Margaret Elizabeth Weir

1749 - 1809  (60 years)

• Name	Margaret Elizabeth Weir  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	1749	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [3, 8]
  Christening	1749	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Relocated	1788	Blount County, Tennessee, USA
  Death	1809	Blount County, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  Burial	1809	Greenback, Loudon, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I8825	Clan Montgomery Society | John Montgomery and Esther Houston
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family	Captain James Houston Montgomery,   b. 1740, Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1809, Blount County, Tennessee, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1765	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Hugh Weir Montgomery,   b. 1770, New Providence, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 1841, Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Mary Polly Weir Montgomery,   b. 25 Dec 1777, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Dec 1853, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. John Montgomery, Sr,   b. 1778, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. Aft 27 Aug 1830, Blount County, Tennessee, USA (Age > 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. James P. Montgomery, Jr.,   b. 1781, Augusta County, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Jane Montgomery,   b. Abt 1782, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1860, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA (Age > 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. Margaret Peggy Montgomery,   b. Jun 1783, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 20 Feb 1820, Baker's Creek, Blount, Tennessee, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Samuel Montgomery,   b. 1785, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 23 May 1843 (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 8. Esther Montgomery,   b. Abt 1788, Augusta County, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 1749 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Christening - 1749 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 1765 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Relocated - 1788 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Death - 1809 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Burial - 1809 - Greenback, Loudon, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Griesbach Boyz website gives birthdate as 1745

  
  

• Sources

  [S5517] 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. [S5135] 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. [S4504] 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. [S5604] Young, J R, Weir Family Blount Tennessee, (Name: Name: Blount Jounral; Location: Blount, Tennessee; Date: 2010;;), Spring 2010. [S5565] Montgomery, Erick Dale, Email from Erick Dale Montgomery, (Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA; Date: 20 May 2015;). [S2775] 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 [S5016] Ancestry.com, American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;). Record for Margaret Weir, widow of James http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=rejrevwar&h=7943&indiv=try [S3705] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1749; Birth state: PA. Record for Margaret Weir http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4905212&indiv=try [S5605] Rozema, Vicki Bell, Email from Vicki Bell Rozema, (Location: Harrison County, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1 Jul 2018;). [S5199] 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