Montgomery family papers
Contributors: Montgomery, Isaiah T. (Isaiah Thornton), 1847-1924; Montgomery, Mary Virginia, b. 1852; Shepperd, Gladys Byram
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: African Americans; Local History; Slavery; Slaves; History
Description: Typescript of a speech (1890) by Isaiah T. Montgomery; diary (1872) of Mary Virginia Montgomery, daughter of Benjamin Montgomery; biographical sketches of Mary C. Booze, daughter of Isaiah T. Montgomery, and Eugene P. Booze, her husband; typescript by Gladys Byram Shepperd entitled, The Montgomery Saga: From Slavery to Black Power (1971); thesis by Maurice Elizabeth Jackson entitled, Mound Bayou--A Study in Social Development (1937); and printed material relating to the town of Mound Bayou, Miss.
Notes: Open to research.

In part, typewritten transcripts.

Gift, Mrs. Eugene V. Wood and Gladys B. Shepperd, 1971.

transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Family of Benjamin Thornton Montgomery and his wife Maria, manager-slaves of Jefferson Davis and his brother Joseph Emory Davis.  In 1867 the Davis's sold their plantation holdings, known as Davis Bend, to Benjamin and his two sons Thornton and Isaiah T. Montgomery.  Isaiah T. Montgomery founded the African American community of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, in 1887.

Collection material in English.