Captain John Montgomery

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor #: A079040

John Montgomery

Biography

Capt. John Montgomery was born in 1717 in County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. His parents were Capt. James Montgomery and Anne Montgomery.

John married Ann Montgomery on November 28, 1753, in the Province of Virginia. Together they had the following children:

• Esther Montgomery;
• James Montgomery;
• Rachel Graham.

He died on August 14, 1805, in Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Virginia, United States.

Statue

https://visitclarksvilletn.com/business-directory/public-art/john-m...

The statue of John Montgomery, a man whom many credit with the discovery of the site that would later become Clarksville, Tenn., is located in front of Clarksville City Hall, facing Strawberry Alley downtown. ...
Montgomery came to what is now Clarksville in 1784. He is said to have named the site after his friend, Gen. George Rogers Clark. While not the first person to travel through the area, Montgomery was the first to establish a temporary settlement here during a long hunting trip.
Scott Wise, a Clarksville firefighter and local sculptor, was selected to create the piece. Wise has created numerous pieces of civic art in Clarksville including “The Day After,” also located downtown.

Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-836

He served as a Captain in the French and Indian Wars and received 3,000 acres in payment in 1780. From Feb. 15, 1770 served as Justice of Botetourte County, Virginia. On May 25, 1771 he bought 646 acres near Buffalo Lick on Reed Creek in present Wythe county, Va from Thomas Walker for 1910 pounds. He and his wife Agnes sold 135 acres of that to William Montgomery for 100 pounds on Aug. 1, 1771. John also served on the committee setting up Fincastle county Virginia in 1773. and as a Justice of the Courts of Chancery and Oyer and Terminer of that year.

GEDCOM Note

• John Montgomery
• 1725 - 1794
• Birth: 1725 Donegal, Ireland
• Occupation: early American soldier, settler, and explorer
• Accomplishment: memorialized as a statue near Clarksville's Public Square, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TN
• Marriage:Anne Agnes Montgomery (born Crockett) Nov 28 1753
• Accomplishment: first entered that area, but forced back by Indians 1771 Cumberland River
• Accomplishment: signer of the Fincastle Resolutions 1775
• Military Service: served under George Rogers Clark during his Illinois campaign. Under Clark's orders, Montgomery led an expedition against several Indian tribes to prevent the British from gathering them to attack Kentucky. For the remainder of war, he ran supplies between New Orleans and Clark's army in the north
• Census: purchased the land at the confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers from the NorthCarolina for 100 British pounds and founded Clarksville 1784 confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers, TN (now Clarksville)
• Accomplishment: Sheriff and founder of city and county named for him 1789 Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TN
• Military Service: commanded territorial troops in the Nickajack Expedition against Creek Indians 1793
• Accomplishment: signed the Cumberland Compact 1780s
• Death: killed near Eddy Creek, Kentucky on by an Indian ambush while hunting Nov 27 1794 Eddy Creek, Kentucky killed and scalped by a party of Indians

References

• Picturesque Clarksville, past and present. A history of the City of the hills Author Titus, W[illiam] P. [from old catalog] page 15 Archive.Org

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