James Armstrong (North Carolina politician)

James Armstrong (Unknown-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[]

Bibliography[]

• King, Henry Thomas (1911). "Sketches of Pitt County . . . 1704–1910".
• Rankin, Hugh F. (1971). The North Carolina Continentals. 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". Retrieved March 8, 2019.