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Major James McConnell Montgomery

Male 1770 - 1842  (72 years)


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  • Name James McConnell Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    Title Major 
    Birth 19 May 1770  Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20] 
    Gender Male 
    Fact 1 Between 1806 and 1807  Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 16] 
    Sheriff 
    FamilySearch ID LDQF-GFL 
    Occupation 1829  [16] 
    Judge Inferior Court 
    Residence 1840  De Kalb County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    District 469 
    Residence 18 Aug 1841  Standing Peachtree, De Kalb, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Burial 1842  Montgomery Family Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 10, 18, 19, 20] 
    Death 6 Oct 1842  Standing Peachtree, De Kalb, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20] 
    Person ID I2427  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  [1, 2, 7, 21, 22, 23] 
    Family ID F731  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Farlow,   b. 7 Oct 1781, Worcester County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1842, Standing Peachtree, De Kalb, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 14 Nov 1797  Hancock County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 15, 16] 
    Children 
     1. Adacia Farlow Montgomery,   b. 4 Apr 1799, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1870, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Lucinda McConnell Montgomery,   b. 28 Oct 1800, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 61 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Amelia S Montgomery,   b. 19 Apr 1802, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1857, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Sophronia P Montgomery,   b. 24 Oct 1803, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1820, Putnam County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Ulysses McConnell Montgomery,   b. 15 Dec 1805, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1835, Butts County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]
    +6. Reverend Telemachus Farlow Montgomery, Sr,   b. 14 Jan 1808, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1875, Orange County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Reverend Rhadamanthus J Montgomery,   b. 29 Nov 1811, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1840, Wetumpka, Elmore, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]
    +8. James Floyd Montgomery,   b. 10 Sep 1813, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1847, De Kalb County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]
     9. Nunan Tarpley Montgomery,   b. 8 Aug 1815, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1815, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]
     10. William Farlow Montgomery,   b. 16 Dec 1816, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1833, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]
    +11. Col Joseph Terrell Montgomery,   b. 23 May 1819, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1872, Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]
    +12. Rhoda Narcissa Montgomery,   b. 22 Mar 1822, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1902, Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]
    +13. Hugh Brown Thorpe Montgomery,   b. 17 Apr 1824, De Kalb County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1865, Butler County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 May 1770 - Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Nov 1797 - Hancock County, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact 1 - Sheriff - Between 1806 and 1807 - Jackson County, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - District 469 - 1840 - De Kalb County, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1842 - Montgomery Family Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • JAMES MCCONNELL MONTGOMERY WAS A PRIVATE IN EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THE INDIANS TO EAST TENNESSEE IN 1791-92.
      LATER COMMANDED A BATTALION IN INDIAN HOSTILITIES OF 1813.
      HE WAS AN ADJUTANT UNDER GENERAL FLOYD IN THE BATTLE OF AUTOSSEE.
      HE WAS A SCHOOL MATE, PERSONAL FRIEND, AND FOR AWHILE ARMY COMPATRIOT OF ANDREW JACKSON.
      HE WAS A MAGISTRATE, COLLECTOR OF STATE AND US REVENUES, CENSUS TAKER.
      JUDGE OF INFERIOR COURT, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA 1829.
      MOVED TO DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA ABOUT 1829 AND SETTLED AT MONTGOMERY'S FERRY (NOW DEFOORS).

      GENEALOGY SUBMITTED BY RANDALL ANDERSON, CMS 911,
      500 RUSSELL ROAD, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22301

      FIRST POSTMASTER OF ATLANTA, GA. Lived at Standing Peachtree near Bolton, now a suburb of Atlanta.

      INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY JUDITH MONTGOMERY BECKER, CMS 823

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

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

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

    3. [S4193] Bio Info on MontgomeryMajJames, (Name: Name: Findaagrave;;), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2371297&GRid=59117557&.

    4. [S34] CMSI Member, CMSI 0911.

    5. [S34] CMSI Member, CMSI 0962.

    6. [S4167] Owen, Thomas McAdory, and Owen, Marie Bankhead, History of Alabama and Dictionary, (Name: Name: S J Clarke Publishing; Date: 1921;;), History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol 4, P 1216.

    7. [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.

    8. [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Nancy Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=31976253&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 : NSDAR : Volume 100 : 1913.
      Record for James Floyd Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ContentPegFamilyHistories&h=3363898&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 Ulysses McConnell Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=31976384&indiv=try

    11. [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;).
      Record for Nancy Farlo
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=957214&indiv=try

    12. [S3367] Ancestry.com, U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      Record for J M C Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USAppointPost&h=1738283&indiv=try

    13. [S2885] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1840; Census Place: District 469, De Kalb, Georgia; Roll: 40; Page: 54; Image: 114; Family History Library Film: 0007043.
      Record for James M C Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=1712789&indiv=try

    14. [S4187] Northern Alabama Historical and Biographical Illustrated, (Name: Smith and Deland; Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA; Date: 1888;), Mongomery, Charles H Pages 494-495 Montgomery, Henry Floyd Page 497, OCC 1001118560.

    15. [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.

    16. [S4183] Armstrong, Zella, Notable Southern Families, (Name: Lookout Publishing Company; Location: Chattagnooga, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1922;), Volume II, Pages 248-250 Montgomery, James McConnell 1780-1842 through Montgomery, Virginia 1789-1864.
      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


    17. [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


    18. [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Sophronia P. Franklin
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=188616296&indiv=try

    19. [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Capt Hugh Brown Troup Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=67913463&indiv=try

    20. [S4196] Montgomery Family Cemetery Atlanta GA, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA;), Montgomery, James McConnell (1770-1842) Memorial #59117557 Accessed KRM 24 Dec 2021 11:47am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59117557/james-mcconnell-montgomery.
      Montgomery Family Cemetery
      2341 Marietta Blvd NW
      Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
      https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2371297/montgomery-family-cemetery
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59117557/james-mcconnell-montgomery

    21. [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

    22. [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

    23. [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


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