James M. Armstrong 1 died unknown. He married Sarah Amis.
Sarah Amis [Parents] 1 died 2 before Jul 1847. She married James M. Armstrong.
"To the children of my deceased daughter Sarah Amis (late wife of James M. Armstrong): To Louisiana Armstrong I give a horse, saddle & bridle worth one hundred dollars. To Lucy Ann Armstrong I give two negro girls named Francis and Harriet and $200.00 in money."
from Will of Haynes Amis
They had the following children:
F i Louisiana Armstrong 1 died unknown.
"To the children of my deceased daughter Sarah Amis (late wife of James M. Armstrong): To Louisiana Armstrong I give a horse, saddle & bridle worth one hundred dollars."
from Will of Haynes AmisF ii Lucy Ann Armstrong 1 died unknown.
"To the children of my deceased daughter Sarah Amis (late wife of James M. Armstrong): --- To Lucy Ann Armstrong I give two negro girls named Francis and Harriet and $200.00 in money."
from Will of Haynes Amis
William Armstrong 1 died unknown. He married Elizabeth Galbraith.
Elizabeth Galbraith 1 died unknown. She married William Armstrong.
They had the following children:
F i Mary G. Armstrong
Pleasant Henderson 1 died unknown. He married Louisiana A. Amis.
Louisiana A. Amis [Parents] 1 died unknown. She married Pleasant Henderson.
David Lyons 1 died unknown. He married Julia F. Amis.
Julia F. Amis [Parents] 1 died unknown. She married David Lyons.
James J. Johnson 1 died unknown. He married Matilda Amis.
Matilda Amis [Parents] 1 died unknown. She married James J. Johnson.
James A. Rogan 1 died unknown. He married Annie P. Amis.
Annie P. Amis [Parents] 1 died unknown. She married James A. Rogan.
John Dyer 1 died unknown. He married Elizabeth (w/o John Dyer).
Elizabeth (w/o John Dyer) 1 died unknown. She married John Dyer.
They had the following children:
M i Joel Dyer
Blackman Coleman 1 died unknown. He married Charlotte Dyer.
Charlotte Dyer [Parents] 1 died unknown. She married Blackman Coleman.
Joel Dyer [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 in 1754. He died 4 on 11 Jun 1825 in Madison co, TN and was buried 5 in Jun 1825 in Madison co, TN. Joel married 6 Sallie James Christmas on 16 Jul 1802 in Davidson co, TN.
Other marriages:[Weston], Sophia
"Dyer, Joel (1754-1825)"
"SENATE, 2nd General Assembly, 1797-99; representing Hawkins County (2nd session only; replaced Joseph McMinn, resigned). Born in 1754, place not determined; son of John and Elizabeth Dyer, who later lived in Christian County, Kentucky. Went to Tennessee c. 1792 and settled on Poor Valley Creek, near Mooresburg, Hawkins County. In 1796, appointed 2nd major of Hawkins County militia; sometime justice of the peace, Hawkins County; may have been in the War of 1812. About 1800 he removed to Rutherford County; involved in many land transactions; with the opening of the Western District he removed to Madison County, 1821. Inherited land from both his father and father-in-law. He was married (1st) to Sophia (Weston?), by whom he is said to have had fourteen children, the names of only five being known--Frances (Mrs. Thomas Mitchell), Robert Henry, Charlotte (Mrs. Blackman Coleman), Sophia Weston, and William H. Dyer. He was married (2nd) in Davidson County on July 16, 1802, to sallied James Christmas, daughter of William Christmas. Nine children by the second marriage, eight of them being Mariah T., Druscilla C., Joel S., Charles C., James M., Sarah, Camilla Jones, and Ann L. Dyer. Died in Madison County on June 11, 1825 and is buried there. Father of Robert Henry Dyer, sometime member Tennessee General Assembly; grandfather of Joel Henry Dyer; attorney-general for 16th District, 1831-36."
Sources: Miller�s Manual, 189; Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, XXV, 174; Burns and McCown, Soldiers of the War of 1812, 35; Davidson County Marriage Records, 1789-1837, p. 43; Crockett Files, Manuscript Section, State Library.
(from TN General Assembly Biographies; Hawkins co, TN)
Sallie James Christmas [Parents] 1 died unknown. She married 2 Joel Dyer on 16 Jul 1802 in Davidson co, TN.
"He (Joel Dyer) was married (2nd) in Davidson County on July 16, 1802, to sallied James Christmas, daughter of William Christmas. Nine children by the second marriage, eight of them being ---"
(from TN General Assembly biographies; Hawkins co, TN)
They had the following children:
F i Mariah T. Dyer 1 died unknown. F ii Druscilla C. Dyer 1 died unknown. M iii Joel S. Dyer 1 died unknown. M iv Charles C. Dyer 1 died unknown. M v James M. Dyer 1 died unknown. F vi Sarah Dyer 1 died unknown. F vii Camilla Jones Dyer 1 died unknown. F viii Ann L. Dyer 1 died unknown.
William Christmas 1 died unknown.
He had the following children:
F i Sallie James Christmas
