Alexander Montgomery, Jr.

• Born: abt 1738/1740 in Argyll Township, Albany, New York?
• Death: bef 1840 in Orange County, North Carolina? Or, Tennessee?
• Father: Alexander Montgomery (1705-1768)
• Mother: Anna Sutherland (1705-1738)?
• Spouse: Martha Walker (daughter of John Walker & Ann Houston) abt 1760 (Has documentation been found that supports Martha's maiden name was Walker?)
• Alexander served in Moore’s Fort on Clinch River (in Castlewood) during the Revolution. He was listed in the troops at Moore’s Fort on 30 June 1777. He remained in Virginia for a few years after the Revolutionary War and perhaps he died there.

**************************** '''FROM:''' [https://adkinsmetcalffamily.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/alexander-mont... ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY FAMILY TREE]   

and from: METCALF FAMILY MEWS: ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY 1740-1840

• Alexander Montgomery II, was born about 1738/1740 possibly in Orange County North Carolina.
• He married Martha Walker, daughter of John Walker and Ann Houston, About 1760.
• Alexander II’s father died and left him 250 acres of land on Buck Creek in Amherst County Virginia. Alexander 2nd sold this land to his brother-in-law Robert Barnett, of Amherst County, Virginia.
• Alexander 2nd received 170 acres of land in Orange County, North Carolina, from his father’s will. On 3 Jun. 1769. Alexander and wife Martha deeded this land to his father’s widow, Mary Montgomery.
• Alexander II and Martha Walker Montgomery moved their family to the Clinch River area of Southwest Virginia in 1771. They lived at the head of little Moccasin Creek where Alexander built a log cabin. He later received a land claim for 150 acres on Big Moccasin Creek dated 3 Dec.1782.
• Alexander served in Moore’s Fort on Clinch River (in Castlewood) during the Revolution. He was listed in the troops at Moore’s Fort on 30 June 1777. He remained in Virginia for a few years after the Revolutionary War and perhaps he died there.
• Alexander II, along with his brother-in-laws William & Andrew Cowan witnessed the will of their father-in-law, John Walker, in Washington County, Virginia on 25 Sep. 1778. This will was proved in Washington County on 17 Dec. 1778 by oaths of Alexander Montgomery and William Cowan, Witnesses there to.
• After the Revolution, the family remained in Virginia for some time. No record has been found of disposition of the land of Alexander II. His son, John Montgomery stated in his application for Revolutionary pension that, after the war was over, he returned to his father’s home in Virginia, where he remained for some time. Therefore, we assume Alexander II, remained in Virginia for a few years after the Revolutionary War, and perhaps he died there.
• It is not known when or where Alexander Montgomery II, and his wife, Martha (Walker) Montgomery died.
• One Alexander Montgomery served on a jury in Russell County, Virginia in Sep 1790 in the case of Champ Faris vs. Richard Davis. After this there was no record of an Alexander Montgomery in Russell County until the 1797 Tax List; it is thought this was Alexander III. It is probable the family went to Tennessee about 1791. John Montgomery, Jr. grandson of Alexander II, was born in Tennessee in 1792.

The Children of Alexander Montgomery II, and Martha Walker: 

• 1. Alexander Montgomery III, was born 1 Feb. 1762, in Orange Co. North Carolina, He married Mary Elizabeth Johnson in a fort on French Broad River possibly in Tennessee. 
• 2. John Montgomery was born 5 Aug. 1764, in Orange Co. North Carolina. He married (1) Susannah Elizabeth Porter, his first cousin, on 5 Aug. 1785. She died on 30 Nov. 1802. He married (2) Elizabeth Harris on 20 Nov 1804. She was born about 1770 and died 14 Sept.1846, in Illinois. John died in Illinois, in 1845
• 3. Michael Montgomery was born in 1765 in Virginia. It is not known whom he married, when or where. He died, intestate, before October 1836 at which time an estate was opened for him in Parke County, Indiana.
• 4. Philip Montgomery, born about 1767, married Margery McClintock on 25 Nov 1814, in Floyd Co. Kentucky. Tradition says that Philip and Joseph Montgomery were brothers of James and William Montgomery. It was also reported that Philip fought in the Revolution, but it seems more likely it was the War of 1812 (?).
• 5. Joseph Montgomery was born about 1770 in Virginia. Tradition says that Joseph was in an Indian skirmish. The story goes that he and some comrades had been on a river and were trying to reach a fort on the bank. While running from the river to the fort, one of the comrades was wounded, and Joseph stopped to help him and he was himself wounded in the hip, however, they both managed to reach the fort. 
• 6. James Montgomery, born about 1773 in Virginia, married Elizabeth Gibson in 1794.
• 7. William Montgomery, born 10 Dec 1779 in Amherst, Virginia married Sarah Gibson abt 1800 and died 21 Oct 1856 Union City, Hendricks, Indiana, USA 
• 8. Robert Cicero Montgomery born 22 Jun 1780 in Amherst, Virginia he married Elizabeth McConnell abt 1802 and 25 Sep 1852 Cumming, Forsyth, Georgia, USA
  • [Note: Based on DNA he was not a son of Alexander II (Haplogroup = I1d1a1a). Robert's Haplogroup: R1b1a; Short Hand: R-P297 See: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Montgomery/default.aspx?sectio... PScoggin]

A MONTGOMERY AND COLE RECORD, Some descendants of Alexander Montgomery of Amherst County, Virginia and Orange County, North Carolina by Marian Carter Ledgerwood, 1994.

• "THE MONTGOMERY FAMILY - Out of the Past - A look to the Future" by the Magoffin County Historical Society
• -1767 Jul. 27 p 454 ORANGE COUNTY RECORDS VI by William D. Bennett CG
  • To Mary... (his Mother, wife of Alexander Sr.) lower end where she now lives. Including plantation Alexander now possesses. Michael a witness
• 1769 Jun. 3 p 206 ORANGE COUNTY RECORDS VI by William D. Bennett CG
  • Alexander Montgomery and Martha his wife to Mary Widow 170 acres 43 lbs. left to Alexander by Alexander Sr.