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YOUNGER SCOTT McKINNEY HOME

Historical marker, 1983

YOUNGER SCOTT McKINNEY HOME

THE LAND SURROUNDING THIS HOUSE

WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY COLLIN

McKINNEY, A PROMINENT EARLY TEXAS

STATESMAN. IN 1857 McKINNEY

DEEDED THE ACREAGE TO HIS SON

YOUNGER SCOTT (1819-1907), WHO WAS

BORN IN KENTUCKY BUT GREW UP IN

RED RIVER COUNTY. WHEN YOUNGER

SCOTT McKINNEY MOVED TO HIS

PROPERTY IN GRAYSON COUNTY, HE

BUILT THIS HOME FOR HIS WIFE

SARAH (JANES) AND THEIR SIX CHILDREN.

IN ADDITION TO BEING A FARMER AND

AN ORDAINED METHODIST EPISCOPAL

MINISTER, McKINNEY SERVED AS

GRAYSON COUNTY SURVEYOR IN 1852-53.

THE LAND REMAINED IN THE FAMILY

UNTIL 1928.

Note: This historical marker is actually in Grayson County near Van Alstyne.

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