in
full for my Bounty Money to which I am Entitled by virtue
of
my Enlistment in the Service of the provisional army of the
Confederate
State of America in Company K Commanded
By
Capt McGee in Col Bass Regiment of Texas
Cavalry James F. McKinley
[signature]
Camp
McColloch July 11th 1862
The
State of Texas) This day personally appeared before me
County
of Navarro) J. C. C. Wrich [?] a notary Public in
an for Navarro
County James F. McKinley
to
me personally Known and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing
Receipt
to J. W. Johnson A. Q. M. C S. A. for the purposes and
Considerations
therein Specified, To certify which Hereunto set
my
hand and official seal at Corsicana this 11th day of July AD 1862
JCC Wrich[?]
signature
Transcribed by William Boyd
Kisinger; copy of actual document
received from National Archive Trust Fund Feb,
2001. Question
marks indicate preceding
word not discernible by transcriber.
“Uncle
Tom” (Allen Wilson) McDaniel returned from “The War” with the horse
ridden
by James Franklin McKinley on the day of his death, 17 July, 1863.(1) Records
indicate
the only “battle” participated in by the 20th Texas Cavalry was near
Honey Springs, Indian Territory, on 17 July, 1863, sometimes referred to as the
“Gettysburg of the South.”
Honey
Springs Battlefield site, is owned by the State of Oklahoma, and superintended
by an historian well-educated in the history of the battle. The location of each unit’s position
(Confederate and Union), is mapped out, and well maintained for visits by
tourists. Visit the web site at http://checotah.lakewebs.net/honeysprings/
(1)
Page 34, THE McKINLEY CLAN, A Genealogy of the Charles Carson McKinley Family, second
printing, compiled by R. B. Fore, Jr., R. E. McKinley, and R. L.
McKinley, 1981, Texian Press, Waco.