Prisoner of War, Texas Confederate Cavalry. Listed as Private and Captain. Born in Dale, Alabama, but grew up in Jasper, Newton County, Texas where he married Tabitha Elizabeth West Johnson, daughter of Gadi F. West and Mary Polly Bivens, original settlers of Bevil District, Texas in 1829 when Texas was still a part of Mexico. Seaborn's father Capt. Andrew Collins, served in the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars. His grandfather Creed Harrison Collins served the U.S. Army in the War of 1812, and his great grandfather Andrew Collins, served in the Wake, North Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War.
Seaborn joined Waller's Texas Confederate Cavalry at the outbreak of the Civil War, defending his home state, and was not a slave owner. He was captured by Union forces at Morganza, Louisiana in 1862 or 1863, imprisoned first in New Orleans,then in Ship Island, Mississippi before transport to the Elmira Prisoner of War Camp in New York.
The [Elmira] prison camp was there for only 369 days, (July 6, 1864- July 11, 1865), yet it had the highest death rate, per capita, of any prison camp, north or south, 24 percent. 12,123 Confederate prisoners of war were guests at the infamous camp. Unfortunately 3,000 of these POW's never made it out alive. including Seaborn Wilder Collins of the Texas Confederate Cavalry.
Captain Seabourn Wilder Collins of Texas Confederate Cavalry from Dr. Jack V. Collins Book
From Jack V. Collins, Ph.D., A Brief History of the Collins Family of Newton County, Texas 1740-1990
Born 1830 (Alabama)
Died 1865 (Elmira Prisoner of War Camp, Elmira, New York)
Wife Tabitha West, Born 1827 Natchez, Mississippi
Married 30 January 1853
Children Born to Tabitha and Morris Johnson (her first husband)
Amanda, 1845, Louisiana
Mary Ann, 1846, Lousiana
Calvin, 1848, Louisiana
Sophronia, 1850, Louisiana
Richard, 1851, Louisiana
Children born to Tabitha and Sebourn Collins (her second husband)
Theodocia, 1854, Texas [family Bible says 1856]
Andrew Jephtha, 1855, Texas
Seaborn, 1857, Texas
Matilda, 1859, Texas
John Austin, 1861, Texas
Celia Susan, 1863, Texas
H. Good, Clerk of Jasper County, Texas, Court issued a marriage license to Sebourn Collins and Tabitha Johnson on 26 January 1853, and they were married on 30 January 1853. Sebourn and Tabitha are listed on the 1855 Newton County, Texas tax records. Tabitha had listed 21 different cattle and hog marks in the Newton County Courthouse. This couple and all children listed above (except John Austin and Celia Susan) are listed in the Newton County, Texas census of 1860.
Written and recorded records of Sebourn Collins include:
1857 (October 12) purchased 10 acres on Big Cow Creek from John B. Glibert for $100.
1858 (December 18) purchased 100 acres from John B. Glibert for $150.Witnessed by Adam J. Stewart.
1860 (October 27) fined by the court for non-attendance to jury duty.
1862 statement by General W.M. Neyland at Jasper, Texas listing Sebourn Collins as Captain for the State Troopers in the C.S.A, 2nd Brigade (found in "The Yellowed Pages" Vol. VIII, No. 4).
NOTE: Dr. Jack V. Collins stated that no record was found of the death of Sebourn or Tabitha, although neither was listed in the 1870 census. Research done recently finds that Tabitha died in childbirth in 1863 with daughter Susan Celia Collins, and Seaborn Wilder Collins died at the Elmira Prisoner of War Camp in Elmira, New York in 1865. He may have misstated his rank as captain to his Yankee captors, who list him an an enlisted man. For more on Elmira, known as Hellmira, the Andersonville of the North see the following link:
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc12/elmira1.htm
Seaborn joined Waller's Texas Confederate Cavalry at the outbreak of the Civil War, defending his home state, and was not a slave owner. He was captured by Union forces at Morganza, Louisiana in 1862 or 1863, imprisoned first in New Orleans,then in Ship Island, Mississippi before transport to the Elmira Prisoner of War Camp in New York.
The [Elmira] prison camp was there for only 369 days, (July 6, 1864- July 11, 1865), yet it had the highest death rate, per capita, of any prison camp, north or south, 24 percent. 12,123 Confederate prisoners of war were guests at the infamous camp. Unfortunately 3,000 of these POW's never made it out alive. including Seaborn Wilder Collins of the Texas Confederate Cavalry.
