The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Locacated on Salem Church Road about 1 mile east of its intersection with State Highway 22
Cemetery is on north side of the road in edge of pasture
I-85 North to Greenville
Keep left on I-85 North
Keep right onto GA-316 East to Lawrenceville
Keep right on Highway 316 East
Turn right onto GA-10-Loop North to Hartwell
Take Exit #8 and turn right onto US-78 East/GA-10
To US-78-Br West
Turn right onto Oconee Street
Keep right onto Highway 22
Turn left onto Salem Church Road
Arrive at Vines Collier Cemetery on left
Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
Vines Collier d. 9/1795 OGLETHORPE COUNTY, GEORGIA
He served under George Washington in the French-Indian War as an Ensign and as a Lieutenant. He participated in the expedition to capture Fort Duquesne. During the Revolution, he served as a private in the Virginia Line and furnished supplies to the Continental Army.
Buried: Old Collier Plantation Cemetery, near Salem Church.
See: (1) Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Reported to D.A.R. in 1934.
(2) History of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, p. 44.
(3) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p. 53.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.
Printed in the United States of America
New Papyrus Co., Inc.
548 Cedar Creek Drive
Athens, GA 30605-3408
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