Lewis W Collins (abt. 1842)

Born about 1842 in Surry, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Lewis W. Collins was the son of Hiram Collins and Phebe Tucker.^[1] He enlisted in the Confederate army at the age of 19 on 10-16-1861. He had several tours of duty, was captured at Falling Waters, MD, and imprisoned at Elmira, NY from where he was released on 6-12-1865 after taking an Oath of Allegiance. His NC pension records indicate that he was wounded at Gettysburg.^[2][3]

He married Sarah Head on 7 July 1866.^[4] Lewis was counted on the 1900 Census in Surry County, North Carolina, with a wife, Lizzie, and a son, Montgomery, aged 6.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BV-KGK : 12 April 2016), Hiram Collins, Surry county, part of, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing family 256, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78K5-C6W2 : 24 August 2019), Lewis W Collins, 29 Jun 1901; citing Pension, Surry, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History, Raleigh.
3. ↑ "North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78K5-C6ZM : 24 August 2019), Lewis W Collins, 18 Jun 1904; citing Pension, Surry, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History, Raleigh
4. ↑ "North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q296-96MH : 11 May 2018), Lewis W. Collins and Sarah Head, 1866.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML93-NHP : accessed 20 November 2019), Lewis W Collins, Elkin, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 131, sheet 10B, family 192, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1133; FHL microfilm 1,375,146.

• Casstevens, Frances H., The Civil War and Yadkin County, North Carolina: A History, (McFarland & Company, 1997.), p. 201. Viewed online at https://books.google.com/books?id=C4mACgAAQBAJ.