Captain James Montgomery

1736 - 1808  (72 years)

• Name	James Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	1736	Down, Northern Ireland   [3, 5, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25]
  Gender	Male
  DAR Number	A078994  [3]
  Relocated	1749	South Carolina, USA   [2]
  Land	2 Oct 1766	South Carolina, USA   [6]
  Military	8 Nov 1777	Georgia, USA   [1, 3, 24]
  	Commissioned by John Adams; Lieutenant; Capt John Adam Nessler, Burke Co Militia
  Land	1786	Franklin County, Georgia, USA   [24]
  	Received Land Grant
  Land	Abt 1796	Jackson County, Georgia, USA   [26]
  	Purchased land
  Family Search ID	9VLJ-JJJ
  Reference Number	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-346
  Burial	1808	Venable Family Cemetery, Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Death	1 Jan 1808	Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia, USA   [2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 24, 25]
  Notes	Birth Date might be 1747, probably an error in DC Montgomery's book, also with confusion is he a brother or a son of Hugh DAR Record lists birthplace as Scotland
  Person ID	I7301	MontyHistNotes_III | James Montgomery-McConnell/Strange
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	UnknownFather2 Montgomery,   b. Abt 1690
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth McConnell,   b. 19 May 1738, Scotland d. Bef 1777, Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA (Age < 38 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1756  [1, 3, 15, 16, 17, 25]
  Children	1. Rebecca Montgomery,   b. 1763   d. 1835 (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Reverend David Montgomery,   b. 10 Aug 1764, Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA d. 17 Jul 1831, Jasper County, Georgia, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth Montgomery,   b. Abt 1765  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. John Montgomery,   b. 1766, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA d. 29 May 1780, Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA (Age 14 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 5. Colonel Hugh Lawson Montgomery,   b. 8 Jan 1767, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA d. 22 Jan 1852, Alpine, Chattooga, Georgia, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. Major James McConnell Montgomery,   b. 19 May 1770, Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA d. 6 Oct 1842, Standing Peachtree, De Kalb, Georgia, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Susannah R Strange,   b. 1765, Chester County, South Carolina, USA d. 8 Oct 1804, Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia, USA (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	1778	Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA   [5, 15]
  Children	> 1. Jeanette Montgomery,   b. 1780, Burke County, Georgia, USA d. 1875 (Age 95 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Virginia Jane Montgomery,   b. 1781, Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA d. 1875, Jackson County, Georgia, USA (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. William Montgomery,   b. 11 Jul 1783, Floyd, Horry, South Carolina, USA d. 14 Dec 1877, Vans Valley, Floyd, Georgia, USA (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Margaret Susie Montgomery,   b. 1785, South Carolina, USA d. Apr 1860, Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 5. Eleanor Montgomery,   b. 1787, Franklin County, Georgia, USA d. 22 Mar 1864, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. Sarah Ann Montgomery,   b. 1789, Georgia, USA d. 22 Mar 1864, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1736 - Down, Northern Ireland Relocated - 1749 - South Carolina, USA Land - 2 Oct 1766 - South Carolina, USA Military - Commissioned by John Adams; Lieutenant; Capt John Adam Nessler, Burke Co Militia - 8 Nov 1777 - Georgia, USA Marriage - 1778 - Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA Land - Received Land Grant - 1786 - Franklin County, Georgia, USA Land - Purchased land - Abt 1796 - Jackson County, Georgia, USA Burial - 1808 - Venable Family Cemetery, Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia, USA Death - 1 Jan 1808 - Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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