Luman Jones Collins.6, ( Edmund Robert Collins.5, Levi Collins.4, Jacob Collins.3, John Collins Jr.2, John Collins Sr.1) born: 25 April 1860 Marietta, Shelby County Indiana, died: 28 December 1924 Greensberg, Decatur County Indiana, buried: 29 December 1934, South Park Cemetery, Greensberg, Decatur County Indiana,he is buried in a unmarked grave in the IOOF section. which is behind this big stone in the photo ,. where there are many IOOF unmatked graves, son of: Edmund Robert Collins and Elsiebeth Ann Connor, Never married
Source: Journal Kept by Luman Jones Collins to Establish the "Heirs of the David Sutton Estate", dated: 16 April 1888, Decatur, Illinois, handed down to Alexis Byron Collins Jr.
Note: As far as we can tell there was no estate left for the Collins descendants, and this all proved to be nothing but a Hoax, contrived by lawyers, and no one ever received a dime from the Estate, but none the Less it has provided a wealth of invaluable information on the genealogy on this Collins family, and for that we are forever grateful to Luman Jones Collins for recording the records,(Marilyn Pederson)
Note: Journal Kept by Luman Jones Collins to Establish the "Heirs of the so called David Sutton Estate", dated: 16 April 1888, Decatur, Illinois, handed down to Alexis Byron Collins Jr. His father Alexis Byron Collins Sr added birth dates and places of his children and siblings, at a later date. Marilyn
Evidence to establish Identity as to the David Sutton Estate; You will please answer all the following questions as fully as possibly. Use the spaces left for each answer on this sheet and return to us as soon as you can. We may then be able to tell you whether or not you are an heir to the so Called David Sutton Estate.
Q. Give your full name and Address, Answer: Luman Jones Collins, Decatur, Macon County State of Illinois,
Q. Date of Birth; Answer: April 25th 1860
Q. If married; the name of husband or wife, Answer: unmarried
Q. Father and mothers full name with maiden name of mother, Answer: Edmund Collins, Elsiebeth Ann nee Elsiebeth Ann Connor
Q. Do you claim through Father or Mother, Answer: Father
Q. Date and place of birth of both parents, Answer: Father born April 6th 1822, Miami County Ohio, Mother born 4th April AD. 1841, Randolph County Indiana
Q. Date and place of marriage, Answer: January 16th AD, 1859, Shelby County Indiana
Q. Date of death of either parent and where buried, Answer: Father died; April 14th AD. 1877, buried; North Fork Cemetery, Macon County Illinois
Q. Number and names of their children; Answer: Myself, Luman J. Collins, Edmund R. Collins, Charles T. Collins and Emma J. Collins
Q. Names of still living and their addresses, Answer: four alive and residing in Decatur Illinois
Q. Date of death of those deceased, Answer: None dead
Q. Names of your Grandparents with the maiden name of Grandmother, Answer: Levi Collins, Elisabeth Collins nee Snell
Q. Date and place of their marriage, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. Number and names of their children; Answer: Lydia Ann, Catherine Ford, Millie Amanda, Sarrah Jane, Samuel Snell, James L., Edmund (my father) Nancy Elizabeth and Leander M. Collins
Q. Names of dead and residences of living, Answer: All dead except Samuel Snell Collins, residing at Dawn Darke County Ohio, James L. Collins, Indianapolis Indiana, Sarrah Jane now Sarrah Jane Barker, Boggstown, Shelby County Indiana
Q. Names as far as you can of the children of each Grand Uncle and Grand Aunt, Answer: unknown to me at this time
Q. Date and place of death and burial of Grand Parents, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. Give full names of Great Grand Father and Great Grand Mother, with maiden name of Great Grand Mother, Answer: Jacob Collins, Mary Collins nee Elsworth
Q. Date and place of their marriage, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. number and names of their children, Answer: Unknown except that of my grandfather Levi Collins and one Great uncle Amos
Q. Places and dates of Great Grand parents, Answer: Unknown to me
Q. Names of Great Great Grandparents with maiden name of Mother, Answer: John Collins and Hannah Collins nee Cozad
Q. Which was in the line of descent, Answer: We claim through the Cozad
Q. Date and place of births, Answer: unknown at present
Q. When and where married, Answer: unknown at present
Q. Number and names of their children, Answer: unknown except as above stated
Q. Date and place of death and burial, Answer: Unknown at present
Q. From what source have you gained the foregoing information, Answer: My father and Mother and Uncles James L. and Samuel S. Collins
Q. Have you or your fathers family's records or family records, if so state what they are and in whose possession, Answer: None at present-unknown to me
Q. Have you the genealogy of your ancestors, if so send copy and state by whom they were compiled and when. Answer: I have not
Q. If you have other information not called for in the foregoing questions, please state same fully signed: Luman Jones Collins P.S., We are all single except Edmund R. Collins, who married to Sarah C. Barrett, at Hillsboro, Jefferson County Missouri, on April 20th 1886.
