MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NC

Montgomery Co., NC USGenWeb site

In 1777, William Ussery , his sons WELCOME and THOMAS , and his brother JOHN USSERY , signed a petition to have a new county formed or to have the present courthouse relocated. The PeeDee River was dividing the county making it very difficult to the inhabitants to travel to the courthouse. As a result of their efforts a new county was formed and named Montgomery, in honor of General Richard Montgomery, who was a distinguished officer of the Revolution, and who fell fighting her battles in his heroic attack upon Quebec, 31 December 1775.

In 1779 Montgomery County was formed from Anson County. Unfortunately, the Montgomery County courthouse records suffered through three disastrous fires, the most destructive occurring in 1835, so the information on the citizens of that county is limited. From what has been researched, it is apparent that William and his family took a very active role in their community.

1800 U.S. Census :

NUMBER/ FIRST & LAST NAME / M & F 0-10/M & F 10-16/M & F 16-26/M & F 26-45/ M & F 45-UP/SLAVES
465-4Thomas Ussery M-0 F1M-1 F-2M-0 F-1M-4 F-0M-1 F-1 11
465-5Mastin UsseryM - 3 F-2M-0 F-0M-0 F-0M-1 F-1M-0 F-05
465-11John MaskM-0 F-0 M-0 F-0M-1 F-0M-1 F-0M-0 F-17
492-8John UsseryM-0 F-4M-0 F-2M-0 F-0M-1 F-1M-0 F-00
492-9Elijah UsseryM-2 F-2M-0 F-1M-0 F-0M-1 F-1M-0 F-00
494-15James UsseryM-1 F-2M-0 F-0M-1 F-0M-0 F-1M-0 F-00
495-1David UsseryM-4? F-1M-0 F-1M-0 F-0M-1 F-1M-0 F-00
510-17Nathan AlmonM-0 F-0M-0 F-0M-0 F-0M-1 F-1M-0 F-02
510-18 Thomas AlmonM-3 F-2M-0 F-1M-0 F-0M-1 F-1M-0 F-00
511-1Edward AlmondM-2 F-3M-0 F-2M-0 F-0M-1 F-1M-0 F-00

Miscellaneous Land Deed Transactions, Montgomery Co., NC.

Deed:

Lunenburg Co., VA Deed: 30 pg 8-May 17, 1832- Mary Callihan's land inherited from John Ussery is sold to John Taylor by Patsy, Henry, Collin and James Callihan. Land location is located in Montgomery Co., NC-- Indenture made the Seventeenth day of May 1832 between Patsy Callihan, Henry Callihan, Collin Callihan and James Callihan of the County of Lunenburg and State of Virginia of the one part and John Taylor of the same county and state of the other part. Consideration: Fifty Dollars onehundred and six and a half acres of land it beinghalf that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Montgomery County and State of North Carolina and containing two hundred and thirteen acres and given to us by John Ussery our grandfather dec'd after the death of Mary Callihan our mother. Indenture witnessed by Freeman Floyd Lute? Mathews, Sam'l Boatwright.

Marriages:

Wm. L. Ussery Marriage

NORTH CAROLINA, Montgomery County
Office of Register of Deeds, February 11, A.D. 1875

To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination, Or any Justice of the Peace for said County: John Boyd having applied to me for a LICENSE for the Marriage of Wm. L. Ussery of Montgomery County, aged 24 years, color white, the son of Hiram Ussery and Catharine Ussery, the father now dead, the mother living, resident of Montgomery Co.
And Eliza Ann Boyd of Montgomery aged 21 years, color white, daughter of Robert Boyd and Adaline Boyd, the father dead, the mother living, resident of Montgomery Co.

And there being no legal impediment to such Marriage known to me, you are authorized, at any time within one year from the date hereof, to celebrate the proposed Marriage at any place within the said County. You are required within two months after you shall have celebrated such Marriage, to return this License to me, at my office, with your signature subscribed to the Certificate under this License, and with THE BLANKS THEREIN FILLED ACCORDING TO THE FACTS, under the penalty of forfeiting TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS to the use of any person who shall sue for the same

Register of Deeds: P. H. Morris
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Montgomery County, I, J.G. Skinner, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony Wm. L. Ussery and Eliza Ann Boyd, the parties Licensed above, on the 13 day of February 1875, at Adaline Boys in Cheeks Creek Township, in said County, according to law.

Witnesses Present At The Marriage: J.G. Skinner
C.G. Cellis of Montgomery Co.
Henry Meachum of Montgomery Co.
James Meachum of Montgomery Co.

Frank Richardson Marriage State of North Carolina, Montgomery County. Office of Register of Deeds, January 13, A.D. 1875 To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination Or any Justice of the Peace for said County:

Green Hogan having applied to me for a License for the Marriage of Frank Richardson of Richmond County, aged 22 years, color white, the son of J.B. Richardson and Viney Richardson, the father now dead, the mother living, resident of Richmond And Mary Ussery of Montgomery aged 18 years, color white, daughter of Miles Ussery and Eliza [Baldwin] Ussery, the father living, the mother living, resident of Montgomery Co.

