Descendants of Alexander Montgomery
Submitted By: Angella Watson
1.
ALEXANDER1
MONTGOMERY1,2
was born 1701 in Londonberry, Ireland3,4, and died Bet. July
27, 1767 - April 1768 in now Orange County, North Carolina4,5.
He married MARY (CALOWAY?)6,7,8.
She died Aft. 17679.
More About ALEXANDER
MONTGOMERY:
Residence: Tradition
says he came from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Virginia10
Will Dated: July 27,
176710
Will Probated: April
1768, Orange County, North Carolina, Book A, page 8110
More About MARY
(CALOWAY?):
Note: she is not
mentioned by name in Alexander's will11
Children of ALEXANDER
MONTGOMERY
and MARY
(CALOWAY?)
are:
2.
i. WILLIAM2
MONTGOMERY,
b. 1727; d. March 1780, near Logan's Fort, Kentucky.
3.
ii. JOHN
MONTGOMERY,
b. Albemarle (Amhurst) County, Virginia; d. Bet. March 11 - June 07, 1784,
Albemarle (Amhurst) County, Virginia.
iii. ALEXANDER
MONTGOMERY, JR.12,13,14,
b. 172615; d. January 20, 180815; m. MARTHA15.
More About ALEXANDER
MONTGOMERY, JR.:
Note: Inherited 170
acres in father's will15
iv. ELIZABETH
MONTGOMERY16.
v. ANN
MONTGOMERY17.
vi. MARY
MONTGOMERY18,19,
b. 172619; d. 1808, Madison County, Kentucky19;
m. ROBERT BARNETT19.
More About MARY
MONTGOMERY:
Note: Inherited 1
shilling in father's will19
vii. JAMES
MONTGOMERY19.
More About JAMES
MONTGOMERY:
Note: Inherited 1/2 of
"homeplace" in father's will19
Residence: Living in
Orange County, Virginia at time of father's death19
viii. MICHAL
MONTGOMERY19.
More About MICHAL
MONTGOMERY:
Note: Inherited 1/2 of
"homeplace" in father's will19
Residence: Living in Orange County, Virginia
at time of father's death19
Generation
No. 2
2.
WILLIAM2
MONTGOMERY
(ALEXANDER1)20,21,22
was born 172723,24, and died March 1780 in near Logan's Fort,
Kentucky25. He
married JANE SMITH25,26
Bef. 176927. She
died Bet. October 10 - December 14, 1807 in Lincoln County, Kentucky28.
Notes for WILLIAM
MONTGOMERY:
(The following is from
Waddell's "Annals of August County, Virginia" (1902), page 319):
"In the year 1768 William Montgomery resided in Augusta County, but
in what neighborhood we do not know. On
the 14th of May in that year he received from Michael Malls a deed for 470 acres
of land on "the mountain between the South Fork and the South Branch of
Potowmack." On the 15th of
August, 1769, William Montgomery and Jean his wife, conveyed the tract of 470
acres to Adam Harpole, and soon thereafter removed with the Campbells, Logans,
and others to the Holston, now Washington County.
In the new settlement young Benjamin Logan wooed and married Montgomery's
daughter Anne. Logan moved to Kentucky and soon became famous there.
His father-in-law with his family, including the family of Montgomery's
son-in-law, Joseph Russell, followed Logan to Kentucky in 1779 and made a
settlement 12 miles from "Logan's Fort."
Early one morning in March, 1780, Montgomery, on going to the door of his
cabin, was shot and killed by Indians..."
----------from
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families", the Interior Journal, Stanford,
Kentucky, date unknown
"In Green's Historic Families of Kentucky, page 133, it is stated
that William Montgomery came to Kentucky in 1779 with his family.
He was the father-in-law of Col. Benjamin Logan.
Montgomery built cabins about 12 miles from St. Asaphs, on one of the
sources of Green River. This elder
William Montgomery was killed by the Indians at his cabin in 1781. Jane, his daughter, quickly closed the door and defended the
cabin from the intruders, while her sister, Betsey, 12 years of age, ran 2 miles
to another cabin or station for assistance. William and John, sons of the elder William, lived nearby in
cabins; also a son-in-law, Joseph Russell.
