PACKILL.
Proved by the witnesses 7 Sept 1846.
4) 1860 Dougherty Co., GA census:
N. W. Collier, age 57, Planter & B. Preacher
E.L. Collier, age 42
L.F. Collier, age 19
Mary E.E. Collier, age 12
Patty I. Collier, age 4
G.E. Collier, age 2
Infant Collier, age 3/12 months
4a) 1870 Pulaski Co.,GA census--29 June 1870:
Needham Collier, age 61, Planter & Preacher
Emma L. Collier, age 51, K.H.
Mary E. Collier, age 22, at home (??Emma, where dau, Anna)
Georgia E. Collier, age 12,at school
Carrie V. Collier, age 10, at school
M.S.J. Degraffenreid,age 31,ex h.keeper, no home, under MD
Needham C. Degraffenreid, age 10
John Degraffenreid, age 5
5)Served as a Pvt in Bostwick's Co., Alford's Batt'n Georgia Mounted Volunteers in Creek War.
6) The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia
Our old fellow citizen, Rev. Needham W. Collier, departed this life at his residence near town on Wednesday evening, May 23d, 1877 aged about sixty-eight years. With the exception of a few years residence in Dougherty county, Mr. Collier had been a citizen of Pulaski since 1831, in which year he moved from Laurens County to Pulaski. He was an active participant in all important political or religious meetings held in the county during his residence. We are informed by our older citizens that, about the year 1843, he conceived the plan of establishing the present Baptist Church in Hawkinsville, and the completion of the building was mainly accomplished through his efforts…The minutes of Mr. Hope Lodge, as we are also informed show that Mr. Collier was the first Mason ever initiated in the county…On Thursday afternoon, 24th inst., a large congregation of friends assembled at the Baptist Church, where the funeral services were conducted by Rev. George R. Mcall, after which the members of Mt. Hope Lodge, F. &A.M. took charge of the remains and escorted them to Orange Hill Cemetery….
Tribute of respect, Mt. Hope Lodge, No. 9, F.&A.M., Hawkinsville, GA, May 21, 1877. Again has the Almighty Maker, as his right to do, entered our fraternity and removed another one of our members, Brother N. W. Collier, to the land of Spirits…
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