Margaret (Cunningham) Armstrong (1745-1837)

Margaret Armstrong formerly Cunningham

Born 1745 in Augusta, Commonwealth of Virginia

Daughter of [father unknown] and Unknown McKamy

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of Robert Armstrong II — married Aug 1767 in South Carolina

Descendants

Mother of Margaret (Armstrong) Lovelady, Unknown Armstrong, Elizabeth Armstrong, Robert Armstrong III, John Armstrong, Martha (Armstrong) Luttrell, Aaron Armstrong and Moses Armstrong

Died 3 Jun 1837 at about age 92 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

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Biography

Margaret was born in Augusta Virginia to Mr. Cunningham and his wife, maiden name, McCamry. They settled in South Carolina in the early 1700s.^[1]

Margaret was married to Mr. Robert Armstrong after he moved to South Carolina, he was single at the time of his marriage to her.

They were blessed with 7 children.

Margaret continued to live about 40 years after her husband passed away and is buried beside him on what was their property at the time.

Sources

Armstrong, Zella, and Janie Preston Collup French. Notable Southern Families. Vol. 1. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Pub., 1918. 11. Print.

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 June 2019), memorial page for Margaret Cunningham Armstrong (1745–3 Jun 1837), Find A Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #36931302, citing Armstrong Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Douglas Little (contributor 46816129) .

Note NI511Ancestral File 4.18 shows Margaret as being born in 1745, Augusta County, VA.[Milton.ftw]

↑ Armstrong, Zella, and Janie Preston Collup French. Notable Southern Families. Vol. 1. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Pub., 1918. 11. Print.

Acknowledgment

WikiTree profile Cunningham-1530 created through the import of armstrongmelhornlegacy11252012.ged on Nov 29, 2012 by Milton Armstrong.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:

~1.56% Larry Bounds : 23andMe, GEDmatch XH5402324 [compare]
~1.56% Jan (Cooper) Asher : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z209024 [compare], FTDNA kit #532945
~0.78% Shari McNutt : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A977552 [compare], Ancestry member sicsaxion
~0.78% ~12.50% Michael Carter : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch UL4352977 [compare]
~0.39% Brad Kirby : 23andMe, GEDmatch M977970 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M977970 [compare], Ancestry member Lesiakirby
~0.39% ~1.56% Dave Cahail : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch HN6245767 [compare]