Display Patriot - P-136624

Eli COLLINS

SAR Patriot #: P-136624

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: NC Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A024474

Birth: 26 Mar 1759 / Sussex / DE
Death: 1842 / Hempstead / AR

Qualifying Service Description:

Captains Micajah Lytle, Thomas Farmer, Wood, James Kell; Colonels. Dozier, Stephen Moore, William Collier

Additional References:

PensionS31615

Spouse: Mary Durbin
Children: William; Eli; Mary;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
2018-03-21	KS	79983	Kenneth Hubert Brackney (206774)	William
2018-03-21	KS	79984	Robert Kenneth Brackney (206775)	William
2018-03-21	KS	79985	Dillon Lance Stum (206776)	William

Burial:

Pioneer Cemetery_(C-0372321)

Location:

Washington / Hempstead / AR / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

828156

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

33.778889 / -93.681389

Find A Grave Memorial #:

828156

Marker Type:

SAR Lug on Marble Tile

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

02 Nov 2024

Comments:

Image taken and provided with permission from compatriot Charles McLemore (AR) 194107

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The Pioneer Cemetery is located inside Historic Washington State Park in Washington, AR. The Park is located on Highway 278, nine miles northwest of Hope, AR.
Park outside of wooden fence and enter at the opening walk about 75 feet and you will be able to see three VA tombstones next to each other.

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Charles Henry McLemore

This biography was edited and augmented by PRS staff.

Eli Collins was born on 26 March 1759 in Sussex County, Delaware.

The following information was taken from his pension application S31615. About the first of June 1776, he volunteered and joined the company of the North Carolina Militia, commanded by Captain Micajah Lytle. This was a three-month tour.

On the first of June 1780, he volunteered again in the North Carolina Militia, this time commanded by Thomas Farmer. He lacked six days to complete this three-month tour. In September of 1780, he was drafted into the North Carolina Militia company commanded by Captain Wood for three months. On about 1 September 1781, he was again drafted into a Company of North Carolina militia commanded by Captain James Kill. He served three months on this campaign. Besides the four campaigns above, in which he served twelve months, he frequently did military duty in guarding, ammunition, and small parties of prisoners for short periods.

On 29 August 1781, Eli married Mary Durbin in Orange County, North Carolina. They had the following known children:

Eli was born in 1788 and married Nancy Truitt.
William Rayland was born on 13 November 1790 and married Nancy Patterson.
Mary Martha was born on 10 March 1794 and married Reece Howell.

The Patriot died on 4 February 1844 in Hempstead County, Arkansas. A cenotaph Veterans Administration stone is in Pioneer Cemetery in Washington, Hempstead County. There is a second stone, modern, at Nashville Cemetery in Howard County. This cemetery existed when Eli died and was, at the time, in Hempstead County before the formation of Howard County.

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