1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Sheet 98
Dwelling 581, Family 581
Montague, Philip, 70, male, minister, value of real estate $2,300, born in Virginia
Montague, Elizabeth, 70, female, born in Virginia
Montague, Howard, 39, male, born in Virginia
Montague, Columbia, 30, female, born in Virginia
Montague, Mary, 28, female, born in Virginia
Montague, Evelyn, 9, female, born in Virginia

In the 1850s, Howard W. and Philip H. L. Montague complained to the Chancery Court. That Philip Montague died in ____ 1852 having left a last will and testament in which he loaned property to his widow Elizabeth during her life. She died in January 1856. The land was divided between Howard W. Montague, Laura S. Beazley wife of John Beazley, Eliza Broaddus wife of Edwin Broaddus, Penelope Trible wife of Wm R. G. Trible, Mary Montague, Philip H. L. Montague, _____ Games infants of Louisiana (wife of Jas W. Games) who has died since the death of the testator and Thomas P. Jessee, infant. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 41, item 41-Q-7.]