Abraham Collins

Not a known child of David Edward Collinsworth, Sr. & Deborah or Barbara Kells

Abraham COLLINS was born about 1751 in , Rutherford, North Carolina. He died in 1830 in Stices Shoal on Broad River, Cleveland, North Carolina. Abraham married Susannah ROBERTS in 1790 in , Rutherford, North Carolina.

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Susannah ROBERTS [Parents] was born in 1756 in , Chesterfield, Virginia. She died in 1829 in , Rutherford, North Carolina. Susannah married Abraham COLLINS in 1790 in , Rutherford, North Carolina.

They had the following children.

• M i Martin COLLINS was born about 1795

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Notes

Abraham COLLINS

1. Abraham was a Loyalist during the Revolution who fought for the King against his wife's family..

2. His profession was "counterfeiter". He had unfortunate encounters with the law, being jailed at times.

3. Although he owned valuable lands, Abraham Collins "failed" and was sold out by the county, probably for debt.

4. He lived to be over 90 years old...

Susannah ROBERTS

1. Susanna inherited Negro slaves per will of Walter Pollard of Dale Parish, County of Chesterfield, Virginia 11 Nov 1768...

2. She was living in Indiana in March 1829...

3. She must have died much earlier than Abraham. (Eric Newsom's records)

Grandfather Abraham played a prominent roll in The Battle of Kings Mountain. A Tory sympathizer, he and a man named Peter Quinn were dispatched in September 1780 by British Col. Patrick Ferguson to seek reinforcements from Cornwallis after he learned of a gathering Patriot force in the Kings Mountain area. Grandfather Collins and Peter Quinn were delayed however, and did not deliver the message until October 7, 1780 - the day of the battle. Col. Ferguson lost and was killed in the battle, which forced Cornwallis to retreat from Charlotte, North Carolina. The Patriot victory has been called the turning Point of the Revolutionary War. Grandfather Abraham also gained notoriety as a counterfeiter, and was arrested for the crime on June 20, 1805, but the case was dismissed on a technicality. Source: Marion T. Smith - Collins in North Carolina and Georgia. Archibald Graham Cemetery is located in Cleveland County, North Carolina, Township No. 3 on the west side of Buffalo Creek and about 1/2 mile from the creek on a high hill or knoll overlooking a wide expanse of bottom land on Buffalo and Beason's Creeks. The same being about 1 mile north of the old home of Arthur Graham and known as the Old Graham Brick House, and northeast of the Shelby-Grover State Highway. The land is owned by Mr James M. Allen who lives just north of the graveyard (information dated 2008)