And there being no legal impediment to such Marriage known to me, you are authorized, at any time within one year from the date hereof, to celebrate the proposed Marriage at any place within said County. You are required within two months after you shall have celebrated such Marriage, to return this License to me, at my office, with your signature subscribed to the Certificate under this License, and with THE BLANKS THEREIN FILLED ACCORDING TO THE FACTS, under penalty of forfeiting TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS to the use of any person who shall sue for same.

Register of Deeds: P.H. Morris State of North Carolina, Montgomery County.
I, J.G. Skinner, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony Frank Richardson and Mary Ussery, the parties Licensed above, on the 14 day of January 1875, at Miles Ussery in Cheeks Creek Township, in said County, according to law.
Witnesses Present At The Marriage: J.G. Skinner, J.P., Robert Boles, William Ussery, Green Hogan

William Ussery Marriage

State of North Carolina, Montgomery County.
Office of Register of Deeds, February 25th, 1874.

To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said county:

William Ussery having applied to me for a LICENSE for the Marriage of William Ussery of Montgomery, aged 23 years color white, the son of James Ussery and Mary A, Ussery the father now living, the mother living, resident of Montgomery, and Eliza Hutchison of Montgomery aged 21 years, color white, daughter of John W. Hutchison and Martha (Jane is crossed out) Hutchison, the father dead, the mother dead, resident of Montgomery.

And there being no legal impediment to such marriage known to me, you are hereby authorized, at any time within one year from the date hereof, to celebrate the proposed marriage at any place within the said County. You are required within two months after you shall have celebrated such marriage to return this License to me, at my office, with your signature, subscribed to the certificate under this License, and with the blanks therein filled according to the facts, under penalty of forfeiting two hundred dollars to the use of any person who shall sue for the same.

Register of Deeds: P.H. Morris
State of North Carolina, Richmond County.
I, T.A. Boone, a Minister in M.E. Church South united in matrimony J.W. Ussery and Eliza A. Hutchison the parties licensed above on the 7 day of March 1874, at Jessie A. Baldwins (unreadable) in Richmond County in Steeles Township, in said County, according to law.

Witnesses Present At Marriage: Thomas A. Boone
J.A. Baldwin of Steeles Township
A.J. Bowden of Steeles Township

1850 US Census

Microfilm #637 - Pages....

Usery, Hiram  NC Montgomery   1850       637 114  
Ussery, George  NC Montgomery   1850       637 114  
 Ussery, Lewis  NC Montgomery   1850       637 114  

 Ussery, Miles  NC Montgomery   1850       637 116  age 41
Ussery, Eliza [Baldwin] - age 30
son Welcome - age 12
son Mastin Alfred - age 11
son Moses - age 9
dau. Frances A - 7
son John F - 5
son Miles - 4
son Zachary - 1 
[dau. Elizabeth was born 1855.  She married Robert Mills]

Upery, William NC Montgomery 1850 637 116 - age 22 wife Roxy [Baldwin] age 25

 Usher, Samuel  NC Montgomery   1850       637 155  age 58
wife Elizabeth age 57
Miranda - 19
Samuel - laborer - 17
John B. - 13
John Crouch - 34 - millwright


 Ussery, John  NC Montgomery   1850       637 148  age 49
wife Nancy age 44
Annis age 22 (This may be the Annis listed in the 1900 US Census, Montgomery Co. She lists
her age as 72, born Feb 1828. I believe she is the mother of George W.  It's not clear if she is
the daughter or dau-in-law.She listed herself as single)
George W. age 2- (This George W. may have been the one who married Mary Lisk November 1875)



  
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 Ussery, Richard  NC Montgomery   1850       637 106  age 70
 Usery, Jemima  NC Montgomery   1850       637 106  age 70

1900 US Census - Montgomery Co:

Cheeks' Creek:
(These are just lists of names - census not copied verbatim)

Annis Ussery - Head - w/f born Feb 1828 age 72 Single born in NC - parents born in NC



Henry M. Ussery - head - w/m born Oct 1874 - farmer born in NC [died in 1913]
Ada - wife w/f born Nov 1880 [died in 1952] - born in NC
Atlas Ussery (relationship not clear) - born 1848 - age 52


Pee Dee Twp:

George I. (Israel) Ussery - Head - w/m - born Feb 1879 - Single born in NC - Farmer
(George married Cornelia "Lillie" T. Williams in 1901)
Mary E. (mn Lisk) - Mother - w/f- born 1855- age 45 - (Mary Ellen Lisk Ussery is
widow of George Washington Ussery)
David - brother - w/m - Feb. 1880 - age 20- Single born in NC - farm laborer (David
married Pat Thompson in 1906)
Thomas - brother- w/m - born Oct 1881 - age 18 - farm laborer

Rocky Springs Twp:
Moses H. Ussery - Head - w/m - born 1840 - widower
(wife was Sarah Jane "Sally" Baldwin)


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