TAYLOR, HANCOCK, WILKINSON, CRAWFORD  COUNTY, GA - BIOS  Samuel Montgomery

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Samuel Montgomery moved with father, William
Montgomery, from South Carolina to Hancock County,
Georgia, and later they moved to Wilkinson County where
William died.  Samuel met and was later married to
Vashti Branan there on January 25, 1824.  She was the
daughter of James and Sarah Tommey (Tomme) Branan.  

Samuel was born on March 6, 1800 and Vashti was born on
April 1, 1803.  Samuel was brought up in the
Presbyterian Church and Vashti was reared in the
Catholic Church.

Around 1834, Samuel and Vashti moved to Crawford County
where they reared their family.  According to the
family Bible and public records, the following children
were born to them:

1.  James              (10/20/1824 – 12/10/1855)  m.
Harriet Martha Davis (1/20/1848, Crawford Co.)

2.  Lucinda           (7/31/1826  -  3/27/1912)    m.
Anderson Churchill Carter (10/27/1842, Crawford Co.)

3.  William            (6/8/1828  -   11/24/1905)   m. 
Sarah Jane Branan 

4.  Mary                 (5/21/1830 -  6/6/1873)
m.  Alexander Pope Jones (8/3/1848, Crawford Co.)

5.  Feraby               (10/14/1832 – 7/22/1919)   m. 
David W. Carter  (2/1/1849, Crawford Co.)

6.  John                  (1/1/1834 – 3/19/1838)

7.  Vincent	       (1/20/1836 – 5/24/1902)      m. 1)
Eleanor J. Shine (3/8/1860, Taylor Co.) 2) Elizabeth
Catherine Shine (1/19/1864, Taylor Co.)

8.  Sarah                 (7/27/1837 – 8/11/1920)      
m.  Isaac James Ricks (1/29/1862, Taylor Co.)

9.  Sebron               (11/21/39 -  4/4/17)          
m.  Josephine Hayes (9/25/1861, Taylor Co.)

10. Eliza                   (1/19/1842 – 8/20/1899)    
m.  William Henry McCrary (12/1/1867, Taylor Co.)

Samuel and Vashti lived in the Crowell area and the
land where they lived in Crawford County eventually
became a part of Taylor County.  Samuel died on
September 1, 1872 and Vashti died on December 3, 1895. 
They were both buried in a family plot on a farm in
Crowell.

Four generations of family letters and business papers
have been catalogued and microfilmed by Emory
University and copies of the microfilm may be found in
the Georgia Archives and the Butler library.  

Other references are:  Crawford County records, Taylor
County records, Wilkinson County records, Montgomery
family Bible, Branan family Bible