~ HOLT COLLIER, BLACK CONFEDERATE ~
~ COMPANY I, 9TH TEXAS CAVALRY ~
Born 1846 ~ Mississippi
Died 1936 ~ Greenville, Mississippi

During Reconstruction, Collier was accused and acquitted by a military tribunal in Vicksburg of the alleged murder of a white man, Captain James King.

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Upon the murder of his former master, Collier returned to Greenville for his funeral and remained in Greenville for the rest of his life.

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