Historical Marker
John Myers McKinney
Historical marker location:
Allen, Texas
( on private property at 285 Forest Grove Street from Allen take FM 2170 east to FM 1378, go north to Forest Grove, go east about 2 1/10 mile to property)
Marker installed: 1983
(1781-1847) Born in Surry county, North Carolina, J.M. McKinney was the son of James and Mary (Ballard) McKinney. In 1809 he married Peggy Margot Lee. They lived in Tennessee, 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.
Recorded - 1983.