MONTGOMERY, Samuel
•Born: 1764, Camden District, South Carolina, United States
•Marriage (1): STEEN, Eleanor in 1784 in Kentucky, United States
•Marriage (2): CROCKETT, Margaret in 1797
•Died: Abt 1829, Adams County, Mississippi, United States
•Buried: "Dunleigh", Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, United States
Samuel Montgomery, born 1764 in the Waxhaw Settlement of SC, son of Hugh. During the Revolutionary campaign for the control of the South he was about 16 years old, and it is not certain whether he saw service. In 1784 he married Eleanor (Nelly) Steen, who was born in Union County, SC [sic]. Their three children were Hugh (1785-1870), Eleanor (b 1787), and James S (b 1789). Around 1790 Samuel decided to move to Kentucky and sold his land in the Waxhaws to his brother William. Taking his family and belongings by ox-wagon through the Cumberland Gap into the southeastern part of Kentucky, he faced disaster when his wife failed to survive the ordeal of the journey and left him with three small children. Thus, in 1791, Samuel returned to Tennessee and married for the second time. His second wife was Margaret Crockett, born 21 Nov 1770, the daughter of Andrew Crockett (b VA in 1747) and Mary McKin (born TN 1753). The Crockett family resided in northeast Tennessee, about forty miles south of the Cumberland Gap, and Samuel had met them on his previous trip. While in TN and KY, Samuel and Margaret had children Andrew(1792), Mary Margaret (Polly) (b 5 Feb 1794), Elizabeth (Betsy) (b 1796), John (1798) and Eli T (1800). In 1802 Samuel and his brothers William and Joseph decided to join their brother Alexander in Adams County, MS. Another son, Alexander, was born to Samuel and Margaret on the flatboat in 1802 just before they finished their journey to Natchez. They had three more children after arrival: Tennessee (1805), Jane (1807), and Sophie (1809). On 18 June 1803, Samuel purchased land in Adams Co (Adams Co Land Records Book D, p11). In 1805 Alexander sold Samuel 800 acres on Morgans Fork of the Homochitto River at a dollar an acre. On 1 Aug 1805 Samuel bought additional land from Robert and Mary Parkinson. In July 1806 Samuel deeded land to his brother William. Eventually Samuel settled permanently on his plantation ten miles east of Natchez on the old Natchez Trace; in later years his home was to become Brandon Hall. In 1813, he became elected to the House of Representatives of the Mississippi Territorial Legislature as the Representative from Adams County. He was elected again in 1820 and 1821 after Mississippi had been admitted to statehood. Samuel died in 1828. His will was dated 27 Sept 1825.
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