Henry Montgomery

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Died young? Not on 1880 census with the rest of his family.

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He appears to have been named in honor of Adoniram Judson (1788-1850), a prominent Baptist Missionary to Burma

Enlisted in the CSA with his brother Theodore Wall in New Orleans in 1862. After the fall of New Orleans they transferred to Co. B., 17th Louisiana Infantry. A.J. was captured and paroled in the Siege of Vicksburg in Mississippi. He was paroled at Natchitoches at the close of the war. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 83).

Adoniram married Laura Georgetta Mabry on 24 Jun 1863 in Hinds County, Mississippi. Laura was born about 1841 in Mississippi; died on 22 Mar 1893 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
They had at least 3 children. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 83).

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A Joseph Montgomery was listed on the 1816 census in Adams County, Mississippi and on the 1818 Tax list for the same, later moving to the Neutral Strip-Negreet. He claimed lands in Sabine Parish in early 1820's cort in Natchitoches, La. However, he is listed as owning land as early as 1805 and being one of the settlers on the Rio Hondo lands. He was a private in the 12th and 13th consolidated Regiment, Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812. He was listed as owning 6 or more slaves in 1861. According to Lona Mae Duggan Gordon, Joseph lived in a double pen house. Usually constructed of Pine logs, there were one or more rooms in two separate enclosures under one roof. When first arriving in Sabine Parish, there were many bears that often would attack livestock, so Joseph brought the livestock into the cabin penned in a corner by the chimney for protection.

Joseph Turner Montgomery, Lavinia Montgomery, and Nancy Morris all have their names on a bronze plaque beside the door of the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Negreet which states, "On the third Sunday in December, Anno Domino, 1826, Zion Hill Church was constituted by the following Presbytery to wit: William Cook and James Martin." The land the church was built on was donated by Joseph. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 82-83).

The History of Sabine Parish, Louisiana (author John Belisle, The Sabien Banner Press, 1912) states that "in 1860 the white population of Sabine Parish numbers about four thousant, and there were less than two thousand slaves. There were few really wealthy people in the parish, and many owned not more than one of two slaves. the owners of six or more in 1861 included Joseph F. Montgomery.

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At the time of the 1870 census enumeration, Joseph T. Montgomery, age 105, was living with his son and daughter-in-law, A J and Laura Mongomery, in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. He was shown as born ca 1865 in Mississippi.

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Census Information:


1860 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, P. O. Many
Enumerated 27 Jun 1860
Page 35
248-248
J. T. Montgomery 91 M Farmer 22000 4000 Miss
Levina Montgomery 66 F SC
A. D. Montgomery 24 M --- 270 La
Mary B. Montgomery 22 F La
Elizabeth L. Montgomery 11 F La
Julia T. Montgomery 9 F La
Adelaid Montgomery 6 F La

Joseph married Lavinia Wall on 30 Sep 1819 in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Lavinia (daughter of ??? Wall and Nancy Stroud) was born on 29 Jun 1797 in South Carolina; died on 16 Dec 1863 in Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
They had eight children.

??? married Nancy Stroud before 1796. Nancy was born before 1780; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Stroud family of South Carolina was closely associated with the Bird Wall and Drury Wall family of South Carolina. Many members of this family either moved together from Tennessee and then to Louisiana, some settling in Tennessee and others in Sabine Parish. The name Bird Wall has been seen several times in Parish records in one form or another, but the identity of Nancy's first husband is not known. She married 2) John Morris (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 82).

Joseph Turner Montgomery, Lavinia Montgomery, and Nancy Morris all have their names on a bronze plaque beside the door of the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Negreet which states, "On the third Sunday in December, Anno Domino, 1826, Zion Hill Church was constituted by the following Presbytery to wit: William Cook and James Martin."