John Collier

 1770 - September 22, 1831   

61 years 

Marriage:   Cassandra Crook  - married December 7, 1792

Children of John & Cassandra:
Hezekiah Collier (1796-1865 / 69 years)
James Collier (1798-1873 / 75 years)
Elizabeth "Betsy" Collier (Pollard) (1800-1880 / 80 years)
Zachariah Collier (1802-1885 / 83 years)
Polly Collier (1804-1840 / 36 years)
Lovica "Levicy" Jane Collier  (Manning) (1806-1839 / 33 years)
Nancy Collier (Chamerlain) (1808-1879 / 71 years)
William Collier (1810)
Alford Collier (1812-1855 / 43 years)
Harrison Collier (1813-1892 / 79 years)

Jon Q. Peterson's Fourth Great-Grandparents)

The following is taken from a document written and compiled under the title "Our Pioneer Ancestors" by Maud Wilson, the granddaughter of William Collier and Sally Grubb.  December 25, 1913 – Salem, Indiana.  This history of the different branches follows the same order as the family trees.  1730 – 1913.  In loving gratitude to our Pioneer Ancestors, who so bravely faced the wilderness that we, their children’s children, might one day reap the benefit, this offering is made to the Seventh Generation.

Madison County, Kentucky

John Collier (our ancestor, and husband of Cassandra Crook), was of English descent, and came from Virginia and located in Madison County, Kentucky, where he married about 1790.  True to the military spirit of the Crooks, Cassandra matched, if not excelled, John Collier’s pioneer spirit.  She stood staunchly by him in all his wanderings, and during this time of strain and stress, had become the mother of ten children.  

To Illinois

John Collier was seized by the restless spirit of the times, and hearing such wonderful reports of the fertility of the bottom lands of Illinois, decided to invest in a tract of land in that vicinity.  In 1807, they packed their belongings on horses, and with members of the family riding to keep the pack horses together, they started for their new home in the wilderness.  They came north and crossed the Ohio River close to what was then called Yellow Banks.  

John & Cassandra Collier Travels in 1800s

The story of their lives was recorded by Zachariah, one of their sons, as taken from an old printed record.  Click on John & Cassandra Travels to view their story. 

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