Major John Thompson Montgomery

1818 - 1903  (84 years)

• Name	John Thompson Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Title	Major
  Birth	29 Nov 1818	Monticello, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Guadalupe County, Texas, USA   [3]
  Military Service	1862	Texas, USA   [9]
  Residence	1880	Wilson County, Texas, USA   [4]
  Burial	1903	La Vernia, Wilson, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Death	7 Sep 1903	La Vernia, Wilson, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I18148	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	David Montgomery,   b. 1 Jan 1787, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA d. 8 Dec 1872, Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Mattie Thompson,   b. 26 Dec 1787, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA d. 7 Feb 1871, Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Aug 1811	Monticello, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
  	Old Brick Church
  Family ID	F5810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Annie Dunlap,   b. 10 May 1824, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA d. 5 Sep 1909, La Vernia, Wilson, Texas, USA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1843  [7]
  Children	> 1. John D Montgomery,   b. 28 May 1844, Mississippi, USA d. 10 Jun 1848, Mississippi, USA (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Mary Elmira Montgomery,   b. 26 Nov 1845, Mississippi, USA d. 28 Dec 1911, Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Henrietta Adliza Montgomery,   b. 6 Dec 1847, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, USA d. 1 Jul 1849, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, USA (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Dr William H Montgomery,   b. 21 Jan 1850, Mississippi, USA d. 7 Sep 1903, Texas, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 5. Glenn Montgomery,   b. 1 Dec 1853, Mississippi, USA d. 10 Jan 1854, Mississippi, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. Ann Alliene Montgomery,   b. Dec 1854, Mississippi, USA d. 26 Aug 1856, Mississippi, USA (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. John Pressley Montgomery,   b. 11 Nov 1856, La Vernia, Wilson, Texas, USA d. 30 Nov 1910, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 8. Martha Emma Montgomery,   b. 29 Nov 1858, Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA d. 30 Dec 1947, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 29 Nov 1818 - Monticello, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA Residence - 1860 - Guadalupe County, Texas, USA Military Service - 1862 - Texas, USA Residence - 1880 - Wilson County, Texas, USA Burial - 1903 - La Vernia, Wilson, Texas, USA Death - 7 Sep 1903 - La Vernia, Wilson, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Folios

  The Montgomerys and Their Descendants D B Montgomery Book - Pages 400-415 Montgomerys of South Carolina, Mississippi and Other States

  
  

• Notes

  . From update submitted 10/96 by Sandra Dunavant, CMS 1683.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Martha Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=86041397&indiv=try [S3337] Ancestry.com, Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1761-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Maj John Thomson Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=websearch-4064&h=5537728&indiv=try [S3470] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Guadalupe, Texas; Roll: M653_1296; Page: 295; Image: 33; Family History Library Film: 805296. Record for J T Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=35202835&indiv=try [S2821] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Wilson, Texas. Record for John T. Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=11761068&indiv=try [S2915] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Record for Mrs Ella M Carter http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=txdeathcerts&h=23774295&indiv=try [S2915] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Record for Mrs Emma Montgomery Fly http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=txdeathcerts&h=21735826&indiv=try [S5199] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 400-415Montgomerys of South Carolina, MIssissippi and Other Stateshttps://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=400. 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=400 [S3124] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Presley Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=29980&indiv=try [S3098] American Civil War, (Name: Name: Date: 1861-1865;;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War.