I was wondering if anyone on the this list might be able to give me any help or advice on finding further information on my ancestor James Armstrong. My James joined the 2d Pennsylvania Battalion as Regt. Quartermaster, 20 Feb. 1776. He rose rapidly through the ranks; 2d Lt.. 21 May 1776, 1st Lt.. 2d Cav. in Lt. Col. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee's Legion 1 Apr. 1777, Capt.. 1 Jan 1779. Taken prisoner at Dorchester, SC 13 Dec. 1781 and was prisoner at the end of the war. After the war he settled in Georgia and died there about 1800. There is evidence from Georgia, which I am not sure is reliable, that he was born about 1728. I suspect that there may have been a connection to the Lee family which preceded the Revolutionary War, as he named my 3ggf Ludwell Armstrong; "Ludwell" being a frequently used given name in the Lee family, and Ludwell Armstrong was born prior to the Revolutionary War. It was tracing potential links to the Lee family that led me to the Armstrongs of Greene County, PA. Henry Lee's grandfather (also named Henry) was first president of the Ohio Company, which sent the first settlers into the Greene County, Pa. area. I found a book the "Horne Papers" that stated that John and Robert Armstrong were among the first 63 of Christopher Gist's original settlers into the Greene County area: The book "The Horn Papers" by W.F. Horn, a historical book about early settlers of Western Pennsylvania, describes the following Armstrong family: "John and Robert Armstrong, sons of James and Sarah Armstrong, of Scotch-Irish descent, were born in New Jersey. In 1744, they settled in Frederick County, Maryland. After the close of hostilities, in the French and Indian War, these brothers joined Christopher Gist's Company, and settled on the east side of the Monongehela River in 1763. In April 1766, they removed to the west side of the river. John Armstrong, John Swan, his brother-in-law, and Henry Van Meter erected Fort Swan and Van Meter on the site of the Delaware Indian Village.... (The areas mentioned on the east and west sides of the Monongehela are in present day Fayette and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, respectively.) ...Near the home of Andrew Jackson Young whose wife was a great-granddaughter of John Armstrong who settled there in 1766. Robert Armstrong died at the fort in 1791 and was buried at the homestead. Joseph Armstrong, another brother, lived here at the fort after the close of the Revolutionary War in which he served for four years. He died in 1795 and was buried in the Armstrong graveyard." This seems to be the same John Armstrong described later in the book: "John Armstrong was born in Virginia in 1734. He married Sarah Kenedy, a sister of Alice Kenedy, the wife of Col. William Crawford (Monongahela Bill Crawford.) He was one of Christopher Gist's first sixty-three settlers east of the Monongahela River in 1763. In 1766, he settled near the west side of the river where he tomahawked seven hundred sixty two acres of land, only part of which was patented in 1785. With Jesse Van Meter and John Swan, he erected Fort Van Meter in May and June 1766. In May 1767, these men erected Fort Armstrong. In 1797, John Armstrong gave this land and fort to his youngest son, William, who was born in 1781. Some historians recorded that Abraham Armstrong, the eldest son of John and Sarah Armstrong, was the first white child born in the area, but this is an error....." I obviously suspect that my James is related to this family in some way, but I have not been able so far to find a record of a James that fits the bill. I would very much appreciate any help or suggestions that you might be able to offer.