Dated; Decatur, Illinois, April 16, 1888.
Source: Journal Kept by Luman Jones Collins to Establish the "Heirs of the David Sutton Estate", dated: 16 April 1888, Decatur, Illinois, handed down to Alexis Byron Collins Jr.
Note: As far as we can tell there was no estate left for the Collins descendants, and this all proved to be nothing but a Hoax, contrived by lawyers, and no one ever received a dime from the Estate, but none the Less it has provided a wealth of invaluable information on the genealogy on this Collins family, and for that we are forever grateful to Luman Jones Collins for recording the records,(Marilyn Pederson)
Note: Journal Kept by Luman Jones Collins to Establish the "Heirs of the so called David Sutton Estate", dated: 16 April 1888, Decatur, Illinois, handed down to Alexis Byron Collins Jr. His father Alexis Byron Collins Sr added birth dates and places of his children and siblings, at a later date. Marilyn
Evidence to establish Identity as to the David Sutton Estate; You will please answer all the following questions as fully as possibly. Use the spaces left for each answer on this sheet and return to us as soon as you can. We may then be able to tell you whether or not you are an heir to the so Called David Sutton Estate.
Q. Give your full name and Address, Answer: Luman Jones Collins, Decatur, Macon County State of Illinois,
Q. Date of Birth; Answer: April 25th 1860
Q. If married; the name of husband or wife, Answer: unmarried
Q. Father and mothers full name with maiden name of mother, Answer: Edmund Collins, Elsiebeth Ann nee Elsiebeth Ann Connor
Q. Do you claim through Father or Mother, Answer: Father
Q. Date and place of birth of both parents, Answer: Father born April 6th 1822, Miami County Ohio, Mother born 4th April AD. 1841, Randolph County Indiana
Q. Date and place of marriage, Answer: January 16th AD, 1859, Shelby County Indiana
Q. Date of death of either parent and where buried, Answer: Father died; April 14th AD. 1877, buried; North Fork Cemetery, Macon County Illinois
Q. Number and names of their children; Answer: Myself, Luman J. Collins, Edmund R. Collins, Charles T. Collins and Emma J. Collins
Q. Names of still living and their addresses, Answer: four alive and residing in Decatur Illinois
Q. Date of death of those deceased, Answer: None dead
Q. Names of your Grandparents with the maiden name of Grandmother, Answer: Levi Collins, Elisabeth Collins nee Snell
Q. Date and place of their marriage, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. Number and names of their children; Answer: Lydia Ann, Catherine Ford, Millie Amanda, Sarrah Jane, Samuel Snell, James L., Edmund (my father) Nancy Elizabeth and Leander M. Collins
Q. Names of dead and residences of living, Answer: All dead except Samuel Snell Collins, residing at Dawn Darke County Ohio, James L. Collins, Indianapolis Indiana, Sarrah Jane now Sarrah Jane Barker, Boggstown, Shelby County Indiana
Q. Names as far as you can of the children of each Grand Uncle and Grand Aunt, Answer: unknown to me at this time
Q. Date and place of death and burial of Grand Parents, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. Give full names of Great Grand Father and Great Grand Mother, with maiden name of Great Grand Mother, Answer: Jacob Collins, Mary Collins nee Elsworth
Q. Date and place of their marriage, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. number and names of their children, Answer: Unknown except that of my grandfather Levi Collins and one Great uncle Amos
Q. Places and dates of Great Grand parents, Answer: Unknown to me
Q. Names of Great Great Grandparents with maiden name of Mother, Answer: John Collins and Hannah Collins nee Cozad
Q. Which was in the line of descent, Answer: We claim through the Cozad
Q. Date and place of births, Answer: unknown at present
Q. When and where married, Answer: unknown at present
Q. Number and names of their children, Answer: unknown except as above stated
Q. Date and place of death and burial, Answer: Unknown at present
Q. From what source have you gained the foregoing information, Answer: My father and Mother and Uncles James L. and Samuel S. Collins
Q. Have you or your fathers family's records or family records, if so state what they are and in whose possession, Answer: None at present-unknown to me
Q. Have you the genealogy of your ancestors, if so send copy and state by whom they were compiled and when. Answer: I have not
Q. If you have other information not called for in the foregoing questions, please state same fully signed: Luman Jones Collins P.S., We are all single except Edmund R. Collins, who married to Sarah C. Barrett, at Hillsboro, Jefferson County Missouri, on April 20th 1886.
Dated; Decatur, Illinois, April 16, 1888.
