Mike,
What is fascinating about John Montgomerys service at Moores Fort is the Daniel Boone connection. But first, a little family info.
John Montgomerys father was Alexander Montgomery. His mother was Martha Walker, daughter of John Walker and his wife Ann Houston.
The children of John Walker and Ann Houston were-
Susannah Walker married Patrick Porter
Mary Walker married Andrew Cowan
Jane Walker married William Cowan
Hetty Walker married Robert Bell
John Walker married a Miss Long
Samuel Walker was killed by Indians on the Clinch River in VA, May 1778
Margaret Walker married John Snoddy
Martha Walker married Alexander Montgomery
Ann Walker married Samuel Cowan
Draper MSS I XX 20 and I XX 24 List of troops at Moores Fort
Patrick Porter, Sergeant Alexander Montgomery, Sr
Lewis Green, Jr Alexander Montgomery, Jr
Robert Kilgore Andrew Cowan
James Alley Frederick Friley
Charles Kilgore John Kinkead
Samuel Alley John Barksdale
John Montgomery James Ozburn (Osborne)
Samuel Porter Thomas Osborne
Zachariah Green Nehemiah Noe
John Alley
Captain John Snoddy, born ca 1739 was militia Captain on the Clinch River until his removal to Kentucky.He was a brother-in-law to Patrick Porter, having married Susannah. Also, brother-in-law to Alexander Montgomery, father of John and Alexander through his wife Martha. Thus, uncle to John and Alexander.
John Snoddy at one time owned (known as Snoddys Fort while under his command) Moores Fort, but sold it to Frederick Fraley. In 1777 Draper manuscripts say Patrick Porter was in charge of Moores Fort. (Southwestern Virginian by Emory Hamilton) In the Kentucky Historical Register, p33 Col John Snoddy deposes that he was with Daniel Boone when he moved to Boonesborough. Depositions in 1801, Richmond, kentucky by John Snoddy and Sam Snoddy.
History of Scott CO, VA, by R.W. Addington, Page 109 gives an account of the Southwest VA Militiamen organized under Col Campbell to drive back Ferguson. Patrick Porter raised 42 men in the Clinch valley and marched to the place of rendezvous, where upon his arrival, it was decided he should return to Clinch Valley to defend the frontier against possible Indian attack by the Northern Indians.
On the 1773 tax list of those delinquent in that part of Fincastle County settled on the waters of Clinch River were Alexr Montgomery, Samuel Cowen, Patrick Porter, William Houston, Andrew Cowen, William Cowen, John Snoddy. This establishes Alexander Montgomery and these family members at the Moores Fort area on the Clinch River in Virginia in 1773 at the same time Daniel Boone and his family returned to Clinch River and lived there together from 1773 to 1775.
In 1773, Daniel Boone and his family returned to the Clinch River valley when his son, James Boone, and Henry Russell had been captured and killed by the Indians on Wallens Creek during his first attempt at a Kentucky settlement. This was the beginning of Dunmores War (1773-1774). Daniel Boone was placed in command of Moores and Blackmores Forts as Captain of the militia until he returned to Kentucky in the spring of 1775.
Moores Fort was built during Dunmores War and was located in lower Castles Woods between the Clinch River and the Hunters Trace (later the road to Kentucky) and one mile from the Clinch River, Virginia. The Revolutionary War was a fight with the Chickamauga faction of the Cherokee supplied with munitions by the British.
The Hunters Trace from Castlewood, road to Kentucky, passed by Patrick Porters property, crossing the Clinch at Hunters Ford (later Osbornes Ford) at Dungannon.
Patrick Porters forthouse was located where Fall Creek drops down to the Clinch River, where he later built a mill. It is located near Dungannon, Scott CO, VA.
I hope this information establishes the reason John and Alexander Montgomery, sons of Alexander Montgomery and Martha Walker were placed on the Draper manuscript list as well as the Boonesborough Society list. Along with others from Moores Fort such as John Snoddy and Samuel Porter.
Kay