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By Cosmos Mariner, July 1, 2025
First Disciples of Christ in Texas Marker
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1 ► Texas, Bowie County, Texarkana — 9479 — First Disciples of Christ in Texas — (9 mi, NW) —
Worshiped in 1831 at McKinney's Landing, where the McKinney family and a small group of neighbors met together for informal services. During the winter of 1841-1842, a traveling preacher from Illinois, G. Gates, organized the congregation into a . . . — — Map (db m286697) HM
2 ► Texas, Grayson County, Van Alstyne — 7400 — Collin McKinney — Fifty Feet North to Grave of — (April 17, 1766 - September 8, 1861) —
A pioneer leader of North Texas and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Collin McKinney was born in New Jersey, a son of Scottish immigrant parents. In 1780 the family moved to Kentucky and in 1824 McKinney migrated across the Red River . . . — — Map (db m194697) HM
3 ► Texas, Grayson County, Van Alstyne — 7364 — First Christian Church of Van Alstyne —
The predecessor of this church, the first Disciples of Christ congregation in Texas, was founded during the winter of 1841-1842 at McKinney's Landing in Bowie County near the Texas-Arkansas border. Collin McKinney, pioneer settler and Signer . . . — — Map (db m73145) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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