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Colin J. McRae Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States In office February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862 Preceded by New constituency Succeeded by Constituency abolished Personal details Born Colin John McRae (1812-10-22)October 22, 1812 Anson County, North Carolina, U.S. Died February 1877(1877-02-00) (aged 64) Puerto de Caballos, British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize) Party Democratic Relations John J. McRae (brother)

**Colin J. McRae** (born **Colin John McRae**; October 22, 1812 – February 1877) was an American politician who had served as a Deputy from [Alabama](/source/Alabama) to the [Provisional Congress of the Confederate States](/source/Provisional_Congress_of_the_Confederate_States) from 1861 to 1862.[1][2][3]

## Biography

Colin J. McRae was born on October 22, 1812, in [Anson County, North Carolina](/source/Anson_County%2C_North_Carolina).[4] His brother, [John J. McRae](/source/John_J._McRae), served as the [21st Governor of Mississippi](/source/List_of_Governors_of_Mississippi) (1854–1857).[1] Before the [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), McRae was a merchant from [Mobile, Alabama](/source/Mobile%2C_Alabama).[1] He co-owned a [foundry](/source/Foundry) in [Selma, Alabama](/source/Selma%2C_Alabama), which made [ammunition](/source/Ammunition) and iron plate for gunboats.[5] Some of these gunboats were used during the war.[6]

McRae served as Confederate States Financial Agent in Europe from 1862 to 1865.[1][2][3]

In 1867, McRae moved to Puerto de Caballos, [British Honduras](/source/British_Honduras) (present-day [Puerto Cortés](/source/Puerto_Cort%C3%A9s), [Belize](/source/Belize)), where he purchased land and ran a plantation and mercantile business centered on [mahogany](/source/Mahogany).[1][2] McRae died there in February 1877.[4][7] He bequeathed the plantation and mercantile business to his sister and her husband.[1] They leased the plantation to tenants until 1894.[8] The location of his grave, in Belize, is unknown.[4]

In October 2011, a college student at the [University of New Hampshire](/source/University_of_New_Hampshire) found relics of his Belize plantation house on an archeological expedition in the middle of the Belize Valley.[2] His records were found in [Monterey Place](/source/Monterey_Place) in Mobile, Alabama.[1] They are held at the [South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum](/source/South_Carolina_Confederate_Relic_Room_and_Military_Museum), in [Columbia, South Carolina](/source/Columbia%2C_South_Carolina).

## See also

- [Confederate settlements in British Honduras](/source/Confederate_settlements_in_British_Honduras)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sccrr_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sccrr_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-sccrr_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-sccrr_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-sccrr_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-sccrr_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-sccrr_1-6) [The Colin J. McRae Papers](https://www.crr.sc.gov/research/mcrae), [Columbia](/source/Columbia%2C_South_Carolina): South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lori_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lori_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-lori_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-lori_2-3) Wright, Lori (October 2011). ["Uncovering History: Student Helps Discover Confederate Soldier's Homestead in Belize"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130719153208/http://www.unh.edu/liberal-arts/thecollegeletter/2011/oct/tier1.html). *The College Letter: Newsletter of the College of Liberal Arts*. Archived from [the original](http://www.unh.edu/liberal-arts/thecollegeletter/2011/oct/tier1.html) on July 19, 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lambert_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lambert_3-1) Andrew Lambert, [Colin J. McRae, Confederate Financial Agent: Blockade Running in the Trans-Mississippi South as Affected by the Confederate Government's Direct Procurement of European Goods Borderland Smuggling: Patriots, Loyalties and Illicit Trade in the North East, 1783–1820](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-9270.2009.00244_17.x/abstract), *[The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology](/source/The_International_Journal_of_Nautical_Archaeology)*, August 2009

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-graveyard_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-graveyard_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-graveyard_4-2) [The Political Graveyard](http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcphetres-mcrae.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** William F. Donnelly, *American Economic Growth: The Historic Challenge*, Ardent Media, 1973, 152 [\[1\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=RAB3ynybv0UC&pg=PA152)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Edwin Layton, Colin J. McRae and the Selma Arsenal, *Alabama Review*, XVIII (1966), 132-133

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [*General Officers of the Confederate Army, Officers of the Executive Departments of the Confederate States, Members of the Confederate Congress by States*](https://books.google.com/books?id=MEDHOvRy_XIC&dq=Colin+J.+McRae+1877'&pg=PA157). Neale Publishing Company. 1911. p. 157.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Donald C. Simmons, Jr.](/source/Donald_C._Simmons%2C_Jr.), *Confederate Settlements in British Honduras*, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2001, p. 91 [\[2\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=SiMVt4LvxOgC&pg=PA91)

## Further reading

- Charles S. Davis, *Colin J. McRae: Confederate Financial Agent* (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Confederate Publishing, 1961).

- Ray J. Fletcher, *Colin J. McRae, Confederate Agent in Europe* (Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University Press, 1956).

## External links

- [Colin J. McRae](http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcphetres-mcrae.html#891.51.58) at *[The Political Graveyard](/source/The_Political_Graveyard)*

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