LEGEND: 

Date of Birth = DOB
Date of Marriage = DOM
Date of Death = DOD
Place of Burial = POBu
Parent Info = PI
Spouse/Children Info = SCI
Place of Birth = POB
Place of Marriage = POM
Place of Death = POD
Place of Residence = POR
Sibling Info = SI
Armstrong Origins = AO

1. Armstrong Summary prepared by Wilma DeCourcey; prepared prior to 1995; 36770 W. Florida, #254, Hemet, CA 92545; (909) 658-0634. Freeman's Oath; Land purchases/sales; Tax Lists; 1790 Census; 1810 Census; DOD POD POR SCI
2. Two hand-written Family Group Sheets prepared by Virginia Armstrong - with references; undated. DOB; POB; DOM; DOD; POB; POR; SCI
3. Undated, typed Family Group Sheet prepared by Virginia Armstrong with attached references. DOB; POB; DOM; DOD; POB; POR; PI; SCI
4. From the "Shoreham Book of Records." Town inhabitants who had taken the Freeman's Oath, with attached, typed notes. Martin  - 1786; Jewet - 1790; Elliot - 2 Mar. 1795.
5. Armstrong Data, believed to have been prepared by Mrs. William H. West of La Habra, CA.
Includes short history of Martin, his son Elliot and wife Eleanor and their children..
DOD & POB- Elizabeth (Elliot) Armstrong. SI
6. Printout received from the Armstrong Clan, prepared 17 Sep. 1994; data submitted by Mrs. William H. West, La Habra, CA, Reta I. Phelps, Prineville, OR and M. Virginia Armstrong,
Denver, CO.
DOB; POB; DOM; DOD; POD; POR; PI; SI; SCI
7. "Armstrongs Found in Shoreham, Vermont Records - 1790 to 1853," prepared by Dennis Armstrong, 14 Apr. 1998 POR Includes voter records, school records, tax records and some info re:
personal assets
8. "Information Extracted From Proprietors Records, General Index of Grantors and Grantees, Town of Shoreham, Vermont," prepared by Dennis Armstrong, 14 Apr. 1998. POR Contains Shoreham land purchase/sale information for Armstrong family members.
9. "Assumptions & Observations Based on Shoreham, VT, Research," prepared by Dennis Armstrong, 5 July 1998. POB; POD; POR Also contains information relative to the movement of family
members.
10. A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham, Vermont; Susan H. McIntire and Sanford S. Witherell, Volume 2; 1992; Academy Books, Rutland, Vermont, page 277
(Personal Library).
DOB; POB; DOM; DOD; POD; POB; POR; PI; SCI
11. History of the Town of Shoreham, Vermont, 1761 to 1861; Rev. Josiah F. Goodhue; Published by the Town, Middlebury; A. H. Copeland; 1861; Chapter XX, War of 1812, pages 100-108 (Personal Library). Historical perspective/ background. POR
12. Copy of family history from N. Kaye Powell believed written by Henry Ransom Armstrong of Chatfield, MN, prior to March 1912. AO; POR; PI; SI; POBu
13. Copy of family history received from Judy Walgren. AO; POR; PI; SI; POBu
14. Original handwritten Armstrong history believed written by Henry Ransom Armstrong. Received from Bill Spencer, June 1996. Nearly identical to the family history above recieved from Kaye Powell (#12). AO; SCI
15. Biography of Jerome Bonaparte Armstrong; "Biographical History of Page County, IA; "Lewis & Dunbar Publishers, Chicago, IL, 1890. AO; POB; POR
16. Biography of Jerome Bonaparte Armstrong; "History of Page County, IA;" W. L. Kershaw, S. J. Clark Publishing Co., Chicago, 1909. AO; POR
17. 1840 Federal Census for Vermont. Shows two children -- one over age 5 and a second under age 10 (grandchildren?). Also listed is one person between the ages of 20 and 30 (this may be an error - may have been Irena who was 39 and the only unmarried member of the family at that time, and one person between the ages of 60 and 70 - likely Elliot's wife Eleanor who was about 66 at the time. POR
18. 1850 Federal Census for Vermont. DOB; POB; POR; SCI
19. Letter from the Sheldon Museum, 1 Park Street, Middlebury, VT, 05753, dated February 2, 1995. DOB; DOD; POR; POBu; SCI
20. Personal visit to Shoreham, VT, on 14 Apr. 1998. POR (Took pictures of Elliot's house) POBu (Also took pictures of Elliot and Eleanor's headstones in the Shoreham Village Cemetery).
21. Letter from the Grand Lodge of Vermont, Cedric L. Smith, P.G.M., R.W. Grand Secretary, RR3 Box 6742B, Barre, VT, dated 1 Apr. 1996. POR; Shown as member No. 42 - Dates of membership are incorrect (after Elliot's death).
22. 1810 Federal Census Index for Vermont. Shows POR as Addison Co., page 052, City of Shoreham.
23. Shoreham death records. DOB; DOD; POB; POBu (Both Elliot and Eleanor).
24. Family Group Record prepared by Virginia Armstrong DOB; POB; DOM; POM; DOD; POD; POBu; POR; PI;
SCI
25. Record of land purchase Ticonderoga, NY). Purchased for sons?.
26. Undated Research Notes - Virginia Armstrong Mentions Elliot's purchase of land in Peru, Clinton Co., NY.
Purchased for sons?
27. State of Vermont, roster of Soldiers, War of 1812 - 1814; Herbert T. Johnson, 1933. Also, Elliot’s service record, Sumner’s Regiment, VT Militia. Shows dates of military service.

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