Person

George W. Montague (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk)

b. 1821-02-21 d. 1875-05-07

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of James Montague. Married to Margaret T. Moore Montague in Greensburg, Kentucky, on April 6, 1843. Father of Elizabeth "Betty" E. Montague, James Brown Montague, Daniel Brown Montague, Arabella "Belle" Montague, Margaret A. Montague, Johanna "Jane" L. Montague, and McClelland Montague. Clerk in Taylor County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Taylor County in 1850. Farmer in Taylor County in 1860. Clerk of the Taylor County Court and Taylor Circuit Court from 1855 to 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 194A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 36.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Division 2, p. 662.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Logan County, West Lincoln, p. 271A.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1855 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1856), 355-57.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06.

"George W. Montague (1821-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial #30682648, accessed January 25, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30682648.

George William Montague, History and Genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia, and his Descendants, 1621-1894, (Amherst, MA: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1894), 209.

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Montague, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211170 (November 12, 2026).

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