Joseph Brice (J.B.) Wilmeth and Nancy Ferguson, both born in 1807, married in Tennessee in 1826 and settled here in 1846 on 320 acres of virgin prairie, where they farmed the land and soon built a grand two-story family home. Elder J.B. Wilmeth, with pioneer settler Collin McKinney, established Collin County's First Christian Church at Liberty in 1846, and J.B. organized McKinney's First Christian Church in 1848, with early worship services held in his home. Between 1848 and 1887, the home was also the site of a free school taught by J.B. and his children. J.B. served on the commission that selected the Collin County seat and later served as district clerk and county judge. In 1850, the Wilmeths' daughter Martha married Daniel L. McKinney, grandson of Collin McKinney. After J.B. and Nancy died in 1892, Martha and Daniel lived in the home until Daniel's death in 1906. The homestead was then occupied by Martha and Daniel's son John Brice and his wife Annie (Magers) until their deaths in 1968. Materials from the original home were used to build a new house here in 1941, and the property remains important in early Collin County history.