The county is said to be named in honor either of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada, or for Montgomery County, Tennessee, from which an early settler came. In the latter case, it would have been indirectly named after John Montgomery, a settler in Montgomery County, Tennessee, who founded the city of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the same county.
The county is said to be named in honor either of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Cana:da, or for Montgomery County, Tennessee, from which an early settler came. In the ,latter case, it would have been indirectly named af.ter John Montgomery, a settle:r in Montgomery County, Tennessee, who founded the cit!y of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the same county.