Person:David Montgomery (10)

Records in Amherst County, VA

David Montgomery patented 270 acres on Davis Creek on August 30, 1763.

October 5, 1765, deed from Gregory Mathis (signed Mathews) of Amherst County, to Zach Phillips of Amherst County, 45 pounds for 400 acres on Davis Creek. Lines: Lee Harris, David Montgomery, Col. John Chiswell.

Notes

David A Montgomery

The first documentation concerning David Montgomery is in a list of unclaimed letters at the Philadelphia post office in 1739, published in the Pennsylvania Gazette by Benjamin Franklin. It was probably about this time that he met and married Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Matthew Scott of Chestnut Level, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The letter was addressed to 'Montgomery, David, cooper, Lan. Co.' There were several men named David Montgomery in the 18th and 19th century, so David apparently used his occupation of a cooper to designate himself from the others. He also used it in his will in 1791.

The next documentation of David was his service during the French and Indian Wars. His name is on the roster of soldiers who fought the Battle of Meadows in 1754, under the command of Lt. Col. George Washington.

Another series of documents are patents and deeds to land David Montgomery purchased along Davis Creek in Amherst County, Virginia, beginning in 1763. By 1788, David owned 600 acres in this area. Then in about 1788-1790 David and sons David Jr. and James sold their lands and moved to Wilkes County, Georgia. The two daughters of David and Elizabeth also moved to Georgia.

From: "A genealogical history of the Montgomerys and their descendants" By David B. Montgomery pp386 THE MONTGOMERYS

Montgomery, David (Colonial No. 35, page 362), 270 acres, consideration 30 shillings, in Amherst county, on Davis creek, near the land of Col. John Chiswell; Aug. 30, 1763. –Francis Fauquhin.

Montgomery, David (Colonial No. 36, page 818), 22 acres, consideration 5 shillings, in Amherst county, on the Dutch Thoroughfare, near land of Col. Comax: July 26, 1765 –Francis Fauquhin.

Marriage Information Date: 1739 Location: Ireland or Chestnut Level, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States To: Elizabeth Scott

Early Records Of Georgia

WILL BOOK "D D"-1779-92

Folio 249-MONTGOMERY, DAVID. To wife Elizabeth all "parsonry" property during her "naterl" life, final division among our children, David and James Montgomery and Chas. Tuggle to draw for Milly, Zack and Sall, John Herd to have Nelson. David and James Montgomery and John Herd, Excrs. To son Matthew £5. 10s. To "soning-law" Robt. Montgomery £2. 10s. Signed July 21, 1791 Probated Aug. 21, 1791. Robt. Morrow, James Roberson, Test.

http://files.usgwarchives.org/ga/wilkes/history/1932/earlyrec/willbook73nms.txt

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 http://www.botetourtroots.org/getperson.php?personID=P476&tree=tree1