James G. (~1800-????)
Lively (~1802-Jun 1880) — m. Noah Bennett about 1831
Drury (~1804-1805)
Thomas Henry (1805-1875) — m. Margaret Malena Lochridge in 1830
Isaac Ussery (~1808-????) — m. Mary Milligan in 183x; m. Susan ??? in 185x
Jane (9 Sep 1815-25 Oct 1859) — m. William David Fuller about 1840
Nancy Ann (~1822-188x) — never married
Matthew W. (~1823-????)
William Albertus (~1824-~1890) — m. Mary ???; m. Rachel Bishop about 1850; m. Martha Allen in 187x
Richard Dickson (9 Apr 1824-7 Jun 1865) — m. Susannah Fuller about 1845; m. Margaret M. Mathis about 1856
Andrew J. (~1827-????)
John Mastin (5 Sep 1828-11 Feb 1907) — m. Nancy Kirkendall on 25 Dec 1850; m. Amelia Jane Williams on 4 Dec 1867
Sophronia (~1830-????) << PROB. GRAND-DAUGHTER
Jeptha Daniel (20 Mar 1833-3 Sep 1909) — m. Judith S. Williams on 18 Jun 1854; m. Sarah F. Buck Terry on 25 Nov 1884 << PROB. GRANDSON
Richard was born in Montgomery County or Richmond County, North Carolina, the son of Isaac Armstrong (~1748-1821) and his first wife, Elizabeth Ussery (~1753-1788) of North Carolina. Isaac’s father reportedly came from Scotland.
Patsy was born about 1784 in North Carolina, the sixth of seven children. Her father was Thomas Henry Huntley, Jr. (~1756-1805) of Bedford County, Virginia. Her mother might have been Jane Alsobrook (~1766-1834) of North Carolina, but that’s disputed. The familysearch.org site has information claiming that Patsy was Cherokee, and that her given name was Ohkowike.
Richard and Patsy married about 1800, in either Richmond County or Anson County, North Carolina. The list of their children above remains tentative, with some of the dates stretching the bounds of credulity. I think Jeptha and Sophronia were their grandchildren. Familysearch.org contributors claim still more children, with the last born in 1842, when Patsy would have been 58.
The 1810 census for Anson County, North Carolina listed the household of Rich. Armstrong consisting of a couple between ages 16 and 26, and two boys under age 10. Presumably, that would be Thomas and Isaac, but it leaves out Lively and James.
Around 1816, the family moved to Mississippi. Claims that they settled in Marion County, Mississippi appear to be confusion with their later residence in Alabama. The 1820 census for Monroe, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, a township west of Tupelo, showed a Richard Armstrong household that was probably them: a couple between 26 and 45, a woman age 16-25, two boys and a girl age 10-15, and four girls and a boy under age 10. Three of the family were “engaged in agriculture”, presumably Richard and the older boys. A William Armstrong lived next door, probably the same William Armstrong (1770-1843) who’s buried in Marion County, Alabama.
There’s supposedly a record of a land purchase in Marion County, Alabama by Richard W. Armstrong, dated 8 June 1822. The location was given as Section 32, Township 11S, Range 15W. Richard also supposedly received a federal land grant of about 160 acres in Marion County in 1823. Of course, it could be that he did both. The family settled there, southwest of the modern city of Hamilton and near the junction of state highways 17 and 19. The 1830 census for Marion County listed them with one woman in her 70s (somebody’s mother), and eight of their children: a man age 20-29, one girl age 15-19, two girls age 10-14, one boy and one girl age 5-9, and one boy and one girl under 5. Son Thomas, newly married, was next door.
The 1840 census had the R. Armstrong household of Marion County headed by a couple in their fifties. Also living there were two older women (one in her seventies, one in her eighties – looks like they had both mothers by this time), and six others: a woman in her twenties, a boy and girl age 15-19, a boy and girl age 10-14, and a boy age 5-9.
In the 1840s, the family moved to Franklin County, Alabama, which is immediately north of Marion County and also on the border with Mississippi. The 1850 census showed them there: Richard (68) and Martha (66), both from North Carolina, with children Nancy Ann (28, born in Mississippi) and John M. (22, born in Alabama). Also present were Joseph D. (11) and David (8), who were too young to be Martha’s children. The usual explanation in these cases is orphaned grandchildren. This census listed more than 30 slaves in the county under the owner name Armstrong, but didn’t specify which Armstrong.
Some accounts say that Richard died in Alabama by 1858, and others that he died in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. In any case, many of the family did move to Hot Spring County in the 1850s. An act of Congress had created Hot Springs Reservation in 1832 – not for American Indians, but to preserve the area for recreational use – and the spa town of Hot Springs incorporated in 1851. Maybe Richard was ill and hoping to find relief in taking the waters.
