SUNMANOR@aol.com wrote: > > Even tho I will not be able to be there at the dedication, I strongly support > anything that has to do with the old courthouse or anything of historical > significance - my family name is McKinney, and we have been searching for > years to see if any of the family actually was related to "The" Collin > McKinney, as it has been handed down for years that we are. I do have ties > there as well, my great/great grandfather was Samuel McKinney who lived in > Blue Ridge, with his wife Virginia. Also, one of my great/great/great > (however many back) grandfathers was George Washington Smith who fought with > the Frontier Rangers and also fought in the Battle of San Jacinto, and also > with Fannin at Goliad. I have strong ties to McKinney, even though I have > never lived there. I just wanted you to know that I'm with you in spirit, if > not in body. > Thanks for letting everyone know about this. > > Sunny Williams > Researching: McKinney, Griffith, Smith, Pruitt, Cantrell, Rawls, Reagan, > Brown, Enser, McCabe, Conditt, Williams, Pierce, Pruitt (husband's side), > etc., etc., etc. Hi Sunny, I have a Martha Jane Bailey who md. T.W. Smith in Collin Co. in 1871. Would this be your Smith family? I certainly agree with you on the Courthouse. Claude Freeman