Unknown County GaArchives Biographies.....Armstrong, James 1776 - 1835
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JAMES ARMSTRONG

  Was a native of New York, and was born in Hempstead, March 20,1776, and was
educated a Presbyterian. Of that church he was a ruling elder in the city of
Savannah. He was also clerk in a large counting-house in that city, in which
situation he acquired the reputation of an excellent accountant as well as a man
of probity. Being convinced of the error of infant sprinkling, he joined the
Baptist church in Savannah in 1810. He was licensed and ordained by Fishing
Creek church, Wilkes county, about 1814, and was a useful and influential
minister for more than twenty years. As a citizen, as well as a minister, he was
regarded with respect by all classes, and his advice was sought on all subjects
of interest. As a member of the mission board of the Georgia Association, of the
Convention, and of all the benevolent institutions, he was active and always
punctual. He was treasurer of the Convention from 1833 to 1835, the year of his
death.

  As a preacher he was plain and affectionate. The amiableness of his character
as a man riveted many an ear which would have been inattentive had there not
been about the speaker so much of excellence and sound practical sense. His
widow has removed to Alabama, and resides with one of her sons near Montgomery.

  The name of Armstrong is pleasant to many ears in Middle Georgia, where he was
extensively known and much beloved. As the pastor of Fishing Creek, Greenwood
and Lincolnton churches, he was highly esteemed.

  For a more extended notice of this worthy man, see Mercer's "History of the
Georgia Association."



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GEORGIA BAPTISTS: HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
BY
J. H. CAMPBELL,
PERRY, GEORGIA.


MACON, GA.: J. W. BURKE & COMPANY. 1874.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by
J. H. CAMPBELL,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.





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