John Armstrong (border settler)
John Armstrong (born April 20, 1755 in Province of New Jersey , † February 4, 1816 in Clark County , Indiana Territory ) was an American officer , lawyer and politician .
Career
John Armstrong was born during the reign of George III. born and raised in the Thirteen Colonies . During the Revolutionary War he served as an officer in the Continental Army in the 3rd and 12th Pennsylvania Regiments. He is not to be confused with John Armstrong Jr. , a Pennsylvania officer who became Secretary of War .
Armstrong joined the US Army in 1784 and served during the Little Turtle War . In 1790 General Josiah Harmar sent him on an expedition to the Northwest Territory . The same year he led a division of professional soldiers, accompanied by the militia of Kentucky under Colonel John Hardin , on an expedition for the purpose of attack on an Indian village on the Eel River . The Americans were ambushed, while the militia fled and Armstrong just got away with his life. In March 1793 he resigned from the army.
After the end of the war, he served as Treasurer of the Northwest Territory from 1796 to 1803. He was a judge in Hamilton County, Ohio, and a magistrate in Columbia, Ohio. He spent his final years in Clark County, Indiana, where he died.
literature
- O'Donnell, James H. III .: John Armstrong, American National Biography Online, February 2000
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the State Treasury , Treasurer of Ohio
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Armstrong, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American officer, lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 1816 |
| Place of death | Clark County , Indiana |