Franklin Thomas Montgomery

1824 - 1872  (47 years)

• Name	Franklin Thomas Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	13 May 1824	Goshen, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA   [10]
  Residence	1870	Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA   [5]
  Burial	1872	Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA   [6, 7]
  Death	20 Feb 1872	Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA   [1, 6, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I6211	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, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Family ID	F3697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Kearns,   b. 26 Dec 1837, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA d. 20 Apr 1864 (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	30 Dec 1857	Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Children	> 1. Martha Kearns Montgomery,   b. 5 Oct 1858, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA d. 25 Jan 1923, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Elizabeth Bettie Kearns Montgomery,   b. 4 Jan 1861, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA d. 15 Sep 1865, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Nannie Waddell Montgomery,   b. 16 Dec 1863, West Virginia, USA d. 16 Aug 1934, Mingo, West Virginia, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 May 1824 - Goshen, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA Marriage - 30 Dec 1857 - Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1860 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1870 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Death - 20 Feb 1872 - 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

  [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. [S180] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Fnk T Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSWestVirginiaMarriages&h=594330&indiv=try [S941] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Martha Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSWestVirginiaBirth&h=753985&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 Waddell Montgomery Sloven http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSWestVirginiaDeath&h=1249541&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 Franklin Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=14672435&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 [S1010] Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA;), Montgomery, Franklin Thomas (1824-1872) Memorial #108065146 Plot Section A-4 Accessed KRM 17 Jun 2020 8:28am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108065146/franklin-thomas-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/108065146/franklin-thomas-montgomery [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 Franklin T. Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61266&h=270332&indiv=try [S1315] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Lewisburg, Greenbrier, Virginia; Roll: M653_1348; Page: 215; Family History Library Film: 805348. Record for F T Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=34000875&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. [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. [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 [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