Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 256, Martin Armstrong, N.C.

Page 1

(9-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
N.C. Armstrong, Martin R. 256
Mary
CONTENTS

Page 2

Dr. Alexander McCall

Page 3

State of Virginia
County of Washington [legal paragraph symbol] 55
On this 29th day of March 1855 personally appeared in Open Court, Dr. Alexander McCall a resident of Davidson County, in the State of Tennessee aged fifty Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4th 1836, Granting pension to Widows Officers and Soldiers, who served during the Revolutionary War, also the provisions of the act, passed 3d March 1855, that he is the Grand Son, and administrator, of Mary Armstrong deceased, late of Smith County Tennessee, the Identified Mary Armstrong who was the widow of Martin Armstrong deceased, who was, as declarant always understood, from his Father and Mother, and from his Grand Mother, the said Martin Armstrong entered the Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, from the State of North Carolina, as Early as the year 1776 in the Militia of said State, that he served in Various Capacities as an Officer, untill he reached the Commission of Colonel of Militia, that he served in the Various Capacities until the middle or latter part of the war. the Greater part of said service, he thinks, he performed as Colonel, but the particulars of said service he cannot give, as it is all from what he has understood from the above named parties and others, he understood that a part of his time he was under Genl Benj'n Cleveland and a part under Genl. Griffith Rutherford, that he was engaged in the Battle of Gates defeat, at or near Camden, that towards the latter part of said Revolutionary War, he went out to the Frontier with Genl Rutherford, against the Indians and Tories. That he continued in said service for a considerable time, but for the particulars, duration, or all the particulars, [illegible] declarant must rely upon the records

Page 4

of the State of North Carolina to which he now refers, [illegible] No 1_ that at, or after the close of said war, the said Martin Armstrong, removed to the West, and sometime thereafter, was appointed Surveyor General of the Northwestern Teritory, that he settled in the State of Tennesse, and died in Nashville on or about the day of Septr 1808. That he left his Widow Mary Armstrong to whom he was married about the years 1766 or 1767 as he always understood, in the County of North Carolina that previous to his Grand Mothers Marriage with the said Martin Armstrong, her name was Mary Tate. That after they removed from thence to Tennessee, and after the death of the said Martin Armstrong, his widow, the said Mary survived him and still remains (his Widow) untill, on or about the day of June 1836 when she died. that at the time of her death, she left declarants Mother Mary A. E. McCall, who was as declarant always understood the third child of said Martin and Mary Armstrong, and who is now about Eighty years of age, being Born, as declarant understands from his Mother and her old record, on the 19th day of April 1775, that his Mother the said M A. E. McCall, is still living in Smith County State of Tennessee, that she is the sole and only surviving child, and Heir at Law of her Mother the said Mary Armstrong, of whose Estate declarant is administrator, declarant further states, that he knows of no documentary or heard proof of the services of said Martin Armstrong, beyond that now presented, or of the marriage of said Martin and Mary Armstrong, unless it be in the family record of his Mother, the said M A. E. McCall, he has also heard his Mother and relatives speak of Colonel Armstrongs Commision, but which Commision he cannot produce, that the reason why his Mother, nor declarant never applied for a pension provisions to this date, was that they supposed from the fact, that said Mary Armstrong having died so short a Time prior to the passage of the Act of 1836. That the period from the passage of said Act to her death being so short, it was not nor the claiming, but believing that the pension under the act of 1832, would commence in the 4th March

Page 5

1831, and continue to the 4th July 1836 or to the death of said Mary Armstrong (to wit) in May or June 1836. he claims the same as administrator of the Estate of said Mary Armstrong, for the benefit of the said Mary A. E. McCall, her sole & only surviving child, and Heir at Law, also claims the benefit of the Act of 3d month of March 1855, making further provision for Officers Widows &c of the Revolutionary War. he defers to paper No 2, letters of administration.
Alex. McCall Seal 
sworn to and subscribed in Open Court this 29th day of March 1855. Teste
Jacob Lynch CC
Know all Men by these presents, that I, Alexander McCall, aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint John W. Evans, to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand, and receive from the Government of the United States such amount of pension as may be due Mary A E McCall in light of Mary Armstrong deceased. and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more attorneys under him, for the special purposes therein mentioned,
Alex. McCall Seal
subscribed and acknowledged in Open Court this 29th day of March 1855. Teste
Jacob Lynch CC
State of Virginia, Washington County, to wit 
I Jacob Lynch Clerk of the court of the said county of Washington, do hereby certify that [illegible] a court continued and held for the said county of Washington on the 29th day of March 1855. The foregoing declaration of Alexander McCall was subscribed and sworn to in open court by the said Alexander McCall and the same was ordered to be certified. And I do further certify that the Power of

