Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9042, for John Montgomery, North Carolina
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March 2, 1933
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BA-J/EEL
John Montgomery-S.30593
John Montgomery-S. 9042

Mrs. Mary Lou Adams
207 East Harvard Avenue
College Park, Georgia

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to two soldiers named John Montgomery, one of whom was living in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1840, and the other in Wilkes County, North Carolina, in same year.

You are herewith furnished the histories of two John Montgomery's one of whom applied for pension while residing in Adair County, Kentucky, and the other in Guilford County, North Carolina, and is the only soldier of that name who served with the North Carolina Troops or who applied for pension in North Carolina, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

John Montgomery
S. 30593
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.30593, based upon the military service of John Montgomery in that war.

John Montgomery was born April 3, 1762, place not stated.

While residing in Amherst County, Virginia, he enlisted in May, 1779, served eighteen days as a private under Captain Burris in the Virginia Troops and was stationed at Albemarle Barracks to guard prisoners of Burgoyne's Army; in the fall of 1780, he volunteered, served in Captain John Morrison's Company, Colonel Meade's Virginia Regiment and was stationed at Petersburg, Virginia, length of service three months; in January, 1781, he enlisted and served three months
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1933 - Mar 2 History to Mrs Mary Lou Adams, Letter in case John Montgomery

S30593- Clk

9042
Rev War INVALID
File No. 9042

John Montgomery
Pri Rev War

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[Arrangement of 1870.]
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John Montgomery

from 1780 private
6 months
$20
all [illegible]
Hon A. H. Shepperd