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Colonel Hugh Lawson Montgomery

Male 1767 - 1852  (85 years)


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  • Name Hugh Lawson Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    Title Colonel 
    Birth 8 Jan 1767  Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 2 Aug 1790  Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Relocated 1796  Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Occupation Between 1807 and 1825  Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    Georgia State Legislature 
    Relocated 1825  Chattooga County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    FamilySearch ID LZLF-SZ9 
    Residence 1 Jun 1840  Hall County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1850  Broom Town Valley, Chattooga, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 1852  Alpine Cemetery, Menlo, Chattooga, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 10, 18] 
    Death 22 Jan 1852  Alpine, Chattooga, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20] 
    Person ID I2424  Clan Montgomery Society | James Montgomery and McConnell/Strange
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Captain James Montgomery,   b. 1736, Down, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1808, Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth McConnell,   b. 19 May 1738, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1777, Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 38 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1756  [7, 8, 12, 20, 22, 23] 
    Family ID F731  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Barkley,   b. 8 Feb 1768, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1848, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1788  Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26] 
    Children 
    +1. Agnes Elizabeth Montgomery,   b. 7 Feb 1790, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1862, Talladega County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. Bartley Montgomery,   b. 31 Jan 1792, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1874, Vans Valley, Floyd, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Mary Montgomery,   b. 16 Mar 1794, Franklin County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     4. Cynthia Montgomery,   b. 5 Apr 1796, Franklin County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1835, Alpine, Chattooga, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]
    +5. James B Montgomery,   b. 20 Mar 1798, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1878, Talladega County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Elizabeth Montgomery,   b. 20 Apr 1800, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1859 (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Jane Montgomery,   b. 1 Aug 1802, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1879 (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
     8. Christopher C Montgomery,   b. 12 Dec 1804, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1824, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]
    +9. William Montgomery,   b. 20 Dec 1807, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1872 (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]
    +10. James Madison Montgomery,   b. 28 Mar 1810, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1882, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]
     11. Eliza Ann Montgomery,   b. 13 Dec 1812, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Jan 1767 - Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Nov 1788 - Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 2 Aug 1790 - Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRelocated - 1796 - Jackson County, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Georgia State Legislature - Between 1807 and 1825 - Jackson County, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRelocated - 1825 - Chattooga County, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Jun 1840 - Hall County, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1852 - Alpine Cemetery, Menlo, Chattooga, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Jan 1852 - Alpine, Chattooga, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Submitted by James Montgomery Hurst, Jr., CMS 259.
      Entered by Roy Montgomery.

      HUGH LAWSON MONTGOMERY, SON OF JAMES MONTGOMERY AND ELIZABETH MCCONNELL: NAME IS FIRST IN GEORGIA RECORDS WHEN HE WAS EMPLOYED IN 1786 TO SURVEY THE LINE BETWEEN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THE INDIANS.
      (KNOWN AS HAWKINS LINE). THE ORIGINAL PLOTS ARE ON FILE AND BEAR HIS SIGNATURE. HE WAS APPOINTED THE FIRST SURVEYOR OF JACKSON COUNTY.
      IN 1818 HE SURVEYED AND MAPPED THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE.
      HE REPRESENTED JACKSON COUNTY IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810 AND 1811.
      HE WAS IN THE STATE SENATE 1812, THROUGH 1818 AND FROM 1823 TO 1825.
      HE MADE HIS HEADQUARTERS NEAR CALHOUN, TENNESSEE AND SERVED UNTIL THE INDIANS WERE MOVED WEST IN 1838. HIS SALARY WAS $1,500.00 A YEAR, WHICH WAS QUITE LARGE FOR THEN. UPON RETIREMENT HE WAS GIVEN A TRACT OF 3,000 ACRES IN CHATTOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA.
      WAS ONE OF FIRST OFFICIALS OF THYATIRA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ESTABLISHED 1795 IN JACKSON COUNTY.
      1808 WAS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
      JUDGE OF INFERIOR COURT, JACKSON COUNTY 1811, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1823, 1824 AND 1825.
      APPOINTED TRUSTEE OF JACKSON COUNTY ACADEMY BY ACT OF GEORGIA LEGISLATURE 20 NOVEMBER 1818.

      Originally submitted by James Montgomery Hurst, CMS 259 and others.
      Also submitted by Steven E. Montgomery, CMS 240, on 9/17/2002.

      From the submission of Steven E. Montgomery, CMS 240, dated 17 Sep 2002: Confirming information submitted.

      INFORMATION ALSO SUBMITTED BY JUDITH MONTGOMERY BECKER, CMS 823.

