Thompsey (Polston) Collins

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Thompsey (Polston) Collins (Posting)

Also Known As: "Posten", "Poston", "Thompsie", "Tompsey Posting"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 30, 1810 (56)
Knox County, Kentucky, USA
Place of Burial: Knox, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Wife of David Solomon Collins, Sr. (I)
Mother of Aaron Collins; David Collins, (II); Elvira Lawson; Nancy Collins; Eleanor "Nellie" Penelope Turnbull and 5 others

Managed by: Becca Lynn Hurst
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About Thompsey (Polston) Collins

Notes

The Grohse Manuscripts report, "An old blacksmith, a Portuguese on Blackwater Creek, is as dark as a genuine African, yet has a peculiar tinge to his skin that is totally foreign to the Negro. He has a white wife, a Mullins woman, a descendant of English and Indian. The blacksmith is a Denham, grandson of the old Portuguese emigrant and a Collins woman..."

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Thompsey (Polston) Collins's Timeline

1753
May 20, 1753
Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
1772
1772
Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
1774
1774
Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
1775
1775
Princess Anne or Bedford, Virginia, United States
1783
1783
Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
1783
Washington County, North Carolina, United States
1784
1784
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
1785
1785
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
1789
March 10, 1789
North Carolina, United States