Captain Seabourn Wilder Collins of Texas Confederate Cavalry from Dr. Jack V. Collins Book
From Jack V. Collins, Ph.D., A Brief History of the Collins Family of Newton County, Texas 1740-1990
Born 1830 (Alabama)
Died 1865 (Elmira Prisoner of War Camp, Elmira, New York)
Wife Tabitha West, Born 1827 Natchez, Mississippi
Married 30 January 1853
Children Born to Tabitha and Morris Johnson (her first husband)
Amanda, 1845, Louisiana
Mary Ann, 1846, Lousiana
Calvin, 1848, Louisiana
Sophronia, 1850, Louisiana
Richard, 1851, Louisiana
Children born to Tabitha and Sebourn Collins (her second husband)
Theodocia, 1854, Texas [family Bible says 1856]
Andrew Jephtha, 1855, Texas
Seaborn, 1857, Texas
Matilda, 1859, Texas
John Austin, 1861, Texas
Celia Susan, 1863, Texas
H. Good, Clerk of Jasper County, Texas, Court issued a marriage license to Sebourn Collins and Tabitha Johnson on 26 January 1853, and they were married on 30 January 1853. Sebourn and Tabitha are listed on the 1855 Newton County, Texas tax records. Tabitha had listed 21 different cattle and hog marks in the Newton County Courthouse. This couple and all children listed above (except John Austin and Celia Susan) are listed in the Newton County, Texas census of 1860.
Written and recorded records of Sebourn Collins include:
1857 (October 12) purchased 10 acres on Big Cow Creek from John B. Glibert for $100.
1858 (December 18) purchased 100 acres from John B. Glibert for $150.Witnessed by Adam J. Stewart.
1860 (October 27) fined by the court for non-attendance to jury duty.
1862 statement by General W.M. Neyland at Jasper, Texas listing Sebourn Collins as Captain for the State Troopers in the C.S.A, 2nd Brigade (found in "The Yellowed Pages" Vol. VIII, No. 4).
NOTE: Dr. Jack V. Collins stated that no record was found of the death of Sebourn or Tabitha, although neither was listed in the 1870 census. Research done recently finds that Tabitha died in childbirth in 1863 with daughter Susan Celia Collins, and Seaborn Wilder Collins died at the Elmira Prisoner of War Camp in Elmira, New York in 1865. He may have misstated his rank as captain to his Yankee captors, who list him an an enlisted man. For more on Elmira, known as Hellmira, the Andersonville of the North see the following link:
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc12/elmira1.htm
Prisoner of War, Texas Confederate Cavalry. Listed as Private and Captain. Born in Dale, Alabama, but grew up in Jasper, Newton County, Texas where he married Tabitha Elizabeth West Johnson, daughter of Gadi F. West and Mary Polly Bivens, original settlers of Bevil District, Texas in 1829 when Texas was still a part of Mexico. Seaborn's father Capt. Andrew Collins, served in the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars. His grandfather Creed Harrison Collins served the U.S. Army in the War of 1812, and his great grandfather Andrew Collins, served in the Wake, North Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War.
Seaborn joined Waller's Texas Confederate Cavalry at the outbreak of the Civil War, defending his home state, and was not a slave owner. He was captured by Union forces at Morganza, Louisiana in 1862 or 1863, imprisoned first in New Orleans,then in Ship Island, Mississippi before transport to the Elmira Prisoner of War Camp in New York.
The [Elmira] prison camp was there for only 369 days, (July 6, 1864- July 11, 1865), yet it had the highest death rate, per capita, of any prison camp, north or south, 24 percent. 12,123 Confederate prisoners of war were guests at the infamous camp. Unfortunately 3,000 of these POW's never made it out alive. including Seaborn Wilder Collins of the Texas Confederate Cavalry.
Captain Seabourn Wilder Collins of Texas Confederate Cavalry from Dr. Jack V. Collins Book
From Jack V. Collins, Ph.D., A Brief History of the Collins Family of Newton County, Texas 1740-1990
Born 1830 (Alabama)
Died 1865 (Elmira Prisoner of War Camp, Elmira, New York)
Wife Tabitha West, Born 1827 Natchez, Mississippi
Married 30 January 1853
Children Born to Tabitha and Morris Johnson (her first husband)
Amanda, 1845, Louisiana
Mary Ann, 1846, Lousiana
Calvin, 1848, Louisiana
Sophronia, 1850, Louisiana
Richard, 1851, Louisiana
Children born to Tabitha and Sebourn Collins (her second husband)
Theodocia, 1854, Texas [family Bible says 1856]
Andrew Jephtha, 1855, Texas
Seaborn, 1857, Texas
Matilda, 1859, Texas
John Austin, 1861, Texas
Celia Susan, 1863, Texas
H. Good, Clerk of Jasper County, Texas, Court issued a marriage license to Sebourn Collins and Tabitha Johnson on 26 January 1853, and they were married on 30 January 1853. Sebourn and Tabitha are listed on the 1855 Newton County, Texas tax records. Tabitha had listed 21 different cattle and hog marks in the Newton County Courthouse. This couple and all children listed above (except John Austin and Celia Susan) are listed in the Newton County, Texas census of 1860.
