Hugh Montgomery, born in S.C. on Jan. 8, 1769, is buried here. In 1786 he was employed to survey the line between Franklin Co. and the Cherokee Nation. He represented Jackson Co. in the Ga. Legislature from 1807 to 1811 and in the State Senate from 1812 to 1818 and 1823 to 1835. A religious man, he is said to have financed the first missionary to the Cherokees. President Monroe appointed him U.S. Indian Agent to the Cherokees on Mar. 3, 1825, and he served until the Cherokees were driven out of Georgia. For his services he was granted 3,000 acres of land in Chattooga County.