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]
  FamilySearch 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	I76542	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

  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	F27316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 4 Oct 1812 - Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA 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

  [S2775] 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 [S2775] 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 [S6017] 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 28-29https://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= [S2891] 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 [S2775] 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 [S2892] 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 [S2821] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited;), 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 [S2775] 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 [S2777] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), 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 [S2895] 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 [S6018] Poe Prairie Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Weatherford, Parker, Texas, USA;), Thornton Montgomery, Sarah Elizabeth (1812-1900)Memorial #28490950Accessed KRM 19 Feb 2026 4:16omhttps://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 [S6017] 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 27https://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=