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

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from them, and bestowed upon English and Scotch adventurers.
The family was to a great extent scattered. Those that remained in
Ulster, became tenants upon land that they formerly owned. Upon
one of these farms Charles was born. He was educated for a sur-
veyor, and at the age of 22 left Ireland for America. He landed in
Boston, from whence he went to Wilmington, N. C, and commenced
teaching school. He soon after began surveying.
About 1833, he m., in New Hanover Co., N. C, Sarah Ann New-
ton, whose father was an Englishman, but whose mother was a Bor-
deaux descended from one of the Huguenot families, that after the
edict of Nantes had been repealed, emigrated from France to the
Carolinas. He resided for many years on his plantation on the Cape
Fear river in Cumberland Co., N. C, at which place most of his
children were born. In 1855 he removed to Columbia, S. C. In
1858 he purchased a stock ranch in Bandera, Texas, where he removed
after the close of the late war and resumed surveying. His wife d.
in 1862. He d. June 14, 1889.
CHILDREN.
3412. Mary Catherine, b. about 1835 ; m., 1858, Charles J. Bollin, in Colum-
bia, S. C. She is now a widow, has two children
Eustace Montague and Agnes. Resides in
Greenville, S. C.
3413. James, b. , d. young.
3414. William. b. , d. young.
3415. Agnes, b. about 1837 ; m., 1857, in Columbia, S. C, Howard
Hayne Caldwell. She is now a widow, has one
child, Susan, and resides in Greenville, S. C.
3416. Charles, b. April 10, 1845.
3417. Francenia, b. Dec. 27, 1847; m., 1871, Capt. A. Isaacs. They
reside in Greenville, S. C. No children.
3418. Ellen, b. Oct. 27, 1849, unmarried. Resides in Baltimore, Aid.
3419. John, b. Dec. 14, 185 1, d. 1878.
3420. Andrew Eugene, b. 1856, d. 1862.
3416.
Charles Montague, son of Charles [3407], b. April 10, 1845, in
Cumberland Co., N. C.
Educated at Spring Hill college near Mobile, i\\n. Removed in
1859 to his father's ranch in Bandera Co., Texas, which was then a
small frontier settlement subject to Indian raids. In July, 186 1, he
enlisted in Co. B, 2d Texas mounted riflemen, and served in that