===== Nathaniel Madison Collins =====

  * **Born:** 30 Apr 1787 Boone County, KY -
  * **Died:** 16 Jan 1860 (aged 72) [[ColumbiaMarionMS|
Columbia]], [[marionMS|Marion Co]]., MS USA
  * **Buried:** Cedar Grove Cemetery, [[ColumbiaMarionMS|Columbia
]], [[MarionMS|Marion Co]]., MS 
Nathaniel Madison Collins, known as "Whistling Nate," was a [[marionms|Marion County]], MS pioneer who ran a tannery by the creek that now carries his name. He was the son of Frances Madison Collins, President James Madison’s  niece, and served as a Tennessee Mounted Gunman under General [[Andrew Jackson|Andrew Jackson]] at the [[Battle of New Orleans|Battle of New Orlean]]s.

//Source: Trip Through The Piney Woods, PDF p. 24.//