... Later on, in 1775, when North Carolina was preparing for the Revolutionary struggle, we find Hugh and John Montgomery on the Committee of Safety ; and they were always present, ready for duty. (See Wheeler's North Carolina, page 370.) ... we have a pretty fair record of Hugh Montgomery. Dr. D.C. Kelly of Nashville, Tenn. (1903), who is a great-grandson of this Col. Hugh Montgomery, Sr., of Salisbury, N.C., says that Hugh was an old man at the beginning of the Revolutionary war, and that he has seen his grave at Salisbury, which is marked. Hugh Sr., was a large landowner in Virginia and North Carolina. He had several children, but only one son, Hugh, Jr. ...
... Hugh (Sr.) willed to Hugh (Jr.) and Jane Montgomery land in Virginia. ...