William Jr. killed several of the Indians. John was killed by them, and his wife taken prisoner.
The wife of Col. Logan was Ann Montgomery.
Jane Montgomery married Gen. William Casey, who came to Kentucky in 1779
from Frederick County, Virginia, and lived on the Hanging Fork of Dix River
until 1791, wen he moved to Russell Creek, a tributary of Green River.
Thomas and Robert were also sons of the elder William Montgomery."
----------from
"Letter to Mrs. Morton", Montgomery Family File, Kentucky Historical
Library
"From Perrin's History of Kentucky, page 175---(paraphrased):
William Montgomery, Sr., father of Mrs. Benjamin Logan had built four
cabins in a large irregular square but unprotected by palisades.
He lived in one, his son William Jr. in one, son John in one, and in the
other, son-in-law Joseph Russell with his wife and 3 children.
One night in March 1781 Indians surrounded the cabins.
At first light William Sr. and his slave boy stepped out the door of his
house and both were shot dead by the Indians.
Mrs. Montgomery with he youngest child, Flora was at Logan's Station,
some of the boys were out scouting. In
the cabin was Jane, then a young woman, and Elizabeth about 12 years old.
Jane, as soon as the rifles that killed her father and the slave boy
cracked, closed and barred the door, calling for a rifle.
Betsey climbed up the chimney, dropped to the ground, and ran at ttop
speed to Petit's Station, about 2 1/2 miles away where the alarm was taken to
Logan's Station. Jane and her
little brother were not disturbed as the Indians were afraid of her rifle.
William Jr., his wife, one child and a bound boy heard the rifle crack.
The boy guarded the door with a heavy sugar trough while William Jr.
discharged his rifle through a crevice in rapid succession killing one and
wounding another before they drew out of range.
The door to John's cabin was forced open and he was killed as he jumped
from bed and his wife was uninjured but his wife and children were captured.
Col. Logan and his men soon struck out in pursuit and found the trail
because Mrs. Russell had broken twigs, etc. to show the way.
Soon they came in sight and when the little Russell girl cried
"There's Uncle Ben" the Indians shot and killed her.
After a running fight, the Indians left their captives and
departed."
------------from
"Letter to Mrs. Kilbride", Montgomery Family File, Adair County
Genealogy Library
More About WILLIAM
MONTGOMERY:
Alt. Death Date: 1781,
Lincoln County, Kentucky29,30
Note: Inherited 5
shillings "no more" in father's will31
Property: February 11,
1752, deed 258 acres from father (Albemarle Co, VA; deed book 1, page 427)32
More About JANE
SMITH:
Will Dated: October 10,
1807, Lincoln County, Kentucky33
Will Probated: December
14, 1807, Lincoln County, Kentucky33
Children of WILLIAM
MONTGOMERY
and JANE
SMITH
are:
i. JOHN3
MONTGOMERY34,35,
b. 175835; d. March 1780, near Logan's Fort, Kentucky36;
m. MARGARET (EDMONSON?)37,
Abt. 177837.
More About JOHN
MONTGOMERY:
Note: died in the Indian
attack that killed his father38
ii. THOMAS
MONTGOMERY38.
iii. ROBERT
MONTGOMERY38,
m. SARAH
JANE COLVILLE38.
iv. WILLIAM
MONTGOMERY, JR.38,39,40,
b. 175641; m. (1) UNKNOWN,
Bef. 1776; m. (2) MARGARET GREENLEE42,
Abt. 1776, Virginia42.
v. ANNE
MONTGOMERY43,44,
b. 175245; d. 1825; m. BENJAMIN
LOGAN45,
Abt. 1770, Virginia45.
vi. JANE
MONTGOMERY46,47,
b. 176547; m. WILLIAM
CASEY47,
178248.
