MUNCEY MASSACRE
Historical marker, 1974.
THE MUNCEY MASSACRE
(Homesite and graves about 1 mile East)
McBAIN JAMESON AND JEREMIAH
MUNCEY SETTLED IN THIS VICINITY
IN 1840 AND 1842. WHILE HUNTING
IN LATE 1844, WILLIAM RICE AND
LEONARD SEARCY CAME TO MUNCEYS
HUT AND FOUND THE SAVAGELY SLAIN
BODIES OF JAMESON, MUNCEY, MRS.
MUNCEY, AND A SMALL CHILD, AND
RECOGNIZED SIGNS OF AN INDIAN
RAID. THE MEN SPED OUT TO THEIR
OWN SONS, WHO WERE HUNTING
NEARBY. YOUNG SEARCY WAS FOUND
SAFE, BUT RICE HAD BEEN KILLED.
TWO MUNCEY BOYS DISAPPEARED,
NEVER TO BE FOUND. ANOTHER WAS
AT THROCKMORTON SETTLEMENT.
THAT WAS THE LAST TRAGIC INDIAN
RAID IN COLLIN COUNTY.
Marker moved from Hwy 5, just south of the
Rowlett Creek bridge to the Spring Creek campus of Collin County Community
College, 1998
SUPPLEMENT:
HISTORICAL MARKER RELOCATED
TO THIS SITE IN 1998.
THE SITE OF THE MUNCEY HOME AND
GRAVES OF THE VICTIMS
ARE APPROXIMATELY ONE
MILE NORTHWEST OF THIS SITE.
THE MUNCEY MASSACRE
COLLIN COUNTY'S LAST FATAL
INDIAN RAID
BURIAL SITE
In 1840 and 1842, Texas pioneers McBain
Jameson and Jeremiah Muncey settled near this site.
They were part of the post-Texas
Revolution wave of settlers. As with much of the West during that
era, Texas was a wild and often savage
place. While hunting in late 1844, two other local settlers,
Leonard Searcy and William Rice came to
the Muncey hut. They found the brutally massacred
bodies of Jameson, Muncey, Mrs. Muncey
and their small child. Recognizing the obvious signs of
an Indian raid, Searcy and Rice
hurriedly left to find their own sons, who were hunting in the area.
Searcy's son was safe, but Rice's son
had been massacred. The victims are buried at this site.
Along with the deaths of the Munceys,
two other Muncey boys disappeared, presumed stolen, and
were never found. Although Indian raids
continued well into the late 1800's, and were fought by
Texas Rangers, the Muncey Massacre was
the last Indian raid in Collin County. The Texas
Historical Commission permanently
recognized this site in 1974.
The Collin County Historical Association
The marker donated by Wm. Stephen
Chambless, M. D., 1999
Indians
History Index
- Recommended citation:
- "The Muncey Massacre"
Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of
Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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