The
Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865
The
Online Archive of 
James A. Collins
1836 -
Born in 1836 in Clark County, KY.
Moved with family to Missouri in 1838.
Moved with family to Texas in 1845.
Worked for uncle, James M. Foster, in the shipping business in 1857, along
with brother Joseph Collins.
Became partner with uncle (and brother) in 1859.
Mustered in with Company K in Houston on September 7,1861
Elected 1st Lieutenant by February 1862.
Wounded (gunshot causing compound fracture, right arm) at Murfreesboro, TN
on July 13, 1862.
Left near Murfreesboro to recover until at least September 1862.
Resigned as 1st Lieutenant in May 1863 at Houston, TX.
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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 | |||||
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| Related Links: | ||
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Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph, October 27, 1862
- Letter from RF Bunting, September
29, 1862 |
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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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Joseph
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