CIVIL WAR VETERAN, CO. K, 16TH MISSOURI CAVALRY, UNION
From "Collins 1750 - 1993" published by John & Karen Trullinger........
"Cornelius was a man that wanted to make a living and raise his family. He did not want to be involved in the war. Cornelius had to hide on two occasions from Confederate soldiers, as it was their practice to kill all the men they found. Once he hid in the attic, another time he lay down and hid in his large herd of nesting sows. A man had come to the Collins farm to hide from Rebel soldiers. He was hiding on the farm when the Rebel soldiers arrived looking for him. They found the man, took him down the road and shot him. They gave Cornelius instructions 'Take the body and bury it. If you don't we we will come back and shoot you.' So Cornelius buried the man. Soon after this he joined the Union Army. One day after Cornelius was discharged he was coming back from his great Uncle Sol's place at Carman Spring (now Forest Road 108). He had to leave the road and hide in a sinkhole next to the road until the bushwhackers were gone. Cornelius died when he was 52. He suffered from an abdominal illness, which his brother, Robinson, felt he took during the war. Cornelius is buried at Carroll Cemetery with a Civil War marker".
Cornelius was the son of Isaiah "Zerry" Collins and Mary "Polly" Blakely. He was married to Docia Ann Barton who received a Widow's Pension of $37 per month after Cornelius' death.
From "Collins 1750 - 1993" published by John & Karen Trullinger........
"Cornelius was a man that wanted to make a living and raise his family. He did not want to be involved in the war. Cornelius had to hide on two occasions from Confederate soldiers, as it was their practice to kill all the men they found. Once he hid in the attic, another time he lay down and hid in his large herd of nesting sows. A man had come to the Collins farm to hide from Rebel soldiers. He was hiding on the farm when the Rebel soldiers arrived looking for him. They found the man, took him down the road and shot him. They gave Cornelius instructions 'Take the body and bury it. If you don't we we will come back and shoot you.' So Cornelius buried the man. Soon after this he joined the Union Army. One day after Cornelius was discharged he was coming back from his great Uncle Sol's place at Carman Spring (now Forest Road 108). He had to leave the road and hide in a sinkhole next to the road until the bushwhackers were gone. Cornelius died when he was 52. He suffered from an abdominal illness, which his brother, Robinson, felt he took during the war. Cornelius is buried at Carroll Cemetery with a Civil War marker".
Cornelius was the son of Isaiah "Zerry" Collins and Mary "Polly" Blakely. He was married to Docia Ann Barton who received a Widow's Pension of $37 per month after Cornelius' death.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN, CO. K, 16TH MISSOURI CAVALRY, UNION
From "Collins 1750 - 1993" published by John & Karen Trullinger........
"Cornelius was a man that wanted to make a living and raise his family. He did not want to be involved in the war. Cornelius had to hide on two occasions from Confederate soldiers, as it was their practice to kill all the men they found. Once he hid in the attic, another time he lay down and hid in his large herd of nesting sows. A man had come to the Collins farm to hide from Rebel soldiers. He was hiding on the farm when the Rebel soldiers arrived looking for him. They found the man, took him down the road and shot him. They gave Cornelius instructions 'Take the body and bury it. If you don't we we will come back and shoot you.' So Cornelius buried the man. Soon after this he joined the Union Army. One day after Cornelius was discharged he was coming back from his great Uncle Sol's place at Carman Spring (now Forest Road 108). He had to leave the road and hide in a sinkhole next to the road until the bushwhackers were gone. Cornelius died when he was 52. He suffered from an abdominal illness, which his brother, Robinson, felt he took during the war. Cornelius is buried at Carroll Cemetery with a Civil War marker".
Cornelius was the son of Isaiah "Zerry" Collins and Mary "Polly" Blakely. He was married to Docia Ann Barton who received a Widow's Pension of $37 per month after Cornelius' death.
From "Collins 1750 - 1993" published by John & Karen Trullinger........
"Cornelius was a man that wanted to make a living and raise his family. He did not want to be involved in the war. Cornelius had to hide on two occasions from Confederate soldiers, as it was their practice to kill all the men they found. Once he hid in the attic, another time he lay down and hid in his large herd of nesting sows. A man had come to the Collins farm to hide from Rebel soldiers. He was hiding on the farm when the Rebel soldiers arrived looking for him. They found the man, took him down the road and shot him. They gave Cornelius instructions 'Take the body and bury it. If you don't we we will come back and shoot you.' So Cornelius buried the man. Soon after this he joined the Union Army. One day after Cornelius was discharged he was coming back from his great Uncle Sol's place at Carman Spring (now Forest Road 108). He had to leave the road and hide in a sinkhole next to the road until the bushwhackers were gone. Cornelius died when he was 52. He suffered from an abdominal illness, which his brother, Robinson, felt he took during the war. Cornelius is buried at Carroll Cemetery with a Civil War marker".
Cornelius was the son of Isaiah "Zerry" Collins and Mary "Polly" Blakely. He was married to Docia Ann Barton who received a Widow's Pension of $37 per month after Cornelius' death.
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