RE: the Below; (1)-Trying to verify a "REV. WAR PATRIOT"- In the "GEORGIA MILITIA"? *LT/ CAPT. JAMES MONTGOMERY*-(b. circa 1736-1808). Lived in the-*WAXHAWS,SC*- Prior to "REV. WAR". Retired to-*JACKSON/ FRANKLIN COUNTY, GA. "DAR" Shows: Enlisted in-(NOV.1777)---*BURKE,GEORGIA-MILITIA*. Some Other Sources say: Enlisted in-(NOV.1777)---*WILKES,GEORGIA- MILITIA*??? Noted the-*EXACT SAME ENLISTMENT DATE*??? (2)- Looking for ANY INTEL on the Above PATRIOT and FAMILY in-*GA*and/or *SC* Thanks and GOD BLESS SEMPER FI BA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 4:49 PM To: Ayers, B. J. Subject: Library Question - Answer [Question #1848012] Hello b ayers Our Ask An Archivist service is intended to answer simple, "ready reference" questions. Your inquiry encompasses a number of questions (none of them easily answered!). We would like to help you, either in the Archives at 5800 Jonesboro Road in Morrow, Georgia, or through our mail reference service. You can print a copy of a Mail Reference Request Form from our website at <www.GeorgiaArchives.org> and submit it with the proper fee. Unfortunately, we can accept only one question with each form; since this would become very expensive with the number of questions you have, it would be better if you or your representative could come to the Archives. Some of the information you are looking for actually may be found only in South Carolina records. We do have a record of commissions that reads "James Montgomery Gentln. Commission Second Lieutenant of a Company of Militia in Burke County, commanded by ditto as above & signed per ditto and ditto datd 8th Nov 1777. Recorded 15 decr 1777." This is in colonial Military Commissions Book B2, page 276. This is a photocopy you could send for or come to the Archives to copy. There is a reference to a record of a James Montgomery as 2d Lt. Capt. John Adam Neisler's company, 15 Dec. 15, 1777. It appears to be the same commission, but evidently it is also in another record. Good luck with your research--and semper fi. ----------------------- Question History: Patron: 19SEP06 LOOKING FOR INTEL ON;---"GEORGIA MILITIA DISTRICTS-CAPTIAN'S of;-" "COLONIAL YEARS-THRU THE REV. WAR" . Our "GEORGIA ANCESTOR"- ***CAPT. JAMES MONTGOMERY- (b.circa 1740-1808)-***. GA. MILITIA-"WILKES COUNTY"---[REV. WAR-1777-End of WAR]. SOME SOURCES SAY: (1)- WAS IN-(what became "HANCOCK COUNTY, GA")-PRIOR TO THE "REV. WAR", AND PRIOR TO-HIS MOVING- TO (BE NEAR FAMILY)-IN THE "WAXHAWS DISTRICT"[SC/ NC]. (2)- HAD BEEN A- "ROYAL-MILITARY OFFICIAL" WITH THE GA/ SC- COL.DISTRICT??? (3)- HAD LATER ON "DIS-AGREED WITH THE ROYAL POLICY, AND BECAME A "PATRIOT/ WHIG" IN THE "WAXHAWS" ,AND JOINED THE "WAXHAWS MILITIA", SERVED A WHILE THERE,(then somehow Ended up Back in GA)??--Enlisting with the "WILKES, GA. MILITIA-1777"-[per D.A.R.]. LOOKING FOR ANY INTEL ON THE ABOVE. LOOKING FOR ANY INTEL ON MILITARY SERVICE-"WAR OF-1812-"-[JACKSON COUNTY, GA. MILITIA]OF:[two sons]. (1)- "MAJ.JAMES MCCONNELL MONTGOMERY"-(b.SC-circa 1770-1842).[over-saw the "Construction of***FORT PEACHTREE***] (2)- "HUGH MONTGOMERY"----------------(b.SC-circa 1768-***). (3)- SOME-SC- HISTORICAL SOURCES THIS FAMILY WAS "CLOSE FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS OF THE "GEN/ PRES. "ANDREW JACKSON FAMILY"---[IN THE WAXHAWS DISTRICT, SC] ??? THANKS AND GOD BLESS SIMPER FI BA Librarian 1: Our Ask An Archivist service is intended to answer simple, "ready reference" questions. Your inquiry encompasses a number of questions (none of them easily answered!). We would like to help you, either in the Archives at 5800 Jonesboro Road in Morrow, Georgia, or through our mail reference service. You can print a copy of a Mail Reference Request Form from our website at <www.GeorgiaArchives.org> and submit it with the proper fee. Unfortunately, we can accept only one question with each form; since this would become very expensive with the number of questions you have, it would be better if you or your representative could come to the Archives. Some of the information you are looking for actually may be found only in South Carolina records. We do have a record of commissions that reads "James Montgomery Gentln. Commission Second Lieutenant of a Company of Militia in Burke County, commanded by ditto as above & signed per ditto and ditto datd 8th Nov 1777. Recorded 15 decr 1777." This is in colonial Military Commissions Book B2, page 276. This is a photocopy you could send for or come to the Archives to copy. There is a reference to a record of a James Montgomery as 2d Lt. Capt. John Adam Neisler's company, 15 Dec. 15, 1777. It appears to be the same commission, but evidently it is also in another record. Good luck with your research--and semper fi. To check the status or the history of your library question(s), go to: http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/servlet/org.oclc.ask.PatronDirect?&lang uage=1&[email protected]&qid=1848012