Andrew L. Montgomery and Susan January 31, 2000

Vital Statistics:
Andrew L. Montgomery Susan
Born: About 1811, Bedford County, Tenn. Born: About 1817, in Tennessee
Married: About 1833 in Tennessee Died: After 1870, prob. in Tennessee
Died: Between 1850/1860 in Tennessee

Locations:
1811 Bedford County, Tennessee
1840 Coffee County, Tennessee
1850 Bedford County, Tennessee
1860 Coffee County, Tennessee
1870 Coffee County, Tennessee

Biography:
Andrew L. Montgomery was born in Bedford County, Tennessee in about 1811 (1). At that time, Bedford County was only about 4 years old, being formed in 1807 from Rutherford County, and Tennessee had been a state for only fifteen years, since it was admitted to the Union in 1796.

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As a matter of interest, the Bureau of Census has estimated that the national background of all white Tennesseans from the earliest settlement up to and including 1850 is English (81%), Scottish (11 %), German (3%), or other (5%), and place of origin by State could have been North Carolina (41%), Virginia (27%), South Carolina (9%),or Georgia (3%) for a total of 80%. Middle Tennessee reflects an origin more likely from the Carolina Piedmont. (7)

In about 1833, Andrew married a lady by the name of Susan, in Bedford or Coffee County, Tennessee since Andrew was born there and is still located there in the 1840 Census. To date, the parents of Andrew L. Montgomery and wife Susan is unknown. Andrew and Susan had a total of nine children that were known, 5 girls and 4 boys.

In the 1840 Census Andrew and Susan are shown in Coffee County Tennessee with 4 of his children. One son under the age of 5, two daughters under 5, and one daughter between 5-10 years old.(2) Based on the 1850 Census, this would be Eliza Jane, Malissa, Mary Ann, and John A.J.

In 1850 Andrew shows up in the 1850 U.S. Census in Civil District No. 2, Bedford County, Tennessee. Andrew's occupation was farmer. At that time, Andrew's was listed as being 39 years of age, and Susan his wife was listed as being 33 years of age. The children were listed as Eliza Jane, born about 1834; Malissa, born about 1836; Mary Ann, born about 1839; John A.J., born about 1840; Margaret, born about 1842; William, born about 1844; Hugh B., born about 1846; Archibald P.T., born about 1848; and Martha M.A. being six months old. All of the children were listed as being born in Tennessee. (3)

By the 1860 Census, Andrew was not listed as the father of the family. It is assumed that he died between 1850 and 1860. Susan was listed as the head of household, and was 43 years old. The children still in the home were Malissa, John, Margaret, William, Hugh, and Thomas (Thomas being the T. of Archibald P.T.) Since there were no other children after Thomas, Andrew probably died in the early 1850's.(4)

In 1861, Tennessee ceded from the Union. At that time, Susan was 44 years old and raising a family of six children. Hugh, the authors ancestor, was about fifteen years old. The Confederacy received about 110,000 soldiers from Tennessee and the Union about 31,000 with most being from eastern Tennessee. The Battle of Murfreesboro took place on December 31, 1862 nearby at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Tennessee was readmitted to the Union in 1866. (4)(5)

By the 1870 Census, only a few children were left in the home. Those indicated in the home were Susan listed as 54 years of age, Malissa, William, and Hugh with all being indicated as being born in Tennessee.(6) John, Andrew and Susan's first son, is found as the head of a nearby household. Those found with John in 1870 are Clarissa, age 21; Susan, age 7; Julia, age 5, and Savisy, age 2. (6)

It is interesting to note that in 1870, Susan's son Hugh, is the only Hugh listed in Coffee County Tennessee, which indirectly establishes the link of Hugh back to Andrew and Susan. The LDS records on file at Salt Lake City, Utah (IGI files), also indicate that Andrew and Susan are the parents of Hugh(1).

While Susan Montgomery's date of death is unknown, she must have died after the 1870 U.S. Census, and probably died in Coffee County, Tennessee.

Records:
(1)     IGI Index, LDS LIbrary
(2)     1840 U.S. Census, Tennessee, Coffee County, pg. 159, no township listed
(3)     1850 U.S. Census, Tennessee, Bedford County, Civil Dist. No. 2, page 184
(4)     1860 U.S. Census, Tennessee, Coffee County, Cf 161-26
(5)     Handybook for Genealogist, United States, Eighth Edition, by Everton Publishers.
(6)     1870 U.S. Census, Tennessee, Coffee County, Cf-26
(7)     Genealogical Research, Methods and Sources, Vol. II , A.S.G., pg. 153.

Items to Verify:
1. County Histories of Coffee, Bedford, and Giles County Tennessee.
2. Will/Probate/or Death Record of Andrew L. Montgomery between 1850-1860
3. Will/Probate/ or Death Record of Susan Montgomery, who died after 1870
4. Marriage record between Andrew L. and Susan Montgomery about 1833.
5. Any of the children serving in the Civil War.
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The Goodspeed History of Coffee County
From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of from Twenty-five to Thirty Counties of East Tennessee, Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Reminiscences, Etc., Etc.

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1887

3The other early settlers of the county were as follows: . . . .William Moore, Benjamin Deckerd, Thomas Anderson, Robert Ragon, _____ Montgomery, _____ Ferrill, B. S. Stephenson and the Gunn family in the Thirteenth District

Among the citizens of the county at the time of its organization, living in various localities, were . . . John Lusk, William Montgomery, John Bragg, . . .

Adam Rayburn, Alfred Ashley, Robert S. Rayburn, Alex Downey, John G. Walker, Larkin Burnham, Wm. Hodge, Johnson Garrett, James Zell, Wm. Montgomery, Gabriel Jones, Lecil Bobo, Josiah Berry, John W. Camden, John Herriford, John Charles, James W. Arnold, John

7Lusk, Jesse Wooton, Wade Stroud and Wm. Holmes, all bearing commissions from the governor appointing them magistrates for Coffee County, met at the old log Baptist meeting-house which stood on the site of Manchester, the county seat, on Monday, May 2, 1836, and after taking the oath of office, organized the county court