Montgomery, John, 1722-1808
John Montgomery (July 6, 1722 – September 3, 1808) was an Irish-American merchant and statesman from Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Born in Swords, County Dublin, Ireland, Montgomery and his family migrated to Carlisle in the Colony of Pennsylvania about 1740. He served as a county jusdtice asnd as captain of the Third Pennsylvania battalion, serving in Forbes' expedition in 1758 and in the Indian wars. Montgomery served as a member of the Pennsylvania's Committee of Safety from 1775 to 1776 and as a colonel in the Cumberland County regiment during Revolution in 1777. A member of the Pennsylvania Assembly from 1781 to 1782, he then served as a member of the Congress of the Confederation from 1782 to 1784. He served as burgess of Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1787 and was commissioned an associate judge of Cumberland County in 1794. Montgomery also founded Dickinson College of Pennsylvania.
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