General Colin John McRae birth October 22 1813 Sneedsboro, Anson County, North Carolina son John and Elizabeth M. McRae.
Colin J. McRae was an American politician. He served as a member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Alabama, 1861 to 1862. His brother, John J. McRae, served as the 21st Governor of Mississippi (1854–1857).
Before the American Civil War, McRae, political party Democratic, was a merchant from Mobile, Alabama. He co-owned a foundry in Selma, Alabama, which made ordnance and iron plate for gunboats. Some of these gunboats were used during the war.
He served as Confederate States Financial Agent in Europe from 1862 to 1865. McRae served as the Confederate financial agent in Europe during the invasion of the Southern states. He was wanted by U.S. authorities for the sale of government property, and unlike many other former belligerent, he was he was not to be pardon. The charges against him were so extensive that would not even consider a brief visit to the United States. Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederate States, tried to dissuade McRae from going to Central America, Davis recommended New Zealand.
Thousands of Confederate soldiers and sympathizers, most of whom were from Mississippi and Louisiana, left the southern United States to seek exile in British Honduras during the American Civil War and immediately following the conflict. Evidence suggests that more Confederate soldiers went to British Honduras, presently known as Belize, than any other single site outside of the present-day United States.
Eleven settlements established by former Confederates, back under the English Crown, prominent Confederates who sought refuge in British Honduras. Mississippians and Louisianans overwhelmingly chose to settle in British Honduras instead of Brazil, even though slavery had been abolished in British Honduras but was still practiced in Brazil.
In 1867, McRae moved to Puerto de Caballos, British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize), where he purchased land, ran a plantation and mercantile business.
Confederate settlements in British Honduras.
McRae and Joseph Benjamin the younger brother of former Confederate Secretary of State Judah Benjamin, operated a cattle, Mercantile, and mahogany business from McRae Estate located along Saturday Creek. The two also operated a store at Puerto Cortez. Benjamin was not very good at managing his money.
McRae purchased Joseph's interest in their endeavor before Benjamin left to join Captain Armand Beauregard, brother of the famous Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, John Wallace Price and other Price and others settlers near Orange Walk.
General Colin J McRae settled north of New Richmond near Cotton Tree Bank on Saturday Creek. The estate purchased by the general, known even today as McRae, consisted of eighteen square miles of land extending all the way to the Cut and Throw Away Creek. The total purchase price for the large estate was 3,500 (U.S.) which was a very good price compared to the then current market prices within the New Richmond colony. He probably purchased the land from private landowners as such a large purchase from the British Crown would have been noted by the U.S. consul.
The McRae attracted considerable attention from the colonial press in 1868 when John J McRae, former governor of the state of Mississippi and older brother of Colin J. McRae, arrived for a visit. The older McRae played a promoted role in the early development of state of Mississippi. Consider by many to be one of the most successful pre Civil War governors. McRae was actively involved in developing Mississippi transportation system, specially the railroad. Also a proponent of education, Governor McRae was intimately involved in establishing the school in Oxford that would eventually became the University of Mississippi.
The family celebration at the Governor arrival was short lived , however, as soon became gravely ill and died a few days later. The Governor's burial was in British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize).
McRae died in February 1877. He bequeathed the plantation and mercantile business to his sister Catherine and her husband Christopher Hempstead, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. They leased the plantation to tenants until 1894.
The Estate of Colin J. McRae , Probate Records of the General Register, Belize, General McRae also had property in Alabama and Mississippi, which somehow escaped the notice of federal authorities.
His will was probated in Jackson County Mississippi Deed Book 2, 238
In October 2011, a college student at the University of New Hampshire found relics of his Belize plantation house on an archeological expedition in the middle of the Belize Valley.
Colin J. McRae was an American politician. He served as a member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Alabama, 1861 to 1862. His brother, John J. McRae, served as the 21st Governor of Mississippi (1854–1857).
Before the American Civil War, McRae, political party Democratic, was a merchant from Mobile, Alabama. He co-owned a foundry in Selma, Alabama, which made ordnance and iron plate for gunboats. Some of these gunboats were used during the war.
He served as Confederate States Financial Agent in Europe from 1862 to 1865. McRae served as the Confederate financial agent in Europe during the invasion of the Southern states. He was wanted by U.S. authorities for the sale of government property, and unlike many other former belligerent, he was he was not to be pardon. The charges against him were so extensive that would not even consider a brief visit to the United States. Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederate States, tried to dissuade McRae from going to Central America, Davis recommended New Zealand.
Thousands of Confederate soldiers and sympathizers, most of whom were from Mississippi and Louisiana, left the southern United States to seek exile in British Honduras during the American Civil War and immediately following the conflict. Evidence suggests that more Confederate soldiers went to British Honduras, presently known as Belize, than any other single site outside of the present-day United States.
