Eli Collins b about 1829 KY s/o Robert Collins and 1st Wife Unknown. Eli Collins m. 26 Mar 1848 Letcher Co KY to Mary Barritt b 1835 KY. (1850 Letcher Co KY Census and 1860 Letcher Co KY Census). Children of Eli Collins and Mary Barritt;

I. Robert Collins b 30 Sept 1852 Letcher Co KY m. 20 Dec 1866 Letcher Co KY to Grazilda Collins b 1849 d/o Thomas J Collins and Katherine Thomas. Children of Robert Collins and Grazilda Collins;

1. Martha Jane Collins

2. Margaret Collins b about 1868

3. James Wesley Collins b about 1870

4. Silas M Collins b 22 Oct 1874 Letcher Co KY

II. James Collins b about 1853 Letcher Co KY d 1881 m. Rachel Amburgey; m. 6 Sept 1876 to Elizabeth Amburgey. Children of James Collins and Elizabeth Amburgey;

1. Mary Collins b about 1878

2. John Collins b about 1879

3. James Robert Collins b 15 Dec 1881 Colson, Letcher Co KY m. 20 Dec 1898 Isom, Letcher Co KY to Melissa Breeding. Children of James Robert Collins and Melissa Breeding; i. Doris Blanche Collins ii. Mary Collins iii. Kelly Collins iv. Lula Collins v. Lola Collins b 1899 d 15 Dec 1986 Lexington, KY m. 16 Nov 1925 Letcher Co KY to Willie Gibson vi. Lizzie Collins b 25 Dec 1903 Bath, Knott Co KY vii. James Robert Collins b 12 Jun 1910 viii. Oma Collins b 1913 ix. Leonard Collins b 1916.

III. John Collins b 1854 KY