... Foster Collins emigrated from Orange County, Va., in the year 1797 and settled temporarily on the Maysville road in Bourbon County, between Paris and Millersburg; he afterward bought a farm on Cane Ridge, at a point about equidistant from the two towns above mentioned, where he located permanently; he married Elizabeth Matheney, a native of Maryland, who emigrated with her father to this State during the pioneer period of its history; the result of this marriage was ten children reared to maturity, five sons and five daughters. ...
... Foster and Elizabeth (Matheny) Collins, he being a son of William Collins, and a native of Virginia; she a daughter of David Matheny, of Bourbon County, and after whom the Matheny
Church is named. Foster Collins came to Kentucky in 1797, with his mother and three sisters; being a farmer, but a man of more than ordinary ability, serving as Constable for ten years, as Magistrate for several years, and as Sheriff two years. He died Feb. 22, 1847; his wife, June 27, 1835. They raised ten children. ...
