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From: "Ayers, B. J." <>
Subject: Re: [TENNESSEE] [TNLINCOL] ---**GEN.MARTINARMSTRONG**-[Brother-COL.JOHN-REV.WAR]-Thomas Armstrong &Mary "Mollie" Brown Armstrong;
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:47:19 -0400
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GREETINGS TO ONE AN ALL;

Been Following the below VOLLY'S about A ***JOHN ARMSTRONG***-[LINCOLN
COUNTY, TN]!!!
The *JOHN ARMSTRONG* you folks are talking about, is about the same
age-group as our-*GEN.MARTIN ARMSTRONG* and his Brother-*COL.JOHN
ARMSTRONG*, they were "WAR-BUDDIES" and Old Friends with our'-*CAPT.
SAMUEL MONTGOMERY*-(b.PA-c.1730-1809)!!
They all were with the "NORTH CAROLINA/ARMY SURVEYOR CORPS" to the Early
"TENNESSEE TERRITORY"!!!
They all had Large LAND-HOLDINGS in KNOX/ BLOUNT, GILES/ MAURY/LINCOLN,
and all over- THE "TENNESSEE TERRITORY!!!
OUR' *GEN.MARTIN ARMSTRONG* and *CAPT.SAMUEL MONTGOMERY* eventually
Retired to the-"ELK RIVER/ELK RIVER CHURCH AREAS"-(before-1810)!!
Unknown where the *COL.JOHN ARMSTRONG* might have Retired to???

Could YOUR'-***JOHN ARMSTRONG***, be Related to this *ARMSTRONG
FAMILY????????????????????????
THANKS & GOD BLESS
SEMPER FI

BA- In North GA!!
ARMSTRONG/ MONTGOMERY/ HINTON/ BROWN/ CLEMENTS/ MARTIN/ ROBERTSON,
amongst others.

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Peggy Coleman
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:28 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Thomas Armstrong & Mary "Mollie" Brown Armstrong

Well, I am glad we got your attention. I have felt like I have been
hogging
this site for the last few days and was thinking I needed to get off for
a
while and let somebody else have a go at it. At least we have kept the
site
active and maybe helped some other people in the process. Helping
others is
what this is all about.

Peggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donnie F. Porter" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Thomas Armstrong & Mary "Mollie" Brown Armstrong


> Julia,
>
> I would be very happy to have your Armstrong file in whatever format
you
> have it. I do appreciate your information on my line. I knew it
sounded
> like
> I was at least a generation off with my Thomas H. Armstrong's parents
but
> didn't have my Armstrong file in front of me.
>
> I have been working on my Porter line for the last few months now. I
had
> been at a brick wall with my 4th gr-grandfather and took a yDNA test
that
> led me back an additional 5 generations at one fell swoop.
>
> No, I don't have the Brown's cemetery info but you are right. I
visited
> the
> Mt Moriah cemetery a few years ago and there are several generations
of
> both
> Porters and Browns buried there. Oh, and I have a hand written
statement I
> had about the Brown family from Jean Brown Porter's family:
>
> The account of the Browns who came from "the border of Ireland and
> Scotland"
> [Londonderry, Northern Ireland] whose daughter Jean "Jane" Brown
married
> Reese Porter, Nimrod Porter's grandfather.
>
> I have a copy of the Brown account, dealing mostly with Browns but at
the
> end, it states that:
>
> "Jane (Jean in an old Bible) Brown, only child of William and Margaret
> Fleming Brown to be born in this country, born August 16, 1745; died
in
> Davidson County (Nashville) Tennessee, August 30, 1806. She was
married in
> the spring of 1768 at 22 years if these dates are correct, Reece
Porter
> born
> February 26, 1744, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, son of Hugh and
> Violet
> (Mackey) Porter, died in Giles County, Tenn., February 15, 1821. He is
> buried at Mt. Moriah Presbyterian Church on Weakley Creek, in Giles
> County,
> Tenn., with stone marked with the date of birth and of his death. The
old
> Porter Bible, now owned by Miss Louise Preston Looney, of 1534 Peabody
> Avenue, Memphis, Tenn., is this record: 'Jane Porter died Saturday,
August
> 30, 1806.' Jane Brown Porter is buried by the side of her mother,
Margaret
> Brown, in the old Springhill Cemetery, on the Gallatin Turnpike about
7
> miles east of Nashville."
>
> This was an old account when I received a copy. It is 5 pages of
> typewritten
> material. I received it from a friend who is a relative of these
Browns
> who
> knew of this Porter connection and thought it might be some of my
> line.....it isn't.
>
>
>
> The friend who gave it to me received it from her very elderly aunt. I
> couldn't nearly vouch for it's accuracy but in some ways it does
dovetail
> with the account given by the Porters themselves.
>
> I will see if I can't locate the document itself and pass along
anything
> that seems to be relevant. I have never sat down and "computerized" it
but
> it looks like it may now be time.
>
> Thanks again Julia, you and Peggy have had my attention for the last
> several
> days!
>
> Donnie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julia Molitz" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Thomas Armstrong & Mary "Mollie" Brown
Armstrong
>
>
>> Donnie,
>>
>> Good to hear from you. your Ida T. Armstrong parents where John D.
>> Armstrong and Mary Jane Pearson, Johns parents where Thomas H.
Armstrong
> and
>> Charlotta Crane, Thomas parents where John W. Armstrong and Sarah
Francis
>> King (Vicki's line) and John W. Armstrong's parents where Thomas
>> Armstrong
>> (Rev. War ) and Mary "Mollie" Brown.
>>
>> Donnie, I think many of the Armstrong/Brown are buried in the Mr.
Moriah
>> Cemetery. I have looked in the Marsh Cemetery book for Giles CO but
>> could
>> not find them in it. Do you have the Browns and dates that are
buried
>> there? I would be happy to send you my Armstrong file.
>>
>> Julia
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Donnie F. Porter" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 2:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Thomas Armstrong & Mary "Mollie" Brown
Armstrong
>>
>>
>> > Julia and Peggy,
>> >
>> > I have been watching this exchange with great interest. I have
>> > communicated
>> > with both of you before. Just to refresh, my gr-grandmother was Ida
> Thomas
>> > Armstrong Porter; her father was John D. Armstrong (have always
> suspected
>> > that the "D" stood for Dollins), and his father was Thomas H.
>> > Armstrong.
>> > Everybody has always told me that Thomas H. was the son of Rev War
>> > pensioner
>> > Thomas and I DO find him living nearby, but I have never found
solid
>> > documentation to back that up. Thomas H. was born in NC and it
seems,
>> > if
> I
>> > remember the will right and am in the right generation, that the
rest
>> > of
>> > the
>> > children were born in SC.
>> >
>> > The thing that I find interesting in the last few exchanges between
the
>> > two
>> > of you in the discussion of the Browns. These same Browns (the
family
>> > at
>> > least) are connected to the Davidson, Maury, Giles County Porters
(not
>> > mine). The progenitor of that family in TN is the man I refer to as

