History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

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id said in unmistakable accents, that there was a man of God.
is congregations always loved him very dearly, and whenever it
:came necessary for him to sever his connection with any church as
istor, it was hard to give him up. He was often called back to
each at funerals, etc. He preached fourteen years at the Fork
iiirch, some seven or eight years at Musterfield, and fifteen or
enty at Aarons Creek, all in Halifax Co., Va. He served fourteen
ars as pastor of Buffalo church in Mecklenburg Co., Va. In North
irolina he served Mill Creek as pastor for about forty years, Olive
janch some fifteen or twenty, and Bethel Hill some thirty or thirty-
r
e years. He was also pastor of Antioch, in Person Co., where he
ed. He was a life-long friend of the late Rev. Thos. King of
alifax Co., Va., and was very highly esteemed by him. He was
ways held in very high esteem by such men as J. C. Averett, John
irden, Alfred Blanks, Wm. Arnold, Dr. E. F. P. Pool, and Robert
Overby. Mr. Montague was a good singer, and this in no small
gree added to his worth as a preacher.
He m., Nov. 18, 1838, Miss Barsheba Pittard, of Granville, N. C,
10 was, in every respect, the counterpart he needed to round up his
e for usefulness in his Master's cause. She was b. Jan. 31, 18 16,,
Granville Co. He died at his home at Bethel Hill, Person Co.,
C, on Sunday morning, May 7 (or 17?), 1887, of typhoid pneu-
Dnia, a disease he always dreaded. " He had an abundant entrance
to the new Jerusalem." His wife survives, and resides at Bethel
ill, N. C.
CHILDREN.
30. T/iomas /., b. Sept. 5, 1839, d. May 4, 1889.
31. William L., b. Dec. 29, 1840.
32. George £., b. Sept. 8, 1844, in Person Co., N. C.
1237.
Martha S. Montague, dau. of John [395], b. Dec. 30, 18 19, in
ranville Co., N. C; ;;/., Dec. 16, 1841, John W. Pittard. Resides
Clay Depot, N. C. ( Granville Co.)
children.
33. Louisa K, b. April 16, 1843.
34- Celestia E., b. Jan. 31, 1846 ; m., Nov. 24, 1875, William T. Wood.
She d. May 10, 187S.
35. Columbia _/., b. Oct. 28, 1848, d. Sept. 13, 1849.
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