Luman Jones Collins.6, ( Edmund Robert Collins.5, Levi Collins.4, Jacob Collins.3, John Collins Jr.2, John Collins Sr.1) born: 25 April 1860 Marietta, Shelby County Indiana, died: 28 December 1924 Greensberg, Decatur County Indiana, buried: 29 December 1934, South Park Cemetery, Greensberg, Decatur County Indiana,he is buried in a unmarked grave in the IOOF section. which is behind this big stone in the photo ,. where there are many IOOF unmatked graves, son of: Edmund Robert Collins and Elsiebeth Ann Connor, Never married
Source: Journal Kept by Luman Jones Collins to Establish the "Heirs of the David Sutton Estate", dated: 16 April 1888, Decatur, Illinois, handed down to Alexis Byron Collins Jr.
Note: As far as we can tell there was no estate left for the Collins descendants, and this all proved to be nothing but a Hoax, contrived by lawyers, and no one ever received a dime from the Estate, but none the Less it has provided a wealth of invaluable information on the genealogy on this Collins family, and for that we are forever grateful to Luman Jones Collins for recording the records,(Marilyn Pederson)
Note: Journal Kept by Luman Jones Collins to Establish the "Heirs of the so called David Sutton Estate", dated: 16 April 1888, Decatur, Illinois, handed down to Alexis Byron Collins Jr. His father Alexis Byron Collins Sr added birth dates and places of his children and siblings, at a later date. Marilyn
Evidence to establish Identity as to the David Sutton Estate; You will please answer all the following questions as fully as possibly. Use the spaces left for each answer on this sheet and return to us as soon as you can. We may then be able to tell you whether or not you are an heir to the so Called David Sutton Estate.
Q. Give your full name and Address, Answer: Luman Jones Collins, Decatur, Macon County State of Illinois,
Q. Date of Birth; Answer: April 25th 1860
Q. If married; the name of husband or wife, Answer: unmarried
Q. Father and mothers full name with maiden name of mother, Answer: Edmund Collins, Elsiebeth Ann nee Elsiebeth Ann Connor
Q. Do you claim through Father or Mother, Answer: Father
Q. Date and place of birth of both parents, Answer: Father born April 6th 1822, Miami County Ohio, Mother born 4th April AD. 1841, Randolph County Indiana
Q. Date and place of marriage, Answer: January 16th AD, 1859, Shelby County Indiana
Q. Date of death of either parent and where buried, Answer: Father died; April 14th AD. 1877, buried; North Fork Cemetery, Macon County Illinois
Q. Number and names of their children; Answer: Myself, Luman J. Collins, Edmund R. Collins, Charles T. Collins and Emma J. Collins
Q. Names of still living and their addresses, Answer: four alive and residing in Decatur Illinois
Q. Date of death of those deceased, Answer: None dead
Q. Names of your Grandparents with the maiden name of Grandmother, Answer: Levi Collins, Elisabeth Collins nee Snell
Q. Date and place of their marriage, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. Number and names of their children; Answer: Lydia Ann, Catherine Ford, Millie Amanda, Sarrah Jane, Samuel Snell, James L., Edmund (my father) Nancy Elizabeth and Leander M. Collins
Q. Names of dead and residences of living, Answer: All dead except Samuel Snell Collins, residing at Dawn Darke County Ohio, James L. Collins, Indianapolis Indiana, Sarrah Jane now Sarrah Jane Barker, Boggstown, Shelby County Indiana
Q. Names as far as you can of the children of each Grand Uncle and Grand Aunt, Answer: unknown to me at this time
Q. Date and place of death and burial of Grand Parents, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. Give full names of Great Grand Father and Great Grand Mother, with maiden name of Great Grand Mother, Answer: Jacob Collins, Mary Collins nee Elsworth
Q. Date and place of their marriage, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. number and names of their children, Answer: Unknown except that of my grandfather Levi Collins and one Great uncle Amos
Q. Places and dates of Great Grand parents, Answer: Unknown to me
Q. Names of Great Great Grandparents with maiden name of Mother, Answer: John Collins and Hannah Collins nee Cozad
Q. Which was in the line of descent, Answer: We claim through the Cozad
Q. Date and place of births, Answer: unknown at present
Q. When and where married, Answer: unknown at present
Q. Number and names of their children, Answer: unknown except as above stated
Q. Date and place of death and burial, Answer: Unknown at present
Q. From what source have you gained the foregoing information, Answer: My father and Mother and Uncles James L. and Samuel S. Collins
Q. Have you or your fathers family's records or family records, if so state what they are and in whose possession, Answer: None at present-unknown to me
Q. Have you the genealogy of your ancestors, if so send copy and state by whom they were compiled and when. Answer: I have not
Q. If you have other information not called for in the foregoing questions, please state same fully signed: Luman Jones Collins P.S., We are all single except Edmund R. Collins, who married to Sarah C. Barrett, at Hillsboro, Jefferson County Missouri, on April 20th 1886.
