James McReynolds was a former chief justice of Collin County (1848). He was related to Sheriff Reed by marriage, I think. The hanging took place in 1864. Sheriff Reed's name is spelled as Read sometimes and Reid sometimes. Joy P McReynolds wrote: > > Joy: > > I saw your message about a McReynolds being hanged in Tyler. > Do you have any other information about McReynolds, such as > first name? My husband's family came to Denton Co. from > MS in 1869. When did the hanging occur? I seem to recall > that at least one of the sons moved from Denton Co. into > Collin Co. Appreciate any information you might have. > > Thanks, > Pat McReynolds > > -----Original Message----- > From: JOY GOUGH <jfarrgo@home.com> > To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, August 07, 1999 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N-L] Re: TXCOLL-N-D Digest V99 #84 > > > Besides the killing of the Union sympathizers in Gainesville, there > was > >killing of the Germans in the Hill Country. The Germans and Mexicans > >were known to be Union sympathizers. Sixty-five Germans fled Comfort, > >Texas, heading for Mexico. They were ambushed along the Nueces River, > >killing 19. The only "Union" monument in Texas is in Comfort, honoring > >the Germans who were killed. Anti-Union sentiment was very high in the > >war. > > The sheriff of Collin County, Sheriff Reed, tried to bring in some of > >Quantrell's men for the murder of a man around Millwood (Collin > County). > >Quantrell's men made the sheriff's posse retreat to a mill in McKinney. > >During the night, Sheriff Reed and McReynolds escaped and went to Tyler > >for asylum. There was an army camp there. In Tyler Reed and McReynolds > >were tried in a kangaroo court on a charge of being deserters from the > >Confederacy and hanged. > > Also in McKinney a man came home from the war because his family was > >starving to help with the harvest. He was charged with desertion and > >hanged. > > Turbulent times. > >Joy > > > >BONLEB8@aol.com wrote: > >> > >> They surely hung a lot of people, please explain a bit more . Were > they > >> guilty of not wanting to be included in the United States? Who had > them hung? > >> I am from Texas, and I had never heard of this. > >> Bonnie > >> BonLeb8@aol.com > > > >