Page 6


attorney annexed to the said declaration was subscribed
and acknowledged by the said Alexander McCall in open Court as his acts and deed, which was also ordered to be certified
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of the said Court, this 18 day of  April 1855
Jacob Lynch CC

Page 7

April 23/[illegible]

Page 8

Pension Office
April 23 1855

Sir
The application of the administrator of Mary
Armstrong decd widow of Martin of Tenn has been
filed under the Act July 4 1836, and rejected.
She and her husband both died before the passage of any act under which their children
can assert a claim in their right,
J W Stevens Esq
Abington Va

Page 9

Col. Martin Armstrong
FREE

Comm of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.

Page 10

Abingdon May 9th 1855,
Comm of pensions

Dear Sir
In your letter of rejection, in the
case of application, of Mrs. McCall, Daughter of Col Martin
Armstrong for pension in right of her Father, her son
Dr McCall administrator of Mrs Armstrong in whose
Right she claims) seems to think, the act of 3 March
Established more fully her claim under act of 1780, 83
and that Col Armstrongs widow, by virtue of the act
of 3d March, would be Entitled under to the half pay
under act of 1780.  & if he did not receive the five
years commutation, she would be also entitled
Not withstanding she did so short a time before
4th of July 1836, to about that supposition of
the Doctors, I stated. If he had served five years
in the Continental line, then there would be
Claim, but as Col Armstrong had only served
in the N.C. Militia, the law did not recognise
any claim to half pay, or commutation pay, he
sums dissatisfied not only with the rejection but
with my statement made to him, and nothing short of
an explanation of those acts well satisfy him,
I might be well to make the explation, he is a
highly gifted Intelligent Gentleman, and an ardent
devotee to the administration and deserves some
Notice.  please to let me hear from you on
I am Dear Sir
Your Obt St
J W Stevens

A B he is not knowing
to this communication}

Page 11

May 6, 1935
xxxxxxxxxxxx
Martin Armstrong-R. 256
RA-J/AWF

Mr. Abe Oaruthere
2011 E. Greenwood Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Sir:

The Revolutionary War record of Martin Armstrong which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 256, based upon his service in that war. 

The date and place of birth of this soldier are not found in the claim, not are the names of his parents given. 

Martin Armstrong was Colonel of North Carolina Militia, early in 1776, was "Contractor of N. Levies of Salisbury District" was Commissary in the Cherokee Expedition, was in the battle of Gates Defeat, and towards the close of the war, went to the frontier with General Rutherford against the Indians and Tories. 

He moved after the close of the Revolution to "the West" and was appointed Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory. He settled in Tennessee and died in Nashville in September, 1808. 

Martin Armstrong married in 1766 or [illegible] in North Carolina, Mary Tate. She died in June 1866 in Smith County Tennessee. 

Their only surviving child in 1855 was Mary A.E. McCall; she was their third child and was born April 19, 1775 and in 1855 she was a resident of Smith County.

Page 12

Tennessee. Names of other children were not stated. 

Dr. Alexander McCall applied, March 29, 1855, for the pension which might have been due his grandparents, Martin and Mary Armstrong, for the benefit of his mother, Mary A. E. McCall. 

The pension was not allowed, as Colonel Armstrong died before passage of the Act of June 7, 1832, granting pension for service in the Militia, and his widow, Mary Armstrong died before July 4, 1836, the date on which the first widow's pension Act was passed. 

The above noted Dr. Alexander McCall was fifty-eight years of age in 1855 and a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee. 

There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of Martin Armstrong. 

