Background
His father, Meredith Collier, settled on a plot of land near the neighborhood that is now known as "Ansley Park".
His father, Meredith Collier, settled on a plot of land near the neighborhood that is now known as "Ansley Park".
Judge Collier was among the Atlanta area"s earliest white settlers. Judge Collier"s brother, Washington Collier, is widely touted as being one of Atlanta"s first settlers. Presumably "Wash" Collier ended up becoming the more notable of the clan because he opened and ran one of the first general stores near Atlanta"s original railroad head and operated Atlanta"s first mail service.
Judge Collier was the father of Charles A. Collier, a notable Georgia politician and attorney who served as Mayor of Atlanta in the latter years of the 19th Century.
John Collier was born on May 6, 1815 in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He later went on to serve in the Georgia State Senate and in 1867 was appointed "Judge of the Circuit" (Superior Court) by Georgia Governor Charles J. Jenkins.
Collier died in 1892. He is interred in the Collier Mausoleum, Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.
Collier was listed as a Member of the Bar in Atlanta in 1852.