Okay, I know there were forty-'leven James MONTGOMERYs in SW Virginia in the early to mid 1800s. In seven years of searching I have not found one link to mine. Maybe someone on this list will recognize a spouse's name. James was born in VA in 1815. He m. Lucretia Belle NORRIS (b. 1819 TN). He appears on the 1840,50,60 and 70 Washington Co. Census. Moved to KY in 1873. Marriage license not yet found. His children of record are Thomas King Montgomery, b. 1836, m. Sarah Ellen DAVIDSON in Smythe Co. and daughter Louisa, b. 1839. She m. first Samuel SAUL, Washington Co. 1855 and second, Benjamine MOREFIELD in 1858. A deed in Washington Co. says James, Sr. (was there a James, Jr.??) and Thomas together purchased 132 acres in Poor Valley in 1863 for $1000. My grandfather's (son of Thomas) birth record gave their address as Saltville. Family tradition is that two brothers came from Ireland as stowaways during the French and Indian Wars. Their family later sent them a shipment of linen to sell. I spent a wonderful week in beautiful Abingdon and Marion. This, plus the fact that Thomas had been a Constable, was all I could find. Does anyone have any suggestions,please? Sue McNaught