Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameLewis Collins 
1671
1671Birth1763, VA
Death8 Feb 1815, Camden District SC Age: 52
BurialRed Hill Cemetary, Camden
FatherLewis Collins
Spouses
1Charlotte Hammond 1671, 5G Aunt
1671, 5G AuntBirth8 Mar 1764, Fairfax Co VA2306
Death25 Nov 1862, Camden District SC Age: 98
BurialRed Hill Cemetary, Camden
FatherSamuel Hammond (1722-1806)
MotherMary Elizabeth Jenkins (1726-1816)
Marriage1788
Notes for Charlotte (Spouse 1)
According to ''Historic Camden" by Thomas J. Kirkland/Robert M. Kennedy, The State Co., 1926, Charlotte Hammond married Lewis Collins, also a descendant of several generations of Virginians. Here is a passage from their book:
Lewis Collins was born in Virginia in 1763. He removed to South Carolina settling on the headwaters of White Oak Creek, Kershaw County. His house still stands, on old "Collins Place," though in sad decay. He was a progressive man, having operated, it is said, the first mule, the first African slave (whom he bought from a shipload in Charleston), and the first Whitney cotton gin, in his section. His country-bred horse, "White Oak Split," created a sensation by winning the four-mile heat in the Camden races.
His wife was Charlotte, daughter of Captain Samuel Hammond, also a Virginian and a Revolutionary soldier, who died in South Carolina in 1806. ''Hammond's Spring" is on the comer of the line between Kershaw and Lancaster Counties.
Lewis and Charlotte Collins had three children:
1. Wiley, died 1816.
2. Elizabeth, married Joseph Patterson.
3. Alethea Lois, married Jesse Kilgore.
Lewis Collins' death occured in 1815. His widow, a most energetic woman, conducted the plantation until her death in 1862, at the age of 98. The cotton raised on her place was noted for its superior quality. Each bale was stamped with her initials, and "C .C." cotton was widely famous, even so far as the Liverpool Market.
Lewis Collins was born in Virginia in 1763. He removed to South Carolina settling on the headwaters of White Oak Creek, Kershaw County. His house still stands, on old "Collins Place," though in sad decay. He was a progressive man, having operated, it is said, the first mule, the first African slave (whom he bought from a shipload in Charleston), and the first Whitney cotton gin, in his section. His country-bred horse, "White Oak Split," created a sensation by winning the four-mile heat in the Camden races.
His wife was Charlotte, daughter of Captain Samuel Hammond, also a Virginian and a Revolutionary soldier, who died in South Carolina in 1806. ''Hammond's Spring" is on the comer of the line between Kershaw and Lancaster Counties.
Lewis and Charlotte Collins had three children:
1. Wiley, died 1816.
2. Elizabeth, married Joseph Patterson.
3. Alethea Lois, married Jesse Kilgore.
Lewis Collins' death occured in 1815. His widow, a most energetic woman, conducted the plantation until her death in 1862, at the age of 98. The cotton raised on her place was noted for its superior quality. Each bale was stamped with her initials, and "C .C." cotton was widely famous, even so far as the Liverpool Market.