>> > "Old
>> > Reese" Porter (to distinguish him from his son and various others
named
>> > Reese). His first wife was Jean "Jane" Brown Porter who died and is
> buried
>> > in the Springhill Cemetery in Nashville. Old Reese then Married the
> widow
>> > Lucy Seats of Davidson County. He received a Rev War Land Grant in
TN
> that
>> > bordered General Nathaniel Greene. He died and is buried in Mt.
Moriah
>> > Presbyterian Church Cemetery outside Pulaski, just off the
Lawrenceburg
>> > Hwy.
>> >
>> > Jean (Jane) Brown Porter was from the same Brown family that I
> understand
>> > you to say that Mary "Mollie" Brown was from. Jean Brown was the
> daughter
>> > of
>> > William Brown of Londonderry, Northern Ireland. I have to assume
that
>> > Mollie
>> > would be from that same family. Old Reese was apparently the son of

>> > Hugh
>> > Porter of PA and that seems to play right in with Thomas and Mollie
>> > Armstrong being from PA.
>> >
>> > I just thought I'd stick my 2 cents worth in.......
>> >
>> > Donnie
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Julia Molitz" <>
>> > To: "Lincoln CO., TN" <>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:02 PM
>> > Subject: [TNLINCOL] Thomas Armstrong & Mary "Mollie" Brown
Armstrong
>> >
>> >
>> >> Below is what I have on Thomas and Mary. I have a much more
extended
>> >> file
>> > on the children. I am not sure if Thomas's father was John
Armstrong.
>> > Much
>> > of my information came from census records, Greene CO. IL web site,
> family
>> > group sheets I found at the LCT Genealogy Society by unknown
person,
>> > Thomas
>> > Rev. War pension papers, etc.
>> >>
>> >> Some time ago I was in contact with a researcher who was
collecting
>> >> all
>> >> on
>> > Amstrong. She was the descendant of Martin and John Armstrong
surveyor
> and
>> > entry taker. She told me that their father was a Thomas but not
LCT
>> > Thomas.
>> > She had no more info on LCT Thomas than we all have.
>> >>
>> >> We know that LCT Thomas is buried in Giles CO but not where. We
do
>> >> not
>> > know where wife Mary is buried but she must be in Giles also. We
do
> know
>> > that Joseph Brown cousin to Mary "Mollie" Brown Armstrong, famous
>> > Indian
>> > fighter and Cumberland Presbyterian minster is buried at the the
Moriah
>> > Cumberland Presyterian Church Cemetery in Giles CO. even though he
> wanted
>> > to
>> > be buried in his beloved Maury CO., TN.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Descendants of John Armstrong
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Generation No. 1
>> >>
>> >> 1. JOHN1 ARMSTRONG (I have John's father as Joseph b. 1711. I
am
> very
>> > unsure of John and father Joseph)
>> >>
>> >> Child of JOHN ARMSTRONG is:
>> >> 2. i. THOMAS2 ARMSTRONG, b. 20 Jul 1755, York, PA; d. 23 Apr 1849,
>> >> Lincoln
>> > CO. & buried @ Pulaski, Giles. Co. TN.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Generation No. 2
