Achibald Benjamin Collins1

b. 19 October 1862, d. 4 April 1897
Last Edited=25 May 2014
Relationship
2nd great-granduncle of Joseph Michael Flint
     Achibald Benjamin Collins also went by the name of Bud.1 He was born on 19 October 1862 at Union County, Georgia.1 He was the son of Francis Collins and Rutha Nix.1

On 15 June 1870 Achibald Benjamin Collins was enumerated in the household of Rutha Nix on the 1870 U. S. census for Union County, Georgia as Archibald Collins, 6 years old, birthplace of Georgia, occupation of At Home. Also enumerated in the household were James R P Collins, John Cathey Collins, Francis Jasper Collins, Mary Ann Collins, Jane Malinda Collins, Thompson Smith Collins and Susan Jane Cook.2

On 14 June 1880 Achibald Benjamin Collins was enumerated in the household of Rutha Nix on the 1880 U. S. census for Choestoe District (834), Choestoe, Union County, Georgia as Benjamin Collins, 16 years old, Son, Single, birthplace of Georgia, occupation of Works on Farm. Father born in Georgia. Mother born in Georgia. Also enumerated in the household were Jane Malinda Collins.3

Achibald Benjamin Collins died on 4 April 1897 at age 34.4

Achibald Benjamin Collins was buried at Old Choestoe Cemetery, Union County, Georgia.5

Citations

  1. Mayme C. Aydelotie, Descendents of Thompson and Celia Collins, Revised Edition (Fairburn, Georgia: Mayme Collins Aydelotie, 1972), 12; My Grandmother's copy with her hand written notes, May Collins Flint Papers, privately held by Joseph M Flint, Seattle, King County, Washington.
  2. 1870 U. S. census, Union County, Georgia, population schedule, Subdivision 126, Blairsville Post Office, p. 31 (written) p. 16 (stamped), dwelling 228, family 228, Ruth Collins; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 30 May 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, Roll 179.
  3. 1880 U. S. census, Union County, Georgia, population schedule, Choestoe District (834), Enumeration District 181, p. 21 (written), dwelling 193, family 194, Rutha Collins; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 21 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, Roll 169.
  4. Mayme C. Aydelotie, Descendents of Thompson and Celia Collins, 33.
  5. Jan Pieroni and Cat Tindell (Compilers), Union Co. GA Tombstone Transcriptions [Alphabetical] A-C, http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion/UnionCoA-C.txt, 1999-2000) Located at Union Co. GAGenWeb Grave Database Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion/graves.html, Down loaded on 19 Dec 2000, COLLINS ARCHIBALD B.[enjamin] OCT 19 1863 APR 4 1897 Old Choestoe
    [s/o Francis K. Collins & Rutha Nix-Collins].