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 The White Family & Other TN Connections
 by Carol Robertson White
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James Louden Armstrong1 6 SmartMatches
Birth:2 APR 1782 in Greenbriar County, Virginia
Death:5 APR 1868 in Bedford County, Tennessee
Sex:M
Father:Robert Armstrong b. ABT 1724 in Scotland, Of Clan Argyl
Mother:Jane Jameson b. ABT 1739 in Ireland
  
Military: 16 OCT 1807 in Captain, Rutherford County Militia Commission
Elected: 1810 in Foreman of the First Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for Rutheford County
Occupation: 1810 in Physician - He was practing medicine in Old Jefferson, Rutherford County, Tennessee
Military: 1812 in Served as surgeon during the War of 1812 under General Jackson
Elected: 1812 in Commissioner of Rutherford County, Tennessee
Emigrated: 1814 in Moved to Bedford County, Tennessee
Occupation: 1860 Doctor; Bedford County, Tennessee 2
Resided: 1860 in Wartrace, Bedford County, Tennessee 2
Burial: 1868 in New Hope Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee

Spouses & Children 
Sophia Smith (Wife) b. ABT 1780 in Goochland County, Virginia
Marriage: 27 SEP 1804 in Sumner County, Tennessee
Children: 
  1. Robert Armstrong
  2. Henrietta Armstrong
 
Mayson Potter Temple (Wife) b. ABT 1803
Children: 
  1. Hester Armstrong b. ABT 1833 in Tennessee
 
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Notes 
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"James L. Armstrong was born in Greenbrief County, Virginia April 2, 1782 and died April 5, 1868.  He was buried in the New Hope Church Cemetery in Bedford County.  He married in 1804 to Sophia Smith.  She died in 1850 and was the daughter of Major Robert Smith and Mary Jarratt, who settled at Salem, Rutherford County.  Dr. Armstrong settled near Old Jefferson.  Jonathan Phillips sold Jefferson town Lot #60 to Dr. James L. Armstrong, October 9, 1804.  He received a Rutherford County milita commission of Captain on October 16, 1807. Dr. Armstrong purchased town Lot #36 in 1808.  He was practicing medicine in Old Jefferson in 1810.  He was appointed foreman of the first Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for Rutherford County, 1810.  He served his country as surgeon during the War of 1812 under General Andrew Jackson.  He moved to Bedford County in 1814.  He had 13 children by two wives.  He was listed in the Rutherford County tax list for 1809 owning 40 acres, three town lots, and the 1811 tax lists owning 115 3/4 acres and three town lots.  He was listed in the 1810 and 1820 census of Rutherford County.  He was a commissioner for Rutherford County January 13, 1812."
Source:  Rutherford County Tennessee Pioneers Born Before 1800 (2003). Compiled by Susan G. Daniel, published by Rutherford County Historical Society, p. 8-9.


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Sources 
  1. Title: Dillon - Ormsby gencircles.com
    URL: http://www.gencircles.com/users/heleno/3

  2. Title: 1860 Bedford Co., TN Census Records

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SmartMatches 
Individuals from other files that are believed to be the same person:
James Louden Armstrong of Debferg
James Louden Armstrong of Bernhard-Osborne-Schmillen-Dustin
James Louden Armstrong of Debbie Ferguson's Family Trees
James Louden ARMSTRONG of Ferguson's Family Trees & Branches
James ARMSTRONG of SAMP_2007
James Louden Armstrong of PowellFamily

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