Sarah Elizabeth Thornton

1812 - 1900  (87 years)

• Name	Sarah Elizabeth Thornton  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	4 Oct 1812	Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Female
  Relocated	1819	Hall County, Georgia, USA   [12]
  Family Search ID	LHHS-SMV
  Residence	1850	Forsyth County, Georgia, USA   [4]
  	District 31
  Residence	1860	Shoal Creek, Hall, Georgia, USA   [6]
  	District 413
  Residence	1870	Delaware, Yell, Arkansas, USA   [10]
  Residence	1880	Sulphur City, Montgomery, Arkansas, USA   [7]
  Residence	1900	Parker County, Texas, USA   [9]
  	Justice Precinct 5
  Burial	1900	Poe Prairie Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker, Texas, USA   [1, 2, 5, 8, 11]
  Death	20 Jun 1900	Weatherford, Parker, Texas, USA   [1, 2, 5, 8, 11]
  Person ID	I18418	Woodworth Ancestry
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas Thornton, ¶,   b. Abt 1780
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rebecca House, ¶,   b. Abt 1780
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F19045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Henry Montgomery,   b. 14 Feb 1813, Hall County, Georgia, USA d. 7 Mar 1856, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	1830	Georgia, USA
  Children	> 1. Mary Montgomery,   b. 3 Jan 1830, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA d. 1878, Texas, USA (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Cynthia L Montgomery,   b. 1835, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. James P Montgomery,   b. 1836, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. William Freeland Montgomery,   b. 1839, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA d. 1 Oct 1909, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Henry Clay Montgomery,   b. 1844, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA d. Mar 1890, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Thomas C Montgomery,   b. 1846, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Isaac Newton Montgomery,   b. 10 Oct 1850, Sparta, Hancock, Georgia, USA d. 26 Aug 1910, Hico, Hamilton, Texas, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 8. John Freeling Montgomery,   b. 28 Dec 1854, Cumming, Forsyth, Georgia, USA d. 23 Jul 1892, Weatherford, Parker, Texas, USA (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F10213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2026

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Relocated - 1819 - Hall County, Georgia, USA Marriage - 1830 - Georgia, USA Residence - District 31 - 1850 - Forsyth County, Georgia, USA Residence - 1880 - Sulphur City, Montgomery, Arkansas, USA Residence - Justice Precinct 5 - 1900 - Parker County, Texas, USA Burial - 1900 - Poe Prairie Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker, Texas, USA Death - 20 Jun 1900 - Weatherford, Parker, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Henry Clay Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=94252707&indiv=try [S130] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for John Freeling Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=97571672&indiv=try [S1307] Isaac Thornton (1817-1906), (Name: Keeling, Beatrice Thornton and Smith, Wanda Willard; Location: Dallas, Texas, USA; Date: 1976;), Thornton Montgomery, Sarah Elizabeth (1812-1900) Pages 28-29 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/405636-isaac-thornton-1817-1906-his-descendants-and-some-of-his-forebears. Isaac Thornton (1817-1906) His Descendants and some of his Forebears Book found at Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62282/images/405636_fl954336_tn-36471-00000?pId=4496472385 Book Found at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/405636/?offset=0#page=34&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= [S432] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 31, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: 69; Page: 225b. Record for John Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=15936452&indiv=try [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Sarah Elizabeth Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=97571678&indiv=try [S434] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 413, Hall, Georgia; Roll: M653_126; Page: 208; Family History Library Film: 803126. Record for S Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=11234936&indiv=try [S340] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Sulphur Springs, Montgomery, Arkansas; Roll: 52; Page: 407a; Enumeration District: 112. Record for J. F. Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=4881434&indiv=try [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Isaac Newton Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=97571669&indiv=try [S440] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Parker, Texas; Roll: 1664; Page: 17; Enumeration District: 0076. Record for Jno W Elders https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=44065183&indiv=try [S435] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Delaware, Yell, Arkansas; Roll: M593_67; Page: 547B. Record for Ann Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=12592393&indiv=try [S1027] Poe Prairie Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Weatherford, Parker, Texas, USA;), Thornton Montgomery, Sarah Elizabeth (1812-1900) Memorial #28490950 Accessed KRM 19 Feb 2026 4:16om https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28490950/sarah-elizabeth-montgomery. Poe Prairie Cemetery Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, USA https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/6096/poe-prairie-cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28490950/sarah-elizabeth-montgomery [S1307] Isaac Thornton (1817-1906), (Name: Keeling, Beatrice Thornton and Smith, Wanda Willard; Location: Dallas, Texas, USA; Date: 1976;), Thornton, Freeland Westmoreland (1817-aft 1880) Page 27 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/405636-isaac-thornton-1817-1906-his-descendants-and-some-of-his-forebears. Isaac Thornton (1817-1906) His Descendants and some of his Forebears Book found at Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62282/images/405636_fl954336_tn-36471-00000?pId=4496472385 Book Found at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/405636/?offset=0#page=33&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=