Nathaniel Collins b 4 Oct 1814 VA d 30 Dec 1905 Knott Co KY s/o James Shepherd Collins and Elizabeth Lewis. Nathaniel Collins m. 18 Oct 1838 to Nancy Branham Smith b 18 Oct 1820 Dickenson Co VA d 23 Apr 1903 Letcher Co KY; d/o William Branham Smith and Elizabeth Childers. (1850 Letcher Co KY Census and 1860 Letcher Co KY Census). Children of Nancy Branham Smith and Nathaniel Collins;

I. Elizabeth Collins b 21 Mar 1839 KY m. about 1858 to William Rowlette Hale b 29 Mar 1833 d 5 Nov 1905 s/o James Dickenson Hale and Mary Jane Grizzle. Elizabeth Collins m. 19 Mar 1877 to James Harman Berkley b 23 Feb 1818 Fairfax Co VA d Oct 1901 Ironton, Lawrence Co OH.

2. Manerva Collins b 13 Jan 1846 Letcher Co KY d 27 Aug 1918 Carr Creek, Knott Co KY m. 16 Oct 1881 Letcher Co KY to Watson Adams b 20 Oct 1857 Letcher Co KY d 10 Jan 1928 Omaha, Knott Co KY s/o John D Adams and Frances Branham Smith.

3. Martha Collins b 5 Apr 1855 Letcher Co KY

4. Green A Collins b 1859 KY m. Queentina Honeycutt b 24 Nov 1867 d 5 Jul 1909; d/o Alfred Honeycutt and Elizabeth Reynolds.

5. Madison Collins