Peter Montague (1732 - 1820)

Born 1732 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia

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Descendants

Died 1820 at about age 88 in Orange, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Private Peter Montague served with 2nd Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Peter Montague is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A081250.

Peter Montague is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P250961
Rank: Private

Peter was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1732. Peter enlisted with the "Virginia Line", during the Revolutionary War, in February 1777 in the 2nd Virginia Regiment.^[1] After his enlistment ran out, Peter reenlisted as a substitute and served during the war.^[2] His Revolutionary War Pension indicates that he had 3 years of actual service. Some of that time was served under Capt. Alexander Parker.^[3] Other documentation indicates he was at some point under Major William Moore.^[4] In 1795 Peter transferred 94 acres to his son, Andrew Montague. Peter died in 1820 at the home of his son John in Orange County, Virginia.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://revwarapps.org/s38239.pdf
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} History and Genealogy of Peter Montague of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia, and His Descendants, 1621-1894. George William Montague. Press of Carpenter & Morehouse. Amherst, Mass., USA. 1894. Page 78 and 103.
3. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/25361272
4. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/286702809

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 12, 2016), "Record of Peter Montague", Ancestor # A081250.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWYS-RFQ : accessed 2016-07-11), entry for Peter MONTAGUE.
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2384572&id=I513018381
• https://www.fold3.com/image/25361236
• https://www.fold3.com/image/23587005
• https://www.fold3.com/image/255075472
• https://www.fold3.com/image/23277247