Notes for JANE
MONTGOMERY:
During the Indian attack
on the family's home that killed her father & brother, John, Jane quickly
closed the door and defended the cabin from the intruders.
vii. MOLLY(?)
MONTGOMERY49,50,51,
b. 175452; d. Aft. 181252; m. JOSEPH
RUSSELL53,
Abt. 177854.
viii. ELIZABETH
" BETSIE"
MONTGOMERY55,56,
b. Abt. 176856; m. WILLIAM
MONTGOMERY56,57,58;
b. 175758; d. 1832, Marion County, Missouri58.
Notes for ELIZABETH
" BETSIE"
MONTGOMERY:
During the Indian attack
on her family's home (in which her father & brother, John, were killed),
Betsie was 12 years old. She
escaped and ran 2 miles to another cabin/station for help.
More About WILLIAM
MONTGOMERY:
Military service: Was a
Colonel59
Note: Was called "Blackheaded
Billy" due to all of the Williams in the family60
Residence: Lincoln
County, Kentucky61
ix. FLORA
MONTGOMERY62,63,
b. 177263.
x. JAMES
MONTGOMERY64,65,
b. 176265.
xi. ALEXANDER
MONTGOMERY65,
b. 175065; d. Abt. 177965.
3.
JOHN2
MONTGOMERY
(ALEXANDER1)66,67,68
was born in Albemarle (Amhurst)
County, Virginia69, and died Bet. March 11 - June 07, 1784 in
Albemarle (Amhurst) County, Virginia70,71,72.
He married MARTHA MILLER73,74,
daughter of REVERAND
ALEXANDER
MILLER.
More About JOHN
MONTGOMERY:
Note: Inherited 1
shilling in father's will75
Property: February 11,
1752, deeded 396 acres from father (Albemarle Co., VA; deed book 1, page 455)76
Will Dated: March 11,
178477
Will Probated: June 07,
178477
Children of JOHN
MONTGOMERY
and MARTHA
MILLER
are:
i. ALEXANDER3
MONTGOMERY77,78,
d. 1816, Logan County, Kentucky78; m. MARY
"POLLY"
???78.
More About ALEXANDER
MONTGOMERY:
Emigration: 1792, to
Logan County, Kentucky (via Sumner County, Tennessee)78
Note: Was left all of
his father's land in Washington County, Virginia, in his will79
Residence: 1784,
Washington County, Virginia80
ii. WILLIAM
MONTGOMERY81,82,83,
b. 175783; d. 1832, Marion County, Missouri83;
m. ELIZABETH " BETSIE"
MONTGOMERY84,85;
b. Abt. 176885.
More About WILLIAM
MONTGOMERY:
Military service: Was a
Colonel86
Note: Was called "Blackheaded
Billy" due to all of the Williams in the family87
Residence: Lincoln
County, Kentucky88
Notes for ELIZABETH
" BETSIE"
MONTGOMERY:
During the Indian attack
on her family's home (in which her father & brother, John, were killed),
Betsie was 12 years old. She
escaped and ran 2 miles to another cabin/station for help.
iii. JOSEPH
MONTGOMERY88,89,
m. JANE
WOODS89.
iv. JOHN
(#2) MONTGOMERY90,91,
b. 1762, Amhurst County, Virginia91; d. Adair County, Kentucky91;
m. MARY
(POLLY?)
MORRISON92,93,
August 23, 1790, Amherst County, Virginia.
More About JOHN
(#2) MONTGOMERY:
Emigration: Came to
Adair County, Kentucky94
Military service: Faught
in the Revolutionary War95
Note: Father willed him
land in Paint Lick Creek, Kentucky95
Residence:
Bef. 1789,
Amhurst County, Virginia95
v. JAMES
MONTGOMERY96,97,
m. SARAH DOZIER97,
June 27, 178597.
More About JAMES
MONTGOMERY:
Note: Father willed him
land in Kentucky97
4.
vi. NATHAN
MONTGOMERY,
b. Bet. 1758 - 1765, Westmoreland or Amherst County, Virginia; d. July 06, 1835,
Adair County, Kentucky.
vii. ANN
MONTGOMERY98,99.
