1. | William Montgomery was born 12 Jan 1788, Washington County, North Carolina (son of Alexander Montgomery and Margaret Napier); died 29 Mar 1840; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes:
Captain William Montgomery served in the War of 1812, and this act is inscribed on his grave marker in Shiloh Cemetery. The Sevier County Court Minute Book, 1856-1867 records that on 2 March 1857 the State of Tennessee issued Land Warrant No. 45506 for 80 acres of land to G. W. Montgomery, B. H. Montgomery, and W. W. Montgomery, William's sons, "in consideration of the Service of William Montgomery deceased, who served as captain in the War of 1812."
He lived on the West Fork of Little Pigeon River in Sevier County, Tennessee where Alexander Montgomery settled.
Sevier County Heritage lists birth as 12 January 1788.
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 274, 276.
William married Elizabeth Winton 2 Apr 1824. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. John Winton and Arabella Cunningham) was born 2 Jul 1802, , Roan; died 1 Dec 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- John Alexander Montgomery was born 6 Jul 1825; died 7 Dec 1913; was buried Evergreen Cemetery, Republic, Greene County, Missouri.
- Margaret Cunningham Montgomery
- Mary McClelan Montgomery
- Arabella McCamy Montgomery was born 14 Jul 1829; died 7 Oct 1840; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
- Robert Aiken Montgomery was born 8 Nov 1830, Tennessee; died 19 Jun 1919; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
- Captain James Asbury Montgomery was born 26 Feb 1833; died 7 Feb 1866; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
- Benjiman Holland Montgomery
- William Winton Montgomery was born 3 Mar 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Aug 1886; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
- George Wesley Montgomery
- Dolly Elizabeth Grant Montgomery was born 18 Aug 1840; died 9 Feb 1841; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
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