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Montgomery County Virginia
 Montgomery County was established in 1776 from the northeastern part of Fincastle County (now abolished). The county's name honored General Richard Montgomery, killed during the assault on Quebec late in 1775. At the time of its creation, Montgomery covered nearly 12,000 square miles and extended westward to the Ohio River. In 1777 the western half of Montgomery was cut off to form Greenbrier County. Following this division, Montgomery County was still immense. Its territory included all or part of the following counties: Buchanan, Craig, Giles, Pulaski, Roanoke, Tazewell, Wythe and the West Virginia counties of Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, and Wyoming.
A portion of Kanawha County was separated from Montgomery in 1788. In 1794 the boundary between Montgomery and Grayson was adjusted and the following year (1795) the line between Botetourt and Montgomery was altered slightly (a further alteration of this second line occurred in 1796) In 1808 Giles County was formed from part of Montgomery, followed by Floyd County in 1831. In 1839 another part of Montgomery was transferred to Floyd County. in 1840 a single farm was transferred back to Montgomery's control. In 1842 part of Pulaski County was given back to Montgomery. In 1849 Roanoke County annexed an adjacent portion of Montgomery lands and in 1853 part of Montgomery was added to form Craig County. Montgomery's boundaries stabilized at that point.
For a better understanding of county boundary changes, see our new section Virginia in Maps
 MONTGOMERY CO., VA 1810 CENSUS transcribed by John Vogt. 10 1/2 x 8 1/2, x, 39 pages, illustrations, maps, index. This is the first surviving
census for Montgomery, since both the 1790 and 1800 censuses have been lost. A full name index is provided.
Montgomery was an important and populous county in the mountainous foothills of southwestern Virginia and it was situated along the Great Road or Valley Road as it was called, which stretched from Maryland to the cumberland Gap and beyond into Tennessee and Kentucky,
This and other 1810 censuses are transcribed by the author from the original images, and while many of Virginia's
censuses are available online, they oftentimes are replete with misreadings.Caveat emptor!
[MNT10] $11.00 (printed version)
The above title is also available as a digital e-book in PDF format: HOW TO ORDER
[EMNT10] $8.00 (electronic version)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA: THE FIRST 100 YEARS
by Judge C. W. Crush. ii, 209 pages, 8½ x 11, index. Montgomery County, Va. was a "stem" county for much of the western expansion, and sets
astride the great migration trails west and south. The author has transcribed original sources
which elucidates the history of this county's first century through the period of the late nineteenth
century. A sampling of the documentation includes personal diaries, military roles, county court
records, reminiscences of past citizens of the county, and a wide range of other valuable
sources. This volume is destined to be a "classic" for references to the earliest records of
Montgomery and its subsequent divisions.
[MTGS] (paper) $31.95
Montgomery Co. 1815 Directory of Landowners
by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 33 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
For a full description of the 1815 LAND DIRECTORY Records and a listing of available counties, see:
Individual County Booklets, 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners
[Vd69] $8.00
Montgomery Co. Revolutionary Public Claims
transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.. 2005. 21 pages, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
For a full description of the Virginia Revolutionary Public Claims and a listing of available counties, see:
Revolutionary "Publick" Claims series
[Pc46] $6.00 (printed version)
The above title is also available as a digital e-book in PDF format: HOW TO ORDER
[EPc46] $3.50 (electronic version)
For more records pertaining to MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA see also:
- MEN IN GRAY INTERMENTS series
and the following counties which once formed Greater Montgomery County at its inception:
- Giles, Pulaski, Wythe, Greenbrier, Buchanan, Craig, Floyd, Roanoke, Tazewell, Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, and Wyoming Counties, plus the now extinct county of Fincastle.
- Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
Chart on the Formation of Virginia Counties
Atlas of County Boundary Changes in Virginia, 1634-1895
Index to the 1810 Virginia Census
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