Mike,
Good to hear from you. It may take me a while to answer your questions. I will start with the ages of Alexander and John when they signed up for service.
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Tried to paste the original hand written record, but it would not allow it.
The pension application for John Montgomery which I typed out on this site earlier is located in the National Archive, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Application Files, 1800-1900. On page 759 brother Michael Montgomery was deposed and gave an account of John and Alexander joining the service,
“that he was born in the year 1765, and that he is now and was from earliest recollection well acquainted with said John Montgomery; and that during the Revolutionary War said John and one of John’s brothers who is now dead informed this deponent that they had enlisted. The father and mother of said John and his brother were present at the information; and his mother appeared to be much disturbed (weeping); they were one as twins at their father’s during said war; this deponent understood that shortly after the Guilford battle that said John participated in it and after said war was closed said John came to his father’s and made his father’s house his home in Virginia, this deponent also recollects…that said John was placed under Captain Snoddy as stated before …”
So, yes, I am saying that 13 year old John and 11 year old Alex joined the service. I am also saying they were under the watchful eye of their uncles John Snoddy who went with Daniel Boone to establish Boonesborough in 1775, and Samuel Porter who was also at Boonesborough.
John Snoddy actually at one time owned Moore’s Fort where these families lived. There are books as well as documented family trees that talk about the interconnection of the Montgomery, Walker, and Porter families.
As you know, many of them were captured/killed by Indians.
Pretty awesome group of people.
Kay Anderson