Eleven settlements established by former Confederates, back under the English Crown, prominent Confederates who sought refuge in British Honduras. Mississippians and Louisianans overwhelmingly chose to settle in British Honduras instead of Brazil, even though slavery had been abolished in British Honduras but was still practiced in Brazil.
In 1867, McRae moved to Puerto de Caballos, British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize), where he purchased land, ran a plantation and mercantile business.
Confederate settlements in British Honduras.
McRae and Joseph Benjamin the younger brother of former Confederate Secretary of State Judah Benjamin, operated a cattle, Mercantile, and mahogany business from McRae Estate located along Saturday Creek. The two also operated a store at Puerto Cortez. Benjamin was not very good at managing his money.
McRae purchased Joseph's interest in their endeavor before Benjamin left to join Captain Armand Beauregard, brother of the famous Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, John Wallace Price and other Price and others settlers near Orange Walk.
General Colin J McRae settled north of New Richmond near Cotton Tree Bank on Saturday Creek. The estate purchased by the general, known even today as McRae, consisted of eighteen square miles of land extending all the way to the Cut and Throw Away Creek. The total purchase price for the large estate was 3,500 (U.S.) which was a very good price compared to the then current market prices within the New Richmond colony. He probably purchased the land from private landowners as such a large purchase from the British Crown would have been noted by the U.S. consul.
The McRae attracted considerable attention from the colonial press in 1868 when John J McRae, former governor of the state of Mississippi and older brother of Colin J. McRae, arrived for a visit. The older McRae played a promoted role in the early development of state of Mississippi. Consider by many to be one of the most successful pre Civil War governors. McRae was actively involved in developing Mississippi transportation system, specially the railroad. Also a proponent of education, Governor McRae was intimately involved in establishing the school in Oxford that would eventually became the University of Mississippi.
The family celebration at the Governor arrival was short lived , however, as soon became gravely ill and died a few days later. The Governor's burial was in British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize).
McRae died in February 1877. He bequeathed the plantation and mercantile business to his sister Catherine and her husband Christopher Hempstead, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. They leased the plantation to tenants until 1894.
The Estate of Colin J. McRae , Probate Records of the General Register, Belize, General McRae also had property in Alabama and Mississippi, which somehow escaped the notice of federal authorities.
His will was probated in Jackson County Mississippi Deed Book 2, 238
In October 2011, a college student at the University of New Hampshire found relics of his Belize plantation house on an archeological expedition in the middle of the Belize Valley.
General Colin John McRae birth October 22 1813 Sneedsboro, Anson County, North Carolina son John and Elizabeth M. McRae.
Colin J. McRae was an American politician. He served as a member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Alabama, 1861 to 1862. His brother, John J. McRae, served as the 21st Governor of Mississippi (1854–1857).
Before the American Civil War, McRae, political party Democratic, was a merchant from Mobile, Alabama. He co-owned a foundry in Selma, Alabama, which made ordnance and iron plate for gunboats. Some of these gunboats were used during the war.
He served as Confederate States Financial Agent in Europe from 1862 to 1865. McRae served as the Confederate financial agent in Europe during the invasion of the Southern states. He was wanted by U.S. authorities for the sale of government property, and unlike many other former belligerent, he was he was not to be pardon. The charges against him were so extensive that would not even consider a brief visit to the United States. Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederate States, tried to dissuade McRae from going to Central America, Davis recommended New Zealand.
Thousands of Confederate soldiers and sympathizers, most of whom were from Mississippi and Louisiana, left the southern United States to seek exile in British Honduras during the American Civil War and immediately following the conflict. Evidence suggests that more Confederate soldiers went to British Honduras, presently known as Belize, than any other single site outside of the present-day United States.
Eleven settlements established by former Confederates, back under the English Crown, prominent Confederates who sought refuge in British Honduras. Mississippians and Louisianans overwhelmingly chose to settle in British Honduras instead of Brazil, even though slavery had been abolished in British Honduras but was still practiced in Brazil.
In 1867, McRae moved to Puerto de Caballos, British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize), where he purchased land, ran a plantation and mercantile business.
Confederate settlements in British Honduras.
McRae and Joseph Benjamin the younger brother of former Confederate Secretary of State Judah Benjamin, operated a cattle, Mercantile, and mahogany business from McRae Estate located along Saturday Creek. The two also operated a store at Puerto Cortez. Benjamin was not very good at managing his money.
McRae purchased Joseph's interest in their endeavor before Benjamin left to join Captain Armand Beauregard, brother of the famous Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, John Wallace Price and other Price and others settlers near Orange Walk.
General Colin J McRae settled north of New Richmond near Cotton Tree Bank on Saturday Creek. The estate purchased by the general, known even today as McRae, consisted of eighteen square miles of land extending all the way to the Cut and Throw Away Creek. The total purchase price for the large estate was 3,500 (U.S.) which was a very good price compared to the then current market prices within the New Richmond colony. He probably purchased the land from private landowners as such a large purchase from the British Crown would have been noted by the U.S. consul.
