Snapshot: | farmer |
Parents: | 52Josiah Collins 53Elizabeth Carr |
Born: | 1869 Georgia |
Died: | 26 February 1919 presumably Hancock County, Georgia |
Buried: | Carr Station Cemetery, Hancock County, Georgia Coordinates: N33.20753 W83.10418 |
In the 1870 and 1880 census, we find him with his parent(s) in Hancock County, where (as you'll see from later records) he seems to have lived out his entire life.
1880:
An 1890 tax digest shows that
The photo below may (or may not) show
The 1900 and 1910 censuses show the family grow.
1: A portrait found hanging on the wall in the home of Jo Anne (née Waits) Gable, daughter of Esse Bell Collins, daughter of
2: Tombstone of H. B. Collins (born 1869, died 28 February 1919), Reynolds Cemetery, Hancock County, Georgia. Coordinates N33.20753 W83.10418. Photograph taken by
3: 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 116, Hancock County, Georgia. Page 196, dwelling 1638, family 1652, Josiah Collins household. NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 155. Internet Archive, <https://archive.org/details/populationschedu0155unit/page/n432/mode/1up> et seq., accessed 15 June 2020.
4: 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 116, Hancock County, Georgia. Enumeration district 48, page 268A, dwelling 199, family 199, Elizabeth Duffy household. NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 150. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBG-P3Y?cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM8GQ-PDT>.
5: 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 116, Hancock County, Georgia. Enumeration district 14, sheet 10B, dwelling 187, family 199, Henderson Collins household. NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 203. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67JW-WTX?cc=1325221&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM3JQ-99T>.
6: 1910 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 116, Hancock County, Georgia. Enumeration district 16, sheet 9B, dwelling 183, family 188, Henderson Collins household. NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 197. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRNN-2S3?i=17&cc=1727033&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AML28-L3S>.
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8: Hancock County, Georgia. Ordinary court minutes book for the years 1874-1885, page 148. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8935-KSB6>.
9: Hancock County, Georgia. Marriage book for the years 1886-1891, page 692, marriage of Henderson Collins and Sarah Quinn, dated 9 March 1890. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8BZP-3J1?i=379&cc=1927197&cat=214866>.
10: Hancock County, Georgia. 1890 tax digest, militia district 116 (Devereaux's district), pages 3-4, Henderson Collins. Ancestry.com ("Georgia Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892," Hancock County, 1890, images 91 and 92 of 204), accessed 27 September 2020.
11: Hancock County, Georgia. Homestead Records for the years 1873-1893, pages 125-126.
12: Photograph labeled "Mrs. H. B. Collins," provided to me by