Greenberry Major Collums (1817 - 1867)

Born 1 Jan 1817 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Amanda Frances (Brasher) Collums — married before Jan 1833 in Fayette, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1867 at age 50 in Calhoun, Mississippi, USA

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Greenberry Collums is buried in Collums Cemetery.

Biography

Greenberry Major Collums was born on January 1, 1817, in Pendleton, South Carolina, to Sarah Abigail Henderson, age 20, and Dempsey Newton Collums, age 23.

He married Amanda Francis Brasher in 1832 in Fayette, Alabama. They had ten children in 27 years. He registered a Homestead of 160 acres in Pontotoc County on June , 1847. ^[1] In 1850 the census says his family was farming in the Western Division of Chickasaw County, Mississippi. ^[2] In 1860 the farm is listed as being near Sarepta in Calhoun County. Today we know that the cemetery on their farmstead is located on County Road #153, near the Chickasaw, Pontotoc, and Calhoun County lines on the west side of the road. ^[3]

Information from "A History of Chickasaw County Mississippi, Volume II" :

"Greenberry Collums was born 1 Jan 1817, probably in Pendelton County, South Carolina. We believe he is the first child of Dempsey Collum (McCollum) and his first wife. Greenberry married in Fayette county, Alabama, a neighbor girl Amanda Francis Brasher, born 18 Jul 1817 to Lawrence Brasher and Sara Edmond. The families had much land in Calhoun and Chickasaw counties, and many descendants live in the area today. Greenberry Collums died 7 Aug 1867 and is buried near his little sons, on family land believed to be near the original homestead. It is not known if his father Dempsey is also buried there."^[4]

He passed away in 1895 and is buried near Bruce in the Collums Cemetery, Calhoun County, Mississippi, built on his original land.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Mississippi, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908" United States, Bureau of Land Management
   • Greenberry Collums
   • Land Office: Pontotoc, Document Number: 20654, Total Acres: 160, Signature: Yes, Issue Date: 1 Jun 1847, Mineral Rights Reserved: No, , Metes and Bounds: No, Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566, Multiple Warantee Names: No, Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820, Multiple Patentee Names: No
   • Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries, Land Description: 1 NE CHICKASAW No 12S 1W 16
2. ↑ "1850 United States Federal Census" Census Place: Western Division, Chickasaw, Mississippi; Roll: M432_369; Page: 409A; Image: 436
   • Greenberry Collams, Age: 33, Birth Year: abt 1817, Birthplace: South Carolina
   • Home in 1850: Western Division, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA
   • Amanda Collams 33, wife
   • Children: Obediah Collams 15, Henry Collams 11, William H Collams 7, James R P Collams 5, Artimipa (Artemissia) Collams 2
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6G4-BLP : 30 December 2015), Greenberry Colloms, 1860.
   • Greenberry Colloms, Age: 43, Birth Year: abt 1817, Gender: Male, Birth Place: South Carolina, Occupation: Farmer
   • Home in 1860: Calhoun, Mississippi, Post Office: Sarepta
   • Amanda Colloms 48, wife
   • Children: Obediah Colloms 23, Henry Colloms 20, William Colloms 18, James Colloms 15, John Colloms 12, Alemicy (Artemissia) Colloms 13, Dempsy Colloms 9, Empsy (Emsley ) Colloms 6, Abney (Albert Lycurgas) Colloms 3
4. ↑ "A History of Chickasaw County Mississippi, Volume II" The Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogy Society, 1997, Detail Collums, Greenberry F310, page 306 – 307, by Martha M Burt
5. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial ID 14622047 [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14622047}