"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLP-N29 : Mathew Armistead, Virginia, United States; citing p. 12, family 86, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,141.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPY-TTP : accessed 24 May 2016), William Armistead in household of Mat C Armistead, Randolph, Cumberland, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 79, sheet 83D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1362; FHL microfilm 1,255,362.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mathew by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mathew: