James Nelson Montgomery

1818 - 1886  (67 years)

• Name	James Nelson Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Birth	5 Nov 1818	Goshen, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 21]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  	District 18
  Residence	1860	Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA   [8]
  Residence	1870	Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA   [5]
  Residence	1880	Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA   [10, 11]
  Burial	1886	Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA   [7, 9, 12, 17]
  Death	7 Jun 1886	Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA   [3, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17]
  Person ID	I6172	MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery_Esther Houston
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Montgomery, III,   b. 18 Jan 1788, Deerfield, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 6 Aug 1829, Goshen, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Nelson,   b. 1 Sep 1796, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 9 Jan 1853, Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Nov 1813	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [1, 3, 6, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25]
  Family ID	F3697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Susan Jacob,   b. 16 Nov 1825, Wheeling, Marshall, West Virginia, USA d. 23 Jun 1897, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1847	Ohio County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 6, 15]
  Children	> 1. Nannie Jacob Montgomery,   b. 24 Jul 1849, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA d. 2 Sep 1861, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA (Age 12 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. John Alexander Montgomery,   b. 31 Aug 1851, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA d. 20 Sep 1917, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Sallie Estelle Montgomery,   b. 24 May 1854, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA d. 4 Jul 1908, Deerfield, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Mary Elizabeth Nelson Montgomery,   b. 2 Feb 1857, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA d. 31 Dec 1937, West Virginia, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 5. William Gabriel Montgomery, Sr,   b. 3 Jun 1861, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA d. 30 Dec 1917, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Nov 1818 - Goshen, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA Marriage - 16 Nov 1847 - Ohio County, West Virginia, USA Residence - District 18 - 1850 - Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1860 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1870 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1880 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Death - 7 Jun 1886 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Folios

  The Montgomerys and their Descendants D B Montgomery Book - Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Other States Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants (Owensville, Indiana, USA, J P Cox, 1903), BooksAndPeriodicals https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322 . 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S929] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2011;;). [S768] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 12 Pages 381-440 Genealogy Chart of John Montgomery and Agnes Hughart. [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 18, Greenbrier, Virginia; Roll: M432_947; Page: 266B; Image: 219. Record for James W Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=15084560&indiv=try [S65] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1687; Page: 395B; Image: 196; Family History Library Film: 553186. Record for James N Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=14672436&indiv=try [S575] 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: 72778. Record for John Jr Montgomery Ancestor: Col Sampson Matthews https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2204&h=739174&indiv=try [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 Jr Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=35741167&indiv=try [S237] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Lewisburg, Greenbrier, Virginia; Page: 205; Family History Library Film: 805348. Record for Jas N Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=34550579&indiv=try [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Sallie Estelle Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=99771239&indiv=try [S21] 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: Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia; Roll: 1402; Page: 357A; Enumeration District: 036. Record for Jas. N. Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=41407220&indiv=try [S941] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Sallie Estelle Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2537&h=751033&indiv=try [S1010] Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA;), Montgomery, James Nelson (1818-1886) Memorial #108065072 Plot Section B-1 Accessed KRM 17 Jun 2020 7:44am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108065072/james-nelson-montgomery. Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/79467/old-stone-presbyterian-church-cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108065072/james-nelson-montgomery [S941] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for William G Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2537&h=752000&indiv=try [S802] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for William G Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=325346&indiv=try [S1435] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Other States https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322. 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=322 [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: M85.1820. Record for William Gabriel Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61266&h=270341&indiv=try [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Nannie Jacob Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=66124267&indiv=try [S181] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Nannie Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2568&h=746716&indiv=try [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: M85.1820. Record for Nannie J. Montgomery Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61266&h=270335&indiv=try [S768] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 12 Pages 330-337 John and Elizabeth Nelson Montgomery. [S766] Montgomery, Russ, RussMontgomery_FamilyLineReport, (Name: Date: Oct 8 2009;;), RussMontgomery-JohnMEstherHoustonLine.pdf. [S642] Armstrong, Zella, Notable Southern Families, (Name: Lookout Publishing Company; Location: Chattagnooga, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1922;), Volume V Available on Genealogical.com Disk GPC 7191 The Crockett Family and Connecting Lines also outlined: http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/showsource.php?sourceID=S484&tree=Legends Also available on ancestry.com. Chapter IV The Montgomery Line [S559] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Source number: 231.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number ofPages: 1; Submitter Code: DPS. [S371] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;). Record for Landon C. Minter http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=va2&h=102346&indiv=try [S341] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for John Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60214&h=190346&indiv=try