Jan, I checked my genealogy program and I don't have anything on James and Catherine Montgomery, and by extension, their son James. (I'm surprised because most of my 1790s, early Natchez files, form the basis of my Montgomery research, and I thought they were fairly complete). As an early planter, and with few Montgomerys in the area, James ought to stand out. Since he bought land in 1794, he must have been at least in his 20s or 30s, so he would have been born in the 1760s or 70s. The 1790s and early 1800s are when the five Montgomery brothers came to Natchez. Their brother James was not one of them, so I'm wondering about your mystery James. As far as I know, they were the earliest Montgomery settlers in the area. My Rev. William Montgomery line is incomplete, so I wouldn't recognize whether he had a brother James or not. He settled in the area in 1811, but did missionary work in the territory as early as 1800. This is worth following-up, so I've printed your email and will dig further into it. Your James may be a clue to the missing Montgomery families we've been searching for. Mark