Written and recorded records of Sebourn Collins include:
1857 (October 12) purchased 10 acres on Big Cow Creek from John B. Glibert for $100.
1858 (December 18) purchased 100 acres from John B. Glibert for $150.Witnessed by Adam J. Stewart.
1860 (October 27) fined by the court for non-attendance to jury duty.
1862 statement by General W.M. Neyland at Jasper, Texas listing Sebourn Collins as Captain for the State Troopers in the C.S.A, 2nd Brigade (found in "The Yellowed Pages" Vol. VIII, No. 4).
NOTE: Dr. Jack V. Collins stated that no record was found of the death of Sebourn or Tabitha, although neither was listed in the 1870 census. Research done recently finds that Tabitha died in childbirth in 1863 with daughter Susan Celia Collins, and Seaborn Wilder Collins died at the Elmira Prisoner of War Camp in Elmira, New York in 1865. He may have misstated his rank as captain to his Yankee captors, who list him an an enlisted man. For more on Elmira, known as Hellmira, the Andersonville of the North see the following link:
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc12/elmira1.htm
Seaborn joined Waller's Texas Confederate Cavalry at the outbreak of the Civil War, defending his home state, and was not a slave owner. He was captured by Union forces at Morganza, Louisiana in 1862 or 1863, imprisoned first in New Orleans,then in Ship Island, Mississippi before transport to the Elmira Prisoner of War Camp in New York.
The [Elmira] prison camp was there for only 369 days, (July 6, 1864- July 11, 1865), yet it had the highest death rate, per capita, of any prison camp, north or south, 24 percent. 12,123 Confederate prisoners of war were guests at the infamous camp. Unfortunately 3,000 of these POW's never made it out alive. including Seaborn Wilder Collins of the Texas Confederate Cavalry.
Captain Seabourn Wilder Collins of Texas Confederate Cavalry from Dr. Jack V. Collins Book
From Jack V. Collins, Ph.D., A Brief History of the Collins Family of Newton County, Texas 1740-1990
Born 1830 (Alabama)
Died 1865 (Elmira Prisoner of War Camp, Elmira, New York)
Wife Tabitha West, Born 1827 Natchez, Mississippi
Married 30 January 1853
Children Born to Tabitha and Morris Johnson (her first husband)
Amanda, 1845, Louisiana
Mary Ann, 1846, Lousiana
Calvin, 1848, Louisiana
Sophronia, 1850, Louisiana
Richard, 1851, Louisiana
Children born to Tabitha and Sebourn Collins (her second husband)
Theodocia, 1854, Texas [family Bible says 1856]
Andrew Jephtha, 1855, Texas
Seaborn, 1857, Texas
Matilda, 1859, Texas
John Austin, 1861, Texas
Celia Susan, 1863, Texas
H. Good, Clerk of Jasper County, Texas, Court issued a marriage license to Sebourn Collins and Tabitha Johnson on 26 January 1853, and they were married on 30 January 1853. Sebourn and Tabitha are listed on the 1855 Newton County, Texas tax records. Tabitha had listed 21 different cattle and hog marks in the Newton County Courthouse. This couple and all children listed above (except John Austin and Celia Susan) are listed in the Newton County, Texas census of 1860.
Written and recorded records of Sebourn Collins include:
1857 (October 12) purchased 10 acres on Big Cow Creek from John B. Glibert for $100.
1858 (December 18) purchased 100 acres from John B. Glibert for $150.Witnessed by Adam J. Stewart.
1860 (October 27) fined by the court for non-attendance to jury duty.
1862 statement by General W.M. Neyland at Jasper, Texas listing Sebourn Collins as Captain for the State Troopers in the C.S.A, 2nd Brigade (found in "The Yellowed Pages" Vol. VIII, No. 4).
NOTE: Dr. Jack V. Collins stated that no record was found of the death of Sebourn or Tabitha, although neither was listed in the 1870 census. Research done recently finds that Tabitha died in childbirth in 1863 with daughter Susan Celia Collins, and Seaborn Wilder Collins died at the Elmira Prisoner of War Camp in Elmira, New York in 1865. He may have misstated his rank as captain to his Yankee captors, who list him an an enlisted man. For more on Elmira, known as Hellmira, the Andersonville of the North see the following link:
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc12/elmira1.htm
