Major Henry Montgomery

1775 - 1851  (76 years)

• Name	Henry Montgomery  [1, 2]
  Title	Major
  Birth	1775	Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-967
  Residence	1850	Fayette County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  	District 14
  Death	1851	Kanawha Falls, Fayette, West Virginia, USA
  Burial	1851	Kanawha Falls, Fayette, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I783	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	Col John Montgomery,   b. 6 Jul 1722, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland d. 3 Sep 1808, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F28697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Keeney,   b. 1783, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA d. 1867, Kanawha Falls, Fayette, West Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1800
  Children	> 1. Mary Polly Montgomery,   b. 2 Jan 1805, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA d. 10 Oct 1861, West Virginia, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Caroline Montgomery,   b. 1806, West Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Cynthia Montgomery,   b. 19 Jan 1808, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA d. 7 Feb 1853, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Hulda Montgomery,   b. 1810, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA d. 30 May 1880, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. John Yancey Montgomery,   b. 1 Jun 1811, Kanawha Falls, Fayette, West Virginia, USA d. 23 May 1872, Carter County, Kentucky, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. James C Montgomery,   b. 1813, West Virginia, USA d. 1827 (Age 14 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 7. Nancy Montgomery,   b. 2 Jun 1814, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA d. 17 Mar 1901, Kanawha Falls, Fayette, West Virginia, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 8. Maria Montgomery,   b. 1821, West Virginia, USA d. 26 Dec 1883, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 9. Jane Hamilton Montgomery,   b. 22 Jun 1825, West Virginia, USA d. 6 Nov 1911, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 10. William H Montgomery,   b. 1 Jan 1826, Kanawha Falls, Fayette, West Virginia, USA d. 10 Jul 1880, Kanawha Falls, Fayette, West Virginia, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 1775 - Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - District 14 - 1850 - Fayette County, West Virginia, USA Death - 1851 - Kanawha Falls, Fayette, West Virginia, USA Burial - 1851 - Kanawha Falls, Fayette, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  SUBMITTED BY MANUEL LEE MONTGOMERY, CMS 726. HENRY RECEIVED SEVERAL LAND GRANTS FROM THE GOVERNORS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, SOME SIGNED BY JAMES MONROE (LATER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES). THESE LAND GRANTS WERE IN PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE RENDERED DURING THE COLONIAL CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE INDIANS ON THE WEST VIRGINIA AND OHIO FRONTIERS. HE SERVED UNDER GENERAL ANDREW LEWIS AND MARRIED THE GENERAL'S GRAND NIECE, NANCY KENHNY ON 28 DEC 1800. THEY REARED A LARGE FAMILY, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH AND CULTURE OF THE GREAT KANAWHA RIVER VALLEY. Birth date (Bef. 1775) estimated by J.C. Montgomery by subtracting 25 years from date of marriage. DEATH: Per email dated 12 Aug 2003 from Jean Rogan, CMS 1829, Henry is bured at Kanawha Falls, WV. She says she has visited his grave often. BIOGRAPHY: Per an email dated 12 August 2003 from Jean Rogan, CMS 1829, she has verified through Jonathon Stayer of the Pennsylvania Archives that Henry Montgomery was a Revolutionary War veteran. She found that he had been a guard of prisoners at Camp Security, which was located east of the city of York, PA in Springettsbury Township. The militia of York County, PA were the guards. Birth and death dates and places provided by a descendant, Erica Tolbert, via email dated 28 June 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S2893] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Wm. H. Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=fswestvirginiadeath&h=301258&indiv=try [S2891] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 14, Fayette, Virginia; Roll: M432_943; Page: 351B; Image: 308. Record for Henry Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=15018944&indiv=try [S39] E-Mail.