According to DNA testing, Obediah was not related to the AnthonyCollin s family line.
Associated Ancestor (Revolutionary) Record
COLLINS, OBEDIAH
Ancestor #: A024540
Service:
NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth:
(ANTE) 1760
Death:
(ANTE) 5- -1830 SURRY CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source:
HAUN, NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL 12, PART XI, P 1480
Service Description:
1) PAID FOR SERVICES OR SUPPLIES
Associated Applications and Supplementals
Nat’l Num Add Vol. Docs Child/Spouse Number/Spouse
692511 677 e SIDNEY / [1] FRANCES JOHNSON
784356 921 e JURIAH / [1] JOSHUA FINNEY
Residences & events:
1777 Caswell Co, NC. Obediah Collins name appears on the tax listthe re. On the same list were Charles, John, Martin, Middleson, andPaul C ollins. However, Caswell was created from Orange Co that yearso lines m ay have shifted around them rather than them moving.
1790 Surry Co, NC. Obediah seems to be the only Collins in thecounty t hat year but the state was full of Collins. Obediah's familyconsisted o f 1 male over 16, 3 males under 16 and 3 females.
4/?/1796 Surry Co. Henry Hamrick to Obediah Collins 120 ac on DeepC reek. Wit: William Ashley, Richard Gentry.
3/30/1805 William Ashley to Obediah Collins 50 ac on Deep Creek. Wit:W illiam Gentry, Robert Ashley. Rec. Feb 1812.
2/1/1806 Allen Gentry to Isaac Money 16 ac... Wit: Obediah Collins,Wi lliam Gentry.
1810 Same place. That census recorded Obediah's house containing 2ma les under 10, 1 aged 16-25, himself over 45, 2 females 10-15, and 1at 2 6-44. Again he was the only Collins.
8/7/1820 Capt Dennies Dist, Surry Co, NC. Obadiah Collins' householdi ncluded himself at age 45+, 1 male 10-16, 1 at 16-26, and 1 femalealso o ver 45. Two of them were involved in agriculture. DaughterJuria and J oshua Finney lived in the same district. In the samecounty but differ ent districts were families of Aaron, William, Adam,and John Collins.
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Name: Obediah Collins
Birth Date: 1750
Birthplace: North Carolina
Volume: 32
Page Number: 383
Reference: Heads of fams. at the first U.S. census. NC. By U.S. Bureauo f the Census. Washington, 1908. (292p.):184
Will of Obediah Collins
Surry Co., NC July 28, 1829 (broken into paragraphs)
In the name of God, Amen. I do make this my last will and testament soi t was ordered by the Almighty for man onst to dy and after death toJud gement.
First, I will my soul to God that gave it to me and my body to thegrav e and to be decently buried and all my just debts to be paid andas to m y worldly goods
I gave and bequeath to my beloved wife, Patsey Collins all my realesta te and personal goods during her natural life or widowhood
and then my son Sidney Collins I gave and bequeath to him 75 acres ofl and north of my tract beginning at my maple corner running eastthrough t he tract for conpletement
and I gave and bequeath to my son Hiram Collins 75 acres to begin atmy r ed oak corner on the oar hill run east to the River Gate Branch.
There being a balance of 25 acres I have marked out for my daughterJur iah Finney where they now live on that I have made no write forbut if I s urvive I shall do so my Executor must do so if not
and as to my daughters Mary Castevens and Bethelhelm Morrison, JuriahF inney I wish them to have all my personal part of my estate to beequal ly divided at my wifes death
and my daughter Elizabeth Sisk I bequeath and gave to her one dollarou t of my personal part of my estate
and as to my son Jesse Collins I heretofore gave him all that Iallowed f or him
the above is my will and I subscribe my name to this in the presentsof u s under my hand and seal I appoint William Day Esquire myExecutor.
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Obediah ( X ) Collins
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Surry County May Term 1830. The foregoing last will and testament ofO BEDIAH COLLINS being offered to the Court for probate. PHILIPHOLCOMB a s ubscribing witness thereto Stated that he saw and heardsaid COLLINS co nfirm, declare and notify the same to be his own act &will. That he d id it freely of himself and without molestation orIncumberance & that h e was of a sound and Disposing mind and memoryat the same time & that h e saw JOSEPH ALDRIDGE Subscribe his namethereto as witness and on moti on the last same was ordered to berecorded.
Received accordingly JOHN WRIGHT, C.C.
