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JOHN MYERS McKINNEY

Historical marker, 1983

John Myers McKinney

(1781-1847)

BORN IN SURRY COUNTY, NORTH

CAROLINA, J. M. McKINNEY WAS THE

SON OF JAMES AND MARY (BALLARD)

McKINNEY. IN 18009 HE MARRIED PEGGY

MARGOT LEE. THEY LIVED IN TEN-

NESSEE, MISSOURI, AND ARKANSAS

BEFORE COMING TO TEXAS IN 1846.

AFTER SETTLING HIS FAMILY ON

THIS LAND IN COLLIN COUNTY, McKINNEY

LEFT TO ENLIST IN THE MEXICAN

WAR. HE DIED A YEAR LATER WHILE IN

THE SERVICE OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM

FITZHUGH'S COMPANY OF BELL'S

MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS.

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