More About ANN
MONTGOMERY:
Note: Was left 600 acres
in her father's will100
viii. MARY
MONTGOMERY100,101.
ix. MATTHEW
MONTGOMERY102.
Generation
No. 3
4.
NATHAN3
MONTGOMERY
(JOHN2,
ALEXANDER1)103,104 was born Bet. 1758 - 1765 in Westmoreland or Amherst County, Virginia105,106,
and died July 06, 1835 in Adair County, Kentucky107,108.
He married (1) FLORA
MILLER109.
He married (2) ELIZABETH
LAWSON?109
Unknown in probably Virginia109. She died Aft. 1803 in Adair County, Kentucky109.
Notes for NATHAN
MONTGOMERY:
Nathan Montgomery was a
noted Indian Scout for Lincoln and Green Counties. He came to Russell Creek Station (now Adair County) in 1789.
He was appointed Major of the 16th Green County Regiment in 1792.
He served in the State Legislature during the session that created Adair
County. He was also a Justice of the Peace for Green County and organized the
Justice of the Peace in Adair County, as well as serving several terms as the
High Sheriff of Adair County.
More About NATHAN
MONTGOMERY:
Alt. Birth Date: 1764110
Burial: Fletcher Farm
Cemetery (about 3 miles west of Columbia)111
Emigration: Came to
Adair County, Kentucky with Col. William Casey in 1789112,113
Military service: Held
the rank of Major (War of 1812?)113
Note: Father willed him
land in Adair County, Kentucky114
Occupation: Farmer115
Children of NATHAN
MONTGOMERY
and ELIZABETH
LAWSON?
are:
i. CLAYTON4
MONTGOMERY115,
m. JULIET
MORRISON115,
Bet. December 10 - 12, 1827115.
ii. LAWSON
MONTGOMERY115,116,
d. 1848; m. ELIZABETH
STAPP117,
October 09, 1828117.
More About LAWSON
MONTGOMERY:
Burial: Castle of Perote
Mexico118
Military service:
Soldier in the War with Mexico118
5.
iii. NATHAN
MONTGOMERY, JR.,
d. Abt. 1865.
Generation
No. 4
5.
NATHAN4
MONTGOMERY, JR.
(NATHAN3,
JOHN2,
ALEXANDER1)119,120
died Abt. 1865121. He
married PATSY WINSTEAD121
September 24, 1839121.
More About NATHAN
MONTGOMERY, JR.:
Burial: Adair County,
Kentucky121
Residence: Columbia,
Adair County, Kentucky122
Children of NATHAN
MONTGOMERY
and PATSY
WINSTEAD
are:
i. THOMAS
W.5
MONTGOMERY122.
ii. JOHN
B. MONTGOMERY122.
Endnotes
1.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
2.
Unknown Researcher, Alexander Montgomery, Montgomery Family File, Typed
pages.
3.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
4.
Unknown Researcher, Alexander Montgomery, Montgomery Family File.
5.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
6.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
7.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
8.
Unknown Researcher, Alexander Montgomery, Montgomery Family File.
9.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
10.
Unknown Researcher, Alexander Montgomery, Montgomery Family File.
11.
probably Ruth Paul Burdette, Letter to Kilbride,
(Montgomery Family File).
12.
Unknown Researcher, Alexander Montgomery, Montgomery Family File.
13.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
14.
Will of Alexander Montgomery, Will Book A (1?), page 81, Orange County,
North Carolina.
15.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
16.
Will of Alexander Montgomery, Will Book A (1?), page 81, Orange County,
North Carolina.
17.
Will of Alexander Montgomery, Will Book A )1?), page 81, Orange County,
North Carolina.
18.
Will of Alexander Montgomery, Will Book A (1?), page 81, Orange County,
North Carolina.
19.
Unknown Researcher, Alexander Montgomery, Montgomery Family File.
20.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal,
December 1950.
