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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 22:20:37 EST

Someone asked me for this additional info on the Montgomery's
The Land of the Lake, by Dr. G. L. Ridenour

Town Plotters Named
As the commissioners appointed to select a county-seat had not performed this
duty, in 1807, an act of the former session was amended by appointing Thomas
Murray, Robert Glenn, Sampson David, John English, John Yount, James Rice and
John Newman, commissioners, January 20, 1808, Colonel Hugh Montgomery deeded
the commissioners 60 acres of land for the new town near Montgomery's
residence in the Walnut Cove. The new town was named Jacksborough in honor
of Judge John F. Jack, of Rutledge.

Hugh Montgomery, son of Hugh Montgomery of North Carolina, in his youth,
removed to Virginia where he took an active interest in politics and served
in the Senate of that state. After his marriage to Miss Euphany Purnell at
Snow Hill, Maryland, he lived in the western part of Virginia, Colonel David
Campbell, who built Campbell's Station in 1787, near Concord in Knox County
married Hugh Montgomery's sister and young Montgomery determined to move to
the new country at the first opportunity. When the Indian claim was
extinguished to the lands in Powell's Valley, he removed to the Walnut Cove
and built the first house on the site of Jacksboro. Other settlers in the
cove owning land prior to 1812 were John English, Micajah Cross, James
Finley, Sampson David, Jacob and Daniel Queener.

Major Lemuel P. Montgomery, for whom the capital of Alabama was named, was
born in Wythe County, VA in 1786. After, his father's removal to the Walnut
Cove, he completed his education at Washington College, TN, and read law with
Judge Trimble. He began the practice of his profession at Nashville and
during the War of 1812, he was appointed major of the 39th Reg. Major
Montgomery was killed at the battle of Horseshoe Bend of the Tallapoosa River
in Alabama on the morning of March 27, 1812. At the time of his death, Major
Montgomery was 28 yrs of age. His eyes were keen and black, his hair was of a
dark auburn color, his weight was 175 pounds, his height was six feet two
inches, his form was admirably proportioned, and he was altogether the finest
looking man in the army. Montgomery Creek across the mountain from Caryville
is named for Major Montgomery.

Hugh Montgomery and his wife are buried on the Indian mound in a field owned
now by Hope Weir, in the Valley below the Eagle Bluff.

>From The Cemetery Book, pg. 91
Hugh Montgomery -1/3/1833 unmarked
Euphama Montgomery -1/12/1834 unmarked


Helen L. Smith Hoke
(I chase dead people)
Researching Smith, Dossett, Kincaid, Carey/Cary, Jordan, Wheeler, Wiggins,
Hicks, Daniel, Jones, Morse/Moss, Royster, McHenry, Alexander, Hill, Koger,
Cain, Deakins, Hollingsworth, Stinnett from Campbell/Claiborne, TN, Marion
Co., TN, Granville/Warren/Vance Co., NC, and Hanover Co., VA

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