Very truly yours

A.S. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Page 13

No. 8129
Mary Armstrong decd
widow of Martin
Tenn
[illegible] Rejected, husband dies before June 7 1832 & she died before July 2, 1836

[scribbled out text reads]
[illegible] April 23 1855
to same May 17/55

Page 14

[document has no readable text]

Page 15

[left side of page]
1910 Mch.1. Hist to Hon. Jos W Byrns-
1912 Apl.23. Miss Elsie Rowan. C
1912 June 12. Mrs. J. H. Etter. C
1915 June 5. Hon Ferris J Garrett C1
1924 Jan 21 - Hist to Mrs. Wm Youngblood AWS
1925 Aug 25- [Hist to] Lilly C. Mc Fadden AWS
1925 Sept 27 [Hist to] Sallie Clark Graham
1928-Oct 10 Photos mailed to Mrs. K.C. Gottschalk AWS
1935-May 6 Histo to Abe Caruthers
see his letter in Thoma Allin S12923 AWS

[left side]
REJECTED
Mary Armstrong
Widow of
Martin Armstrong

Page 16

[stamp] Abingdon Apr 18
FREE
Comm of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.

Mary Armstrong widow of Martin- Va or Tenn

Page 17

256

Page 18

Abingdon April 17th 1855
Comr of Pensions

Dear Sir
I enclose declaration of Dr. A. McCall administrator of Mary Armstrong Widow of Martin, in right of his mother Mrs M. A. E. McCall for pension
I am Dear Sv 
Very Respectfully
Your [illegible] St
J W Stevens

Page 19

No 1

Page 20

State of North Carolina
Comptrollers Office

I Geo. W. Brooks Comptroller of the Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid
do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office among the payments made by said State to [illegible] persons for Military service in the
Revolution as follows Viz

Col. Martin Armstrong
Book E. G. Page 54 [pounds] 31. 1.4 allowed in April 1776
[Book E. G. Page] 58 [pounds] 48. 1. 8 [allowed in] Nov 1776
[Book E. G. Page] 74 [pounds] 748, 19, 2, as commissary in the Cherokee Expedition
[Book E. G. Page] 78 [pounds] 143, 4, 4 Allowed Nov. 1777
[Book E. G. Page] 36 [pounds] 2410 "0 "0 [allowed] Jany 1779
Book C Entry 5212 [pounds] 33' 6 " 8 [allowed]
Jany 1787
[Book] A Entry 8110 [pounds] 112. 8. 
Kingston page 147 [pounds]3528, Currency Oct 1779

I further certify that the Rolls show that
said Martin Armstrong held the rank of
"Colonel of the Militia" and Contractor of
N. Levies, of Salisbury District which agrees
with the Books of "Army accounts"

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal of Office, in the City of
Raleigh this the 18th Febr. A.D. 1855
Geo W Brooks Comptr.
N.C.
.

Page 21

No. 2
Letters of Administration
Alexander McCall
Of Adm'r
Mary Armstrong

Fee $250 paid

Page 22

State of Tennessee Davidson County

To Alexander M Call a Citizen of Davidson Whereas, It appears to the Court now in session that Mary Armstrong has died, leaving no will, and the court being satisfied as to your
claim to the administration, and you having given bond and qualified as directed by law, and the court having ordered that letters of administration be issued to you:
THESE ARE THEREFORE, To authorize and empower you, the said Alexander McCall 
to take into your possession and control, all the goods, chattels, claims and papers of the said intestate, and return a true and perfect inventory thereof to our next County Court, or within ninety days from the date hereof; to collect and pay all debts, and to do and
transact all the duties in relation to said estate, which lawfully devolves on you as administrator, and after having settled up said estate, to deliver the residue thereof to those who have a right thereto by law. HEREIN FAIL NOT
WITNESS, F. R. CHEATHAM, Clerk of said Court, at Office, this 5th day of February 1855 and 79 year of American Independence.
Ratham Clk
F R Cheatham Clk
J T Faulkner D.C

State of Tennessee
Davidson County
I Felix R Cheatham Clerk of the County
Court of said County, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the letters of administration granted to Alexander McCall upon the Estate of Mrs Mary Armstrong Dec'd
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand
and affixed my seal of Office at office, in Nashville, this 5th day of Feby 1855
F R Cheatham Clk

