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 > >