At 23 years of age Thomas became the father of Hugh Jr. MONTGOMERY in Virginia?, 1768. At 25 years of age Thomas became the father of Molly MONTGOMERY in Virginia?, 1770. At 27 years of age Thomas became the father of Joseph MONTGOMERY in Virginia, 3 Mar 1773. At 29 years of age Thomas became the father of Jane MONTGOMERY in Virginia, 1774. At 31 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas MONTGOMERY in Virginia?, 1776. At 31 years of age Thomas became the father of Isaac MONTGOMERY in Virginia?, 1776. At 35 years of age Thomas became the father of Patsy MONTGOMERY 1780. At 39 years of age Thomas became the father of Walter Crockett MONTGOMERY in Virginia?, 1784. He emigrated, 1796. Point of origin: Virginia. He emigrated, 1806. Point of origin: Kentucky. * * * * * * * * * (The following is from "The Montgomerys and Their Descendants" by D. B. Montgomery, published in Owensville, Indiana by J. P. Cox Publisher in 1903 starting on page 205.)
The tenth and youngest son of Hugh Montgomery, Sr., was Thomas Montgomery Sr., known all over Gibson County, Indiana, in his day as "Purty Old Tom the Deer Killer." The prefix "Purty" was attached to his name on account of his upright, lithe carriage and portly appearance. It is said that he was straight as an arrow. The "Deer Killer" came from the fact that he killed 160 deer around the springs on the Colonel Jones farm, now owned by Lieutenant William Jones, his great-grandson. This was on the south-west quarter of section 12, town 3, range 12 west. He came to Indiana in 1805 and marked an oak tree by the spring on what has for a long time been known as the Smith Mounts farm, then the Thomas A. Mounts, and now (1902) as the C. B. Smith farm - southeast quarter of section 24, town 3, range 12 west. He then returned to Mount Sterling, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in order to bring his family to Indiana; but for some reason he did not return to Indiana until 1806. When he arrived at the quarter-section on which he had marked the oak tree he found the land occupied by a man, in a rail pen for a house, by the name of Hamer, now known as Heubner. George Heubner of near Poseyville, Indiana is a descendant of that man. So "Purty Old Tom" drove on north to those springs a little south-west of Owensville and made a temporary stop on the Jones land above referred to. It appears that he did not desire this land, as shortly afterward he moved a little south-east to the south-east quarter of sectoin 13, town 3, range 12 west, and entered that land in 1807. This was 95 years ago. This land descended to his youngest son, Walter Crockett Montgomery, and is now in possession of Smith Miller Montgomery, the youngest son of the 19th child of Walter Crockett Montgomery. "Purty Old Tom" was born in Roanoke County, Virginia, 1745; was married to Martha Crockett in Virginia, 1767. She was a sister to Col. Joseph Crockett, of the Revolutionary War, and an own cousin to the famous Davie Crockett of Tennessee, "who so gallantly gave up his life at the old Alamo, bravely fighting for Texas independence." "Purty Old Tom" when a boy 12 years old, with his gun defended from a block-house his mother and several other women and children, killing one Indian and wounding several others. On some one complimenting his courage and bravery he remarked that it was a case of necessity - "foight or doi" (in the Irish brogue). This circumstance was often related by "Roane" Ike Montgomery, a nephew of his, who was born 1799 and died May 14, 1900, aged 91 years. "Purty Old Tom" was one of the seven sons of Hugh Montgomery, Sr., and took part in the Revolutionary War; after which he lived in Montgomery County, Virginia, near the head waters of the Roanoke Springs, not far from Shawsville, Virginia, until 1796 when he moved to Mount Sterling, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, and remained here until they emigrated to Indiana in 1806. He was the first of the family to settle in Knox, now Gibson County, Indiana, and had eight children.
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(the following is from "The Montgomery's and Their Descendants" by D. B. Montgomery p. 381)
Thomas Montgomery served as Lt. in Capt. John Martin's company of Clarks ____ Regiment, Virginia. State troops in the late Indian Expedition under the command of Brigadier General George Roger Clarke, Revolutionary War. A muster roll of the organization mentione, dated March 22, 1783, shows that this service commenced October 22, 1782, and terminated Nov. 20, 1782.
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Thomas Sr. MONTGOMERY and Martha Ellen M. CROCKETT had the following children:
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i.
Hugh Jr.8 MONTGOMERY was born in Virginia? 1768. Hugh
died 1768 in Virginia, at less than one year of age. He married D. SMALL.
561
ii.
Molly MONTGOMERY was born in Virginia? 1770. She married Mathias MOUNTS in
Indiana, 1806.
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iii.
Joseph MONTGOMERY was born in Virginia 3 Mar 1773. Joseph died 1824 in Indiana, at 51 years
of age. He married Nancy DAVIS.
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Jane MONTGOMERY was born 1774.
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Thomas MONTGOMERY was born in Virginia? 1776. He married twice. He married
Betsy WARRICK. He married Kate Teel WILLIAMS. Thomas was a twin of Isaac.
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vi.
Isaac MONTGOMERY was born in Virginia? 1776. He married Martha MCCLURE. Isaac
was a twin of Thomas.
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vii.
Patsy MONTGOMERY was born 1780. She married twice. She married Col. Robert
MCGARY. She married Henry AYERS about 1817.
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viii.
Walter Crockett MONTGOMERY was born in Virginia? 1784. He married twice. He
married Nancy ROBERTS. He married Margaret POWELL.
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