Page 23

Comprollers Office
Raleigh N. C. Feb. 18/55

Alex, McCall Esq

Sir yours of the
5th Jun come to hence a few days
ago with the contens, your request
for the search has been attended
to and a sertificate of her will
made out, which I enclose to you
by to nights. mail. The Books and
rolls do not show under what officers
he served nor in what battles he
fought.  The Rolls have nearly all
been destroyed.  The certificate
continues all his information in
the office.  Secretary Hill has
made a search but finds nothing
as he has none of the Revolutionary
records relating to the Militia
Col Armstrong seems to have served
entering in the Va Militia.  I think
the certificate will establish your claim

Page 24

so far as the evidence from this office
is concerned, Secretary Wm Hill
who is a very old man inform
me he was personally acquainted
with Col Martin Armstrong and
knows that he served a long time
and was surveyor of the Soldiers
Lands in Tennessee after the
war closed.  Should you want
any other evidence to go before the department at Washington pension
his will avail you something
Very Respectfully &C
Geo W Brooks
Comptroller
N.C.

A McCall Esq
Nashville
Tenn

Page 25

May 17/55

Page 26


Pension Office,
May 17, 1855
Sir,
In answer to your communication of the
9th instant, I have to state that all grants provided
for by the Resolves of the continental Congress,
are absolute so far as the action of any
Executive Department of the general
Government is concerned.
Congress alone possesses the
power to afford relief to claimants for revolutionary services, except in cases arising
under the various pension laws [underlined].

very respectfully
DC

J. W. Stevens Esq
Abingdon,
Va

Page 27


3 - 049.
Ex. AWF.  Div. Rev. War Sec
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
[stamp says] RECEIVED Dec 12 1923 To Bur. Pensions

[illegible] Nov. 16, 1923

The attached letter is respectfully returned
with the information that the data furnished is
not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below
as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
1st name of widow
Name of soldier Martin Armstrong
address of soldier at enlistment & after service
Date of birth
Date of death -
If unable to furnish company and regiment
give names of commanding officers.
Only 2 reports furnished
each inquirer
Return attached letter with reply.

Washington Gardens
Commissioner.

Page 28

McMinnville Tennessee
Apr 14 - 12

Revolutionary Records
Pension Department
Washington D.C.

Will you please give me the pension records of Hugh and [inserved] xLincoln Co. S30831 (only) William Armstrong
Salsbury district same county
North Carolina and of John Hillsboro [inserted] xW.9229 only one
and Martin Armstrong [inserted] R.256 (only)
Salsbury district Stokes Co. N.C.
Thanking you in advance for the favor.  i am very Respt 
Miss Elsie Rowan

Page 29

US Pension Office
Jun 5 1912

Ack. June 8, 1912. JW

Page 30

HW 1
McMinnville Tenn
June 7 1912
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Will you please give me the military records of Colonel Martin [R.256] Armstrong and of Hugh Armstrong of North Carolina Rev War
Also record of Henry Rowan of Mecklenburg Co. N.C.
Respt Mrs. J. H. Etter

Page 31

House of Representatives, 
Washington D.C. 

Feb. 24, 1910. 

Honorable J.L. Davenport, 
Pension Commissioner, 
Washington, D.C. 

Dear sir:

I have an inquiry concerning Col. Martin Armstrong and Seargent Hance Palligrew, who it is stated served in the Revolutionary War, probably from North Carolina, although this is not certain. Will you please advise me whether the records of your office show any such soldiers, and if so, give me such date as is disclosed by the records, and oblige, 

Yours very truly, 

Joseph W. Byrns

Page 32

Lilly Charles McFadden

3429 Holmead Place

Washington, D.C. 

Personal request August 21, 1925

Page 33

Mr. E. C. Tieman
Acting Pension Commissioner
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Tieman:
I enclose herewith letter from Mr. W. M. McCall, Humboldt, Tenn., which is self-explanatory as to information desired.  if this can be supplied, it will be very greatly appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Finis J Garrett

FJG:L

Miss Wilson
Rev. Sec

[stamp] 
Deputy Commissioner
Jun 5 1915
U.S. Pension Office

Page 34

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
[left side]
MISS MARY HILLIARD HINTON, ORGANIZER
MIDWAY PLANTATION
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

ASSISTANTS:
MRS. MARGARET S. CARRUTH
MRS. SALLIE CLARK GRAHAM

OBJECTS:
ANCESTRAL RECORDS IN U. S. A. AND ABROAD ESTABLISHED AND CHARTED BY OUR GENEALOGISTS.

