During the Civil War, David Washington MONTGOMERY (1842-1879), a Cherokee Co, NC resident, was in Co F, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, USA, as were his brothers Elijah and Isaac:
Information from the regiment’s muster rolls - Co F, 2nd Tenn Cav Regiment, USA extracts:
MONTGOMERY, David
Rank: PVT
Age: 18
Enlisted: 1 Aug 1862 Mustered: 26 Jan 1863
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Notes: This shows a term of service of 5 months, 25 days - not quite 6 months; the record indicates that David was 18 when he entered the Army, but his birth information from the family Bible indicates that he was more likely only a few days shy of his 20th birthday. During his period of service, the unit was engaged in the Stones River Campaign around Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Co, TN.
[NARA Micropublication M392, Roll 11]
MONTGOMERY, Isaac T
Rank: PVT
Age: 34
Enlisted: 1 Aug 1862 Mustered: 26 Jan 63
Remarks: Left sick at Flat Lick, Ky., 29 Sep 1862
MONTGOMERY, Elijah
Rank: SGT
Age: 20
Enlisted: 1 Aug 1862 Mustered: 26 Jan 1863
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Following the war, in 1866, David married Mary BRANNON/BRANDON [see | here |], and the couple moved shortly afterwards from Cherokee County, NC - David’s birthplace and their marriage location - to Roane County, Tennessee, where David died of consumptionin 1879. He is buried just across the Roane Co line in the Bean Community Graveyard, Rhea Co, TN. He was a son of Allen MONTGOMERY and Susannah (LARGENT) MONTGOMERY.
Sources: [1] NARA M392, Roll 11. [2] Photo of grave marker by tn type; (3) Cherokee Co, NC and Roane Co, TN census records; (4) Cherokee Co, NC marriage record; (5) Bible of Lillian Floretta Montgomery McNew [photocopy of births page, Leland Rodgers Research Collection compiled by Linda LaHue, 2005.]
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