The 1860 census showed Patsy (supposedly 70) in Ouachita Township, Hot Spring County with unmarried daughter Nancy A. (35), son John M. (31), and John’s three surviving children by his first wife, who had recently died. Probable grandson Jeptha B. (27) was living next door. Patsy reportedly died about 1865.
No information
Lively married Noah Bennett (1800-1868) of North Carolina about 1830 in Alabama. They lived in Mississippi until at least 1844. Claimed children:
girl (~1830-????)
boy (~1830-????)
Susan S. (~1832-~1850)
William Franklin (8 Jul 1832-28 Dec 1884) — m. Mary Harmon Smith on 23 Jan 1855 << PROB. NOT OF THIS FAMILY
Marion (~1835-????)
Sarah Cornelia (~1836-~1880)
Lysander C. (~1838-????) — m. Lucretia Smith on 11 Jun 1863
Lula (~1839-~1858)
Casandra J. (~1842-~1870)
E. Jerome (Nov 1844-~1900) — m. Adaline Smith on 27 Jul 1866
Mardemus (~1846-~1860)
The 1850 census showed the family in Marion County, Alabama with seven children: Susan S. (18), Marion (14), Sarah (13), “Lisandra” (11), Casandra J. (9), Jerome (7), and Mardemus (4). Only Mardemus, the youngest, was born in Alabama. The 1860 census showed them back in Monroe County, Mississippi with four children listed only by their initials: M. (25), L. C. (22), J. (16), and C. J. (18) – Marion, Lysander, Jerome, and Casandra. In 1870, Lively (68) was living with son Jerome and family plus daughter Casandra in Monroe County. She reportedly died in 1880 in Cache Township, Jackson County, Arkansas.
Note that no census listed a William Franklin Bennett or Lula Bennett with this family, and a familysearch.org 1880 record of Marion as Stephen Marion Bennett appears to be confusion with a different man who was a decade younger. Years of death for the children are speculative.
Thomas has his own entry in the family tree.
Isaac was born in North Carolina. He married Mary Milligan in the 1830s. They had four children I know of:
Jane (1837-????)
boy (183x-184x)
Richard L. (1843-????)
Jeptha (1849-????)
In the late 1830s, the family moved to Stoddard County, Missouri. Mary died before the 1850 census, which listed Isaac with the three surviving children. In the 1850s, Isaac moved the family to Pleasant Ridge Township in Fulton County, Arkansas, where he married a woman named Susan (~1824-????), and where the 1860 census found them with Jeptha and four younger children. Some of these were undoubtedly Susan’s from a previous marriage:
Adaline (1849-????)
Susan (1851-????)
Elizabeth (1853-????)
Isaac (1858-????) — prob. m. Luticia Stamphill on 20 Aug 1882
I can’t find the family after 1860. There are records of a Confederate soldier from Arkansas named Isaac W. or Isaac H. Armstrong.
Jane, born in North or possibly South Carolina, married William David Fuller (6 Feb 1820-15 Aug 1863) from Mississippi in Alabama about 1840. Their children:
Martha Ann (5 Nov 1842-????)
David Armstrong (6 Nov 1844-6 Apr 1904)
Nancy Ann (1845-????) — prob. died young
Sarah Elizabeth (1846-????)
Argin Isabell (29 Nov 1848-????) — prob. died young
Josiah Thomas (21 Aug 1850-23 Dec 1932) — m. America Cordelia Marshall on 5 Aug 1875; m. Sarah Jane Workman
James Levi (26 Dec 1852-4 Aug 1925) — m. Mary Olive Elizabeth Adams on 19 Oct 1876
Nancy Elvira (3 Jul 1855-????) — prob. died young
William Henry (21 Nov 1856-????) — prob. died young
The 1850 census for Franklin County, Alabama listed just four children: Manervia (8), Daniel A. (6), Sarah E. (4), and Josiah (0). This suggests Nancy and Argin died young, and the child named Martha Ann might have had another name. The family moved to Hot Spring County, Arkansas with Jane’s parents in the 1850s. Jane died there in 1859.
The 1860 census for Ouachita Township, Hot Spring County listed William (40) with five children: Martha, David, Sarah, Josiah, and James. So it looks as though William Jr. and the second Nancy also died young. William married Elizabeth Jane Harridge on 30 Nov 1862, but died the following year. Some of the children settled in Texas and Oklahoma.
William reportedly first married someone named Mary, although this might be confusion with a different man. He definitely married Rachel Bishop (~1829-1875) about 1850. They had at least 11 children:
Elizabeth (~1851-????)
Henry Wesley (8 Jan 1853-31 Jan 1933) — m. Texana Purcella “Texie” Voorhies on 12 Dec 1877
Edman Tillman (11 May 1854-1 Feb 1935) — m. Nancy Pickard Baily in 1891
Joseph (~1856-1935)
Sarah Jane (~1858-1889) — m. Jonathan R. Voorhies on 31 Dec 1883
Peter (~1859-????)
