The
Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865
The
Online Archive of 
Joseph Collins
1837 -
Born in 1837 in Clark County, KY.
Family moved to Missouri in 1838.
Family moved to Texas in 1845.
He and his brother, James A. Collins, went to work for his Uncle, James M.
Foster, in the shipping business in 1857.
He and his brother, became partners with their uncle in 1859.
Mustered in with Company K in Houston on September 7,1861
Listed as absent sick at Bowling Green, KY in late 1861.
(Claiborne's Roster states he died at Bowling Green in 1861.)
Last Reported as absent sick in January 1862.
Said to have served throughout the war, possibly in another unit.
Married Artie Holliday in 1866.
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| 1840 Census - MO, Howard County, Page 62 (13/73) | ||
| Head of Houshold | Albert G Collins | |
| Free White Males Under 5 | 3 | |
| Free White Males 30 - 40 | 1 | |
| Free White Females 5 - 10 | 1 | |
| Free White Females 20 - 30 | 1 | |
| 1850 Census - TX, Dallas County, Page 100, Dwelling 401, Family 416, (image) t | |||||||||
| Name | Age. | Sex | Color | Occupation | Real Estate | Nativity | Student? | Illiterate? | |
| Albert G. Collins | 46 | M | Farmer | KY | |||||
| Permelia | 33 | F | KY | ||||||
| Arzelia Collins | 16 | F | KY | ||||||
| James Collins | 14 | M | KY | ||||||
| Joseph Collins | 12 | M | KY | ||||||
| Walter S Collins | 10 | M | MO | ||||||
| Martha Collins | 8 | F | MO | ||||||
| John F. Collins | 6 | M | MO | ||||||
| William Collins | 3 | M | TX | ||||||
| Joel W. Collins | 1 | M | TX | ||||||
| William H. Muncy | 30 | M | Teacher | ||||||
| 1850 Census Slave Schedule - TX, Dallas County, Page 371, Line, (image) | ||||||||
| Slave Owner | # of Slaves | Age | Sex | Color | Fugitive | Manummitted | Handicapped | |
| A. G. Collins | ||||||||
| 1860 Census - TX, Calhoun County, Indianola, Page 230, Dwelling 251, Family 211, (1/32) | ||||||||||
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| James M. Foster | 45 | M | Farmer & Trader | $6,700 | $130,000 | KY | ||||
| Mary H. Foster | 33 | F | MS | |||||||
| James Collins | 24 | M | Trader | $2,000 | $4,000 | KY | ||||
| Joseph Collins | 22 | M | Trader | $500 | MO | |||||
| 1870 Census - TX, Calhoun County, Lavaca, Precinct 2, Page 361, Dwelling 6, Family 6, (1/5) | |||||||||||
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| Joseph Collins | 32 | M | W | Farmer | $1,500 | $465 | KY | ||||
| Arti Collins | 23 | F | W | Keeps House | MS | ||||||
| James Collins | 1 | M | W | TX | |||||||
| Wm. Collins | 23 | M | W | Cattle Trader | KY | ||||||
| Martha Collins | 21 | F | W | none | TX | ||||||
| Arthur Collins | 9m | M | W | TX | |||||||
| Jack Collins | 15 | M | W | Herdsman | KY | ||||||
| M. H. Shipp | 25 | M | W | Works on Farm | KY | ||||||
| Malachi Bell | 18 | M | B | Works on Farm | TX | No | |||||
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Brown, John Henry. Memorial and Biographical History
of Dallas County. Chicago: Lewis, 1892, (Reprint: Dallas: Walsworth,
1976). Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Cox, James. Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlmen of Texas and Adjacent Territory (2 vols., St. Louis: Woodward and Tiernan Printing, 1894, 1895 (Reprint: New York: Antiquarian, 1959). Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis. |
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(offsite) KYClark-L Archives - John
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