Armstrong, James Trooper, d. 1873.

Armstrong was the owner of Woodstock Plantation near Pine Bluff in Jefferson County, Ark., and a Confederate Army officer. His wife was Matilda Greene Armstrong (fl. 1832-1891). Also represented in the collection is his sister, Nancy ("Nannie") Armstrong Percy (fl. 1850- 1888), wife of William Alexander Percy of Mississippi and mother of U.S. Senator LeRoy Percy (1860-1929).

From the description of James Trooper Armstrong papers, 1832-1891. WorldCat record id: 25968152

James Trooper Armstrong (d. 1873) was an antebellum planter at Woodstock Plantation near Pine Bluff in Jefferson County, Arkansas. He served as a Confederate Army officer in the 9th Arkansas Regiment from 1861 to 1862, and as an ordnance officer on the staff of Major General James Fleming Fagan in Arkansas and Missouri, 1864-1865. He died in Columbus, Mississippi, in 1873.

Armstrong married Matilda ( Ladie ) Greene (fl. 1832-1891), daughter of R. W. Greene. Matilda Greene's maternal relatives included members of the Porter family, and one of her aunts, Penelope Porter, married James Woods. Both Porter and Woods corresponded with Matilda. She had a brother, Alexander P. Greene, who moved from New Orleans to San Francisco in 1854. She moved to Abilene, Texas, after her husband's death in 1873.

The children of James and Matilda Armstrong included James Trooper Armstrong, Jr., Nellie, Robert, and Woods. James Trooper Armstrong, Jr., married Sarah Ervin in 1887, and they lived in Columbus, Mississippi. Sarah was the granddaughter of William Ethelbert Ervin (1809-1860).

James Trooper Armstrong's sister Nancy, who is mentioned frequently in the correspondence and who wrote a number of letters to Matilda Armstrong, was the wife of William Alexander Percy (circa 1833-1888) of Mississippi and the mother of LeRoy Pratt Percy (1860-1929). She was in Arkansas in 1852.

From the guide to the James Trooper Armstrong Papers, ., 1832-1891, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)