Thomas Collins:
Born 1 Dec 1847
Died 1 Dec 1917
Place of birth:
Place of death: Falls Church, Fairfax
Buried: Second Baptist Church Cemetery Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
How died: Cause unknown
Military service: Private for the United States Colored Troops
Units: Company D 6th N.C. Colored Troops, served from May 15th, 1864, to August 15th 1865.
Bibliography:
Little is known about Thomas’s past. He was born on the first of December to his mother, Lizzie Gaskins, and father, Thomas Collins. Thomas served as a Private for the United States Colored Troops from 1864 to 1865, for company D 6th N.C. Colored Troops. After the war, he continued on to be a laborer. He was known to be a widow by the time of his death, on December 1st 1917.
Sources:
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 January 2020), memorial page for Thomas Collins (1849–1917), Find A Grave Memorial no. 171131465, citing Second Baptist Church Cemetery, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by bvd (contributor 49124792).
- Brothers and Cousins: Confederate Soldiers and Sailors of Fairfax County, Virginia, compiled by William Page Johnson, II
