Descendants of
Hugh Montgomery – Hancock County, Tennessee
FIRST GENERATION
(1) Hugh Montgomery was born 4 Feb 1786, and married Rebecca
Overton, daughter of James Overton, who was born 28 Jun 1792. Hugh died on 8 Feb 1860 in Hancock Co., TN
and was buried in Montgomery Cem, Hancock Co., TN. Rebecca died on 19 May 1860 in Hancock Co., TN and was buried in
Montgomery Cem, Hancock Co., TN.
Children:
2 i James
Montgomery was born 29 Oct 1810 in Grainger Co., TN. James died in 1867.
+ 3 ii Alexander
Montgomery was born in 1813.
4 iii Rachel
Montgomery was born 13 Mar 1811 in Grainger Co., TN. Rachel died on 7 Oct 1831.
5 iv Mary
Montgomery was born in 1816 in Grainger Co., TN, and in 1842, married Landon
Carter Minter.
6 v Hugh
Montgomery was born about 1821, and about 1855, married Matilda Henry who was born before 1823.
7 vi Rebecca
Montgomery was born about 1825, and on 5 Jul 1842, married Samuel Lemar.
8 vii Elizabeth
"Bettie" Montgomery was born about 1827.
9 viii Lucy
Ann Montgomery was born 8 Jun 1829.
+ 10 ix John
Thomas Montgomery was born on 8 Jun 1831.
11 x Matilda
Montgomery was born about 1834, and married Dale Minter.
He
also married Franky Mills.
(3) Alexander Montgomery>, son of Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton, was born in 1813 in Grainger Co.,
TN, and married Barthena Mills, daughter of Mills, who was born about 1813.
Notes for Alexander Montgomery:
From Hancock Co. and Its People p
29 Alex Montgomery was from the lower end of the County and jailor at the time,
appointed by Jess Nichols, Sheriff. The following is written by The Honorable
Alonzo Jason Tyler Also on page 64. When Jonas grew up he married Mary Winkler
of Hancock County and had several sons.
Jonas worked for Mr. A.O. Montgomery at his mill on War Creek. He helped in the mill, delivered goods
whatever Mr. Montgomery needed. Mr.
Montgomery was also a distiller with a government license. Jonas had been delivering some of this
whiskey over in Grainger County and Hatfield and the others thought he would
probably have more money on him than he actually had. In Hatfield's confession
he stated that his half was $7.92, making the total less than $20.00 that cost
Jonas his life and shortly thereafter cost Hatfield his own life. This was in
1896 and was most likely a son or relative of Alexander Montgomery
On page 38‑39. Alex
Montgomery, of whom I have written, was once a jailor at Sneedville and a
saloonkeeper. He moved back to the 7th
District from where he had originated.
He had borrowed, as I remember, $600.00 from a man living in the
District and had executed his note for him.
The old man, I am not sure of his name, died still holding the note of
Montgomery for the $600.00. Montgomery,
however, claimed that he had paid the note, but failed from some cause to have
gotten it. I don't remember the
cause. Hen Perry, a citizen of the
district, was made administrator for the estate of the man having the
note. He concluded to sue Montgomery
for the amount of the note. The suit
caused quite a commotion in the district.
People argued on both sides of the question as they would in any such
case anywhere. Ht. T. Coleman was the
attorney for Perry, I represented Montgomery.
Coleman and I went down there to take some depositions. There had been some considerable drinking,
Alex had always made liquor and sold it all his life. He was a pretty fair man and generally well thought of in his
District. In that day, a man could make
and sell liquor and still have the respect of the citizens, just like a
merchant, Perry was a good man. Mac
Bray, who had married a daughter of Montgomery, and Hen Jackson, who was
regarded as some what of a dangerous man, were there drinking. They were known to be armed and ready for
any kind of disturbance. Coleman wanted
to postpone taking the depositions, but I insisted on continuing. There was no trouble. Perry won the suit in Chancery Count. The old man, Chancellor Smilly, held
it. I appealed it and Montgomery won in
the Supreme Court.
Children:
12 i William
Montgomery was born in 1844 in Hancock Co., TN.
13 ii Nathaniel
Montgomery was born in 1845 in Hancock Co., TN.
14 iii Hugh
Montgomery was born in 1847 in Hancock Co., TN.
15 iv Mary
Montgomery was born in 1849 in TN.
16 v Henry
Montgomery was born in 1852 in TN.
17 vi Augustus
Montgomery was born in 1857 in TN.
+ 18 vii George
Washington Montgomery was born in 1854.
(10) John Thomas Montgomery<,
son of Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton, was born 8 Jun 1831 in Claiborne
Co., TN, and about 1850 in Hancock Co., TN, married Rebecca Grantham, daughter of Willis Grantham and Keziah Stubblefield, who was born 21 Mar 1833 in
Grainger Co., TN. John Thomas died on 2
Dec 1896 in Hancock Co., TN. Rebecca
died on 12 Dec 1919 in Hancock Co., TN.
