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From a Civil War orphan in a small town in Alabama he moved west and rode the river boats of the Mississippi as a gambler. Westward again and he found himself the sheriff of a small town. From there he would go on to the Governor's mansion of Texas. Dan McKay lived a life packed with adventure and danger. Loves and heartbreaks. He made good friends and had bad enemies. Even after becoming the governor of Texas though the town of Freeman is where his heart called home and where he would return to live out his life.

George was born in 1960 in Jefferson County Alabama. The fifth of nine children, eight boys and one girl.

The family was raised poor, but not poorly raised. At home, George was taught morals, ethics and respect. Reading, writing and arithmetic at school. Love, honor and obedience to God at church. He grew up on John Wayne movies, country music and the writings of Louis L' Amour, Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells and Jules Verne.