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James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

b. 1830? d. 1886-03-07

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. Native of Ireland. Married to Elizabeth Montgomery. Father of Mary A. Montgomery. Tailor in Louisville in 1860. Employed Mary Swartz as a servant in Louisville in 1860. Convicted of the murder of John Gibbs Jefferson Circuit Court in January 1863. Pardoned by Governor James F. Robinson in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 166.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Gillmans, p. 301B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY Roll 994041, Louisville Deaths, p. 224.

The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), January 15, 1863, p. 3.

The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), January 22, 1863, p. 1.

The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), January 24, 1863, p. 3.

KYR-0001-029-0165.

Citation

Montgomery, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210361 (November 12, 2026).

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