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John Houston Montgomery

Male 1775 - 1856  (80 years)

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  • Name John Houston Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Birth 4 May 1775  Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1806  Maury, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1819  Madison County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Bought land 
    Religion Between 1820 and 1856  Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Founder and Elder Old Prospect Presbyterian Church 
    Residence 1830  Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Residence 1840  Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1850  Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    District 8 
    Burial 1856  Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 8, 11] 
    • Old Prospect Cemetery
    Death 2 Jan 1856  Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14] 
    Person ID I5755  MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery_Esther Houston
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2025 

    Father Alexander Montgomery,   b. 1750, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1830, Limestone County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Alexander,   b. 1752   d. 8 May 1832, Limestone County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1772  Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F3491  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Alexander,   b. 1776, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1851, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1798  Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 12, 13, 14] 
    • Minister Gideon Blackburn
    Children 
    >1. Sarah A Montgomery,   b. 4 Oct 1799, Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1870, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Martha (Patsy) Montgomery,   b. 25 Nov 1801, Blount County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1875, Winston, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Jane Montgomery,   b. 23 Oct 1803, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Mary (Polly) Montgomery,   b. 28 Apr 1805, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Alexander Houston Montgomery,   b. 4 Apr 1807, Maury, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1872, Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Louisa Calvinia Montgomery,   b. 9 Dec 1808, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. James Madison Montgomery, Sr,   b. 25 Oct 1810, Maury, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1891, Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >8. Tabitha Montgomery,   b. 4 Jul 1812   d. Abt 1843 (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >9. Bertheny C Montgomery,   b. 31 Dec 1814   d. Dec 1851 (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >10. Jackson Craig Montgomery,   b. 19 Jul 1815, Limestone County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1904, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Robert D Montgomery,   b. 9 Jul 1817, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     12. Eliza Montgomery,   b. 21 Oct 1819  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F3518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 May 1775 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Nov 1798 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1806 - Maury, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Bought land - 1819 - Madison County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsReligion - Founder and Elder Old Prospect Presbyterian Church - Between 1820 and 1856 - Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830 - Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - District 8 - 1850 - Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1856 - Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Jan 1856 - Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S911] Taylor & Taylor, Some Early Settlers of Lawrence County Alabama, Pages 112-116 for the family Bible transcriptions.

    2. [S785] Hoffman, Susan Vaughan Montgomery, http://johnmontgomeryancestry.com, (Name: Location: Madison, Alabama; Date: 2009;;), Website posted by Susan Vaughan Montgomery Hoffman and other familycollaborators, including Russ Montgomery, about the history of John Montgomery and Margaret Alexander Montgomery as it relates to John Montgomery and Esther Houston of Virginia.

    3. [S898] Hoffman, Susan Vaughan Montgomery, JohnMontgomery and Margaret A Montgomery, http://206.166.195.12/Montgomery/paper.pdf John Montgomery and Margaret Alexander Montgomery Pioneers from Virginia to Alabama (1775-1856).

    4. [S794] Blount Tennessee Marriage List, (Name: Name: US Genweb Archives;;), http://files.usgwarchives.org/tn/blount/vitals/marriages/.

    5. [S899] Old Prospect Cemetery, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Lawrence, Alabama, USA;;).

    6. [S906] Ancestry.com, Web: Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    7. [S679] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Lawrence, Alabama; Roll: M432_8; Page: 387A; Image: 50.
      Record for John Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18861227&indiv=try

    8. [S906] Ancestry.com, Web: Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for John Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=websearch-3899&h=325352&indiv=try

    9. [S26] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1840; Census Place: Lawrence, Alabama; Roll: 8; Page: 186; Image: 904; Family History Library Film: 0002333.
      Record for John Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=2007587&indiv=try

    10. [S912] Montgomery, Amber, Email from Amber Montgomery, (Date: 11 Aug 2016;).

    11. [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for John Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=3233368&indiv=try

    12. [S267] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002.
      Record for John Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1169&h=316029&indiv=try

    13. [S256] Dodd, Jordan, Tennessee Marriages to 1825, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;).
      Record for John Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2099&h=100096&indiv=try

    14. [S1340] Ancestry.com, Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M840639.
      Record for John Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61266&h=36799&indiv=try

    15. [S260] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1830; Census Place: Lawrence, Alabama; Series: M19; Roll: 1; Page: 263; Family History Library Film: 0002328.
      Record for John Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8058&h=6476&indiv=try

    16. [S766] Montgomery, Russ, RussMontgomery_FamilyLineReport, (Name: Date: Oct 8 2009;;), RussMontgomery-JohnMEstherHoustonLine.pdf.



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