Minerva Jane Montgomery

1828 - 1896  (68 years)

• Name	Minerva Jane Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	2 May 1828	Newton County, Georgia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1850	Newton County, Georgia, USA   [7]
  	Subdivision 65
  Residence	1860	Walton County, Georgia, USA   [3]
  	Northern Division
  Residence	1870	Newton County, Georgia, USA   [2]
  	Subdivision 96
  Residence	1880	Morgan County, Georgia, USA   [4]
  	District 282
  Burial	1896	Newton County, Georgia, USA   [1, 5]
  	Montgomery-Jay Cemetery
  Death	17 May 1896	Brick Store, Newton, Georgia, USA   [1, 5]
  Person ID	I7804	MontyHistNotes_III | James Montgomery-McConnell/Strange
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Deacon David Franklin Montgomery,   b. 2 Feb 1800, Clarke County, Georgia, USA d. 18 May 1876, Newton County, Georgia, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mariah Lanier Fielder,   b. 10 Apr 1804, Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, USA d. 2 Dec 1882, Newton County, Georgia, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 May 1822	Morgan County, Georgia, USA   [8]
  Family ID	F4439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Thomas Marshall Sawyer,   b. 21 Sep 1821, Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA d. 30 Jul 1862 (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	14 Apr 1846	Newton County, Georgia, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F4478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	William Porter Jay,   b. 8 Jul 1845, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA d. 10 Dec 1908, Newton County, Georgia, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1868	Georgia, USA
  Family ID	F4479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 May 1828 - Newton County, Georgia, USA Marriage - 14 Apr 1846 - Newton County, Georgia, USA Residence - Subdivision 65 - 1850 - Newton County, Georgia, USA Residence - Northern Division - 1860 - Walton County, Georgia, USA Marriage - Abt 1868 - Georgia, USA Residence - Subdivision 96 - 1870 - Newton County, Georgia, USA Residence - District 282 - 1880 - Morgan County, Georgia, USA Burial - 1896 - Newton County, Georgia, USA Death - 17 May 1896 - Brick Store, Newton, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1135] Montgomery-Jay Cemetery, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Newton, Georgia, USA;;). [S65] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 96, Newton, Georgia; Roll: M593_168; Page: 6B; Image: 16; Family History Library Film: 545667. Record for Minerva J Jay http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=6256306&indiv=try [S237] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Northern Division, Walton, Georgia; Roll: M653_139; Page: 986; Image: 451; Family History Library Film: 803139. Record for Minerva Sawyer http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=11770021&indiv=try [S21] 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: District 282, Morgan, Georgia; Roll: 159; Family History Film: 1254159; Page: 394D; Enumeration District: 087; Image: 0380. Record for William P. Jay http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=40962603&indiv=try [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for William P Jay http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=93155736&indiv=try [S197] Dodd, Jordan, Georgia Marriages to 1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;). Record for Minerva Jane Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamga&h=56296&indiv=try [S679] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 65, Newton, Georgia; Roll: M432_79; Page: 437B; Image: 287. Record for Jane Sawyers http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18852348&indiv=try [S1087] Ancestry.com, Web: RootsWeb Marriage Records Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for David F Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=structuredcrawledsites-453&h=309739&indiv=try