Mary Polly Weir Montgomery

1777 - 1853  (75 years)

• Name	Mary Polly Weir Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	25 Dec 1777	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1850	DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  	Northern Division
  Burial	1853	Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA   [4]
  Death	16 Dec 1853	DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I10572	Clan Montgomery Society | John Montgomery and Esther Houston
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	Captain James Houston Montgomery,   b. 1740, Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1809, Blount County, Tennessee, USA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Elizabeth Weir,   b. 1749, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1809, Blount County, Tennessee, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1765	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [3, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F2073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Captain James Walker Cowan,   b. 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1815, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1800	Blount County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 5, 6, 8, 10]
  Children	1. Samuel Montgomery Cowan, Rev.,   b. 10 Mar 1801, Blount County, Tennessee, USA d. 5 May 1881 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Elizabeth McCroskey Cowan,   b. 6 Apr 1803, Blount County, Tennessee, USA d. 1850, Horn Lake, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ann Cowan,   b. Abt 1804  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Julia Cowan,   b. Abt 1806  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Cowan,   b. Abt 1808  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Martha Cowan,   b. Abt 1810  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Rachel Cowan,   b. Abt 1812  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Dec 1777 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 23 Apr 1800 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Residence - Northern Division - 1850 - DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA Burial - 1853 - Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Death - 16 Dec 1853 - DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S3899] Blount Tennessee Marriage List, (Name: US Genweb Archives;), http://files.usgwarchives.org/tn/blount/vitals/marriages/. [S4848] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern Division, DeSoto,Mississippi; Roll: M432_371; Page: 371B; Image: . Record for Mary Cowen [S4504] Griesbach Boyz Ancestors, Descendants of George William Weir, (Name: Location: http://www.swgdezign.com/wirtgriesbach/images/Weir.pdf;;), http://www.swgdezign.com/wirtgriesbach/images/Weir.pdf. [S4041] Ancestry.com, Web: Mississippi, Find A Grave Index, 1798-2011, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry Operations, Inc.,2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 13 February 2012.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bi;;), Database online. Record for Mary Weir Montgomery Cowan [S3451] Dodd, Jordan, Tennessee Marriages to 1825, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;), Database online. Record for Samuel Magdalena Montgomery Shook [S3474] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2008;;), Database online. Record for James Cowan [S5344] Montgomery, Erick Dale, The Montgomery Family of Franklin County, (Name: Franklin County Historical Review; Location: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA; Date: Jan 1978;). [S3451] Dodd, Jordan, Tennessee Marriages to 1825, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;). [S5199] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 322-333Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Other Stateshttps://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322. Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc Book found on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322 [S5524] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 03Pages 065-073 John Montgomery Married Mary LoveSisters Jane and Mar with Families in Franklin County. [S5135] Wulfeck Dorothy Ford, Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland;Date: 1986;;), Excerpt from book listing Montgomery marriages in early Virginia. [S5565] Montgomery, Erick Dale, Email from Erick Dale Montgomery, (Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA; Date: 20 May 2015;).