She married Manning Collins August 11, 1835 in Tattnall County, Georgia[2]. They were first cousins.
Manning and Nancy Collins marriage certificate
She and Manning appear with their children on the 1850[3], 1860[4], and 1870[5] censuses in Tattnall County, Georgia. On the 1880[6] census, she is widowed and living with several of her grandchildren in Cobbtown, Tattnall County, Georgia.
She died 26 May 1881 in Tattnall County, Georgia and was buried in Hebron Cemetery, Cobbtown, Tattnall County, Georgia[1].
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2019), memorial page for Nancy Keen Collins Collins (3 Feb 1814–26 May 1881), Find A Grave Memorial no. 28949657, citing Hebron Cemetery, Cobbtown, Tattnall County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Artie Gruver (contributor 47357991) .
Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJN-YY2 : 17 October 2017), Manning Collins and Nancy Collins, 11 Aug 1835; citing Marriage, Tattnall, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 206,419.
United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYX-Z9Y : 12 April 2016), Nancy Collins in household of Manning Collins, Tattnall county, Tattnall, Georgia, United States; citing family 185, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3T-QBS : 12 April 2016), Nancy Collins in household of Manning Collins, Georgia, United States; citing p. 83, family 566, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,674.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy: