Wealthy man and into the politics of Texas.
He was elected to the State Senate of Texas on 01 Aug 1853 and served with distinction for several years. He was assigned the task of surveying the boundary line of Collin, Fannin and Grayson Counties.
M.W. Allen was appointed to survey the Fannin District out of which Collin county was formed. He was a Colonel in the Confederate Army and was stationed at Denton to guard against Indian raids from the north. Later he served in the Texas Legislature, author of the Land Bill, and instrumental in getting eastern capitalists interested in building the first railroad in Texas between Houston and Harrisburg
He was elected to the State Senate of Texas on 01 Aug 1853 and served with distinction for several years. He was assigned the task of surveying the boundary line of Collin, Fannin and Grayson Counties.
M.W. Allen was appointed to survey the Fannin District out of which Collin county was formed. He was a Colonel in the Confederate Army and was stationed at Denton to guard against Indian raids from the north. Later he served in the Texas Legislature, author of the Land Bill, and instrumental in getting eastern capitalists interested in building the first railroad in Texas between Houston and Harrisburg
Wealthy man and into the politics of Texas.
He was elected to the State Senate of Texas on 01 Aug 1853 and served with distinction for several years. He was assigned the task of surveying the boundary line of Collin, Fannin and Grayson Counties.
M.W. Allen was appointed to survey the Fannin District out of which Collin county was formed. He was a Colonel in the Confederate Army and was stationed at Denton to guard against Indian raids from the north. Later he served in the Texas Legislature, author of the Land Bill, and instrumental in getting eastern capitalists interested in building the first railroad in Texas between Houston and Harrisburg
He was elected to the State Senate of Texas on 01 Aug 1853 and served with distinction for several years. He was assigned the task of surveying the boundary line of Collin, Fannin and Grayson Counties.
M.W. Allen was appointed to survey the Fannin District out of which Collin county was formed. He was a Colonel in the Confederate Army and was stationed at Denton to guard against Indian raids from the north. Later he served in the Texas Legislature, author of the Land Bill, and instrumental in getting eastern capitalists interested in building the first railroad in Texas between Houston and Harrisburg
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M.W. Allen Died 1874
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Confederate Veteran with the state of TX and Pioneer of Collin Co. TX Unit lost to time but name appears on the 1925 UDC List as Veteran and "Those Southern Belles" are never wrong.
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