George Morse Collinsworth
 Matagorda Cemetery Road SH 60 & S Gulf Road 28°42'1.66"N 95°57'16.82"W
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born in Mississippi in 1810 and came to Texas in 1831.
He was the son of James B. Collinsworth. As commander of
the Texas army from Matagorda, he helped capture the
town of Goliad on October 9, 1835, and was later
commissioned a major. President Sam Houston appointed
him collector of customs. George Collinsworth married Susan R. Kendrick, September 14, 1837. Their first child, Mary Ann, died on Caney Creek of yellow fever, August 10, 1847, when she was seven years old. She was buried from Christ Church in Matagorda. Their second child was George Morse Collinsworth, Jr., born 1842. George, Jr. served in the Caney Mounted Rifle Company under Captain Edward S. Rugeley during the Civil War. He married Emma Armstrong, October 28, 1875. George and Susan's third child was Rebecca L. Collinsworth, born 1844. She married Virginius Beverly Turner on April 17, 1866. George Collinsworth, Sr. was administrator of the will of his brother, David Cook Collinsworth. David died a violent death on October 12, 1834, while a second lieutenant in the army. Their heirs named were: James Brown Collinsworth, Edmuns Gillespie Collinsworth, George Morse Collinsworth, Mary Brown Collinsworth, Joseph Ferdinand Collinsworth, Loretta Gillespie Collinsworth (wife of Abel Waddile), Francissa Collinsworth (widow of Zachariah Waddile), and Margaret Ann Jackson Collinsworth, all brothers and sisters of the deceased. Joseph F. died September 5, 1837 and George Morese Collinsworth was also his administrator. Only George, James B., Joseph and David came to Texas. The others remained in Mississippi. George Collinsworth, Sr. died of consumption April 18, 1866, after a short illness. In his will, he remembered his wife's uncle, Burwell Kendrick, and her brother, Benjamin Kendrick. Historic Matagorda County,
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