      Submitted by Warren C. Henderson, CMS 1286, via GEDCOM.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Mary K Knox
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=66096645&indiv=try

    2. [S2891] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Broom Town Valley,Chattooga, Georgia; Roll: M432_64; Page: 341A; Image: .
      Record for Hugh Montgomery

    3. [S4226] Alpine Cemetery, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Menlo, Chatooga, Georgia, USA;;).

    4. [S3806] Montgomery, Daniel Cameron, Jr, The Descendants of Hugh Montgomery, (Location: Greenville, MS; Date: 1976;), Pages 035-038, Chapter III Montgomery, Robert (b. 1750), 929.273 M766md.

    5. [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Cynthia Boyle
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=180224611&indiv=try

    6. [S2897] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Lancaster, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 233; Family History Library Film: 0568151.
      Record for Hugh Montgomery
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 1
      Free White Persons - Females 2
      Number of Slaves 3
      Number of Household Members 6
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5058&h=373768&indiv=try

    7. [S2912] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), SAR Membership Number: 70500.
      Record for Sam J Webb
      Ancestor James Montgomery
      Volume: 353
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=707874&indiv=try

    8. [S2912] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), SAR Membership Number: 70499.
      Record for David Long Webb
      Ancestor James Montgomery
      Volume: 353
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=707861&indiv=try

    9. [S2978] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 078.
      Record for Hugh L Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ContentPegFamilyHistories&h=2494450&indiv=try

    10. [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
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=51831599&indiv=try

    11. [S3994] Bryan, Catherine Cameron Wilkenson, Deed Book A. Lancaster Co. SC, (Name: Date: 1959;;), Deed Book A. Lancaster Co. SC, Page 149.

    12. [S4188] DAR Ancestor A078994, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), James Montgomery.

    13. [S4028] DAR Ancestor A006151, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revoluition; Location: South Carolina;;), John Barkley.

    14. [S34] CMSI Member, CMSI 0240.

    15. [S4009] Becker, Judith Montgomery, Gardien Newsletter, (Name: Clan Montgomery Society International; Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Date: Fall 2005;), Vol 24 No 3 2005 Pages 7, 8, 20 James McConnell Montgomery.

    16. [S3806] Montgomery, Daniel Cameron, Jr, The Descendants of Hugh Montgomery, (Location: Greenville, MS; Date: 1976;), Pages 031-034, Chapter II Montgomery, James A (1747-1827) Note: This chapter erroneously discusses his cousin James Montgomery (1747-1808), 929.273 M766md.

    17. [S3806] Montgomery, Daniel Cameron, Jr, The Descendants of Hugh Montgomery, (Location: Greenville, MS; Date: 1976;), Pages 093-106, Chapter X Montgomery, Joseph (1766-1834), 929.273 M766md.

    18. [S4183] Armstrong, Zella, Notable Southern Families, (Name: Lookout Publishing Company; Location: Chattagnooga, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1922;), Volume II, Pages 242-248 Montgomery, Hugh 1727-1785.
      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


    19. [S4183] Armstrong, Zella, Notable Southern Families, (Name: Lookout Publishing Company; Location: Chattagnooga, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1922;), Volume II, Pages 241-242 Montgomery, James 1736-1808.
      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


    20. [S2912] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), SAR Membership Number: 76539.
      Record for James William Boyle, Jr
      Ancestor James Montgomery
      https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242327-00194?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=788172
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2204&h=788172&indiv=try

    21. [S3806] Montgomery, Daniel Cameron, Jr, The Descendants of Hugh Montgomery, (Location: Greenville, MS; Date: 1976;), "The Descendants of Hugh Montgomery, Sr,, and some related families", 929.273 M766md.

    22. [S4046] McCall, Mrs Howard H, Roster of Revolutionary Solders, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date:2004;;), Records of Geogia citizens participated in Revolutionary War Prepared by the Georgia Society of DAR Book available on ancestry.com.

    23. [S4009] Becker, Judith Montgomery, Gardien Newsletter, (Name: Clan Montgomery Society International; Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Date: Fall 2005;), Vol 24 No 3 2005 Pages 7, 8, 20 James McConnell Montgomery.

    24. [S3806] Montgomery, Daniel Cameron, Jr, The Descendants of Hugh Montgomery, (Location: Greenville, MS; Date: 1976;), Pages 031-034, Chapter II Montgomery, James A (1747-1827) Note: This chapter erroneously discusses his cousin James Montgomery (1747-1808), 929.273 M766md.

    25. [S4183] Armstrong, Zella, Notable Southern Families, (Name: Lookout Publishing Company; Location: Chattagnooga, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1922;), Volume II, Pages 242-248 Montgomery, Hugh 1727-1785.
      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


    26. [S4183] Armstrong, Zella, Notable Southern Families, (Name: Lookout Publishing Company; Location: Chattagnooga, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1922;), Volume II, Pages 241-242 Montgomery, James 1736-1808.
      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


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