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

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DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
of Orange who resided about 10 miles N. W. of Orange, C. H. This
marriage record (and dates) is from the Johnson Genealogy prepared |
by Hon. Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio, M. C. Mrs. Hannah s
Montague was a sister of Col. Robert Johnson^, a prominent and
distinguished pioneer of Kentucky, who went from Orange Co., dur-
ing the stormy period of the Revolution, [1779]. descendants say i
that Mr. Montague and Col. Johnson came to Ky. together in 1779
and brought their families. A great-grand-dau. of Mr. Montague
writes, that "Mr. Montague was a gentleman of large property in land
and servants, belonging to one of the old time, wealthy, aristocratic
families of Va." On arriving in Ky. he settled first at Bryant's j
Station where there was a fort. This was a frontier post, five miles
north east of Lexington, and was greatly exposed to the hostilities of
the Indians. It was settled in 1779 by the four Bryant brothers, from i
N. C. one of whom, William Bryant had married a sister of Col.
Daniel Boone. Mr. Montague resided at Bryant's Station a few
years and then moved to Boone Co. and bought a large tract of land and
built a log house. Here he resided until his death. Sometime after
his death his wife m. (2), Robert Bradley and moved to Scott Co.,
Ky., where she had several children, among them two sons, Stephen
and Johnson Bradley, who moved from Scott to Boone Co., where
they both married but died childless. The Johnson Genealogy says
she left numerous children and grandchildren. Mr. Montague was
buried in Boone Co., in his family grave yard. No will is recorded
in Boone Co.
represented Orange Co. in the House of Burgesses, 1756. He m. Hannah Bledsoe, dau. of
William Bledsoe. Their children were, David ; John; William; Richard of Ky.; Ann of
North Carolina; Sally, who m. Strother; Hannah, who m. Capt. Mallory of Phillip 1644,
ancestor of Hon Robert Mallory, M. C, from Ky. 36th to 38th U. S. Cong.; Elizabeth, who
m. Col. William Johnson; Benjamin, Jr., who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. John and Ruth
[Sydnor] Belfield of Richmond Co., Va. The children of Col. William and Elizabeth [Cave]
Johnson were, Valentine, who m. Elizabeth Cave; Fontaine, who m. Miss Duke; Lucy, m.
Suggett; Sally, m. Dickerson; Benjamin, m. Barbour; Col. Robert, who m. Miss Suggett,
and had Col. Richard M., Vice-Pres't U. S.; John T., Judge of Court of Appeals, Ky., M.C.
1821-25, and for thirty years a clergyman, d. Dec. 28, 1857; and James.— H. This authority
does not mention Hannah, who m. Thomas Montague.
* Col. Robert Johnson settled in Scott Co. and was the father of Col. Richard M. John-
son, who, it is claimed, was the first white child born in Ky. Col. Richard became distinguished
in the early days of the state; led his regiment at the battle of the Thames in the war
of 1812, under Gen. Wm. H. Harrison, and in a hand to hand conflict with that most powerful
savage Tecumseh he killed him. [Collins Hist. Ky. Century Mag. Jan., 1885, p. 477, Va. Gen.
H.] He was afterward elected and served as Vice-Pres ;
t of the U. S. under Van Buren. He
was M. C. 1815-1819, U. S. Senator 1819-1829, M. C. 1829-1837-
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