John Gibson Armstrong was born on October 26, 1855 to Thomas S. Armstrong and Martha.[1] He was born in Mossey, Fayette County, Virginia (later West Virginia).[1]
Census Notes
1860 Census: District 2, Fayette County, Virginia[2]
Thomas Armstrong M 30 Virginia Farmer, $400, $300
Martha Armstrong F 23 Virginia
Malisa Armstrong F 6 Virginia Attended school
John G Armstrong M 4 Virginia
Henry C Armstrong M 2 Virginia
1870 Census: Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia[3]
Anderson Windson M 52 Virginia Farmer, $600, $283
Martha Windson F 35 Virginia Keeping house
Malissa Windson F 17 Virginia At house
John G Windson M 13 Virginia Farm labor
Henry C Windson M 12 Virginia Farm labor
James F Windson M 9 Virginia At house
Wm R Windson M 7 Virginia At house
Miles M Windson M 4 West Virginia At house
Charles E Windson M 0 West Virginia 1/12th May
Sources
Armstrong-66 was started through the import of Lynch-Tree.ged on 06 August 2010.
Ancestry Public Member Tree. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917, database, FamilySearch VA Birth, John Gibson Armstrong, 26 Oct 1855; citing Mossey, Fayette, VA, reference ; FHL microfilm 34,485.
United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch 1860 Census, John G Armstrong in entry for Thomas Armstrong, District 2, Fayette, Virginia, 1860.
United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch 1870 Census, John G Windson in the household of Anderson Windson, Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 22, family 143, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,185.
Possible 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6R2-4SG : 15 July 2017), J Z Armstrong, Fayetteville, Fayette, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 18D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1402; FHL microfilm 1,255,402.
J Z Armstrong Self M 24 West Virginia, United States
Arminty J Armstrong Wife F 23 West Virginia, United States
Alley May Armstrong Daughter F 3 West Virginia, United States
Mary E Armstrong Daughter F 0 West Virginia, United States
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6R2-4SG : 15 July 2017), J Z Armstrong, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 18D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1402; FHL microfilm 1,255,402.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John: