Contents 1 Biography 2 DNA 2.1 Early Life 2.2 Marriage and Family 2.3 Death and Burial 3 Sources

Biography

DNA

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Early Life

Maximillian was born to Martin Armstrong and Mary Kuykendall in South Carolina in 1780. In 1790, his parents moved the family to Hancock, Georgia. ^[1][2]

Marriage and Family

On December 25, 1806 Maximillian Armstrong and Elizabeth Veazey married in Hancock, Georgia. ^[3]

Max served in the War of 1812 and then the family moved to Jones County, Georgia. They lived in Georgia until Max and his brother, John

Maximillian Sr. rendered service in the War of 1812, and during that period, he moved his young family to Jones County, Ga., where they resided until moving to Alabama in 1818. ^[1]

The family settled a little south of Montgomery, and Maximillian Sr. was soon appointed as the first Postmaster of the Monacks Post Office in 1818. He helped establish the Primitive Baptist Church and was one of the founders of the Sweetwater Church at Hornorville. The family later moved into Butler County where Maximillian helped begin the Friendship Primitive Baptist Church in his home. ^[1]

In 1850, "Mackey" and Elizabeth lived on a farm in Butler, Alabama with their young daughter. ^[4]

Death and Burial

He died in Butler Alabama in May of 1858. He is buried in the Jackson-Hart Family Cemetery in Crenshaw, Alabama. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Armstrong descendants settle first in Montgomery area The Andalusia Star News
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122523940
3. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ2-8JF : 4 November 2017), Mackey Armstrong and Elizabeth Veazey, 25 Dec 1806; citing Marriage, Hancock, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 222,074
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT8-4L4 : 27 August 2017), M C Armstrong, Butler, Alabama, United States; citing p. 150, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 2,332.