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James Armstrong was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia __________________________ [edit] NotesFrom "Colonial Granville Co & Its People: Loose Leave from "The Lost Tribes of North Carolina" Compiled & Edited by Worth S. Ray. Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. 1979. Page 195. Some Notes from the Records of Anson County James Armstrong, will; dated May 11, 1760; he names his sons William, John, Martin, James, Joseph, Benjamin and Matthew (the last two his youngest sons) and daughter Mary Armstrong. Children James Armstrong and daughter Mary his executors. Charles Moore, John Betty (Beatty) and James Price, witness (Vol. 1, p. 8). (It is likely these were the Armstrong who lived on the South Fork of the Catawba River in what was then Anson, but is now in either Lincoln or Gaston.) Armstrong is an old family name in Scotland. The tradition is that the founder of the clan was a man named Fairbairn who was armour bearer to a king of Scotland. When the king's horse was killed under him in battle, Fairbairn lifted his master and set him on his own horse. The king rewarded him by giving him the name Armstrong, and granting him lands on the Scottish border. Here the Armstrongs became numerous clan, noted for their love of war. There is an Armstrong tartan (plaid), and an Armstrong crest, showing an extremely strong looking arm. About 1600, a group of Scots were settled by the government of Great Britain in Ulster, In Northern Ireland, surrounded by a Catholic majority, the Presbyterians lived in an atmosphere of religious intolerance which made their lot far from pleasant. A hundred years later, in the early 1700's, many of their descendants sought a more promising home in the New World. One of the earliest Scotch-Irish settlements in America was in the Valley of Virginia, which includes Augusta County. 1.) James Armstrong, b. in Ireland 1710 d. 1760 Anson Co., NC. Either James or his father was our immigrant ancestor, coming from Northern Ireland. James lived for a time in Lancaster Co. Penn. They moved southwest and settled at South Mountain, in present Augusta Co., Virginia and lived for about 18 years there. By 1753 James and his family had moved south to Anson Co., in North Carolina Province. Here James bought several hundred acres, the first in 1753, including land on Kuykendall Creek, on the south side of the Catawba River and on Beaver Creek Dam. (Research by Loise Armstrong Price and provided by Barbara Shoff Coffey.) References
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