ARMISTEAD, WILLIAM, The grave of this soldier is described in Ball's Clark County, Alabama, pp. 475-6. We learn that a Capt. William Armistead of Virginia and three sons, Robert, Westwood and John, became citizens of Clarke. The father was a man of strong peculiarities, a gentleman of the old school, wearing knee buckles and retaining English tastes. He was twice married and had three sons and three daughters. One daughter married John Morriss, in North Carolina, and moved to Alabama; another daughter married Edmund Waddell in North Carolina; the third married Dr. Neal Smith, a gentleman of prominence in his day.

The grave stands alone, neatly enclosed with rocks and pickets on a hill near Amity church in the family burial ground, on the plantation bequeathed by him to his son-in-law, Dr. Neal Smith, about eight miles from Grove Hill.

The following is a copy from the marble slab:

In memory of

CAPTAIN WILLIAM ARMISTEAD,

a soldier of the Revolution, a native of Virginia,
who departed this life March 1st, 1812, aged 80 years.

He resided in Clarke County, June 1, 1840.—Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.—Mrs. P. H. Mell, in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, vol. iv, pp. 529-533, has an extended sketch, with genealogical notes, etc.

DARBY, BENJAMIN, aged 86, and a resident of Clarke county; private S. C. Militia; enrolled on April 18, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $38.32; sums received to date of publication of list, $95.80.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

DEANE, JOHN, Sen., aged 75, and a resident of Clarke county; sergeant of Artillery, Virginia Continental Line and State Troops; enrolled on February 6, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $120; sums received to date of publication of list, $360.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Part 3, Vol. xiii, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

Source: Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama; Author-Thomas McAdory Owen, 1911 - Transcribed by C. Anthony