Notes for Watson N COLLINS

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Notes for Watson N COLLINS

He could not read or write by 1870.

Residences & events in his life:

Till 3/1831 North Carolina

From 9/1831 Coles Co, IL, Greasy Creek, Morgan Twp

The History of Coles Co records:

"Like most pioneers, the family were poor, and the subject of this
sketch turned his attention to do what was in his power to the support
of his father's family; one occupation was getting out fence-rails at
25 cents per hundred; one season he worked at Vincennes, Ind, at $6
per month, the earnings being used for the support of the family and
to procure stock; breaking prairie with five or six yoke of oxen was
another occupation; his milling was done at Terre Haute, Freeport,
Eugene and Palestine, this trip consuming from four to eight days,
made with three or four yoke of oxen; his furniture was homemade; for
chairs he made stools, and bedsteads were made by boring a hole in the
side and end logs of his house, in which poles were inserted, entering
a post where the ends met; this was known as the raccoon bedstead;
there is now in the family a cupboard made by Mr. Collins, which is
put together by wooden pins, not a nail being in use--a relic valued
highly; he commenced the stock business by first buying a single calf,
which business he increased until he became a large stock-dealer,
feeding from 150 to 200 head of cattle for several years previous to
his death, at which time he owned upward of 500 acres of ladn, and had
500 rented for his stock, etc. Mr. Collins.....mourned and respected
by all who knew him."

1850 Coles Co, IL. He was living next door to Aaron Collins in the
census with property = $1200.

1860 His property now = $5250/150. When his wife died, the 3 younger
children went to live with their uncle Aaron where they are listed in
the census.

Morgan Twp, Coles Co, IL. He gave estray notice for a heifer, J.S.
Rardin, Justice. No date was recorded.

1866 The tax assessor listed: 80 acres in corn, 10 in other grain;
17 horses at $714, 65 cattle at $1324, 10 sheep at $10, 112 hogs at
$303; 1 carriage at $50; $150 in money and credits; and $125
enumerated property. The total = $2678 plus over $2000 in real
estate.

1870 Curtisville, Coles Co, IL. According to the census, he had no
property at all. Two children, Boyd, 5, & Rosa, 3, living with him
were probably grandchildren.

Cemetery records state he arrived in Illinois in 1830, not 1831.

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