Saturday, September 21, 2013

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Monday, September 16, 2013

N. Brent Kennedy passed away at age 84 on Sunday, September 15, 2013.


N. Brent Kennedy was a resident of Wise, Virginia at the time of his passing.
He was preceded in death by his wife Nancy.
Funeral services for N. Brent Kennedy will be conducted at 8:00 P.M Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the Sturgill Funeral Home Chapel in Wise, VA with Dr. Ray Jones Jr. officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. till time of services at 8:00 P.M. Wednesday at the Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise. Graveside committal services and Internment will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September19, 2013 in the Nash Cemetery on Coeburn Mountain Road in Wise. Family and friends will meet at 10:30 A.M. Thursday at the funeral home to go to the cemetery in procession.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Brent Kennedy Scholarship For Wellmont Osteopathic Family Medicine Program 1905 American Way Kingsport, TN 37660.

www.tributes.com/show/Brent-Kennedy-96396989




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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Congratulations, Cyndi!!!



15 Years of Cyndi's List

September 13, 2013
by Alan Smith
Spokane Genealogy Examiner


Has it really been that long? I can recall in 1999 my attention being drawn to a website known as Cyndi’s List from a newspaper article. By that time Cyndi’s List had been on line for four years. Over the years, several other articles in the paper toted this wondrous site. It was the absolute best place to start your research because it was such a jump off site for countless other places on the web concerning genealogy.

What I did not know then, and just discovered was Cyndi’s List was home grown. On September 12, 1995, a single paged website with 1,025 links was presented to the Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society meeting. That fall it was expanded to six pages and Cyndi’s list was born.

Cont. Here:

http://www.examiner.com/article/15-years-of-cyndi-s-list?cid=rss

http://www.cyndislist.com/us/

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Monday, September 2, 2013

Don't Believe Everything You Read!!!



Recently this 'letter' was brought to my attention, with all due respect to Mr. Thomas , who appears to be a well respected academic, with a little research I found the following:

"Also the following from a very prominent field ethnographer Robert K. Thomas:"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Saponi


1. "All the Collins of Northeastern Tennessee, Southeastern Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky are descendants of one household of Collins who resided in Orange County, N.C. in 1760"

I think DNA Testing and genealogical research has proven this statement to be incorrect.


2. "By 1840, the situation became intolerable for some Indians in Southwest Virginia, and they began to head for Kentucky, a less repressive social and legal atmosphere. In the 1840’s, three Collins families moved into Kentuckey, into Letcher County.

Facts:  The first of the mixed blood Collins' to move into SE Kentucky was Meredith Collins, who appears on the 1810 Floyd Co Kentucky US Census.

In 1820 the following Collins' show on the US census of Floyd Co. :
William COLLINS, Edward COLLINS, Reuben COLINS, Bradley COLLINS, George COLLINS, James COLLINS, Jeremiah COLLINS, Meridith COLLINS and Valentine COLLINS. 

Letcher County was formed in 1842 from portions of Harlan and Perry Counties.


3." In the 1850’s, two Collins families moved to Johnson County, just south of Paintsville (Grandpap William Collins and brother). {Frankie’s note here: This is where my 2nd great grandparents Griffin and Rachael Collins went also, and were listed as Mulatto on Johnson County census records}

Fact:  On the 1850 Johnson Co. Kentucky US census (The first for this county) there are 48 Collins' listed. This "Grandpap William Collins" is NOT one of them.

Here are the 3 William COLLINS listed:

383 William COLLINS age 20, son of Joshua COLLINS and Elizabeth COLLINS nee DALE
330 William H. COLLINS  new born, son of Issac COLLINS and Nancy COLLINS nee BLACK
502 William W. COLLINS age 17 son of Christopher COLLINS and Cynthia COLLINS nee SPEARS

On the 1860 Johnson Co. Kentucky US census, the same 3 William COLLINS' are still on the Census, with the addition of a 4th:

435 William H COLLINS age 5 son of Elijah COLLINS and Nancy J COLLINS nee RATLIFF

1870 Johnson Co. Kentucky US census:

45 William P COLLINS age 7 son of Wiley M COLLINS and Eilza Jane COLLINS nee MUSIC
110 William COLLINS age 42 ( son of Joshua COLLINS and Elizabeth COLLINS nee DALE )
35 William H   COLLINS age  15  ( son of Elijah COLLINS  and Nancy J COLLINS nee RATLIFF)

Griiffin COLLINS doesn't appear on the Census of Johnson Co KY until 1880 and is this Griffin COLLINS:

"Griffin COLLINS was born 1835 in Grainger Co Tennessee. He married (1) Rachel Ann COLLINS March 17, 1858. He married (2) Margaret MILAM 1878."

But he is not with Rachel Ann COLLINS, but with his second wife Margaret MILAM

376 Griffin  COLLINS  age 44,  Margaret (MILUM) age 28 ( m 11 Feb 1880)

They are not marked as Mulatto, but as white. The only Collins' marked as Mulatto are decsendents of Valentine COLLINS in 1880 Johnson Co. KY US census.

Back to 'Grandpa William Collins', could he be this William Collins, Son of Griffin and  Rachel COLLINS ? :

William Sherman COLLINS was born January 30, 1868 in Wise Co Va, and died April 11, 1951 in Floyd County, Kentucky. He married Louisa Bowlin December 15, 1888 in Floyd County, Kentucky, daughter of Daniel BOWLIN and Fanny HALBERT.

If so, he never is shown to have lived in Johnson County , Kentucky, for sure not in 1850 as he wasn't born until 1868.

Moral of the story ? As my Father used to tell me "Don't believe everything you read" And just because a person is labeled 'prominent' whether a field ethnographer or Anthropologist, or what ever, doesn't mean they don't  have faulty research. I guess it's up to the individual researcher to check out all 'facts' for themselves. 



Submitted by Don Collins





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