21.
Will of Alexander Montgomery, Book A (1?), page 81, Orange County, North
Carolina.
22.
Will of Alexander Montgomery, Will Book A (1?), page 81, Orange County,
North Carolina.
23.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
24.
Unknown Researcher, Alexander Montgomery, Montgomery Family File.
25.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
26.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
27.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
28.
Will of Jane Montgomery, (Lincoln
County Will Book C), Page 127.
29.
Unknown Researcher, Alexander Montgomery, Montgomery Family File.
30.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
31.
Unknown Researcher, Alexander Montgomery, Montgomery Family File.
32.
probably Ruth Paul Burdette, Letter to Kilbride,
(Montgomery Family File).
33.
Will of Jane Montgomery, (Lincoln
County Will Book C), page 127.
34.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
35.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
36.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
37.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
38.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
39.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
40.
Will of Jane Montgomery, (Lincoln
County Will Book C).
41.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
42.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
43.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
44.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
45.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
46.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
47.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
48.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
49.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
50.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
51.
Will of Jane Montgomery, (Lincoln
County Will Book C).
52.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
53.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
54.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
55.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
56.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
57.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
58.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
59.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
60.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
61.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
62.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
63.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
64.
Will of Jane Montgomery, (Lincoln
County Will Book C).
65.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
66.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
67.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
68.
Will of Alexander Montgomery, Will Book A (1?), page 81, Orange County,
North Carolina.
69.
probably Ruth Paul Burdette, Letter to Kilbride,
(Montgomery Family File).
70.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File), Dated April 4, 1951, 3 pages.
71.
probably Ruth Paul Burdette, Letter to Kilbride,
(Montgomery Family File).
72.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
73.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
74.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
75.
Unknown Researcher, Alexander Montgomery, Montgomery Family File.
76.
probably Ruth Paul Burdette, Letter to Kilbride,
(Montgomery Family File).
77.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
78.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
79.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
80.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
81.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
82.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
83.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
84.
"Lincoln County Pioneer Families," The Interior Journal.
85.
Miscellaneous Family Sheets,
(Montgomery Family File).
86.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
87.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
88.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
89.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
90.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
91.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
92.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
93.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
94.
probably Ruth Paul Burdette, Letter to Kilbride,
(Montgomery Family File).
95.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
96.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
97.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
98.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
99.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
100.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
101.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
102.
Jackson, Mrs. Henry, Letter to Ms. Ruth Burdette,
(Montgomery Family File).
103.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
104.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
105.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
106.
Research of Berley.
107.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
108.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
109.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
110.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
111.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
112.
probably Ruth Paul Burdette, Letter to Kilbride,
(Montgomery Family File).
113.
Hurt, Judge Rollin (under alias "Avaroe Steele", History of
Adair County, Kentucky, (Writing
compiled & published by Michael Watson), Writing Number 9, (writings were
originally published as a series of newspaper articles in 1919).
114.
More Branches of the Montgomery Family.
115.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
116.
Hurt, Judge Rollin (under alias "Avaroe Steele", History of
Adair County, Kentucky, (Writing
compiled & published by Michael Watson), Writing Number 9, (writings were
originally published as a series of newspaper articles in 1919).
117.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
118.
Hurt, Judge Rollin (under alias "Avaroe Steele", History of
Adair County, Kentucky, (Writing
compiled & published by Michael Watson), Writing Number 9, (writings were
originally published as a series of newspaper articles in 1919).
119.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
120.
Hurt, Judge Rollin (under alias "Avaroe Steele", History of
Adair County, Kentucky, (Writing
compiled & published by Michael Watson), Writing Number 9, (writings were
originally published as a series of newspaper articles in 1919).
121.
Various Contributors/Researchers, Montgomery Family File.
122.
Hurt, Judge Rollin (under alias "Avaroe Steele", History of
Adair County, Kentucky, (Writing
compiled & published by Michael Watson), Writing Number 9, (writings were
originally published as a series of newspaper articles in 1919).