Elisha Collins

1759 - 1842  (82 years)

• Name	Elisha Collins  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	30 Nov 1759	Halifax County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #: A024477, Sons of the American Revolution Patriot #: P-340801  [4, 5]
  		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution
  Military Service	Feb 1778	Virginia, USA   [4, 5]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War
  Death	28 Sep 1842	Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Collins Cemetery, Greene County, Alabama, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I17271	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Frances Madison,   b. 1763, Craven County, North Carolina, USA d. 1830, Greene County, Alabama, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1783	Halifax County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Sarah Collins,   b. 26 Feb 1784, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Collins,   b. 2 Nov 1796, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Meredith Collins,   b. 13 Mar 1789, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Nathaniel Collins,   b. 30 Apr 1787, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA d. 17 Jan 1860, Marion County, Mississippi, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Taliaferro Collins,   b. 22 Jun 1801, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Josiah Collins,   b. 19 Dec 1803, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA d. 12 Apr 1893, Alabama, USA (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Richard Collins,   b. 27 Apr 1785, Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA d. 1822, Greene County, Alabama, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Gabriel Collins,   b. 8 Mar 1791  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Stephen Collins,   b. 17 Mar 1793, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA d. 23 Mar 1857, Greene County, Alabama, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Elizabeth Collins,   b. 2 Feb 1799, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Joseph Collins  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Nov 1759 - Halifax County, Virginia, USA Military Service - American Army - Revolutionary War - Feb 1778 - Virginia, USA Marriage - 21 Apr 1783 - Halifax County, Virginia, USA Death - 28 Sep 1842 - Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

• Sources

  [S78] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;). [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S9950] Find a Grave: COLLINS Elisha 1759-1842, Elisha Collins (Veteran). Elisha Collins is believed to be the son of Joseph Collins and Lucy (Marchbanks) Collins, one of at least 11 children born between 1742 and early 1760’s. At the age of about 19, he volunteered in Capt. Thomas Dillard's Virginia Company which joined Col. George Roger's Clark's Illinois Expedition in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. They then marched to Boone's Station, Kentucky, arriving there about the middle of March. For the next 4 years Elisha fought in various parts of what are now Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (see below for more details). In 1782 he returned to Virginia and on April 21, 1783 married Frances Madison (a cousin of President Madison) in Halifax County, Virginia. Sometime prior to the birth of their first child, Elisha and Frances moved to Boones Station, Fayette County, Kentucky. They are believed to have had 11 children, all born in Fayette County. About the end of 1819 Elisha and Frances, along with several of their children moved into Alabama, settling in the southwestern part of the state in the vicinity of Greene County. Frances died in 1830 and by the June 1840 census Elisha had moved to Lauderdale County, where he lived next door to his daughter Elisha (Collins) Trussel and family. Elisha died in May/June 1842. His burial location in unknown with certainty, but is presumed to be with Frances in Green County. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125066967/elisha_collins [S4094] Daughters of the American Revolution - Ancestors, COLLINS, ELISHA -- Ancestor #: A024477. Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PRIVATE Birth: 11-30-1759 HALIFAX CO VIRGINIA Death: 9-28-1842 GREENE CO ALABAMA Pension Number: *S10463 Service Source: *S10463 Service Description: 1) CAPTS DILLARD, MONTGOMERY, HOLDER, TODD; COL GEORGE ROGERS CLARK Residence County: PITTSYLVANIA CO - State: VIRGINIA Spouse FRANCES MADISON https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A024477 [S4149] Sons of the American Revolution - Patriots, Elisha COLLINS -- SAR Patriot #: P-340801. State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Private DAR #: A024477 Birth: 30 Nov 1759 / Halifax / VA Death: 28 Sep 1842 / Lauderdale / MS Qualifying Service Description: Private serving from Virginia under Captains Dillard, Montgomery, Holder, Todd under Colonel George Rogers Clarck Additional References: Rev War Pension S-10463 Spouse: Francis/Frances Madison Children: Richard; Nathaniel; https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/340801