ARTISTS OF THE ASSOCIATION COPY OLD PORTRAITS AND MINIATURES COATS- OF- ARMS
PAINTED ETCHINGS, BOOKPLATES AND PEN
AND INK SKETCHES FURNISHED TO ORDER.

HANDMADE LINEAGE BOOKS OF ONE OR MORE
LINES PREPARED TO ORDER.

[Right side]
ADVISORY BOARD
[crossed out Chief Justice Walter Clark], North Carolina
MRS. WILLIAM RUFFIN COX, VIRGINIA
DR. ALBERT COOK MYERS, PENNSYLVANIA
MRS. MINNEGERODE ANDREWS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
MRS. BRYAN WELLS COLLIER, GEORGIA
MRS. JAMES HENRY WATSON, TENNESSEE
DR. ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA
LOUISE PHELPS KELLOGG, PH. D. RESEARCH
ASSOCIATE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN
[ILLEGIBLE CROSSED OUT] SECRETARY, N. C. HISTORICAL.
COMMISSION
Mrs. ADELINE F. FITZ, MASSACHUSETTS
MRS. ROBERT G. HOGAN, MARYLAND
JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE, DIRECTOR LIBRARIES.
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, STATE OF TENNESSEE
Sir,

August 4 I925 [1925]
325 Polk St
Raleigh, N. C.

Please let me know if you can send me the
Record of any Mr rather all Martin Armstrong's
from North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee
who received pensions for being in the Revolutionary War

A Prompt reply will greatly oblige

Yours Resptly
Mrs Sallie Clark Graham

[stamp]
US Pensions Office
Aug 6 1925

[handwritten]
Rev'l is the only Martin

Page 35

Mrs. William Youngblood
2803 22nd Avenue
Ensley, Ala

Oct 8- 1928

Com of Pensions
Washington D.C. 
[stamp] Chief Clerk Dec 13 1923 Bureau of pensions
[stamp] Oct 10 1923 US Pension Office

My Dear sir,
In order to complete family records I am writing you for assistance.  Have you on file any records of Revolutionary soldiers by the name of Armstrong, Tukcers, McDade or Fields?

Page 36

Departmant of Archives of Nashville Tenn.
I know that my great grand father was one
Martin Armstrong. Would like to him who
his ancestors were, who he married &c
We were terribly handicapped during [illegible]
War Records, Bibles and other relics were
destroyed - in many [illegible]
I was taught when a child, that we had
good blood belonged to the nobility as it were
that our ancestors fought in the Revolutionary 
War, that we would some day receive a
legacy, the whole city of Nashville Tenn would
he turned once to us.

Page 37

am especially anxious to secure the record of one Martin Armstrong [handwritten Revl]
please give one as minute information about these persons as possible.  Thanking you in advance for your interest
I am very Sinly
(Mrs.) Fannie A Youngblood.

Addenda
Do not kin any answer to the ques. ions. Have written to the

Page 38

Isn't that a beautiful Chrismas story.
Please search the records and see if
can become a D.A.R or belong to the colonial
James.
I want to leave an inheritance
to my children after one hundred years
duration.
May sorrow and disappointment escape 
the person who handles this letter.
Very truly
Fannie A Youngblood

Page 39

15822
3-2233
Bureau of Pensions
Finance Division
Oct 5 1928
Chief Rev and 1812 Wars Section.
I have this day received from
Mrs. K. C. Gottschalk
cash in the amount
of $1.20 requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith.

O. J. Randall
Chief Finance Division
HCl

Photos marked
Finance Div
notified
Oct 10 1928
AWF

Cash $1.20

Page 40

October 5, 1928.

Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
I desire photostat copies of eight pages from Revolutionary War pension claims-
4 from martin Armstrong, R. 256
2 from John Maxwell, S. 21358
2 from Richard Pollard, R. 11468
Recd. payment
$1.20
Rev. & 1812 Wars Sec. 
[Gottschalk erased]

Mrs. K. C. Gottschalk Gottschalk
2707 Adams Mice Road
Washington D.C.

