Company C, Three Forks Battalion, Kentucky State Troops

A Researched by Stephen D. Bowling

Son of Burdine and Mary (Sexton) Collins

Born on August 24, 1847, in Letcher County, Kentucky

1850 Letcher County, Kentucky Federal Census
District 1, Line 31
Dwelling Number 50, Family Number 50
  Berdine Collins		40
  Mary Collins			35
	Margaret Collins	17
	Calvin Collins		16
	Henry Collins		14
	Cowden Collins	        11
	Didamd Collins	        9
	Betsey Collins		8
	Zelpha Collins		6
	Dallas Collins		3
	Letcher Collins	        6 months

1860 Letcher County, Kentucky Federal Census
Line 1
Dwelling Number 316, Family Number 316
  Berdine Collins		50
  Mary Collins			45
	Margaret Collins	26
	Henry Collins		22
	Cowden Collins	        20
	Elizabeth Collins	18
	Zilpha Collins		13
	Dallas Collins		10
	Letcher Collins	        8

Military Service
Company C, Three Forks Battalion, Kentucky State Troops
Enlistment: 1864, August 1
Mustered In: 1864, August at Booneville in Owsley County, Kentucky
Transferred: 1864, November to Company A 
Mustered Out: 1865, July 17 at Irvine in Estill County, Kentucky
Highest Rank: Private

1870 Letcher County, Kentucky Federal Census
Precinct 5, Line 30
Dwelling Number 33, Family Number 33
  Allen Christian		67
  Margaret Christian		39
	Elizabeth Collins	5
	Dallas Collins		22  Brother-in-law
	Sarah Collins		24
	Mary Collins		5
	Sampson Brashears	62

Married to Sarah “Sally” Begley (1842 – 1924) on July 3, 1870, in Letcher County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Lusk) Begley.

1880 Letcher County, Kentucky Federal Census
Rockhouse Precinct, Line 36
Dwelling Number 127, Family Number 127
  Dallas Collins		35
  Sarah Collins			35
	John Collins		9
	Risby Collins		6
	Elizabeth Collins	2
	Daughter Not Named	6 months
	Mary Begley		15	Servant	

1890 – Not located

1900 Letcher County, Kentucky Federal Census
Precinct 5, Line 98
Dwelling Number 175, Family Number 175
  Dalas Collins			52  	August 1847
  Sarah Collins			55  	November 1844
	William A. Collins	17  	December 1882
	Clara Collins		13	October 1886
	Desta Christian	        7	April 1893	Servant
	Noah Christian	        3	May 1897	Servant

1910 Leslie County, Kentucky Federal Census
Bull Creek Precinct, Middle Fork River, Line 95
Dwelling Number 125, Family Number 129
  Dallas Collins		62
  Sallie Collins	        60

1920 Leslie County, Kentucky Federal Census
Bull Creek Precinct 8, Middle Fork River Road, Line 79
Dwelling Number 125, Family Number 129
  Dallas Collins		72
  Sally Collins			77

Died on May 13, 1928, near Blackey in Letcher County, Kentucky

Buried in the Collins Cemetery at Blackey in Letcher County, Kentucky.  Reported as “behind Gobel Fields home on the top of the mountain.”

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