Francis Montgomery, Sr

1751 - 1828  (76 years)

• Name	Francis Montgomery
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	15 Sep 1751	Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Military	1778	Albemarle County, Virginia, USA   [1, 5]
  	Ensign
  Burial	1828	Ozark, Adair, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Death	16 Jul 1828	Adair, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  Person ID	I5175	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Smith,   b. 15 Mar 1758, Hanover, Virginia, USA d. 14 Jan 1829, Adair, Kentucky, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	27 Jul 1773	Virginia, USA   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Montgomery,   b. 2 Sep 1774, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 1854, Boyle, Kentucky, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]   2. John Montgomery,   b. 2 Dec 1776, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1781, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age < 4 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Elizabeth Montgomery,   b. 12 Oct 1779, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 2 Feb 1841, Adair, Kentucky, USA (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Nancy Montgomery,   b. 13 Jan 1782, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Jan 1846, Adair, Kentucky, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Mary Montgomery,   b. 20 Nov 1784, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1790, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age < 5 years)  [Father: natural] + 6. Francis Montgomery, Jr,   b. 1 Jul 1787, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Aug 1838, Adair, Kentucky, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural] + 7. William G Montgomery,   b. 24 Apr 1789, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 8 Oct 1823, Adair, Kentucky, USA (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural] + 8. Robert Allen Montgomery, Sr,   b. 20 Dec 1792, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 25 Aug 1856, Adair, Kentucky, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural] + 9. Joel Smith Montgomery,   b. 22 Dec 1795, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Jan 1878, Adair, Kentucky, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural] + 10. Martha Montgomery,   b. 25 Oct 1798, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 1844, Adair, Kentucky, USA (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F1628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Sep 1751 - Virginia, USA Marriage - 27 Jul 1773 - Virginia, USA Military - Ensign - 1778 - Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Death - 16 Jul 1828 - Adair, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  SUBMISSION: By Abigail Riffe Montgomery Kirtley, CMS 40, May, 1990 (Abigail died in July, 1993.) Also by Irene Duncan Estes, CMS 1163, on Sept. 26, 1996. BURIAL: Francis is buried on the "Bud" Montgomery Farm. MARRIAGE: Info from Family Bible per Irene Estes. From Irene Estes: Francis Montgomery came to Adair Co., KY in 1804 and must have been a wealthy man. From Perrins's "Kentucky a History of the State" he says, "Francis M. was a wealthy man and a slave owner from Virginia and after coming to KY owned 2000 acres of land and many slaves...Tradition say he drove his livestock through Cumberland Gap, and after leaving the Wilderness Road followed buffalo trails to what is now Russell Co., KY; then turned north and settled in Adair Co., KY on about 2000 acres of land about 6 miles east of Columbia, Adair Co., KY. His mother is thought to have been a Monroe. Francis came from Albemarle Co., VA. A reference to a father for Francis M. is mentioned in "The Montgomery's and Their Descendants" by D. B. Montgomery, published in 1903, pages 347-48 has a letter from one J. F. Montgomery - May 4, 1899. He refers to his great grandfather as Francis, and his great great grandfather as "John". Besides Perrins's History you will find Francis in "Albemarle County in Virginia" by Woods, p. 316. In the "VA. Militia in Rev. War" by McAllister, p. 105-06, Section 100, you find Ensign Francis Montgomery. Again, in "Chronicles of Scotch-Irish Settlement in VA", by Chalkley you find Ensign Francis M. on p. 474-475. One of the most interesting references is "The VA. Magazine", Vol 18, p. 140-43, Francis signed the Petition of Dissenters of Albemarle, Amburst & Buckingham", on Oct. 22, 1776. In Francis' will he leaves all of real & personal estate to wife Mary as long as she lives. Then to each of children over 200 acres each and son Joel 345-1/2 acres and each child was left a slave/slaves.

  
  

• Sources

  [S565] DAR Ancestor A078971 (Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;), Francis Montgomery. [S566] Ancestry.com, Web: Kentucky, Find A Grave Index, 1776-2011 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, In c., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findag rave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 30 January 2012.Orig. [S304] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 199 9;). [S107] Clan Montgomery Society International (Location: http://www.clanmontgomery.org/database/surnames.html;), http://www.clanmontgomery.org/homepage.html. [S305] American Revolutionary War (Date: 1775-1783;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.