Most family listings do not include Adam as son of Anthony.
He could not read or write.
Residences:
Surry Co, NC where he was born.
Jim Wierman posted at FindaGrave:
"He enlisted 28 Nov.1814 in John Witcher Company of North CarolinaMili tia. Discharged 22 Feb. 1815."
1817 TN where several of the children were born.
1830 Bedford Co, TN. Was he the Adam Collins in that census? He waso nly 30-39 years old with a family of 9 consisting of: 1 male under5, 1 a ge 5-9, 1 at 15-29, 2 females under 5, 2 age 5-9, his wife also30-39. A lex Collins was at the bottom of the page and on theprevious page was S amuel Collins, same age, with a 70-80 year oldwoman (mother?) In the s ame county were Augustine, Carter, andElisha Collins. By 1840 every o ne of them was gone.
1830-1831 Coles Co, IL. One local history says the Collins familyarr ived then.
From the History of Coles County:
"The first white sellers in Morgan township are supposed to have beenJ ohn Caldwell and his son, who bore the same name, and John Kennedy.Ada m Collins is another of the early settlers of Morgan Township, andis s upposed by some to have settled here previous to the Caldwellsand Kenn edy. "
1840 Coles Co, IL. The census that year recorded him living in a roww ith nephew Watson Collins and brother Aaron. Living in Adam's housewe re 1 male aged 10-15, himself at 40-50, 1 female at 5-10, 2 aged10-15 , 1 at 15-20 and another at 40-50 (probably his wife)
9/24/1850 Greesy Creek Pct, Coles Co, IL. It was probably the sameres idence but having turned the farm over to son David, David waslisted a s head of the house. Adam was 62 years old. NephewsZachariah and Sol omon Collins lived just down the road.
8/2/1860 Georgetown Twp, PO Georgetown, Vermilion Co, IL. That yearA dam Collins was 70 years old and still living with son David(recorded a s Daniel in the census). Adam's occupation was farmer buthe had only p ersonal property which was worth $5000, a lot for thatday.
7/14/1870 Cutsville, Morgan Twp, Coles Co, IL. At age 75 (he hadn'ta ged much in the past 10 years) he was living with daughter andson-in-l aw/nephew, Sarah and Aaron Collins.
He may have been born in 1795, the date posted is from the 1850census. T he 1860 census says he was born in 1790 in TN.
