Vincent Montgomery (January 20, 1836-May 24, 1903) was born in Taylor County, Georgia, the son of Samuel and Vashti Brannan Montgomery. Samuel's father, William Montgomery (d. 1818 or 1819) moved to Georgia from South Carolina in the late 18th or early 19th century. He was living in Hancock County in 1802 and may have lived there the rest of his life. His will, however, was written in Wilkinson County on September 7, 1818. His son William sold 150 acres in Hancock County on November 2, 1819, probably not long after his father's death, and moved to Lowndes County, Alabama. Samuel Montgomery (1800-1872), father of Vincent, moved to Taylor County, Georgia. Vincent Montgomery married Eleanor Jane Shine (1833-1863) and Elizabeth Catherine Shine (1837-1911), the daughters of Thomas and Martha Eveline (Wright) Shine.
Vincent was a farmer, merchant and lawyer. He was an active layman in the Methodist Church and served in the House of Representatives of the Georgia Assembly in 1889. He was a Populist in his political sympathies, having earlier been interested in the Farmer's Alliance. His brother, Sebron Montgomery (1839-1917), farmer and merchant, was in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1890, probably having succeeded Vincent. Vincent served in 1898 and 1902 as a member of the Board of Education and was a Justice of the Peace for a number of years. Soon after the beginning of the Civil War, Vincent was appointed Captain in the Georgia Militia and went into active service in 1864. Probably in 1875 he moved from Reynolds, Georgia to Howard, Georgia, near where Sebron lived and remained there until his death.
From the description of Vincent Montgomery family papers, 1785-1903 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82685507
