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THE CIVIL WAR IN COLLIN COUNTY

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At the convention for the secession of Texas from the United States, Collin County voted to stay with the Union, as did many of the counties in north Texas. James Webb Throckmorton, who had represented Collin County in the state house and senate and later became governor, led the local delegation. Once the vote was taken to secede, he supported his state.

Collin County sent many men to the war, even though there were few slaves in the county. Many of the men joined because they feared Indian attacks once the U. S. Army was removed from the western frontier. At the time of the war the frontier was not much further west than Ft. Worth. The Collin County units follow.

• 15th Brigade, Capt. W. A. Brown’s Company of Cavalry

• Capt. Bowen’s Company of Mounted Volunteers

• Capt. James W. Throckmorton’s Company of Mounted Riflemen

• 15th Brigade, No. 1, Farmersville Cavalry Company

• Capt. J. M. Bounds’ Company of Volunteer Infantry

• 6th Regiment of Texas Cavalry, Capt. A. J. Hardin Company

• Johnson’s Brigade, Fitzhugh Regiment, Capt. J. M. McKinney Company

• 16th Regiment of Texas Cavalry Volunteers, Capt. John R. Briscoe Company

• 16th Regiment of Texas Cavalry Volunteers, Capt. Gabriel H. Fitzhugh Company

• 16th Regiment of Texas Cavalry Volunteers, Capt. John W. Kolfus Company

• 16th Regiment of Texas Cavalry Volunteers, Capt. Hezekiah Warden Company

• 16th Regiment of Texas Cavalry Volunteers, Capt. James D. Naylor Company

• 9th Regiment of Texas Infantry, Capt. R. M. Board Company

• Cavalry Unattached Texas Volunteers, Capt. Alfred Johnson Texas Spy Company

• Martin’s Battalion of Mounted Volunteers, Capt. J. K. Bumpass Company

• Texas Regiment of Dismounted Cavalry, Capt. W. M. Bush Company

At the time of the Civil War, the courthouse had been moved from the square in McKinney to a side street in order to build a new one. The stones to be used in the construction were piled in the square. There was a hotel on the northwest corner. Word reached Sheriff James L. Read that the men who murdered a man near Millwood were at the hotel. The men were said to be part of Quantrell’s band. Sheriff Read, J. M. McReynolds, and a posse entered the square from the southwest. A gun battle ensued across the square. The sheriff’s men had shotguns, while Quantrell’s men had long rifles. The sheriff retreated to a mill south of McKinney. During the night he and McReynolds escaped. They went to Tyler to ask for asylum from the gang. They were tried as deserters in a kangaroo court and hanged.

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