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Collin McKinney
Texan historical figure
Not to be confused with Colin P. McKinney.
Collin McKinney (April 17, &#; September 9, ) was an American surveyor, merchant, politician, lay preacher, and prolific slave owner.[1] He is best known as a figure in the Texas Revolution, as one of the five individuals who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest person to sign it.
Biography
McKinney was born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the second of 10 children born to Daniel and Mercy (Blatchley) McKinney. The family moved to Virginia in the s, and while Daniel fought in the American Revolutionary War, Collin McKinney supported the family; thus, he had no formal schooling.
After the war, the family moved to an outpost in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
McKinney married twice in his lifetime, first to Annie (Amy) Moore on February 10, , with whom he had four children (James, Ashley, Polly, and Emeline) before she died in , and then again in to Elizabeth L