Pollyanna Creekmore's compilation of a taxlist of 1806 places John McCammon in the same "militia" as Samuel Montgomery, and she identifies John as a Seceder (the only person around Shooks I have seen so identified). On the old map of the area around Shooks, note the short distance between Shooks Creek and the Seceder Church-Cemetery, next to the "Elijah Dunn home." Modern maps show that grave yard as the Dunn Cemetery. In my visit there December 1999, I thought the sign said it was the McGammon cemetery. More research tells me that the name must have read 'McCammon.' I could read no names on tombstones other than McGammon/McCammon. The McCammon family of that cemetery is documented on the Pickens-archive website. According to that site, four McCammon siblings were born in County Tyrone, Ireland. At least the three brothers migrated to Tennessee, near the Knox/Blount border. The eldest brother, John McCammon, married Elizabeth Upton in Blount Co. about 1798. They and their children lived and died in Neubert's Spring (about 3.5 miles from Shooks, near McCammon Road) and Lowe's Ferry (about 16 miles from Shooks). Records of some burials for the McCammons must refer to the Dunn/Seceder Cemetery.
In short, the John McCammon who lived close to Samuel Montgomery was a Seceder from County Tyrone, Ireland. His birth in 1757 makes him only slightly older than Samuel. The marriages by the two men in 1797 and 1798 in Blount/Knox County would be consistent with their arriving in the area at close to the same time. If the DAR letter saying that Samuel "participated in the founding of the Seceeder Presbyterian Church" is correct, then we have the intriguing possibility that Samuel came at the same time as McCammon and that our Samuel also was from County Tyrone.
For the record, I have pursued one strategy based on the fact that the Federal census of 1880 lists the birth place of parents of respondents. Using the LDS all-name index of that year, I looked for children of Samuel without success.
Pursuing the idea that Samuel Montgomery must have had some connection to others either living in or moving to Tennessee, review Isaac Willson, as shown in the following tree:
Isaac married his first cousin, Sarah Shook, the sister of Magdalena, who married our Samuel. The Tennessee tax list for 1806 for Captain Haislet's Company shows about 40 men, including both 'Montgomery, Samuel' and 'Willson, Isaac' along with various Shooks and Dunlaps. Samuel's son James named a son Isaac Wilson Montgomery (continuing my line). Our Samuel and Isaac Willson were clearly of the same generation.
A now-defunct web site listed the 12 children of Joseph and Mary Willson, with birth dates and many with birth places, namely,
1754 Augusta Co., VA
1756
1758 Pendleton Co., WV
1760
1762
1770 Mecklenburg Co., NC
1772 Mecklenburg
1773 Augusta Co., VA [Isaac Willson]
1773 Mecklenburg Co.
1777 Mecklenburg
1779 Mecklenburg
1780 Mecklenburg
Though Augusta Co., VA encompassed much more than it does today, it was still a long way from NC. Either Joseph and Mary were itinerants or the 1773 entry for Isaac Willson is incorrect. If, however, we believe that the large number of entries of Mecklenburg Co., NC is significant, then the important finding is that the family was in NC from 1770 through at least 1780. Children are shown on the site, http://www.ericjames.org/html/fam/fam05109.htm. Note some slippage in whether the name is spelled Willson or Wilson.
In addition to the marriage of Samuel to Magdalena Shook, 1797, there is another Montgomery marriage in Knox Co. that may be relevant: Humphrey to Mary Walker, 1793. Humphrey Montgomery may be related.
Here is more on migration from NC to TN and the connection to H. L. White.
SUMMARY OF SAMUELS
(1a) A Samuel Montgomery appeared on the tax rolls of Greene County,
Tennessee owning land in 1788.
The Greene County marriage index includes Robert Montgomery to Agness
Henry on 16 Nov 1792; the "security" was Samuel Montgomery. [providing
the bond]
In 1794, "Samuel Montgombrey" (sic) had a patent for land in that part
of Knox County that had been Greene.
Greene Co. court records show a Samuel Montgomery on several occasions
during the years 1789 to 1796. One of these says,
February 1794, SAML MONTGOMERY is appointed overseer of the
road from Greeneville to Sinking Creek. Issd.
Sinking Spring is not on my TN map, but GNIS identifies such a
place about 4 miles NE of Johnson City. I assume then S.M. lived
NE of Greeneville, not in the area that became Knox. Greene Co.
Deed Abstracts show a Samuel Montgomery in 1789. Also,
Indenture 4 Oct 1798 SAML MONTGOMERY, Montgomery Co., KY,
one part and CONNER other part . . .
[Montgomery Co., KY is 160 miles due north of Knoxville.]
[The above 1798 indenture, particularly, implies the existence of at least two Samuels not ours. See my Greene page.]
