John Armistead

John Armistead, of Cumberland County, Va., who lived on or near Muddy Creek (will recorded March 27, 1769), married Nancy and had John (mentioned in will), who married , and had son John A., born March 4, 1774; married Keziah Anderson, born June, 1777. It is presumed he married in Cumberland County, as Anderson is a name of that section, and a family name in James Armistead's family. James and John being sons of the John whose will was recorded in 1769.

John Armistead emigrated to Oglethorpe County, Georgia, in 1798, thence to Walton County, Georgia, 1820, where he remained until his death, November, 1856. The children of John and Keziah (his first wife) were Elizabeth A., born April 2, 1799; William A., born July 17, 1801; John A., born March 5, 1803; Nathaniel A., died young; James A., born October 23, 1807; Frances A., born January 20, 1810; Susannah A., died young; Nancy A., born October 9, 1814; Keziah M. A., born September 23, 1816.

John A. married, second, Mrs. Amy Owens, widow of Captain Owens, United States Army. Children of this marriage: Jesse A., born March 16, 1820; Thomas R. A., born September 18, 1821; Virgil A., born August 27, 1823; Almarine A., born Aug. 27, 1825; Jabez Jubal A., born December 8, 1828.

Marriages of children of first wife: Elizabeth A. married Ezekiel Daniel; died in Mississippi, 1865. William A. married Susan Malcolm; died in Atlanta, Ga., 1871. John A. married Elizabeth Falkner. Nancy A. married A. W. Weaver.

Marriages of children of second marriage: Jesse A. married M. F. Cubreath, 1841. Thomas R. A. married Drucilla Beard, 1841. Virgil A. married Lucy A. Chick, 1844. Almarine A. married Mr. Street. Jabez Jubal A. married Mary Chick, 1850.

Source: Virginia Armistead Garber, The Armistead family: 1635-1910, Whittet & Shepperson Printers (1910).