Collin McKinney

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Collin McKinney was an early Texas settler and statesman who helped draft and signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.

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Collin McKinney canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Texas statesman
person
burialPlace McKinney Cemetery, Van Alstyne, Texas
Van Alstyne, Texas
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1766-04-17
dateOfDeath 1861-09-09
ethnicGroup Scots-Irish American
familyName McKinney
givenName Collin
honor Collin County, Texas
surface form: Texas Historical Marker in Collin County

Van Alstyne, Texas
surface form: Texas Historical Marker in Van Alstyne
languageSpoken English
livedDuring Republic of Texas era
movement Texas Revolution
surface form: Texas independence movement
namesakeOf McKinney, Texas
surface form: City of McKinney, Texas

Collin County, Texas
notableEvent migration from Tennessee to Texas in the 1830s
notableFor being one of the oldest delegates at the Convention of 1836
early Texas settler
notableWork Texas Declaration of Independence
numberOfChildren 10
occupation land surveyor
merchant
politician
participantIn Convention of 1836
Texas Revolution
placeOfBirth Hunterdon County, New Jersey
placeOfDeath Collin County, Texas
politicalAlignment pro-Texas independence
positionHeld delegate to the Convention of 1836
member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Fannin County, Texas
Kentucky
Red River County, Texas
Tennessee
sexOrGender male
signatory Texas Declaration of Independence
spouse Annie Moore McKinney
Betsy (Elizabeth) Leeper McKinney
workedOn drafting of the Texas Declaration of Independence

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Collin County, Texas namedAfter Collin McKinney
McKinney, Texas namedAfter Collin McKinney