Children:
19 i Hattie
Montgomery was born 8 Jan 1870 in Hancock Co., TN, and married Hugh
Chance Edds who was born 6 Sep 1868 in Hancock Co., TN. Hattie died on 12 May 1900 in Hancock Co.,
TN. Hugh Chance died on 1 Nov 1942 in
Hancock Co., TN.
Notes for Hugh Chance Edds:
Pedigree of Hugh Chance Eads on
Ancestral Site:
(18) George Washington Montgomery, son of Alexander Montgomery and Barthena Mills, was born in 1854 in Hancock Co.,
TN, and married Eugenie Norman Arnold, daughter of Thomas Dickens Arnold and Loretta Rettie Rose, who was born in 1854 in
Greenville, Greene Co., TN. George
Washington died on 6 Apr 1930 in Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN and was buried in
Irish Memorial, Cem. Eugenie Norman
died on 24 Aug 1944 in Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN.
Notes for George Washington
Montgomery:
Jerry, I have the Claiborne Co.
Tenn. Family History Book that gives the following lineage:
Concerning the family of Miss Lola
Montgomery, my mother’s music teacher: 1923 ‑ 1927/1928.
Miss Lola was born in Tazewell,
Claiborne Co, Feb. 12, 1888 and died Aug 27, 1975. (I knew her very well
myself) She was the daughter of George
Washington Montgomery, a lawyer at Tazewell, there fine stone house still
stands on the back street of Claiborne County Courthouse. He was born in Hancock Co in 1854. His wife was Eugenia Norman Arnold, born
1854, Greenville, Greene Co., Tn and died Aug 24, 1944 at Tazewell Their children were:
Elizabeth, Marsha, Robin and
George, the last two sons died in childhood.
She taught piano in Tazewell of 58 years.
Alexander Montgomery, her great‑great
grandfather had a son, Hugh, born in Logan Co., Ky who came to Tenn. in the
early 1800's. Hugh Montgomery married
Rebecca Overton. They were the parents
of Alexander Montgomery, born in Hancock Co., Tn near Ailanthus Hill. Alexander married Barthena Mills. Alexander
and Barthena were the parents of Miss Lola’s father George Montgomery.
Children:
+ 20 i Frank
Montgomery was born on 25 Aug 1884.
21 ii Robin
Montgomery was born 6 Sep 1886 in Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN. Robin died on 6 Sep 1887 in Claiborne Co.,
TN.
22 iii Lola
Montgomery was born 12 Feb 1888 in Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN. Lola died on 27 Aug 1875 in Tazewell,
Claiborne Co., TN.
23 iv George
Montgomery was born in 1891 in Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN. George died in 1893.
24 v Elizabeth
Montgomery was born 8 Aug 1892 in Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN, and married Harry
Leet.
25 vi Marcia
Montgomery was born 13 Apr 1894 in Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN, and married
Elmer Newman. Marcia died on 26 Jun 1963.
(20) Frank Montgomery, son of George Washington Montgomery and Eugenie Norman Arnold, was born 25 Aug 1884 in
Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN, and on 2 Jun 1914 in Morristown, Hamblin Co., TN,
married Ada Beatrice Donaldson who was born 4 Sep 1887 in Russellville, Hamblen
Co., TN. Frank died on 22 May 1974 in
Knoxville, Knox Co., TN and was buried in Highland Mem. Cem.. Ada Beatrice died on 6 Mar 1975 in
Knoxville, Knox Co., TN and was buried in Highland Mem. Cem..
Notes for Frank Montgomery:
Subj:Montgomery
Date:7/15/994:25:50PM
From: erynnem@bigplanet.com
Sent from your page at:
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/5273/lane2.htm IP: 208.207.33.156
My name is Erynn Montgomery, and I
was very interested in your site. I
recently came across a family tree, and have heard that the internet is useful
for genealogical information so I decided to try my luck. If I am correct, Eugenia Norman Arnold (who
married George Washington Montgomery) would have been my great, great
grandmother. You discuss their daughter
Lola, but do not mention, as far as I can tell, her siblings‑ in
particular, her brother Frank Montgomery, my great‑grandfather. If I am on the right track, then I am very
interested in any further information you may have, as well as any information
you might have on the earlier Montgomery’s.
(You also mention an Alexander Montgomery, the father of Hugh, from
Kentucky.) Any information would be much appreciated, or just some simple hints
as to find information, as I am new at this. Sincerely, Erynn Montgomery.
Erynn Montgomery’s father is George
Cranwell Montgomery born in 1944. U.S. Ambassador to Oman, 1985-89. Still living as of
1997.
InformationfromFamilySearchrAncestralFile
http://www.familysearch.org/Search/af/ancestral_file_frame.asp?recid=8013460
Children:
26 i George
Donaldson Montgomery was born 6 Jun 1917 in Tazewell, Claiborne Co.,
TN. George Donaldson died on 26 Sep
1985 in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN and was buried in Highland Mem. Cem..
27 ii Mary
Jean Montgomery was born 22 Mar 1915 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., TN. Mary Jean died on 25 Dec 1986.
28 iii Montgomery