Person:William Armstrong (15)

Will Transcript

In the name of God Amen, this Twenty first day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty. I William Armstrong of Rowan in the State of North Carolina, being sorely wounded, sick and weak of Body, but of Perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God, Therefore to make this my Last Will and Testament, in respect of my Temporal estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, first, I will that all those debts which I do owe either in right or conscience to any Person or Persons whom soever be first will and truly paid by my Executors hereafter named.

item I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Margaret a Bedstead and furniture and the young loan? Mare saddle and Bridle, a spinning Wheel and to here and her heirs and Assigns forever, further I leave the place whereon I live house and furniture therein the old roan Mare and Implements of husbandry and the Negro Wench in trust with my said loving wife Margaret as long as she continues my Widow or marys another man for the raising my family & her own support, and at any of the said events which ever happens first, my wife is that the said household furniture Implements of husbandry the said wench and Increase by sold and my said Wive to have One third part of the Amount and the Remainder to be divided amongst my Children share and share alike and the Negro Wench abovesaid, I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth and to her and her Heirs and Assigns forever, but if said Negro Wench have any breed before my said Wife's death or Marriage, I will one of them to my Daughter Mary and to her Heir and Assigns ~ and the Remainder of said breed if any to be divided among all my Children equally.

[Signed] William Armstrong [added/assumed]

The above is the true and genuine Will and Testament of Capt. William Armstrong so far at extends but death put a Stop to proceeding further therein is certifyed by me.

[Signed] Samuel Young

1.   .

   Wife: Catherine ARMSTRONG
   Birth: 1770, NC
   Death: 1829
   Father: William ARMSTRONG (c1733-1780) — deep ancestry at WorldConnect
   Mother: Margaret WOODS (c1740s-1792)
   
   http://dgmweb.net/FGS/B/BrasherThomasJ-CatherineArmstrong.html

2.   FamilySearch Family Tree.

   William Armstrong was born on 1 January 1733, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, John Armstrong, was 17 and his mother, Mary Graham, was 15. He married Margaret Mary Woods on 23 August 1760, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 10 daughters. He registered for military service in 1779. He died on 21 June 1780, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mill Bridge, Rowan, North Carolina, United States.
   
   https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L8RN-LM6/william-armstrong-1733-1780

3.   Find A Grave.

   CPT William Armstrong
   BIRTH 1733
   Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
   DEATH 21 Jun 1780 (aged 46–47)
   Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
   BURIAL
   Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery
   Mill Bridge, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
   
   Mortally wounded at the Battle of Ramseur's Mill during the Revolution, died age 41 years.
   
   died "June ye 21, 1780."
   
   Capt. of the North Carolina Light Dragoons Regiment Rowan County North Carolina
   
   Inscription: "Died in ye bed of honour in defence of his country." and "Aged 41 years."
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22422616/william-armstrong

4.   North Carolina, United States. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records , 1665-1998: [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).

   Name William Armstrong
   Gender
   [Male]
   Residence Place Rowan County, North Carolina
   Will Date 21 Jun 1780
   Probate Date 21 Jun 1780
   Probate Place Rowan, North Carolina, USA
   Inferred Death Year 1780
   Inferred Death Place North Carolina, USA
   Item Description Will Books, Vol C-D, 1780-1807
   Others Listed (Name) Relationship
   William Armstrong Testator
   Margaret Armstrong Wife
   Elizabeth Armstrong Daughter
   Mary Armstrong Daughter