James Collins | HistoryForge

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1850	Collins, James			55	Mulatto	New York		Laborer
1860	Collins, James			48	Black	New York		Day Laborer
1870	Collins, James		38 W Mill St	69	Mulatto	New York		Laborer
1880	Collins, James	Head	42 W Mill St	80	Mulatto	New York	Married	Hostler

Name	Age	Race	POB	Occupation
Collins, Martha	44	Mulatto	New York	None
Collins Jr, James	16	Mulatto	New York	None
Collins, Helen	5	Mulatto	New York	None

Name	Age	Race	POB	Occupation
Collins, Martha	44	Mulatto	New York	None
Collins, Hellen	15	Mulatto	New York	None
Collins, George	9	Mulatto	New York	None

Name	Address	Age	Race	POB	Occupation
Collins, Martha	38 W Mill St	50	Mulatto	New York	None
Collins, George	38 W Mill St	19	Mulatto	New York	None
Thomas, Walter	38 W Mill St	14	Mulatto	New York	None

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Collins, Martha J	Wife	42 W Mill St	66	Mulatto	New York	Married	Housekeeping
Thomas, Walter	Boarder	42 W Mill St	22	Mulatto	New York	Single	Cigar Maker

Household of James Collins, Groton*
1 Free Black male under age 14
1 Free Black male age 14-25
1 Free Black female age 14-25

*This household is one of 3 households of Free Black families listed in a row
Francis Collins
James Collins
Henry Pigrit

1820 US Census, Groton, Tompkins, New York, Sheet 12, Line 9

Household of James Collins*
1 Free Black male age 24-36
2 Free Black females under age 10
2 Free Black females age 10-24
1 Free Black female age 24-36

*This is one of 17 households of Black families on the sheet.

1830 US Census, Ithaca, Tompkins, NY, sheet 3-4, line 3

James Collins, hostler, h Mill,c Albany

Boyd’s Directory of Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca, and Owego, 1864

Binghamton, NY

Dwelling No. 265 frame building $675 value

Family No. 275

James Collins, age 64, male, mulatto [head], born in Orange County, married once, now married, native voter, owner of land

Martha J Collins, age 56, female, mulatto, wife, born in Orange County, 10 children, married once, now married, colored person not taxed

Hellen Collins, age 18, female, mulatto, child, born in Tompkins County, single, colored person not taxed

James Collins, age 28, male, mulatto, child, born in Tompkins County, married once, now married, colored person not taxed, now in army

Hellen T? Collins, age 22, female, mulatto, child, born in Pennsylvania, one child, married once, now married, colored person not taxed

Louisa Collins, age 6, female, mulatto, grandchild, born in Michigan, single, colored person not taxed

James Collins, age 9/12, male, mulatto, grandchild, born in Ohio, single, colored person not taxed

1865 New York State Census, Tompkins County, 1st Election District of Ithaca, p40 lines 2-8.

Dwelling No. 365 frame building $1500 value

Family No. 420

James Collins, age 64, male, mulatto [head], born in Orange County, now married, Stock breeder, native voter, owner of land

Martha J Collins, age 62, female, mulatto, wife, born in Orange County, now married, House keeping

George W Collins, age 23, female, mulatto, child, born in Chemung County, single, Teamster, native voter

Walter P. Thomas, age 19, male, mulatto, boarder, born in Tompkins County, single, Laborer

1875 New York State Census, Tompkins County, 1st Election District of Ithaca, p41 lines 5-8.