Samuel "Sam" Collins

1890 - 1911  (20 years)

• Name	Samuel "Sam" Collins
  Nickname	Sam
  Birth	Dec 1890	Lee Co., VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Oct 1911	Gibson Station, Lee Co., VA   [2]
  	Cause: gunshot wound (homicide), instant death
  Burial	4 Oct 1911	Colson Cemetery, Middlesboro, Bell Co., KY   [2]
  Person ID	I50706	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	James A. "Jim" Collins,   b. 22 Jan 1868, Lee Co., VA d. 4 Jul 1923, Balkan, Bell Co., KY (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mollie C. Garrett,   b. Apr 1869, Lee Co., VA d. 28 May 1938, Middlesboro, Bell Co., KY (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1886	Lee Co., VA   [3]
  Family ID	F17776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Officer Down Memorial Page, https://www.odmp.org/officer/19313-deputy-sheriff-sam-collins Deputy Sheriff Sam Collins Bell County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky End of Watch: Tuesday, October 3, 1911 Deputy Sam Collins and Deputy Oland Collins were shot and killed in Lee County, Virginia, as they attempted to serve a warrant on a subject wanted as a witness in a murder trial. The deputies, accompanied by the Bell County sheriff and the Lee County sheriff, had gone to the woman's home at Gibson Station, Virginia, in order to return her to Kentucky. When the posse was refused entry into the home they attempted to force their way in, but the occupants opened fire. Both deputies, who were brothers, were killed and the Lee County sheriff was wounded.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2281] Virginia, Lee County, FCR: Lee Co., VA 1900, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), T623, roll 1715, Jonesville, enumeration district (ED) 25, sheet 14A, p. 14, dwelling 255, family 266, Sam Collins, accessed 18 Jan 2025 (Reliability: 3). [S1355] Kentucky State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics, Kentucky Death Certificate, (http://www.ancestry.com :2007.), death certificate 24885 (1911), Sam Collins, accessed 18 Jan 2025. (Reliability: 3). [S1700] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2013)), accessed 18 Jan 2025), Collins-Garrett, 1886, Lee County; FHL film no. 32441. (Reliability: 3).