(1b) I have run across S. Montgomerys of Kentucky else where. For example, Kindred Konnections shows one: Samuel MONTGOMERY, Born ABT 1769 in VA, Married JAN 16 1791 in Lincoln Co., KY to Hannah COPELAND, Died ABT 1830 in Gibson Co., IN. (2) From the library of the Wythe Co. Community College, here is an excerpt from "Southern Virginia Families" by David B. Trimble, 1974 (San Antonio, Texas): "Samuel Montgomery was born about 1721 ... About 1748 he married Margaret Nichols, and in 1746 he moved to Augusta (now Botetourt) County, Virginia. ... He made his will on June 1, 1797. ... He left the following children: Elizabeth, b. c1750; Mary; James, disappeared c1778; William; Samuel, disappeared; Robert, b. April 23, 1762; Nancy, b. c1764; John, b. c1766; and Joseph, b. 1768." If the order of the children were by birth, Samuel's age could be about right. A list of tithables for Botetourt County in 1771, however, includes both a Senior and a Junior Samuel Montgomery. (3) To pursue the Associate Reformed Presbyterian link, ARP congregations existed in Botetourt Co., VA, 1793. There were many Montgomerys in Botetourt Co. James Montgomery was on Catawba Creek as early as 1746, according to R.D. Stoner's _A Seed Bed of the Republic_, (1962). His sons were John and Robert. Stoner also quotes a court order of 13 May 1796 which names many Presbyterians associated with the Sinking Spring Congregation, including Samuel Montgomery, who could be the above father of Samuel, Jr. (4) From "Notable Southern Families" by Zella Armstrong, at the Library of Congress, vol V, (Crockett Family and Connecting Lines) page 159, children of John Montgomery and Agnes Crockett (m 28 Nov 1753) according to "old Montgomery Bible" included Samuel (b 18 Jan 1760), et al. [8 sons and 6 daughters]. The father, John Montgomery (1717-1802), is the subject of an article by Agnes Riley, published Fall, 1967, by the Historical Society of Washington County (VA) [but no more there about Samuel]. The web siteas of 8/15/98 shows this Samuel married to Polly Bishop, but I'm not certain of his source. I think this is the same "Captain John Montgomery of Wytheville, VA, delegate to the VA Assembly" who had a son Samuel born in 1760. In "Early Adventures on the Western Waters" (by Mary Kegley), a Samuel died in 1828 in Virginia, and she says this Samuel "appears" to be the son of John and Agnes. (I.e., she is not sure.) (5a) The _Annals of Southwest Virginia_ (by Summers) show many listings of a Samuel Montgomery in Montgomery County, VA in about 1780. (See pages around 735.) The records include his receiving a certificate for serving as a soldier. Also, p. 915, Samuel Montgomery sells 165 acres in Montgomery Co., later Wythe Co. (5b) Possibly the same man, in Tax Lists of Montgomery Co. (compiled by Mary Kegley), for both 1782 and 1790, there is a Samuel Montgomery; both a Samuel Sr. and Jr. in 1782. (6a) Washington Co., VA Survey records (1781-97, compiled by Tom Colley), page 37, show Samuel Montgomery and others as "representatives for Michael Montgomery, decd . . . surveyed January 28, 1774 . . . actual settlement made in 1771. . ." are entitled to land in Washington Co. on the Holstein [sic] River. [This Michael dying about 1771 must not be confused with Michael Montgomery in the CMSI database, Birth: 1720, VA; Death (or Will probated): 27 MAR 1768, Amherst Co., VA, who left a will with no Samuel.] However, documentation on the sale of the land in Washington Co., VA says that the Samuel Montgomery who received that land had moved with his wife Elizabeth to Davidson Co., TN. (6b) From the archives in Richmond, this is part of "A Montgomery and Cole record" by Marian Carter Ledgerwood, some descendants of Alexander Montgomery of Amherst County, Virginia and Orange County, North Carolina. Alexander's third child was Michael. If the order of listing was the order of ages, Michael was born after 1740. The edited copy follows with original footnotes indicated as 'Fnn': . . . In his will, Alexander Montgomery of Orange County, North Carolina, left his plantation to his wife. After her death, the land was to be equally divided between his two sons, Michal (sic) and James.F22 In 1761, Michael Montgomery was deeded land in Amherst County, Virginia by Jno. Robinson.F23 One Michael Montgomery died in Washington County, Virginia in 1777. James Montgomery was appointed his Administrator. His securities were Thomas Montgomery and John Campbell. Appraisors were William Montgomery. William Meljahey. Adam Keer, James Doran and Thomas Berry, Jr. His Inventory was taken in 1778.F24 There was a Capt. Michael Montgomery (same as above, or different?) who was deceased before 1762 in Washington County. Virginia. His widow was Mary; she relinquished her right for Administration to Samuel Montgomery on 22 May 1782. Appraisors were John Berry, Alex. Doran, Adam Kerr, Thomas Berry, Jr. (Note similarity to appraisors above).F25 [End of text. [To which I add that the land surveyed in 1774, in my item 6a above, borders land of John Berry and "Kerr." That is, I believe that the only Samuel associated with Michael Montgomery is the one moving to Davidson Co. [Original footnotes follow.] _____________________ 20. Amherst Co., VA Deeds, Book C, pp. 381-382 21. KY. Register, vol. 42 22. Final disposition of this land in North Carolina has not been determined by this writer. 23. Amherst Co., VA Deeds, Book A. p.187 24. Washington Co.. VA Min. Book 1. p. 47 25. Washington Co., VA Wills, Book 1. p. 137 4 [End of footnotes] One other confusion: Tommy Stephenson (tdstepen@@peoplescom.net), in a MONTGOMERY-L query, refers to "James Montgomery born ca.1781 who married Margaret Stephenson in York County, S.C. in 1808. James Montgomery went to Giles County, TN, where he shows up on the 1820 census of Giles County, TN. with Charity, John, and Samuel Montgomery. James Montgomery settled on Robertson's Fork in the Elkridge community of Giles County, TN. Buried in the Elkridge Cemetery is Captain Samuel Montgomery, 1732-1808, who served in the third Pennsylvania Regiment during the American Revolution."
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