Person

William H. Collins (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1821?

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Reuben Collins and Mary Collins. Married to Sarah Ann Cooker Collins in Grant County, Kentucky on July 25, 1839. Father of Mary F. Collins, Fountain Collins, Elizabeth J. Collins, James Collins, Sophia Collins, Angeline Collins, Jackson Collins, William G. Collins, and Marium T. Collins. Farmer in Grant County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860. Farmer in Grant County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 321B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 887.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #001490815, p. 15.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's

Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Grant County, KY, December 1863, p. 54, (Accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Collins, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201455 (November 12, 2026).

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