The 1880 U.S. Census lists Rebecca Bentley (Meads) as a person of mixed-race.

Date
Jun 11, 1860
Type
Website
Source
James Woodward
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Holograph
Reference

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch, Rebecca Bentley in entry for Jesse Collins, 1860

Scribe/Publisher
FamilySearch
People
Caroline Collins, Rebecca Henrietta Foscue Bentley Meads, James Woodward, Jesse Collins, Ella Collins
Audience
General Public
Transcription

1. Dwelling houses—numbered in the order of visitation: 193

2. Families numbered in the order of visitation: 285

3. The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June 1860, was in this family: Jesse Collins, Caroline Collins, Ella Collins, Rebecca Bentley

4. Age: 42, 32, 7, 27

5. Sex: M, F, F, F

6. Color (White black, or mulatto): M, M, M, M

7. Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each person, male and female, over 15 years of age: Steward, [ ], [ ], Seamstress

8. Value of Real Estate: 2000

9. Value of Personal Estate: [ ]

10. Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country: Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana

. . .

12. Attended School within the year: [ ], [ ], /, [ ]

13. Persons over 20 yrs of age who cannot read & write: [ ], /, [ ], [ ]

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