Plano in Collin County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

The Muncey Massacre

(Homesite and Graves About 1 Mile East)

Muncey Massacre Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, April 11, 2023

1. Muncey Massacre Marker

Inscription. McBain Jameson and Jeremiah Muncey settled in this vicinity in 1840 and 1842. While hunting in late 1844, William Rice and Leonard Searcy came to Muncey's hut and found the savagely slain bodies of Jameson, Muncey, Mrs. Muncey, and a small child, and recognized signs of an Indian raid. The men sped out to their own sons, who were hunting nearby. Young Searcy was found safe, but Rice had been killed. Two Muncey boys disappeared, never to be found. Another was at Throckmorton settlement. That was the last tragic Indian raid in Collin County.

Supplemental plaque added 1998: Historical marker relocated to this site in 1998. The site of the Muncey home and graves of the victims are approximately one mile northwest of this site.

Erected 1976 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 6187.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1840.

Location. 33° 3.029′ N, 96° 40.579′ W. Marker is in Plano, Texas, in Collin County. It is on East Spring Creek Parkway 0.4 miles

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north of Parker Road, on the left when traveling north. On Collin County Community College Spring Creek campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2800 Spring Creek Pkwy, Plano TX 75074, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Methodist Church of Plano (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named The Muncey Massacre (approx. 1.2 miles away); Plano Mutual Cemetery (approx. 1.9 miles away); First Presbyterian Church of Plano (approx. 2.1 miles away); Aldridge House (approx. 2½ miles away); Saigling House (approx. 2½ miles away); Mathews General Store (approx. 2½ miles away); Plano National Bank / I.O.O.F. Lodge Building

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, April 11, 2023

2. Muncey Massacre Marker

(approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plano.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, April 11, 2023

3. Muncey Massacre Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 2,565 times since then and 277 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.