Page 41

SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 26901
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.
October 5, 1928

Bureau ordering PENSIONS.
Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job  photostat copies of four pages from Revolutionary War pension claim, Martin Armstrong, R. 256

No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? ____ days
For further information see M.M.H. Finch
Rooom No. 5033 Phone No. 541

Approved:
AD Wilkinson

Margaret M. H. finch
Chief of Rev & 1812 Wars sec.

NOTE: No order made ""SPECIAL"" unless statement showing necessity is written
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

CHECK WORK DESIRED

Duplicate
Multigraph. single or double space? ___ Facsimile signature? ____
Mimeograph. One side or both sides? ___. Facsimile signature?  ___
Folding  once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling. Once?  Twice?  Side?  End?

Electric typewriter. Fill in addresses?  ___. Dated?  ___

[stamp across text reads] Division of Publications Oct 9 1928  Dept of the interior

Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size
Cards, size
Proof list
Pay rolls
Labels 9submit sample0
Corrections
Fill in letters
Tabulation sheets

Photostat X Size actual  Official use? ___. Repay? yes $.60 cts
Blue Pring. Size ___. Official use? ___ Repay? ___  $ ___

Remarks
(OVER)

Page 42

[Document is a form that has not been completed]

Page 43

Rev. and 1812
Ware Section. 

January 21, 1924. 

Mrs. William Youngblood
2803 33d Ave.,
Ensley, Ala. 

Madam;

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 256, it appears that Martin Armstrong was a Colonel of North Carolina Militia as early as 1776; he was "Contractor of N. Levies of Salisbury District; served as Commissary in the Cherokee Expeditios, and was in Gates Defeat near Camden, August 16, 1780. 

After the close of the War, he moved to the West, and was appointed Surveyor General of the Northwestern Territory, settled in Tennessee, and died at Nashville in September 1808. He married in North Carolina in 1766 or 1767, Mary Tate, and she died in June 1836, leaving only one child, Mary A. E. McCall, born April 19, 1775, and who was a resident of Smith County, Tennessee in 1855,

Page 44

at which time her son Alexander McCall, aged fifty eight
years and a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee, applied
for the pension which might have been due his grandparents,
for the benefit of his mother.

The claim was [rejected is crossed out] not [illegible] on the ground of no title [illegible]
[for crossed out] as Colonel Armstrong died before the passage of the Act
of June 7, 1832, granting pension for service in the Militia
, and his widow, Mary Armstrong died before July 4,
1836, the date on which the first widow's pension act was
passed.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

only Marten Armstrong

Page 45

June 5, 1915.

Hon. Finds J. Garrett,
Dresden, Tennessee.
My dear Mr. Garrett.
In response to your letter dated
the third instant, requesting information for Mr. W. M.
McCall of Humboldt, Tennessee, I have the honor to advise
you that from the papers in claim R. File No. 256.
Rev. War, it appears that Martin Armstrong was a colonel
of North Carolina Militia as early as 1776; he was
Contractor of N. Levies of Salisbury District served
as Commissary in the Cherokee Expedition; and was in
Gates' Defeat near Camden, August 16, 1780.
After the close of the war, he removed to the West
and was appointed Surveyor General of the Northwestern
Territory, settled in Tennessee, and died at Nashville,
in September, 1808. He married in North Carolina in
1766 or 1767, Mary Tate and she died in June, 1836,
leaving only one child, Mary A. E. McCall born April
19, 1775, who was a resident of Smith County, Tennessee
in 1855, at which time her son Alexander McCall aged

Page 46

fifty-eight years and a resident of Davidson County,
Tennessee, applied for the pension which might have
been due his grandparents, for the benefit of his mother.
The claim was rejected on the ground of no title,
for Colonel Armstrong died before the passage of the
Act of June 7, 1832, granting pension for service in
the Militia, and his widow Mary Armstrong died before
July 4, 1836, the date on which the first widow act
was passed.
E. C. Tieman Deputy Comm

