The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
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Major Montgomery's Grave:
Editor The Advertiser:

Editor The Advertiser:
 MT. Pickett says in his history of Alabama that the body of Major Mont gomery, who fell at Horseshoe Bend in the last battle with the Creeks, March 27, 1914, was buried there, but after wards exhumed and reinterred at Dade- vile. the County site.
 is strong reason to believe, Is an err TOT. That he had heard of the removal of Major Montgomery's remains from their original resting place is evident ly true. and 1t is possible he wrote Dudleyville, which was mistaken by the printer for Dadeville, and hence the mistake noted in his book.
 However, let that be as it may, am convinced that the bones of this brave officer now rest in the yard of MT. A. H. Mcintosh at old Dudlyville. near the Tallapoosa and Chambers County to be established in that section after the organization of the State and stands on the highest point in that portion of the County. After the In- flourish and reached it's climax about 1860. After the war it continued to be the principal country village for q number of years, and. until fire and a new Dudleyville was founded to the north and east about a half mile, which at this time has all the business and population except the store and resi- uence OI MClHlOSH dI IAAC OAN tOW h site. and in whose front yard tradition says the bones of Major Montgomery now rest.
 In the year 19Oe.I travelled several times through that section and in the fall had the pleasure of being enter tained at luncheon at the hospitable home of MT. Mcintosh. During this visit our kind host told us the story thought that the grave was just to the left, of the walk as you approach the yeranda from the gate on the west: But the letter of Dr. W. G. Carlton of Dudleyville published in recent issue of The Advertiser shows that 1t was right in the walk from the gate to the front entrance. Had I known he slept there should have stepped to one sue erently at the tomb of this noble son of Southern soil.
 After that I was more interested in the story than before and began to in- ouire systematicaliy for authentic in- formation about the removal Of Major Montgomery's remains to Dudleyviiie I found this to be the universal tradi- tion of the>country round about. Al an early date-about 1S35-40-the veter- ans of the war of 1S12-14' determined to remove the remains to Dudleyville. Learning that the body servant who helped to bury his master. had care fully marked the grave at the time; and that this body servant was still alive they sent for him. After con vincing themselves they had discovered the right grave they appointed day for the removal When 1t arrived great number of people (fer That timel gathered at Horseshoe Bend, and the body was taken up and carried In sol emn procession to Dudleyville. Here this company was augmented by many others who joined in the solemn re- quiem. Speeches were made and eulo- gies pronounced by his comrades in arms and others, after which they de- posted the body in the grave.
 Finding my time was short in this section I called the attention of Hon. Thomas M. Owen. Director Of the De. partment of Archives and History of the State of Alabama, to the statement of facts above recited, and he prom ised to continue the investigation which he probably did. But, in order to more fully authenticate the post mortem history of Major Montgomery request that The Advertiser publish this communication in both its daily and weekly editions, with the further request that other weekly papers pub fish 1t, also, so that it may come to the hearing of some one who has per sonal knowledge of the events referred to.
 I might remark in closing that Nor decai, the Jew Indian trader, of whom MT. Pickett says so much, spent his last days at old Dudleyville, and is buried just west of the new town, not far from the old academy. It might be proper to mark his grave with suitable tablet as he served the State so well by furnishing our chief histo- rian with so much valuable informa- tion concerning the customs of the red man. w. l.. Andrews.