Montgomery held many positions in the local government, including election superintendent, road commissioner, Clerk of the Court of Ordinary, state senator, poor school commissioner, postmaster, census taker, justice of the peace, and tax collector. He was a farmer, as well as sawmill and gristmill operator, trading post proprietor, and ferryman. Montgomery Ferry Road is named for him. He also served as a federal Indian Agent whose job it was to keep white trespassers from encroaching upon Cherokee lands across the Chattahoochee River from Standing Peachtree. Later, he was the enrolling agent, signing up Cherokees to move voluntarily from north Georgia.
Montgomery held many positions in the local government, including election superintendent, road commissioner, Clerk of the Court of Ordinary, state senator, poor school commissioner, postmaster, census taker, justice of the peace, and tax collector. He was a farmer, as well as sawmill and gristmill operator, trading post proprietor, and ferryman. Montgomery Ferry Road is named for him. He also served as a federal Indian Agent whose job it was to keep white trespassers from encroaching upon Cherokee lands across the Chattahoochee River from Standing Peachtree. Later, he was the enrolling agent, signing up Cherokees to move voluntarily from north Georgia.
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