James W. Collins

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1814-11-11

Death Date

1871-12-15

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White

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"James W. Collins" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00009193, (accessed April 26, 2024).

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Williamstown, Kentucky, landlord. Kentucky native. Married to Cordelia E. Carlite Collins in Grant County on October 11, 1837. Father of Lucy Ann Collins, Richard A. Collins, James A. Collins, and Rosette A. Collins. Farmer in Grant County in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in 1840. Tavern keeper in Williamstown in 1850. Employed William L. Collins as bar keeper in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Williamstown in 1850. Landlord in Williamstown in 1860. Employed James P. Smith as barkeeper in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 87.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 361B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p., 7 of microfilm.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 991.
Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 001490815, p. 43.
Find A Grave, "James W. Collins (1814-1871)," Memorial #118764180, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118764180 (accessed on September 6, 2018).

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