TAYLOR COUNTY GA Bios Montfort, Joel E. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/bios/montfort.txt Joel E. Montfort, farmer, Fickling, Taylor Co., Ga., son of Theodrick and Elizabeth (Terrell) Montfort, was born in Green County, Ga., in 1826. His paternal grandfather was John Monfort. He was a native of England, came to America and settled in Virginia just before the Revolutionary War, during which he was a soldier for the patriot army, and afterward moved from Virginia to Georgia and settled in Putnam County. Mr. Montfort's father, was born in Virginia, came to Georgia when a young man, and settled in Putnam County, where he engaged in merchandising. While living in this county, he represented it a number of times in the general assembly. He afterward moved to Greene County, where, in addition to merchandising, he engaged in farming. A few years later he removed to Crawford County, and thence to Talbot County, where he remained a number of years, and besides his other business, ran a line of stages. His maternal grandparents were David and Mary (Munger) Terrell. He was a farmer, and his family was among the early settlers of Greene County. Mr. Montfort was raised on the farm, and received a limited common school education. Early in life, he removed to Crawford County, farmed a while and then went into general merchandise business in Knoxville. In 1851, he removed to Butler, Taylor Co., where he engaged in business until the war between the states was precipitated. During the war, he was engaged in tanning for the Confederate Government and soon after went into business at Reynolds, in Taylor County. After continuing some years, he sold out and retired to his farm, where he now lives, enjoying the fruits of his enterprise and labor. Mr. Monfort was married in 1847 to Miss Mary E. Dugger, born in Virginia in 1828, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Lucas) Dugger. He (James Dugger) was a native of Virginia, a farmer, and migrated to Georgia and settled in Crawford County early in the century. Of the children born to them, three are living: William T., Sarah E., married to Hugh Neisler, and Fannnie T., married to William Neisler. Mrs. Montfort, who was an exemplary member of the Methodist Church, died early in 1878. Mr. Monfort contracted a second marriage in 1878 with Miss Sarah A. Cates, born in Crawford County in 1836, daughter of Turner and Harriet (Walker) Cates. He (Turner Cates) was a native of North Carolina, moved to Georgia, and was among the early settlers of Crawford County. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============