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Archibald was born in 1830. He was the son of Ephraim Armstrong and Nancy ?. He passed away in 1863.
FROM SIMS INDEX; THOMAS ARMSTRONG, 59 ACRES ON MOSSY CK., 1861. BOOK 2, PG 379.
SOURCE: BOOK, "CABINS OF THE LOOP AND ENVIRONS OF FAYETTE COUNTY, VA. (NOW W.VA.)" BY L. NEIL DARLINGTON, DEC. 1987. PAGE 548. 'IN 1851, THOMAS ARMSTRONG BOUGHT 100 ACRES FROM JESSE TONEY, WHO HAD RECENTLY COME INTO POSSESSION OF ALL THE REID LANDS ON MOSSY CREEK AND WAS OFFERING SUITABLE TRACTS FOR FARMS AT FIFTY CENTS AN ACRE. ARMSTRONG'S PURCHASE WAS AT THE MOUTH OF TONEY FORK. THE LOG HOUSE OF THOMAS AND MARTHA ARMSTRONG AT THE PRESENT COMMUNITY OF DOTHAN, ON THE SITE NOW OCCUPIED BY ROOP, JUST BELOW THE INTERSECTION OF THE TONEY FORK ROAD, HAD ALREADY BEEN BUILT AND WAS OCCUPIED BY THE ARMSTRONGS WHEN THE TITLE WAS OBTAINED IN 1851. THE NEW MOSSY CREEK ROAD, WHICH ARMSTRONG HELPED TO BUILD AND WHICH PASSED THROUGH HIS PLACE, GIVING READY ACCESS TO THE TURNPIKE IN ONE DIRECTION AND TO THE OLDER SETTLEMENTS IN THE OTHER, OPENED UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTER SOCIAL INTERCOURSE AND MORE PROSPEROUS FARMS IN THE VALLEY. THEN CAME THE BLIGHT OF WAR - THE CIVIL WAR - THAT UPSET ALL PLANS AND DEVASTATED FARMS. PARTICULARLY UNFORTUNATE WAS THIS HOMESTEAD WHOSE OWNER WAS TAKEN PRISONER AND CARRIED AWAY. HE NEVER RETURNED.'
SOURCE: BOOK, "LOWER LOUP CREEK" BY L. NEIL DARLINGTON. PAGE 37. 'ANOTHER CAVALRY FORCE, PERHAPS TO BE IDENTIFIED WITH THE ONE MENTIONED BELOW (CASKEY'S RANGERS), SEEKING THE SPOILS OF WAR AND FINDING POOR PICKING ON THE LOUP CREEK SIDE, CROSSED OVER THE MOUNTAIN TO MOSSY CREEK. THEY ASCENDED THE RIDGE AT THE MCVEY PLACE, AND EVER AFTER THIS WAS CALLED CAVALRY RIDGE."
SOURCE: BOOK, "RICHMOND PRISONS 1861-1862" BY WM H. JEFFREY. PAGE 23. 'ON THE 25TH OF SEP. 1861, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PRIVATES WERE SENT SOUTH. LATER IN THE DAY, SOME FIFTEEN CITIZENS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA WERE MARCHED TO THE PRISON BY A STRONG GUARD.'
PAGE 233-234. 'CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA. THE FOLLOWING NAMED, CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA, WERE CONFINED IN THE PRISON (LIBBY); SOME FOR BEING LOYAL TO THE UNION, SOME FOR DESERTING THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE, AND OTHERS FOR PETTY CRIMES. FROM FAYETTE COUNTY: S. ARMSTRONG, RELEASED; THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DEAD.
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