Hugh Montgomery, of Waxhaws

Hugh Montgomery

• Birth: 1727 - Roanoke, Haliffax, Virginia, USA
• Death: 1783 - Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
• Parents: Hugh Montgomery, Caroline Anderson
• Wife: Agnes Jane Cunningham
• Children: James Montgomery, Robert Montgomery, Samuel Montgomery, Alexander Montgomery, John Montgomery, Joseph Montgomery, William Montgomery, Mary Eleanor Montgomery, Hugh Montgomery

Notes

• MONTGOMERY, HUGH DAR Ancestor #: A078984
• Service:  SOUTH CAROLINA    Rank: CAVALRY
• Birth:     
• Death:  ANTE 10-22-1785     CAMDEN DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
• Service Description: MIL. UNDER MAJOR ROBERT CRAWFORD

From * http://woodlin.net/lindley/68.htm

• A consideration of the origin and possible ancestry of Hugh Montgomery, Sr, of Lancaster District SC must necessarily involve a good deal of speculation, based largely upon a scattering of vague facts, family legends and traditions, and some technical assumptions which at times may be little more than educated guesses. We know that Hugh was a resident of the old Waxhaw Settlement from about the middle of the eighteenth century til his death in 1785. The dates of birth of Hugh's ten children are known to range from about 1752 or before to 1767. Based on this, we attempt our first assumption, that Hugh's birth was between 1725 and 1730.

There are three possible means by which Hugh may have arrived in the Waxhaws in 1756 or earlier. He might have come directly from Ireland to South Carolina. He may have belonged to that immense group of Scotch-Irish families which emigrated first to Pennsylvania, thence to Augusta Co., Virginia, and finally to the Carolinas. Or he might have been a descendant of those earliest settlers with the name of Montgomery, families that originally settled upon the James River, and whose descendants migrated westward toward the interior of Virginia and southward to the Carolinas.

• Our knowledge of Hugh is limited. We know he arrived in the Waxhaw Settlement in 1756 or before. His land lay along Cain and Camp Creeks, and his home was around two miles north of the present city of Lancaster. Students of the history of this region believe that he came to the Waxhaws from Augusta Co., Virginia, along with the other Scotch-Irish settlers in this region, and this is possible if we think of the original Augusta Co. as embracing the entire western part of the state, including Roanoke County.

There is no evidence to support the opinion that Hugh Sr came directly to the Waxhaws from either Ireland or Scotland. In fact, very few of the settlers in this area arrived in this fashion. The remaining possibility is that Hugh Sr was the son of Hugh Montgomery and Caroline Anderson of Roanoke Co, VA. There are 10 facts in support of this theory ...

• ... "In conclusion it may be said that first we have outlined three possible origins of Hugh Montgomery Sr. While we have been unable to produce definite proof that Hugh Sr was a descendant of Hugh Montgomery and Caroline Anderson and came from Roanoke Co, VA, we have shown that such a theory now satisfies all of the known facts, whereas the remaining alternative theories satisfy none of them."
  

Links

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