Welcome to the Collins-us website where you will see the results of nearly 50 years of genealogy research. If the information within helps in your search to find a missing ancestor that’s good and if you can help us fill in any of our “unknown” that would be great. If you are an experienced researcher with a lot of hours under your belt or a newcomer just getting started you known or will know that this work is never complete. You will always be looking for information that is now “unknown”. The oldest entry at this time in the Collins Genealogy is Pinkney Quinn Collins born in 1819 in North Carolina and died in 1862 in Missouri from a gun shot wound while serving the Union during the civil war. We are looking for his parents and all other information missing (unknown) from this document. The children of Pinkney Quinn Collins are Henderson Quinn Collins, William Albert Collins, Martha Ellen Collins, Joseph Pinkney Collins and Elizabeth Adeline Collins. From there the list grows to over 300 entries with areas of missing information, the “unknown”. The information contained in this document was passed down to me and with hours of additional research and the help from many relatives and friends it is now on paper.
When doing genealogy you soon realize that the many now gone were just like you and I with some of the same problems and heartaches. If you get into researching the civil war you will soon realize that period of time in our history was almost beyond belief. The hardships they endured were way beyond what we face today. Pinkney Quinn Collins died as a result of a gun shot wound he received during the civil war. Pinkney acted as a soldier, guide, scout and a spy for the Union. He never joined the Union because of fear that information would get out and that would mean certain death for him and his family. His children by Mary Ann (Polly) Jones ended up as orphans because Polly was killed by lighting and Pinkney was killed during the civil war. Henderson Quinn Collins was old enough to join the Union and was wounded in the battle of Fredrick Town (Missouri), was thrown from a horse while training horses at Fort Curtis near Ironton Missouri. As a result he suffered an injury to his shoulder which bothered him for the rest of his life. During the battle of Pilot Knob Henderson Quinn Collins was struck by a bullet from a sharpshooter fired from 300 yards away. He later lost sight in one eye as a result of that wound. If you are a descendant of Pinkney and you look back at all he and his children went through than you realize that if it hadn’t happened exactly as it did you and I would not be here today.
Lonnie J. Collins
Son of Edward Collins
Grandson of Henderson Quinn Collins
Great Grandson of Pinkney Quinn Collins