Youngblood-Armstrong & Allied Families
Horeb Church, was constituted by the Rev. Vining, and among the first members were Martin and Mary Armstrong. Later, in 1799, the Minutes record that Martin Armstrong was on the building committee. (Vol. 4, Hist, of Warren Co. Ga. Dept. Archives, Atlanta)
Many Warren as well as Hancock County people were members of this church as it was convenient to settlers on both sides of the line.
Aug. 19, 1794, Martin Armstrong and Reuben Jones, bought of William Maddox, 1093 acres, on waters of Fulsom's Creek adjoining lands of Bagby, Brown, Bishop, Matthew Robins and John Gilgrass. The same day, Martin Armstrong, of Hancock Co, bought 843 acres of land on the waters of Fulsom Creek. (Vol. A-B p. 35, Hancock Co)
The records show that in 1795, as a resident of Hancock Co. he owned four slaves and.290 acres on Ogeechee Creek. By 1802, Martin Armstrong owned 2522 acres in Hancock, on the Ogeechee. He sold 150 acres of his land, Oct. 7, 1805. (Bk H p. 74, Hancock Co.)
According to Court Minutes, Martin Armstrong was a member of the Grand Jury in 1796, 1797, and 1798 and again in 1807.
Other transactions listed, show that Martin Armstrong either bought or sold land in Hancock, some of it on the Ogeechee Creek. Then, on Aug. 3, 1809, Armstrong bought 202 1/2 acres in Jones County, Ga.
He now owned land in Hancock, Jones, Baldwin and Warren Counties. He also purchased negro slaves as shown in Bk. H. p. 515, Hancock Co. on Aug. 26, 1808.
No further record of Mary Armstrong has been found and her death is not recorded. Martin Armstrong died late in 1809 or early in 1810. In the office of the Court of Ordinary, Hancock Co. Minutes of Feb. 5, 1810, is the entry that "Letters of Administration be granted to Greenberry Pinkston on the estate of Martin Armstrong, deceased. That Benjamin Thompson, Charles Abercrombie, Richard Blount and Young Goodwin, be appointed to appraise the personal estate of Martin Armstrong." According to Mildred L. Brantley, Ordinary of Hancock Co, that is the only entry regarding this estate. In the Minutes of Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1810, is the notation "suit of Martin Armstrong VS Isaac Hill. Death of Plaintiff, suggested." In this same year, Green B. Pinkston, Admx, reopened the suit as "Estate of Martin Armstrong, Deceased, VS Isaac Hill", and obtained a verdict, in favor of Martin Armstrong, three years later. (Min. 1813, Hancock Co. Ga.)
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