According to Orange Co., marriage records (found on Ancestry.com): Armstrong, Mary married Tinnin, Alexander on 27 Jun 1787 in Orange County, North Carolina Alexander Tinnin son of James and Rebekah Thompson Tinnin had the following family: Descendants of Alexander TINNIN 1 Alexander TINNIN d: July 1, 1847 +Elizabeth RICHARDS d: August 30, 1838 2 Musilla Tinnin b: May 12, 1807 in Tenn. d: November 8, 1896 +James Rogers b: October 4, 1796 in Tenn. m: May 1, 1823 d: January 18, 1870 in Miss. (resided Canton, Madison Co., MS) Father: Larkin Rogers Mother: Elizabeth TINNIN (daughter of James & Rebekah) 2 John Tinnin b: December 6, 1809 2 James Tinnin b: March 15, 1824 2 Sarah Ann Tinnin b: October 2, 1825 2 Rebecca Tinnin b: April 30, 1828 2 Matilda Tinnin b: March 25, 1832 2 Elizabeth M. I. Tinnin b: September 26, 1834 2 Harriett U. Tinnin b: August 11, 1836 Was Mary Armstrong the first wife of Alexander Tinnin? This may start to explain why we find Armstrong's connected to our McCarty/Tinnin/Brock lines. Sue ****************************************************** "What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to conceive!" Tony & Sue (Skay) Abruscato 1117 W. Torrance Blvd. Torrance, CA 90502-1613 sueskay@pacbell.net Sue Skay's Genealogy Home Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~sueskay/ Sue's Genealogy Web Designs: http://home.pacbell.net/sueskay/ listowner: DIXON-L@rootsweb.com listowner: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com listowner: McCARTY-L@rootsweb.com co-listowner: MOORE-L@rootsweb.com Member of USIGS: http://www.usigs.org/ ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line