Trooper Armstrong

For other people named James Armstrong, see James Armstrong (disambiguation).

James "Trooper" Armstrong (c. 1736–September 28, 1813) was an Irish-American soldier and pioneer. While resident in Ireland he had been an officer of the Enniskillen Dragoons. He emigrated from Ireland before 1777, settling in Abingdon, Virginia.[1] He served as a trustee of Abingdon between the years 1778 and 1802.[2] He was an early settler of Knoxville, Tennessee and is credited with discovering an important spring.[3] He was a de facto protocol officer at the 1791 Holston treaty negotiations with the Cherokee, introducing chiefs to Governor Blount.[4]

His son Robert Armstrong became postmaster of Nashville and American consul at Liverpool, and son William Armstrong was elected mayor of Nashville and "in 1835 President Andrew Jackson appointed William Armstrong to be the Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Western Territory."[5] Another son, Francis Wells Armstrong (father of Frank Crawford Armstrong) served as a U.S. marshal for Alabama and an Indian agent in Indian Territory by appointment of Jackson.[2] Trooper Armstrong's son Frank W. Armstrong was also a U.S. Army officer during the 1810s, "Capt. 24th Inf., 12 March. 1812. Maj. 24th Inf. 26 June, 1813. Disbanded 15 June, 1815. Retained Dec., 1815 (in re-organization under Act of 3 March, 1815), as Capt. 7th Inf., with Bvt. of Maj., from 26 June, 1813. Resigned 30 April, 1817."[6]

References

  1. ^ Chronicles of Oklahoma, THE ARMSTRONGS OF INDIAN TERRITORY, By Carolyn Thomas Foreman, https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2123469/m2/1/high_res_d/1952-v30-n03_a06.pdf p. 292
  2. ^ a b Armstrong, Zella (1926). Notable Southern Families. Lookout Publishing Company.
  3. ^ "Incidents in the Early Settlement of East Tennessee and Knoxville, by DeBow". knoxcotn.org. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  4. ^ Rule, William; Mellen, George Frederick; Wooldridge, John (1900). Standard History of Knoxville, Tennessee: With Full Outline of the Natural Advantages, Early Settlement, Territorial Government, Indian Troubles, and General and Particular History of the City Down to the Present Time. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-608-36292-2. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  5. ^ "Susannah Wells Armstrong November 2, 1761 - May 29, 1833" (PDF).
  6. ^ Powell, William H. (William Henry) (1900). List of officers of the army of the United States from 1779 to 1900, embracing a register of all appointments by the President of the United States in the volunteer service during the civil war, and of volunteer officers in the service of the United States. June 1, 1900. University of California Libraries. New York : L. R. Hamersly & co. p. 165.
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