James Moss Montgomery
1835 - 1893 (58 years)-
Name James Moss Montgomery [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Birth 1835 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA 
[3, 4, 6, 7] Gender Male Residence 1850 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA [3] Residence 1860 Rusk County, Texas, USA [7] Beat 13 Residence 1880 Rusk County, Texas, USA [6] Burial 1893 New Prospect Cemetery, New Prospect, Rusk, Texas, USA [4] Death 21 Jan 1893 Rusk County, Texas, USA [4] Person ID I44403 Rountree Family | John Montgomery and Rosa Roddy Last Modified 1 Jan 2026
Father Benjamin Franklin Montgomery, b. 4 Nov 1810, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA d. 3 Jun 1900, Rusk County, Texas, USA (Age 89 years) Relationship natural Mother Harriett B Moss, b. 22 Aug 1811, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA d. 5 Jan 1861, Rusk County, Texas, USA (Age 49 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1836 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Family ID F30065 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Temperance Bateman, b. 21 Aug 1836, Georgia, USA d. 26 Jul 1904, Texas, USA (Age 67 years) Marriage 9 Sep 1858 Rusk County, Texas, USA [5] Children 1. Langston D Montgomery, b. Abt 1860, Texas, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. Franklin C Montgomery, b. 2 Jan 1862, Rusk County, Texas, USA d. 20 Sep 1863, Rusk County, Texas, USA (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Moss Montgomery, b. Abt 1864, Texas, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. John Montgomery, b. Abt 1866, Texas, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Emma Montgomery, b. Abt 1869, Texas, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. James T Montgomery, b. 14 May 1871, Rusk County, Texas, USA d. 30 Apr 1919, Henderson, Rusk, Texas, USA (Age 47 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. Addie Montgomery, b. Abt 1873, Texas, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. Lizzie K. Montgomery, b. Abt 1875, Texas, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 9. Benjamin S Montgomery, b. Aug 1878, Rusk County, Texas, USA d. 1933 (Age 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F30063 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jan 2026
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Birth - 1835 - Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA 
Residence - 1850 - Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA 
Marriage - 9 Sep 1858 - Rusk County, Texas, USA Residence - Beat 13 - 1860 - Rusk County, Texas, USA Residence - 1880 - Rusk County, Texas, USA Death - 21 Jan 1893 - Rusk County, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Folios 
The Montgomerys and their Descendants D B Montgomery Book - Pages 307-312 Montgomerys of Pennsylvania and South Carolina
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Sources - [S4100] Landrum, John Belton O'Neal, History of Spartanburg County [South Carolina], (Name: Franklin Printing; Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Date: 1900;), Montgomerys are discussed on pages 319-328.
- [S4474] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 307-312 Montgomerys of Pennsylvania and South Carolina https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=307.
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=307 - [S3769] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: M432_858; Page: 108B; Image: 222.
Record for James M Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=5875069&indiv=try - [S4109] New Prospect Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: New Prospect, Rusk, Texas, USA;).
- [S3453] Ancestry.com, Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
Record for James M. Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=TXmarriageindex&h=379300&indiv=try - [S3364] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Rusk, Texas; Roll: 1325; Family History Film: 1255325; Page: 103C; Enumeration District: 075.
Record for Jas. M. Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=11575560&indiv=try - [S3661] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 13, Rusk, Texas; Roll: M653_1304; Page: 316; Image: 259; Family History Library Film: 805304.
Record for J M Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=35332769&indiv=try
- [S4100] Landrum, John Belton O'Neal, History of Spartanburg County [South Carolina], (Name: Franklin Printing; Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Date: 1900;), Montgomerys are discussed on pages 319-328.