Dated; Decatur, Illinois, April 16, 1888.
Source: Journal Kept by Luman Jones Collins to Establish the "Heirs of the David Sutton Estate", dated: 16 April 1888, Decatur, Illinois, handed down to Alexis Byron Collins Jr.
Note: As far as we can tell there was no estate left for the Collins descendants, and this all proved to be nothing but a Hoax, contrived by lawyers, and no one ever received a dime from the Estate, but none the Less it has provided a wealth of invaluable information on the genealogy on this Collins family, and for that we are forever grateful to Luman Jones Collins for recording the records,(Marilyn Pederson)
Note: Journal Kept by Luman Jones Collins to Establish the "Heirs of the so called David Sutton Estate", dated: 16 April 1888, Decatur, Illinois, handed down to Alexis Byron Collins Jr. His father Alexis Byron Collins Sr added birth dates and places of his children and siblings, at a later date. Marilyn
Evidence to establish Identity as to the David Sutton Estate; You will please answer all the following questions as fully as possibly. Use the spaces left for each answer on this sheet and return to us as soon as you can. We may then be able to tell you whether or not you are an heir to the so Called David Sutton Estate.
Q. Give your full name and Address, Answer: Luman Jones Collins, Decatur, Macon County State of Illinois,
Q. Date of Birth; Answer: April 25th 1860
Q. If married; the name of husband or wife, Answer: unmarried
Q. Father and mothers full name with maiden name of mother, Answer: Edmund Collins, Elsiebeth Ann nee Elsiebeth Ann Connor
Q. Do you claim through Father or Mother, Answer: Father
Q. Date and place of birth of both parents, Answer: Father born April 6th 1822, Miami County Ohio, Mother born 4th April AD. 1841, Randolph County Indiana
Q. Date and place of marriage, Answer: January 16th AD, 1859, Shelby County Indiana
Q. Date of death of either parent and where buried, Answer: Father died; April 14th AD. 1877, buried; North Fork Cemetery, Macon County Illinois
Q. Number and names of their children; Answer: Myself, Luman J. Collins, Edmund R. Collins, Charles T. Collins and Emma J. Collins
Q. Names of still living and their addresses, Answer: four alive and residing in Decatur Illinois
Q. Date of death of those deceased, Answer: None dead
Q. Names of your Grandparents with the maiden name of Grandmother, Answer: Levi Collins, Elisabeth Collins nee Snell
Q. Date and place of their marriage, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. Number and names of their children; Answer: Lydia Ann, Catherine Ford, Millie Amanda, Sarrah Jane, Samuel Snell, James L., Edmund (my father) Nancy Elizabeth and Leander M. Collins
Q. Names of dead and residences of living, Answer: All dead except Samuel Snell Collins, residing at Dawn Darke County Ohio, James L. Collins, Indianapolis Indiana, Sarrah Jane now Sarrah Jane Barker, Boggstown, Shelby County Indiana
Q. Names as far as you can of the children of each Grand Uncle and Grand Aunt, Answer: unknown to me at this time
Q. Date and place of death and burial of Grand Parents, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. Give full names of Great Grand Father and Great Grand Mother, with maiden name of Great Grand Mother, Answer: Jacob Collins, Mary Collins nee Elsworth
Q. Date and place of their marriage, Answer: Unknown to me at present
Q. number and names of their children, Answer: Unknown except that of my grandfather Levi Collins and one Great uncle Amos
Q. Places and dates of Great Grand parents, Answer: Unknown to me
Q. Names of Great Great Grandparents with maiden name of Mother, Answer: John Collins and Hannah Collins nee Cozad
Q. Which was in the line of descent, Answer: We claim through the Cozad
Q. Date and place of births, Answer: unknown at present
Q. When and where married, Answer: unknown at present
Q. Number and names of their children, Answer: unknown except as above stated
Q. Date and place of death and burial, Answer: Unknown at present
Q. From what source have you gained the foregoing information, Answer: My father and Mother and Uncles James L. and Samuel S. Collins
Q. Have you or your fathers family's records or family records, if so state what they are and in whose possession, Answer: None at present-unknown to me
Q. Have you the genealogy of your ancestors, if so send copy and state by whom they were compiled and when. Answer: I have not
Q. If you have other information not called for in the foregoing questions, please state same fully signed: Luman Jones Collins P.S., We are all single except Edmund R. Collins, who married to Sarah C. Barrett, at Hillsboro, Jefferson County Missouri, on April 20th 1886.
Dated; Decatur, Illinois, April 16, 1888.
