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Captain James Houston Montgomery

Male 1740 - 1809  (69 years)

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  • Name James Houston Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    Title Captain 
    Birth 1740  Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 19, 20] 
    Gender Male 
    Relocated 1747  Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military Service 1779  [15, 21] 
    Revolutionary War 
    Land 1788  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Wolf Creek, sold 200 acres 
    Relocated 1788  Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1800  Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Land 28 Apr 1807  Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Land Grant 
    Reference Number https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-2693 
    Death 1809  Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8, 12] 
    Burial 1809  Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Montgomery Cemetery
    Will 2 Sep 1809  Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12, 22] 
    LW&T 
    Notes 
    • Death Date might be 1812
    Person ID I4836  MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery_Esther Houston
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2025 

    Father John Montgomery, Sr,   b. 1719, Londonderry, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1795, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Esther Houston,   b. 1724, Londonderry, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1790, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 2 Jul 1738  New Providence, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 24, 25] 
    • by Rev Johann C Stoever, Jr; Earl Town
    Family ID F3127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Elizabeth Weir,   b. 1749, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1809, Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 1765  Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 7] 
    Children 
    >1. Hugh Weir Montgomery,   b. 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1841, Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Mary Polly Weir Montgomery,   b. 25 Dec 1777, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1853, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. John Montgomery, Sr,   b. 1778, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 27 Aug 1830, Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. James S Montgomery,   b. 1781, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1841 (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Jane Montgomery,   b. 1782, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1864, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Margaret Peggy Montgomery,   b. Jun 1783, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1820, Baker's Creek, Blount, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. Samuel Montgomery, Sr,   b. 1785, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1843, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >8. Esther Montgomery,   b. 1788, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1846, Gibson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F3133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1740 - Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRelocated - 1747 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1765 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - Wolf Creek, sold 200 acres - 1788 - Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRelocated - 1788 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1800 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - Land Grant - 28 Apr 1807 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1809 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1809 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - LW&T - 2 Sep 1809 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Folios
    The Montgomerys and their Descendants D B Montgomery Book - Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Other States     		The Montgomerys and their Descendants D B Montgomery Book - Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Other States
    Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants (Owensville, Indiana, USA, J P Cox, 1903), BooksAndPeriodicals
    https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322
    . Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages
    A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf
    Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc
    Book found on Ancestry.com
    https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1.

  • Sources 
    1. [S785] Hoffman, Susan Vaughan Montgomery, http://johnmontgomeryancestry.com, (Name: Location: Madison, Alabama; Date: 2009;;), Website posted by Susan Vaughan Montgomery Hoffman and other familycollaborators, including Russ Montgomery, about the history of John Montgomery and Margaret Alexander Montgomery as it relates to John Montgomery and Esther Houston of Virginia.

    2. [S786] Montgomery, James, Will of James Montgomery 1809, (Name: Location: Blount, Tennessee; Date: 2 Sep 1809;;), Will of James Montgomery 1809.

    3. [S610] Wulfeck Dorothy Ford, Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland;Date: 1986;;), Excerpt from book listing Montgomery marriages in early Virginia.

    4. [S769] Griesbach Boyz Ancestors, Descendants of George William Weir, (Name: Location: http://www.swgdezign.com/wirtgriesbach/images/Weir.pdf;;), http://www.swgdezign.com/wirtgriesbach/images/Weir.pdf.

    5. [S787] Young, J R, Weir Family Blount Tennessee, (Name: Name: Blount Jounral; Location: Blount, Tennessee; Date: 2010;;), Spring 2010.

    6. [S768] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 03 Pages 063-065 Family of James Houston Montgomery and Margaret ElizabethWeir.

    7. [S771] Montgomery, Erick Dale, Email from Erick Dale Montgomery, (Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA; Date: 20 May 2015;).

    8. [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=108971028&indiv=try

    9. [S781] Montgomery, Erick Dale, The Montgomery Family of Franklin County, (Name: Franklin County Historical Review; Location: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA; Date: Jan 1978;).

    10. [S276] Ancestry.com, North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2013;;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=TNNCLandRecordc&h=185115&indiv=try

    11. [S788] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=687352&indiv=try

    12. [S789] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Wills, 1795-1869, 1896-1934; Index to Wills, 1795-1971; Author: Tennessee. County Court (Blount County); Probate Place: Blount, Tennessee.
      Record for James H Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USProbateTN&h=2857449&indiv=try

    13. [S788] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=687354&indiv=try

    14. [S325] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=tncen&h=29413909&indiv=try

    15. [S790] Ancestry.com, U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=revwarmuster&h=903684&indiv=try

    16. [S779] Rozema, Vicki Bell, Email from Vicki Bell Rozema, (Location: Harrison County, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1 Jul 2018;).

    17. [S642] Armstrong, Zella, Notable Southern Families, (Name: Lookout Publishing Company; Location: Chattagnooga, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1922;), Volume II, Pages 179-198 Houston.
      Available on Genealogical.com Disk GPC 7191
      Montgomery Section Volume II Pages 241-252
      Also available on ancestry.com
      also outlined:
      http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/showsource.php?sourceID=S484&tree=Legends
      Notable_Southern_Families.pdf


    18. [S1435] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Other States https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322.
      Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages
      A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf
      Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc
      Book found on Ancestry.com
      https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1
      https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322

    19. [S766] Montgomery, Russ, RussMontgomery_FamilyLineReport, (Name: Date: Oct 8 2009;;), RussMontgomery-JohnMEstherHoustonLine.pdf.

    20. [S768] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 01 Pages 21-23 Houston Ancestry.

    21. [S433] American Revolutionary War, (Date: 1775-1783;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.

    22. [S770] Parham, Will E, Will E Parham Papers RE: Montgomerys, (Name: Location: McClung Library, Knoxville, Tennessee;;), Montgomery notes prepared by Will E Parham, kept on file at theMcClung Library in Knoxville, TN.

    23. [S778] Egle, WIlliam Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_Stoever, (Name: Date: 1896;;), Marriages performed by Johann Stoever.

    24. [S767] Hoffman, Susan Vaughan Montgomery, http://johnmontgomeryancestry.com/_HoustonInfo, (Name: Location: Madison, Alabama; Date: 2009;;), Website posted by Susan Vaughan Montgomery Hoffman and other familycollaborators, including Russ Montgomery, about the history of John Montgomery and Margaret Alexander Montgomery as it relates to John Montgomery and Esther Houston of Virginia.
      Appendix section covering John Houston information

    25. [S772] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages, 1730-1799, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).
      Record for John Mountgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4640&h=1734&indiv=try



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