James Armstrong (North Carolina politician)

James Armstrong (died 1794) was a well-to-do planter from Pitt County, North Carolina and served as an officer in the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War service

Armstrong's service record included the following

• 1776–1781, 8th North Carolina Regiment, Captain in the New Bern District Minutemen, then Pitt County Regiment of the North Carolina militia
• November 26, 1776, Commissioned a Colonel
• June 1, 1778, commander of 4th North Carolina Regiment
• June 20, 1779, wounded at the Battle of Stono Ferry in South Carolina
• January 1781, retired on half pay
• 1781, appointed Brig. Gen. (Pro Tempore) for very short while when the NC General Assembly thought (incorrectly) that BG William Caswell had resigned.

Post war years

Armstrong was active in politics after the war

• 1782, Commissioner of Confiscated Property for the District of New Bern
• 1784, elected by the North Carolina General Assembly of October 1784 to serve as a member of the North Carolina Council of State
• 1788 to 1790, served in the North Carolina House of Commons
• November 1789, represented Pitt County at the Fayetteville North Carolina Constitutional convention
• 1794, died in Pitt County, family left the area

References

Bibliography

• William L. Saunders and Walter Clark, eds., Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, 26 vols. (1886–1907)