Jasper
Joseph
"Jones"
Collins
Born in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Stacy Collins
and Sarah (Anderson) Collins
Brother of
Sarah (Collins) Parker, Mary Jane Collins, Simeon Collins, Riley James Collins and Sallie Lucy (Collins) Hill
Husband of
Gatsy (Powell) Collins
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Henry Clay Collins, Frances Missouri (Collins) Shows, Palestine Victoria (Collins) Grantham and Ulysses Sherman Collins
Died
at age 85
in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States
Profile managers:
Jamie Shows 
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Biography
Jasper was born in 1827. Jasper Collins ... He passed away in 1913. [1]
Sources
Find A Grave: Memorial #31941929
- Frank Owen, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Frank and others.
Name Jasper I Collins Event Type Census Event Date 1880 Event Place Southwest, Jones, Mississippi, United States Gender Male Age 53 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) W Occupation Farmer Relationship to Head of Household Self Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self Birth Year (Estimated) 1827 Birthplace Mississippi, United States Father's Birthplace South Carolina, United States Mother's Birthplace South Carolina, United States Sheet Letter D Sheet Number 342 Person Number 0 Volume 1 See also:
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Frank Owen
My great-great-grandfather Jasper Collins was the right-hand man of Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) in the 2016 movie The Free State of Jones.
posted 3 Jan 2021 by Frank Owen
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jasper by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jasper:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jasper by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jasper:
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~6.25%
William Grantham
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M131162 [compare]
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Corinne (Calvert) Ferguson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A261268 [compare], Ancestry member jncferg51
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T497477 [compare], FTDNA kit #440356
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~6.25%
Jamie Shows :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A226188 [compare], Ancestry member JDShows
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Stan Ferguson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A984357 [compare], Ancestry member jncferg51
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Lenna (Ferguson) Chang :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A950279 [compare]
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~3.12%
Faye Saucier :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hollierr
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~1.56%
Betty (Vanderford) Malone :
23andMe, GEDmatch M327399 [compare]
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~1.56%
Carolyn (Turner) DeWolfe :
23andMe, GEDmatch M204933 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A745275 [compare], Ancestry member Carolyn_DeWolfe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M204933 [compare], FTDNA kit #50837
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Debbie (Brown) Frewin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M394409 [compare]
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~1.56%
James Anderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rain_lily
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~1.56%
Margaret (Miller) Bearse :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Donci Hart :
23andMe, GEDmatch M869720 [compare]
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~0.78%
Susan Anderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rain_lily
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T026513 [compare], Ancestry member rain_lily, FTDNA kit #364962
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~0.78%
A Fabry :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #548789
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Collins-9170 and Collins-2756 appear to represent the same person because: same name, exact same spouse on both profiles, same birth year, same death year
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Rejected matches › Joseph F. Collins (abt.1829-abt.1915)
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