[handwritten on the side]
see John Armstrong [illegible] 60-450

Page 47

June 12, 1912
Mrs. J. H. Etter,
McMinnville, Tenn.
Madam: --
In response to your letter dated the 1"" and received the
5" instant, you are advised that from the papers in claim R. File
No. 256, Rev. War, it appears that Martin Armstrong was a Colonel
of North Carolina Militia as early as 1776; he was "Contractor of
N. Levies of Salisbury District served as Commissary in the
Cherokee Expedition; and was in Gates' Defeat near Camden August 16,
1780.
After the close of the war, he removed to the West, and
was appointed Surveyor General of the Northwestern Territory,
settled in Tennessee, and died at Nashville, in September, 1808.
He married in North Carolina in 1766 or 1767, Mary Tate, and she
died in June, 1836, leaving only one child, Mary A. E. McCall,
born April 19, 1775, who was a resident of Smith County, Tenn.,
in 1855, at which time her son Alexander McCall aged fifty-eight
years and a resident of Davidson County, Tenn., applied for the
pension which might have been due his grandparents, for the benefit
of his mother.
The claim was rejected on the ground of no title, for
Colonel Armstrong died before the passage of the Act of June 7,
1832, granting pension for service in the Militia, and his widow

Page 48

Rev. War R. File No: 256
[page] 2.

Mary Armstrong died before July 4, 1836, the date on which the
first widow's pension Act was passed.
The Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any
information in regard to Hugh Armstrong or Henry Rowan described by you.

Very respectfully,
J L Davenport
Commissioner.

Page 49

Rev. War.
April 23, 1912.
Miss Elsie Rowan,
McMinnville, Tenn.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 14"" and received
the 17" instant, you are advised that from the papers in claim
R. File No. 256, Rev. War, it appears that Martin Armstrong
was a Colonel of North Carolina Militia as early as 1776; he
was "Contractor of N. Levies of Salisbury District;" served
as Commissary in the Cherokee Expedition; and was in Gates
Defeat near Camden, August 16, 1780.
After the close of the war, he removed to the West, and
was appointed Surveyor General of the Northwestern Territory,
settled in Tennessee, and died at Nashville, in September,
1808. He married in North Carolina in 1766 or 1767, Mary Tate
and she died in June 1836, leaving only one child Mary A. E.
McCall born April 19, 1775, who was a resident of Smith County
Tennessee in 1855, at which time her son Alexander McCall aged
58 years and a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee, applied
for the pension which might have been due his grand parents,
for the benefit of his mother.
The claim was rejected on the ground of no title, for
Colonel Armstrong died before the passage of the Act of June
7, 1832, granting pension for service in the Militia, and

Page 50

Rev File 256  [page] (2)
Mary Armstrong died before July 4, 1836, the date on which the first widdow's pension Act was passed.
The Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford
any information in regard to Hugh, John or William Armstrong
of Salisbury District, North Carolina.

Very respectfully,
J. Davenport
Commissioner.

Page 51

March 1, 1910.
Hon. Joseph W. Byrns,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr Byrns:

In reply to your letter dated the 24"" and received
the 20"" ultimo, I have the honor to furnish you the Revolutionary War
record of Colonel Martin Armstrong of North Carolina, and to advise you
that the record of pensioners of said war, fail to afford any information
in regard to Hance Palligrew of the North Carolina troops.
From the papers in claim R. File No. 256, Rev War it appears that Martin
Armstrong was a Colonel of North Carolina Militia as early as 1776; he
was "Contractor of N. Levies of Salisbury District; served as Commissary
in the Cherokee Expedition; and was in Gates' Defeat near Camden,
August 16, 1780.

After the close of the war he removed to the West, and was appointed
Surveyor General of the Northwestern Territory, settled in Tennessee,
and died at Nashville, in September, 1808. He married in North Carolina
in 1766 or 1767, Mary Tate and she died in June 1836, leaving one child,
Mary A. E. McCall, whose son Alexander McCall, aged fifty-eight years,
and a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1855, applied for the
pension which might have been due his grandmother Mary Armstrong.

Page 52

R. File No. 256.   [page]--2
The claim was rejected on the ground of no title, for Colonel Armstrong
died before the passage of the Act of June 7, 1832 granting pension for service in the Militia, and Mary Armstrong died before July 4,
1836, the date on which the first widow's pension Act was passed.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner,

Page 53

May 6, 1935
BA-J/AWF
Martin Armstrong R.256

Mr. Abe Caruthers
2011 E. Greenwood Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Thomas Allin (not Allen) and Martin Armstrong, officers in the War of the Revolution, both of whom lived in Tennessee after the war.
The data furnished herewith were obtained from claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

Very Truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator