COUNTY HISTORY
Was formed from Clark County after creation on
14 December 1796.
Records were destroyed by fires on
4 Mar 1851 and 2 Dec 1863.
Its county seat is Mount Sterling.
Founded 1797.
Montgomery County was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War Brigadier General killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada.
Another story states that the County was named for Thomas Montgomery, from Virginia, who served in the Revolutionary War. In 1793 Thomas Montgomery settled in Mt. Sterling. In 1805, Thomas Montgomery moved on to Gibson County, Indiana.
