Muncey Massacre Revisited - The burial site marked by the 1999 memorial stone is located deep in the woods across a wide creek away from the public portion of the park. It is very difficult to reach.
In 1843, the Muncey family was part of the first wave of settlers in the area now called Plano. Jeremiah Muncey, his wife, their 3 year old child and McBain Jameson were found dead next to a spring where they were building a cabin. The Muncey’s two older boys were missing and never found. Reports written years later claimed it was an Indian attack that included torture, scalping and dismemberment.
There was a historic marker located on the Bluebonnet Trail in the Oak Point Park close to the Muncey homesite, but in 1998 it was moved a mile away to the Collin County Community College. Then In 1999, a headstone was placed deep in the woods where the victims of the massacre are reportedly buried.
33°04'03.5"N 96°40'53.0"W Oak Point Park, Plano, TX.
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