I have been a lurker for quite a while. My gg grandmother Mary Bowen (Whaley) Gay died there ca 1870/1880. She was living with her son Edgar and his family, although she sometimes was with her daughter, Sarah E.T. Gay HILL in Lawrence Co MO. They did not move to Collin Co until after 1860, but I am curious if there are any Bowens, Corbitts, Whaleys, Brattens or Gays there in 1860. I am trying to figure out if Edgar moved there to live with his parents relatives from DeKalb Co TN (Bowens, Whaleys, Gays, Corbitts, Brattens). Edgar moved there from Lawrence Co MO. Thanks in advance. Janet Hunter....other Texas names (Gonzales Co area), Hunter, Kennedy, McGinty, Davis, Rayburn...Choates, always Choates.