James Chester Montgomery

1824 - Aft 1860  (> 37 years)

• Name	James Chester Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1824	Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  	Northern Division
  Residence	1860	DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  Death	Aft 1860	DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA
  Person ID	I9018	Clan Montgomery Society | John Montgomery and Esther Houston
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	William Hugh Montgomery,   b. 1792, Blount County, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Oct 1829, Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth McCroskey Cowan,   b. 6 Apr 1803, Blount County, Tennessee, USA d. 1850, Horn Lake, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1823	Franklin County, Tennessee, USA   [3, 6]
  Family ID	F3297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lavinia Gwinn,   b. 1828, Tennessee, USA
  Children	> 1. Mary Belle Montgomery,   b. 19 Apr 1859, Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA d. 27 Dec 1928, Cypress, Phillips, Arkansas, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 1824 - Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA Residence - Northern Division - 1850 - DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA Residence - 1860 - DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA Death - Aft 1860 - DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S4848] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern Division, DeSoto,Mississippi; Roll: M432_371; Page: 371B; Image: . Record for Chester Montgomery [S3470] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: DeSoto, Mississippi; Roll: M653_581; Page: 149; Image: 153; Family History Library Film: 803581. Record for Chester Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=38664358&indiv=try [S5344] Montgomery, Erick Dale, The Montgomery Family of Franklin County, (Name: Franklin County Historical Review; Location: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA; Date: Jan 1978;). [S5524] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 03Pages 073-077 Hugh Migrated to Franklin County. [S5199] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 322-333Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Other Stateshttps://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 [S5524] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 03Pages 063-065 Family of James Houston Montgomery and Margaret ElizabethWeir.