20NOV07 MY DEAR MR. T; List; Anything that you might have about the *MONTGOMERY/ STEPHENSON* Connection would be greatly appreciated. We have seen STEPHENSON with our' MONTGOMERY across "the CAROLINIAS", "east TENN" to "GILES, TN and beyond. We have seen these two families down in "LIMESTONE County, ALABAMA", and then in-[what became] - the "TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA" areas. Later on even out West in-[what became]-MONTGOMERY County, TEXAS!!! "Roots must run deep" ehhhh??? THANKS & GOD BLESS BA- In North GA!! (1)- JAMES MONTGOMERY- (2)- CAPT.SAMUEL MONTGOMERY-(b.PA-circa-1730-1808)-[GEN.MARTIN ARMSTRONG'S-"SURVEYOR CORPS"]!! Both were in "GILES/ MAURY, TN-(before-1807), all three families were neighbors with "STEPHENSON'S"!!! Tracking MONTGOMERY/ STEPHENSON/BROWN/CLEMENTS/FOSTER, amongst others. From: Tommy Stephenson [mailto:tdstepen@peoplescom.net] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:45 AM To: Ayers, B. J. Subject: Stephenson and Armstrong B.J. Old John Stephenson of Bullock Creek in York had a son named John and as far as I can tell he probably lived and died in York County,S.C. His son James M. Stephenson left a will in York Co,S.C. in the 1840's and his father John Stephenson was mentioned. I think James Montgomery might have belonged to the Montgomery families in Chester or Lancaster Co,S.C. Lately, I have seen some messages for Chester or Lancaster County,S.C. asking about Montgomerys and there seems to be some information on the Montgomery's there. Not all the Stephensons came down the Old Wagon Road from Virginia and North Carolina to South Carolina. There were five ship loads of people that sailed from County Antrim,Ireland to the port of Charleston South Carolina in 1773. Among them were some Stephensons that settled mainly in the county of Chester. Some of the other settled in the counties of Lancaster,York, and Fairfield. The true spelling of their name was Stephenson,but they went by Stinson which is the Scottish vernacular for Stephenson. There was a John Stephenson in early in Lancaster Co,S.C. I don't know much about him,but a James White Stephenson taught school in Lancaster Co,S.C.,in the Waxhaws,as they call it. Andrew Jackson was one of his pupils. James White Stephenson went on to the Williamburg District in South Carolina and became a preacher of a Presbyterian Congregation there. In 1803, James White Stephenson and his congregation which included Dickeys,Armstrongs,Dobbins,and others went to Maury Co,TN and started the Mt.Zion Baptist Church. The history of Mt. Zion Church has James White Stephenson and his congregation coming from Scotland to County Down Ireland. After coming to America he lived in Lancaster Co,PA before going to South Carolina. In 1748, a William Stephenson migrated from County,Antrim,Ireland to Pennsylvania to join his Mother, where she lived at the time with her new husband, a Mr. White who she had married in Ireland. By the 1760's, William Stephenson,who had changed his name to Stevenson and went to Iredell Co,N.C. The book on him claims that he had a brother John Stephenson who went to South Carolina. The book also claims,as I have mentioned the Stephensons,Stevensons,Stinsons, in the counties of Chester,Lancaster,York,and fairfield were related. This William Stevenson had a large family and had many descendents. We don't know for sure,but we think that my John Stephenson was the John Stephenson and Jane James who sold out to a William Ramsey in Old Augusta Co,VA,now Rockbridge in 1752. John Stephenson seems to have lived for a long while in York Co,S.C. before he sought title to his land in 1764. It seems to be a fact that one David Stephenson,who lived in Old Augusta Co,VA,settled on Turkey Creek in York Co,S.C,not far from my John Stephenson on Bullock Creek. I am 62 years old and have studied various Stephenson families most of my life. I have all the books on the early Stephensons. The only Montgomery,as far as, I can tell, was connected to my Stephensons in York Co,S.C. Baptized at the Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church in Old Augusta Co,VA: John Stephenson [father, sponsor] Thomas 1743 Mary 1745 John 1748 David Stephenson [father, sponsor] William 1740 Mary 1742 David 1746 David 1748 B.J. Check the lists of names of the people who were on board the ships with the Stephensons,Stevensons,Stinsons of the Rev. William Party in 1773. There are Montgomerys. There was a David,Hugh,Robert, and John Montgomery that I saw under "The Lists" http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~merle/Rm/index.htm