Collier/Conley

                                                                                                                                                   Nathaniel Morris----Jane   
Martin Culver Collyer (1760/71-1880)---Mary Williams                               begat                                                   
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Preston Collier -Eliza Haney                                        Jackson Morris ------ Sallie                John Conley--Matilda

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    Casewell Collier-Elizabeth Haney                      Emma J. Morris 2nd wife --- Zachariah Conley Sr

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                   Manda J. Collier-Hiram Banks Shifflett                                       begat                           

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James Raynor------Laura Warren            Christian May Collier---------------- Lucy Louisa Conley

                        begat                                 b: June1872              begat                   b: Sept 1884

                                                                                                    

                Russell David Raynor------------------------------------------- Margaret Loney Collier

Siblings: Emmett, Gaines, Lucy, Bessie        Siblings: William, Clint, Oscar , Dewey, Mandy,  Nettie. Blanche, Rose      

The FIRST COLLIER to America: Samuel Collier

Samuel Collier came to America from England in 1607, with the first company of colonist. He was still a "youth" and acted as a "page" for Captain John Smith. He also accompanied the Captain on exploration excursions to "unkown parts of Virginia". In 1609 he was left with the Warraskoyack Indians to learn their language. He died young, without children.
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