Sally Lockhart (oldest daughter of William Lockhart and Elizabeth Fletcher, and wife of James Collier) was born in Stockton, Surrey Co., Virginia, February 13, 1802, died of apoplexy in Campbellsburg, Indiana, in 1876.  She was eleven years old when she came from North Carolina to Indiana.  (She) Was short in stature, very fair, blue eyes and light red hair.  Although she was the mother of thirteen children not one inherited her complexion or hair.  (She) Possessed a shrewd, quick mind, and was fine in mental arithmetic.  Thrifty and energetic, (she) did all of her own spinning, weaving, knitting and sewing.  She was a charter member of the Christian Church at Campbellsburg.  Her daughter, Mathilda tells, “While riding with her third child in her arms from Claysville toward Lost River, she was followed through the woods by wolves.  She ran her horse a long distance until she came to a clearing where some wood choppers dispersed the wolves.”

​James Collier, (son of John Collier and Cassandra), married Sally Lockhart March 12, 1818, at Campbellsburg, Indiana.

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Thomas Lockhart, (great-grandfather of Sally Lockhart Collier), came from Ireland about 1730, and settled in Virginia.  He later had four sons, John, William, Thomas, and James.

John, (son of Thomas), had four sons also:  William, John, Richard, and Thomas.  Richard, (son of John, son of Thomas), was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; was with General Washington at Yorktown, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis.

William, (John’s oldest son), married Elizabeth Fletcher at Stockton, Surry County, Virginia, 1794.  (Elizabeth had one brother, Joseph, she often mentioned, who also lived in Virginia).  William and Elizabeth had four sons and five daughters: Thomas, John, Joseph, Stockton, Sarah "Sally", Martha, Nancy, Polly, and Sukey.

They moved from Virginia to North Carolina about 1805.  (Thomas, the oldest son, at the age of 18 years, volunteered in the war of 1812, and marched from North Carolina to Canada).  William and Elizabeth moved from North Carolina to what is now Washington County, Indiana in 1813, settling near Claysville.  Thomas, (son of William and Elizabeth), settled in Hendricks County, Indiana.  Stockton, (son of William and Elizabeth), settled in Owen County, Indiana.  

William and Elizabeth’s daughters were Sally, Martha, Nancy, Polly, and Sukey, all of whom came to Indiana with their parents.

William was a nurseryman and brought seeds from North Carolina and set out orchards soon after his arrival.

There were no inherited diseases in the Lockhart family.  They were religious and had several Christian preachers in their line.