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WADDILL-MORRIS HOMESITE

Historical marker, 1985

WADDILL - MORRIS HOMESITE

KENTUCKY NATIVE JUDGE R. L. WADDILL (1811-1865) CAME TO

McKINNEY WITH HIS STEPSON, GEORGE SHACKELFORD MORRIS,

IN 1853, FIVE YEARS AFTER THE TOWN HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED

AS THE COLLIN COUNTY SEAT. THE TWO MEN BOUGHT LARGE

TRACTS OF LAND IN TOWN, BUILT A HOME, AND THEN BROUGHT

THE REMAINDER OF THE FAMILY TO SETTLE IN McKINNEY.

DURING THE LATE 1850s, JUDGE WADDILL MADE A MAJOR

CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF EDUCATION IN McKINNEY

BY ERECTING A SCHOOLHOUSE IN HIS BACKYARD AND HIRING

A TEACHER FROM BETHANY COLLEGE I WEST VIRGINIA TO

TEACH THE CHILDREN IN THE AREA. WADDILL HAD A LAW

PRACTICE IN TOWN AND SERVED AS DISTRICT JUDGE, RIDING

HIS CIRCUIT ON HORSEBACK, FROM 1860 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1865.

THIS HOME WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR THE WADDILL-MORRIS

FAMILY AFTER A FIRE DESTROYED THEIR ORIGINAL HOUSE.

GEORGE S. MORRIS, WHO SERVED IN THE CONFEDERACY DURING

THE CIVIL WAR AND LATER STUDIED LAW, SERVED AS A

DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK IN McKINNEY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR

OF THE WADDILL-MORRIS ESTATE. THIS HOUSE HAS REMAINED

IN THE FAMILY FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS.

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