James Armstrong (North Carolina politician)

James Armstrong
Born	Unknown
Died	1794 Pitt County, North Carolina
Place of burial	Unknown
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch	North Carolina militia
Service years	1776-1781
Rank	Colonel
Unit	New Bern District Minutemen, Pitt County Regiment, 4th North Carolina Regiment, 8th North Carolina Regiment
Commands	4th North Carolina Regiment
Conflicts	Battle of Stono Ferry

James Armstrong (died 1794) was a well-to-do planter from Pitt County, North Carolina and served as an officer in the Revolutionary War. ^[1]

Revolutionary War service

Armstrong's service record included the following ^{[1] [2]}

• 1776–1781, 8th North Carolina Regiment, Captain in the New Bern District Minutemen, then Pitt County Regiment of the North Carolina militia
• November 26, 1776, Commissioned a Colonel
• June 1, 1778, commander of 4th North Carolina Regiment
• June 20, 1779, wounded at the Battle of Stono Ferry in South Carolina
• January 1781, retired on half pay
• 1781, appointed Brig. Gen. (Pro Tempore) for very short while when the NC General Assembly thought (incorrectly) that BG William Caswell had resigned.

Post war years

Armstrong was active in politics after the war ^[1]

• 1782, Commissioner of Confiscated Property for the District of New Bern
• 1784, elected by the North Carolina General Assembly of October 1784 to serve as a member of the North Carolina Council of State
• 1788 to 1790, served in the North Carolina House of Commons
• November 1789, represented Pitt County at the Fayetteville North Carolina Constitutional convention
• 1794, died in Pitt County, family left the area

References

1. Johnson, Elmer D. (1979). "James Armstrong". NCPedia.
2. Lewis, J.D. "Colonel James Armstrong, North Carolina 8th Regiment" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.

Bibliography

• King, Henry Thomas (1911). "Sketches of Pitt County . . . 1704–1910".
• Rankin, Hugh F. (1971). The North Carolina Continentals. UNC Press Books. ISBN   9780807856628.
• William L. Saunders and Walter Clark, eds., Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, 26 vols. (1886–1907)
• Johnson, Elmer D. "James Armstrong". In Powell, William S. (ed.). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved March 8, 2019– via NCpedia.
• "The Howell Collection of Historical Materials, University of North Carolina". 1884. Retrieved March 8, 2019.