John Richmond (4 May 1863-27 Jan 1927) — m. Delia Snowden
Emma/Emily (~1865-29 Jan 1960)
Wilburn Washington Willard “Pete” (20 Mar 1866-14 Nov 1945) — m. Florence Manetta Gardner on 29 Jan 1889
Althea (1868-1960) — m. John Allen Caruthers on 17 Sep 1893
Alfred (~1870-????)
The 1850 census showed William (26) and Rachel (21), newly married, in Marion County, Alabama. William’s sister Sophronia (20) was living with them. They were all still there in 1860, with the five oldest children.
In the 1860s, they moved to Tennessee, where the four youngest were born, but the 1870 census didn’t find them. Rachel reportedly died in Savannah, Tennessee in 1875. William married a widow named Martha Allen (1834-????) from Tennessee.
The 1880 census showed William and Martha in Johnson, St. Francis County, Arkansas with William’s five youngest children, plus two teen girls of Martha’s. William reportedly died about 1890 in St. Francis County. Several of William’s children settled in Texas.
Richard married Susannah Fuller (1826-1856) about 1845 in Alabama. Known children:
Isaac Huntley (17 Jul 1846-7 Jul 1930) — m. Martha Ann Adaline Wiles on 8 Jul 1868
David Mastin (13 May 1848-22 Mar 1894) — m. Margaret Semmerine Ritchie on 18 Aug 1874
Susan (30 Jul 1849-????)
James Richard (26 Oct 1850-????) — m. Goldie Arizona Arthurholt
Richard moved his family to Richwood Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas in the 1850s. After Susannah’s death about 1856, Richard married Margaret Martha Mathis (15 Aug 1828-7 Apr 1899). Their children:
William Leroy (24 Sep 1856-7 Dec 1943) — m. Sarah “Sally” Burrah Whatley on 7 Sep 1902
Terry (1858-????)
Thomas Hendman (21 Feb 1860-30 Jul 1937) — m. Mary Indiana “India” Leverton on 26 Jul 1891
Sarah Jane (21 Sep 1863-15 Feb 1901)
Richard joined the 8th Arkansas Cavalry to fight for the Confederacy, as did some of his brothers and sons. He was captured in 1864 in Missouri and sent to the P.O.W. camp in Alton, Illinois, where he died in 1865. At least one of his sons and one of his brothers were also captured, but survived to be released. Wife Margaret remained in Arkansas until at least 1880, but died in Texas in 1899.
John was born in Marion County, Alabama. On 25 Dec 1850, he married Nancy Kirkendall (28 Sep 1830-1860) from Tennessee. They had four children:
Benjamin Isaac (31 Aug 1851-15 Sep 1852)
Martha Jane (31 Oct 1852-13 May 1924) — m. Henry Thomas in 187x
Richard John (Sep 1854-1915) — m. Nancy J. Warren on 10 Jan 1872
Cynthia Minvera “Cinthy” (1856-1924) — m. Albert Clark Harkins on 11 Nov 1875
John and Nancy moved to Hot Spring County, Arkansas in the early 1850s. It’s unclear whether they came before or with others of the family. Their two younger children were born there. Nancy died in 1860, and the census for that year showed John with the three surviving children and his mother Martha (supposedly 70). After the 1865 death of his mother, John married Amelia Jane Williams (15 Oct 1831-18 Jan 1909) from Tennessee, on 4 Dec 1867. Their children:
Nancy E. (10 Jan 1869-29 Jun 1958) — never married
Mary Melissa “Jennie” (21 Apr 1870-28 Jan 1910) — never married
Lucy Elizabeth (1 Jan 1872-10 Nov 1909) — m. Walter Henry Deere on 20 Dec 1908
John Thomas (30 Aug 1873-30 Aug 1873)
Sarah Frances “Fannie” (24 Oct 1874-2 Apr 1956) — m. Thomas Lemuel McDaniel on 30 Aug 1896
The 1870 census for Ouachita Township, Hot Spring County showed John (41) and Amelia (38) with five children, plus John’s unmarried sister Nancy (46). In 1880, John’s children by his first wife had left home; sister Nancy was still there, along with a nephew named Thomas D. Armstrong (23). (The infant named Jennie in the 1870 census was replaced in 1880 by a girl of the correct age named Mary M. I’m assuming they were the same person.) By 1900, John, Amelia, and their three older girls were living in Clear Creek & Harrison Townships, Hot Spring County. John died in 1907, and is buried in Armstrong, Thomas, & Walker Cemetery, Rolla, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. Amelia died in 1909 and is buried with him.
Sophronia, age 20, was living with her brother (or possibly uncle) William in Marion County’s District 14 in 1850. The same census showed a Sophronia Armstrong, 19, with the family of Sion Brown, also in District 14. Coincidence of name, age, and location? In 1860, she was still unmarried and still with William. After that...?
Jeptha was probably not a child of Patsy Huntley Armstrong, since he was born (in Alabama) when she was about 49, and wasn’t with her in the 1850 census. He was probably a grandson by an unidentified father, but is listed with her children for now. On 18 Jun 1854, he married Judith Sarah Williams (1837-1880) in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. Their children:
Sarah Elizabeth (1855-1930)
Richard Thomas (1857-????)
Nancy Argen (1858-1931)
Mary Jane (Dec 1860-1945) — m. Joseph Calhoun Smith in 1887
Sarah J. (1862-1887)
Jeffrey Sterling (1863-1922)
Martha Susan (1864-1930)
Judith Anne (1869-1956)
John Elburn (1871-1949)
Clara Etta (1877-1952)
William T. (1879-????)
The 1860 census showed them in Ouachita Township, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, next door to Patsy and two of her adult children. During the Civil War, Jeptha joined Company I of Hawthorne’s Arkansas Infantry. In 1870 he and Judith were still in Ouachita Township. In 1880 they were living in Caddo, Clark County, but Judith died there later that year. Jeptha married Sarah F. Buck Terry (26 Feb 1858-~1924) on 25 Nov 1884. Their children:
Luther Daniel (26 Jul 1886-27 Jun 1933) — m. Rena Edna Harkins in 1924
Birty Calton (6 Sep 1887-29 Dec 1965) — m. ???
Elza Floyd (1895-1919)
Jeptha died in 1909. He is buried in Oak Bower Cemetery, Oak Bower, Hot Spring County.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3S8S-QNS -- family tree, Armstrong & Huntley ancestors
https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=williamgaskin&id=I13810 -- Richard and descendants
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Richard_Armstrong_%282%29 -- Richard
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/richard-armstrong_11048759 -- Richard; shaky data
https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=meggars&id=I00035 -- Armstrong family
https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/familytree?uid=trjumpet&surname=Armstrong -- ditto
https://www.justanswer.com/genealogy/7dz0n-william-albertis-armstrong.html -- Question about William
http://www.argenweb.net/hotspring/armstron.html -- Armstrong cemetery in Hot Spring County
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLM-FQ1 -- 1810 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-TVV -- 1820 census, probably them
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPH-Q48 -- 1830 census; note Thomas next door; mislabeled by familysearch.org as Jacksonville, Benton County
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB4-JL4 -- 1840 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY7-89J -- 1840 census, Isaac in MO
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5M-W8V -- 1850 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5Q-LSP -- 1850 census, Lively
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5P8-QN9 -- 1850 census, Isaac in MO
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5M-SMY -- 1850 census, Richard Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5Q-T3Q -- 1850 census, William and Sophronia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WQ-RL3 -- 1860 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GF-697 -- 1860 census, Lively
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8W9-MG2 -- 1860 census, Isaac in AR
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M875-8W6 -- 1860 census, Richard Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WQ-PFP -- 1860 census, Jane’s widower and children
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD2-JR3 -- 1860 census, William and Sophronia
http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/8thcavd.html -- Armstrongs in the 8th Arkansas Cavalry
https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Richard-Dickson-Armstrong/p198273 -- Richard D.’s story
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9926468/richard-dickson-armstrong -- 1865 grave of Richard D.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC7-SKF -- 1870 census, John and Nancy
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSK-CK9 -- 1870 census, Lively
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNW4-NRZ -- 1880 census, John and Nancy
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWL-1N6 -- 1880 census, William
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWC-JHR -- 1880 census, Lively’s son Jerome
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM1R-9JM -- 1882 wedding of prob. Isaac’s son Isaac Jr.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154446039/john-mastin-armstrong -- 1907 grave of John
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5357513/jeptha-daniel-armstrong -- 1909 grave of Jeptha
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18467952/john-richmond-armstrong -- 1927 grave of William’s son John
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15359710/henry-wesley-armstrong -- 1933 grave of William’s son Henry
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6306329/edman-tilman-armstrong -- 1935 grave of William’s son Edman
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188970680/w-w-armstrong -- 1945 grave of William’s son Pete
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12524153/w_-w_pete_-armstrong -- duplicate of above
http://arstudies.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/findingaids/id/6593 -- record of an 1861 letter by Confederate soldier Armstead Armstrong of Ouachita, AR
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNHB-MHB -- 1870 census, Lively’s possible son William in AR
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4PW-LHH -- 1880 census, Lively’s possible son Stephen Marion Bennett
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51299115/richard-j_-armstrong -- 1915 grave of poss. John’s son Richard