Robert Elliott Collins

Birth Date

1813-12-24

Death Date

1882-06-22

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Parmelia Lane Collins. Father of Thomas H. Collins, Robert G. Collins, Ophelia Collins, Joseph S. Collins, Zachary T. Collins, William L. Collins, and Mary F. Collins. Owned three enslaved persons in 1850 and seven in 1860. Occupation in 1863: sheriff of Franklin County.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 61; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 73; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 13;
“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 93. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Court-House Precinct, p. 24; Find A Grave, "Robert Elliott Collins (1813-1882)," Memorial #43051511, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43051511&ref=acom (accessed March 27, 2017).

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