Dear Julia, According to my History of Bedford Co. Tn,.On May 24, 1784 , 9what is now middle Tn ) the Capitol was in East Tn. In 1808, the Tn. legislature met at Kingston and formed a new County called Bedford( 2000 miles) The first courts were held at the home of Mrs. Ann Payne until 1809. Then Lincoln Co. was original a part of Bedford. The above information would probably conflict with the birth of Sarah Armstrong b. abt. 1761 in Shelbyville. Maybe it was in the wilderness. We plan on celebrating our 200th year of Shelbyville in 2007. Cousin Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jmolitz@aol.com> To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:04 PM Subject: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] Foster and Armstrong on LDS > > Dear John: > > I found the following on the LDS site. Joel Lewis FORSTER b abt 1757 in > Umbria, England married abt 1782 Shelbyville, Bedford, TN. His wife Sarah > ARMSTRONG b abt 1761 Shelbyville Bedford TN., their child Joe Lewis > FOSTER b abt. > 1783 Shelbyville Bedford, TN. > > Do you know anything about the above. Did not know any settlers were in > the > area in 1782? > > Also on LDS is a Wm ARMSTRONG b abt 1736, father James ARMSTRONG mother > Margaret WOOD born abt 1761 in Abbeville, S.C. This must by Mary Jane > ARMSTRONG'S > brother? Do you have any info on this? > > > > Julia > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >