History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

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he Va. Legislature. He was one of five members who founded the
5 resbyterian church in Christiansburgh, namely, Dr. Joseph S. Eddie,
vfr. William Wade, Rice D. Montague, Mrs. Nancy Bowyer, and her
aster Mary, Mrs. Creed Taylor, both daughters of James Craig, one
>f the first settlers of Montgomery Co. Mrs. Craig was sister of
jen. Montgomery who was killed at the storming of Quebec (Can-
ida). The above three men were the first ruling elders chosen, and
lerved as such until their death. Mr. Montague was a promoter of
ill good works calculated to build up the town ;
liberal in giving
noney to erect churches, schools, etc. From his long experience as
:ounty clerk, his legal opinion and advice was much sought after and
)ften accepted, thus saving to many parties useless costs and loss of
ime in suits at law. A famous Judge of the court of appeals stated
hat records prepared by him were the neatest and most correct of
iny furnished by any clerk in the state.
He ;;/., Dec. 15, 1824, Miss Mary Thomas McClanahan* of
Roanoke Co., Va. She was b. May 17, 1805, d. March 20, 187 1.
3e d. Nov. 9, 1877.
CHILDREN.
i44. William McClanahan, b. Sept. 24, 1825, near Shawsville, Va.
145- John Henry. b. Dec. 22, 1827, d. June 26, 1830.
146. Elijah McC, b. Dec. 15, 1829, d. Nov. 1, 1832.
147. Thomas Lewis, b. Nov. 4, 1831.
148. James Wade, b. Dec. 29, 1833.
149. Martha Judith, b. Jan. 9, 1836, resides in Christiansburgh, Va.
550. Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1843.
* The mother of Mary McClanahan was a descendant of.Gen'l Andrew Lewis, whose
nemory is preserved by a statue in bronze, at Richmond, Va. This Gen'l Andrew Lewis
vas the son of John Lewis, who is mentioned in Howes' Hist, of Va. as having slain an Irish
ord, which fact is engraved on his tombstone in Augusta Co. John Lewis married Margaret
-ynn, dau. of the Laird of Loch Lynn, Scotland. He took her to Ireland, rented an estate
)f Lord Mungo Campbell. The lord tired of his bargain, requested Lewis to give up the
ease, which he refused to do, whereupon his lordship fired his gun at Lewis, missed him, but
vounded Lewis's sister who was sick in bed. Lewis rushed upon the lord with his sword and
.lew him. £500 was offered for his capture, but the Kyles and their numerous kin, the Mc-
Larens, McDowells, McKelveys, Gibsons, Henrys, etc., wealthy and powerful citizens,
relieving that Lewis was right, concealed him and shipped him and his family to America.
rhe matter was afterward investigated, and George III. sent Mr. Lewisa pardon and a grant
)f 10,000 acres of land in Augusta Co., Va. The Lewis family were from France, originally
Huguenots, settled in Wales, three of them—William, Samuel, and Andrew. Andrew marled
a Miss Calhoun. One of his sons was Col. John, who married Margaret Lynn. They
lad six children in Augusta Co., of whom were three sons, Thomas, John, and Gen'l Andrew
Lewis who married a Miss Givins of Staunton. He commanded at Point Pleasant, and with
1100 men, after an all-day, hard-fought battle, whipped the great Indian chief Cornstalk, and
Virginia honored him with a statue in bronze. He had six children, the fourth, Col. Andrew
Lewis married Eliza Madison (sister of Bishop Madison) of Montgomery Co.; the fifth,