Collins, Joshua

Title: Collins, Joshua
Gender: Male
Biography: Appears in the Kenton County draft list for May, 1864, printed in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, attributed to Lewis Collins as slaveholder, but service records refer to him as "colored man" and "free". Next of kin is Francis Collins, Independence, KY (wife of Lewis) - possible former enslaved of Wilson family? manumitted?
Member: Frances Collins, Independence, Ky listed as next of kin. Could be Frances Wilson Collins, wife of slaveholder Lewis Collins. Joshua may have been held by the Wilson family prior to Collins.
Birth information: circa 1828; Kenton County (Ky.)
Military service: 107th Infantry, Co. A; 107th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Place of enlistment: Covington (Ky.)
Service began: 16 May 1864
Service ended: 22 Nov 1866
Relationship: slaveholder(s): Collins, Lewis
Bibliographic citation(s): Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, 17 May 1864
Source(s): Cincinnati Commercial (Cincinnati, Ohio), 1865-1883; The