Person:Robert Armstrong (57)

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Robert Armstrong
b.1736 Albemarle Parish, Sussex Co., Virginia
d.3 Sep 1798 Edgecombe, North Carolina
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  • H.  Robert Armstrong1736 - 1798
  • W.  Mary NewsomAbt 1742 - 1799
  1. Matthew Armstrong1776 - 1851
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Name Robert Armstrong
Gender Male
Birth? 1736 Albemarle Parish, Sussex Co., Virginia
Marriage to Mary Newsom
Other[3] 6 Apr 1767 Edgecombe, North CarolinaDeed for land
Will[1][2] 3 Sep 1798 Edgecombe, North Carolina
Death[1][2] 3 Sep 1798 Edgecombe, North CarolinaTyancokey Swamp
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abstract of Robert Armstrong's Will, in North Carolina. Division of Archives and History (Raleigh, North Carolina). Wills, 1663-1978; estate papers, 1748-1917 (Edgecombe County). (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988-1989)
    Will book D, 1796-1810, p. 65.

    Edgecombe County Records of Wills from 1796-1810 Book D Abstract of Robert Armstrong's Will dtd 03 Sep 1798, (summarized) (See Will at usgwarchives.net):

    "...tho weak in body..."
    • As for my burial I desire it may be done without pomp or state at the discretion of my dear wife and executors.
    • Wife Mary - land where I now live for her lifetime with reversion to my son Gray, also give her bed, chest, corn, pork, etc.
    • Son Matthew Armstrong - land I bought of Jacob Battle with part of the home plantation beginning at the mouth of a Lillte Branch, adj. Flat Meadow.
    • To John Long - lend the old shop place as long as he pleases to stay at it.
    • At my wife's death my remaining property is to be equally divided among Joseph Armstrong, Elizebeth Lands, Mary Long, Susanah Armstrong and Sarah Brake.
    • Ex. Jacob Battle, Joseph Armstrong. Wit. Anderson Sturdivant, William Faulk

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edgecombe, in North Carolina, United States. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records , 1665-1998: [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).

    Name: Armstrong
    Probate Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
    Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA
    Item Description: Original wills, Abington, Penelope - Ausley, Joseph

  3. ↑ Hopkins, William Lindsay. Sussex County, Virginia deed books A-E, 1754-March 1779. (Richmond [Virginia]: W.L. Hopkins, c1990 (GEN-N-DEX))
    p. 93.

    (p 228) 6 Apr 1767 … Robert Armstrong of Edgecomb CO, North Carolina to Richard Rawlings of Sussex CO for 10 pounds…. 100 acres on north side of Spring Swamp and bounded by the Galleas (?) Branch. Land is the upper part of a patent of 690 acres granted to Gregory Rawlings in 1730. Wit: Thomas (X) Newsum, Benjamin (X) Fips and George Rawlings.
    Rec: 16 Apr 1767

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