The McRae attracted considerable attention from the colonial press in 1868 when John J McRae, former governor of the state of Mississippi and older brother of Colin J. McRae, arrived for a visit. The older McRae played a promoted role in the early development of state of Mississippi. Consider by many to be one of the most successful pre Civil War governors. McRae was actively involved in developing Mississippi transportation system, specially the railroad. Also a proponent of education, Governor McRae was intimately involved in establishing the school in Oxford that would eventually became the University of Mississippi.
The family celebration at the Governor arrival was short lived , however, as soon became gravely ill and died a few days later. The Governor's burial was in British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize).
McRae died in February 1877. He bequeathed the plantation and mercantile business to his sister Catherine and her husband Christopher Hempstead, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. They leased the plantation to tenants until 1894.
The Estate of Colin J. McRae , Probate Records of the General Register, Belize, General McRae also had property in Alabama and Mississippi, which somehow escaped the notice of federal authorities.
His will was probated in Jackson County Mississippi Deed Book 2, 238
In October 2011, a college student at the University of New Hampshire found relics of his Belize plantation house on an archeological expedition in the middle of the Belize Valley.
Colin J. McRae was an American politician. He served as a member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Alabama, 1861 to 1862. His brother, John J. McRae, served as the 21st Governor of Mississippi (1854–1857).
Before the American Civil War, McRae, political party Democratic, was a merchant from Mobile, Alabama. He co-owned a foundry in Selma, Alabama, which made ordnance and iron plate for gunboats. Some of these gunboats were used during the war.
He served as Confederate States Financial Agent in Europe from 1862 to 1865. McRae served as the Confederate financial agent in Europe during the invasion of the Southern states. He was wanted by U.S. authorities for the sale of government property, and unlike many other former belligerent, he was he was not to be pardon. The charges against him were so extensive that would not even consider a brief visit to the United States. Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederate States, tried to dissuade McRae from going to Central America, Davis recommended New Zealand.
Thousands of Confederate soldiers and sympathizers, most of whom were from Mississippi and Louisiana, left the southern United States to seek exile in British Honduras during the American Civil War and immediately following the conflict. Evidence suggests that more Confederate soldiers went to British Honduras, presently known as Belize, than any other single site outside of the present-day United States.
Eleven settlements established by former Confederates, back under the English Crown, prominent Confederates who sought refuge in British Honduras. Mississippians and Louisianans overwhelmingly chose to settle in British Honduras instead of Brazil, even though slavery had been abolished in British Honduras but was still practiced in Brazil.
In 1867, McRae moved to Puerto de Caballos, British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize), where he purchased land, ran a plantation and mercantile business.
Confederate settlements in British Honduras.
McRae and Joseph Benjamin the younger brother of former Confederate Secretary of State Judah Benjamin, operated a cattle, Mercantile, and mahogany business from McRae Estate located along Saturday Creek. The two also operated a store at Puerto Cortez. Benjamin was not very good at managing his money.
McRae purchased Joseph's interest in their endeavor before Benjamin left to join Captain Armand Beauregard, brother of the famous Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, John Wallace Price and other Price and others settlers near Orange Walk.
General Colin J McRae settled north of New Richmond near Cotton Tree Bank on Saturday Creek. The estate purchased by the general, known even today as McRae, consisted of eighteen square miles of land extending all the way to the Cut and Throw Away Creek. The total purchase price for the large estate was 3,500 (U.S.) which was a very good price compared to the then current market prices within the New Richmond colony. He probably purchased the land from private landowners as such a large purchase from the British Crown would have been noted by the U.S. consul.
The McRae attracted considerable attention from the colonial press in 1868 when John J McRae, former governor of the state of Mississippi and older brother of Colin J. McRae, arrived for a visit. The older McRae played a promoted role in the early development of state of Mississippi. Consider by many to be one of the most successful pre Civil War governors. McRae was actively involved in developing Mississippi transportation system, specially the railroad. Also a proponent of education, Governor McRae was intimately involved in establishing the school in Oxford that would eventually became the University of Mississippi.
The family celebration at the Governor arrival was short lived , however, as soon became gravely ill and died a few days later. The Governor's burial was in British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize).
McRae died in February 1877. He bequeathed the plantation and mercantile business to his sister Catherine and her husband Christopher Hempstead, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. They leased the plantation to tenants until 1894.
The Estate of Colin J. McRae , Probate Records of the General Register, Belize, General McRae also had property in Alabama and Mississippi, which somehow escaped the notice of federal authorities.
His will was probated in Jackson County Mississippi Deed Book 2, 238
In October 2011, a college student at the University of New Hampshire found relics of his Belize plantation house on an archeological expedition in the middle of the Belize Valley.
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