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Peter Collins (Johnson County, farmer and soldier)

b. 1837?

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of David Collins and Polley Collins. Married to Rachel Armes Collins on January 30, 1861. Resident in Johnson County in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Sergeant in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) from May 21, 1864 to June 21, 1864.

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Male
Race
Indian

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 108A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 11.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Barnett’s Creek Precinct, p. 2.
Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 000840550, p. 120.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 896.

Citation

Collins, Peter. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208343 (November 12, 2026).

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