>> >>
>> >> 2. THOMAS2 ARMSTRONG (JOHN1, JOSEPHA) was born 20 Jul 1755 in
York,
> PA,
>> > and died 23 Apr 1849 in Lincoln CO. & buried @ Pulaski, Giles. Co.
TN.
>> > He
>> > married MARY "MOLLIE" BROWN Abt. 1783, daughter of DAVID BROWN and
>> > ISABELLA
>> > MCCLINTOCK. She was born 1759 in Guilford County, North Carolina,
and
>> > died
>> > Bet. 1830 - 1840 in Lincoln CO,. Tennessee.
>> >>
>> >> More About THOMAS ARMSTRONG and MARY BROWN:
>> >> Marriage: Abt. 1783
>> >>
>> >> Children of THOMAS ARMSTRONG and MARY BROWN are:
>> >> i. JAMES3 ARMSTRONG.
>> >> ii. JOHN ARMSTRONG, b. 15 Aug 1784, Pendleton District, South
> Carolina;
>> > d. 03 Sep 1847, Lincoln County, Tennessee; m. SARAH FRANCES KING,
Abt.
>> > 1812,
>> > Pendleton District, South Carolina?; b. 26 Dec 1786, In Pendleton
> District
>> > S. C. ?; d. 14 Mar 1871, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
>> >>
>> >> More About JOHN ARMSTRONG and SARAH KING:
>> >> Marriage: Abt. 1812, Pendleton District, South Carolina?
>> >>
>> >> iii. DAVID ARMSTRONG, b. 1787, South Carolina; d. Abt. Jul 1880,
> Lincoln
>> > County, Tennessee; m. RHINA DEAL, 22 Dec 1822; b. Abt. 1802,
Tennessee.
>> >>
>> >> More About DAVID ARMSTRONG and RHINA DEAL:
>> >> Marriage: 22 Dec 1822
>> >>
>> >> iv. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, b. 10 May 1789, South Carolina; d. Aft.
1860,
>> > Texas; m. MARY W. G. MONROE, 05 Dec 1817; b. 1802, Virginia.
>> >>
>> >> More About WILLIAM ARMSTRONG and MARY MONROE:
>> >> Marriage: 05 Dec 1817
>> >>
>> >> v. DAUGHTER ARMSTRONG, b. Abt. 1790.
>> >> vi. DAUGHTER ARMSTRONG, b. Abt. 1792.
>> >> vii. MARY "POLLY" ARMSTRONG, b. Jul 1796, South Carolina; d. 30
Aug
>> > 1877, Lincoln County, Tennessee; m. JOEL THOMAS DOLLINS, 26 Jan
1815,
>> > Lincoln CO,. Tennesse; b. 08 Jan 1784, Albemarle, Virginia; d. 05
Mar
>> > 1851,
>> > Lincoln CO,. Tennesse.
>> >>
>> >> More About JOEL DOLLINS and MARY ARMSTRONG:
>> >> Marriage: 26 Jan 1815, Lincoln CO,. Tennesse
>> >>
>> >> viii. JOSIAH ARMSTRONG, b. 10 Nov 1799, South Carolina; d. 05 Sep
> 1870,
>> > White Hall, Greene CO., Illinois, Jones Cemetery; m. ELIZABETH
WEAVER,
> 15
>> > Jul 1824, Lincoln CO., Tennessee; b. Abt. 1806, Bedford
CO.,Tennessee;
> d.
>> > 19
>> > Jan 1889, White Hall, Greene CO., Illinois, Jones Cemetery.
>> >>
>> >> More About JOSIAH ARMSTRONG and ELIZABETH WEAVER:
>> >> Marriage: 15 Jul 1824, Lincoln CO., Tennessee
>> >>
>> >> ix. ELIZABETH B. ARMSTRONG, b. Abt. 1800, North Carolina; d.
1876; m.
>> > HUGH A. DOLLINS, 1820; b. 05 Mar 1800, Albemarle Co., Virginia; d.
17
> Oct
>> > 1836.
>> >>
>> >> More About HUGH DOLLINS and ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG:
>> >> Marriage: 1820
>> >>
>> >>
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• Re: [TENNESSEE] [TNLINCOL] ---**GEN.MARTINARMSTRONG**-[Brother-COL.JOHN-REV.WAR]-Thomas Armstrong &Mary "Mollie" Brown Armstrong; by "Ayers, B. J." <>