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About Captain John Montgomery
Not the same as John Montgomery, of Augusta County
A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor #: A079040
John Montgomery
Spouse: ANN AGNES CROCKETT
Biography
Capt. John Montgomery was born in 1717 in County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. His parents were Capt. James Montgomery and Anne Montgomery.
John married Ann Montgomery on November 28, 1753, in the Province of Virginia. Together they had the following children:
He died on August 14, 1805, in Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Virginia, United States.
A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor #: A079040
Statue
https://visitclarksvilletn.com/business-directory/public-art/john-m...
The statue of John Montgomery, a man whom many credit with the discovery of the site that would later become Clarksville, Tenn., is located in front of Clarksville City Hall, facing Strawberry Alley downtown. ...
Montgomery came to what is now Clarksville in 1784. He is said to have named the site after his friend, Gen. George Rogers Clark. While not the first person to travel through the area, Montgomery was the first to establish a temporary settlement here during a long hunting trip.
Scott Wise, a Clarksville firefighter and local sculptor, was selected to create the piece. Wise has created numerous pieces of civic art in Clarksville including “The Day After,” also located downtown.
Notes
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-836
He served as a Captain in the French and Indian Wars and received 3,000 acres in payment in 1780. From Feb. 15, 1770 served as Justice of Botetourte County, Virginia. On May 25, 1771 he bought 646 acres near Buffalo Lick on Reed Creek in present Wythe county, Va from Thomas Walker for 1910 pounds. He and his wife Agnes sold 135 acres of that to William Montgomery for 100 pounds on Aug. 1, 1771. John also served on the committee setting up Fincastle county Virginia in 1773. and as a Justice of the Courts of Chancery and Oyer and Terminer of that year.
GEDCOM Note
- John Montgomery
- 1725 - 1794
- Birth: 1725 Donegal, Ireland
- Occupation: early American soldier, settler, and explorer
- Accomplishment: memorialized as a statue near Clarksville's Public Square, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TN
- Marriage:Anne Agnes Montgomery (born Crockett) Nov 28 1753
- Accomplishment: first entered that area, but forced back by Indians 1771 Cumberland River
- Accomplishment: signer of the Fincastle Resolutions 1775
- Military Service: served under George Rogers Clark during his Illinois campaign. Under Clark's orders, Montgomery led an expedition against several Indian tribes to prevent the British from gathering them to attack Kentucky. For the remainder of war, he ran supplies between New Orleans and Clark's army in the north
- Census: purchased the land at the confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers from the NorthCarolina for 100 British pounds and founded Clarksville 1784 confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers, TN (now Clarksville)
- Accomplishment: Sheriff and founder of city and county named for him 1789 Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TN
- Military Service: commanded territorial troops in the Nickajack Expedition against Creek Indians 1793
- Accomplishment: signed the Cumberland Compact 1780s
- Death: killed near Eddy Creek, Kentucky on by an Indian ambush while hunting Nov 27 1794 Eddy Creek, Kentucky killed and scalped by a party of Indians
References
- Picturesque Clarksville, past and present. A history of the City of the hills Author Titus, W[illiam] P. [from old catalog] page 15 Archive.Org
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Inscription
Revolutionary soldier John Montgomery 1717-1802 Ann Agnes Crockett 1756-1812 Descendants buried in this plot... erected under the auspices of the Stuart Chapter D.A.R. 1953.
The marker inscription for the second photo:
Austinville - Fincastle Resolves Marker
TO MARK THE SITE OF THE LEAD MINES AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF AMMUNITION TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND OF THE COURTHOUSE OF FINCASTLE COUNTY 1772-1776
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HERE ON JANUARY 20, 1775 THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF FINCASTLE COUNTY ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS BOLDLY DECLARING THEIR DETERMINATION NEVER TO SURRENDER THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEDGES GRANTED TO THEM AS VIRGINIANS CLOSING WITH THIS ASSERTION: "THESE ARE OUR REAL THOUGH UNPOLISHED SENTIMENTS OF LIBERTY AND LOYALTY AND IN THEM WE ARE RESOLVED TO LIVE AND DIE." ERECTED BY STUART CHAPTER AND BY WILDERNESS ROAD CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BICENTENIAL COMMITTEE COMMEMORATED AT FORT CHISWELL, JANUARY 19, 1975, THE WORK OF THE FINCASTLE COUNTY COMMITTEE OF SAFETY WHOSE NAMES FOLLOW:
CHARLES CUMMINGS, WILLIAM PRESTON, WILLIAM CHRISTIAN, STEPHEN TRIGG, ARTHUR CAMPBELL, WILLIAM INGLES, WALTER CROCKETT, JOHN MONTGOMERY, JAMES McGAVOCK, WILLIAM CAMPBELL, THOMAS MADISON, DANIEL SMITH, WILLIAM RUSSELL, EVAN SHELBY, AND WILLIAM EDMUNDSON.
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Captain John Montgomery's Timeline
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1717
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County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
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| 1733 |
1733
Age 16
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Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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| 1755 |
February 4, 1755
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Augusta County, Province of Virginia
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| 1757 |
February 12, 1757
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Augusta, VA, United States
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| 1759 |
January 21, 1759
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Augusta County, Virginia, USA
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January 14, 1760
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Augusta County, Virginia, USA
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1767
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Augusta County, Virginia, USA
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| 1770 |
February 15, 1770
Age 53
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Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
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| 1772 |
January 20, 1772
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Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America
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