John Milton McCoy was a nephew of John C. McCoy. John M. McCoy was an early resident of Dallas, moving to the area in 1870. McCoy served as Dallas’ first city attorney. McCoy also wrote the 1871 charter for the City of Dallas. John M. McCoy (1838-1922) was the son of Lewis C. McCoy (1806…
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Owned the Land in and around Love Field John Branaman & Margaret Morris Hughes Bachman Margaret Morris Hughes, daughter of William and Ailsey Hughes of Hughesville, Virginia, married John Branaman Bachman in 1845 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born in 1824 in Stokes County, North Carolina. John Bachman was the son of Dr. Daniel…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Albert Carver Cemetery is located at the comer of Masters Drive and Bruton Road about nine miles southeast of the Dallas County Courthouse. The land for the family cemetery was donated by Albert Carver (1827-1911) from the 320 acres he acquired by trading a fine horse and saddle…
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John C. McCoy’s name appears often in the records of Dallas County Pioneer Association, as he was the first president of the group. Here is a brief timeline of his interesting life. For more information, please see the extensive biography for John C. McCoy, on our Pioneers page. Get future posts by email.
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