UPSON COUNTY, GA - BIOS - Charles Vines Collier Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: William R. Collier" Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Charles Vines Collier, Sr. was born about 1793 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Relocated with his family to Upson about 1835. Died in 1872and is buried at Collier Cemetery on Sprewell Bluff Road, Upson County.[ Charles Vines served in the War of 1812 from Oglethorpe Co. in Capt. Norris Lyon's Co. of "Horsetroops" 1st Brigade of the 3rd Div. of Ga. Militia. (Pascal Smith was also a member & I guess that's who his son is named for.) Shows Charles V. Collier, age 18, height: 5'10 ½", blue eyes, dark hair, lite complexion. This is from the Georgia Genealogist Records.] Received from Meredith Clapper, January, 1999.) [Charles Vines served in the War of 1812 from Oglethorpe Co. in Capt. Norris Lyon's Co. of "Horsetroops" 1st Brigade of the 3rd Div. of Ga. Militia. (Pascal Smith was also a member & I guess that's who his son is named for.) Shows Charles V. Collier, age 18, height: 5'10 ½", blue eyes, dark hair, lite complexion. This is from the Georgia Genealogist Records.] Received from Meredith Clapper, January, 1999.) Sons of Charles Vines Collier, Sr., Upson County, Georgia who served in the Confederate States Army during the War Between the States. Pascal Smith Collier, Pvt., Co. D., 13th Georgia Regiment, Pascal Smith Collier was wounded at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862 during War Between the States. He died July 4, 1862 and is buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. (Section M, Plot 471) John Brackett Collier rode on horseback from Thomaston, Georgia to West Point, Mississippi where he enlisted as a private in Co. K, 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He served from May 1861 to May 1865 and was promoted to corporal. He was wounded at Franklin, Tennessee and spent six months in a northern prison at Chicago (Camp Douglas) He died May 16, 1916 and is buried at Leland-Stoneville Cemetery, Old Leland Road, West Leland, Washington County, Mississippi. Charles Vines Collier, Jr. enlisted in Co. B. 2nd Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters on April 16, 1864 at Dalton, Georgia. He was reported "Present" at the last Company muster roll for the period from April 30 to August 31, 1864. He was captured at Nashville, Tennessee on December 16, 1864 by forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas, Commanding Dept of the Cumberland and forwarded to Capt. S. E. Jones, A. D. C., Military Prison; Louisville, Kentucky on December 19, 1864. He was transferred to Camp Douglas, Illinois December 21, 1864. He arrived there December 24, 1864. He was discharged May 17, 1865 pursuant to orders from Commissary General of Prisons, Washington, D. C. dated May 9, 1865. The records indicate that he never received any pay for his services. He died December 9, 1883 and is buried at Evans Chapel, Pleasant Hill near Woodland, Georgia Collier, Hardeman Owen, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant Mar. 4, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant Aug. 7, 1862; 1st Lieutenant Jan. 14, 1863; Captain Feb. 7, 1864. He was killed at Kennesaw Mountain June 20, 1864 and is buried there. "Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol. 4. Muster Roll of Company A, 46th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Company, Army of Tennessee,, C.S.A. Upson County, Georgia , Upson Sentinels, p. 926. William Thomas Collier enlisted as private soldier in Company B, 2nd Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters. Promoted to Sergeant. Died January 10, 1907 at Shiloh, Harris County, Georgia. Isaac Peterson Collier enlisted in the Upson Guards and was inducted into Company K, 5th Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry at Macon, Georgia on May 11, 1861. During to War, he performed an act of heroism at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain and turned down a battlefield commission in order to remain with his company. He is buried at Collier Cemetery, Sprewell Bluff Road, Thomaston, Ga. James Glenn Collier served in Company F, 9th Georgia Regiment of Reserves. He saw four months of service near Atlanta during the last days of the war. He was only fifteen years of age when he volunteered. Sons-in-Law Anderson John Hardy (Martha Susan Collier) served in Confederate States Army, Co. G, 20th Georgia Regiment and was wounded during the War Between the States. William H. Brown (Mariah Marquise Collier) was Captain, CSA, Co. K, 5th Georgia Volunteer Infantry.