Westwood was born 1763/4 to Anthony and Mary Tucker Armistead.
In 1781, he was drafted into the militia and was in the battle at Guilford Courthouse where his unit was accused of breaking ranks and running from the British. He was returned to service with the 3d North Carolina Regt, Continental Army, where he served under his brother, Capt. Anthony Armistead. He was in battle in Camden, SC, and Augusta, GA. Then on a march to Ninety Six was taken prisoner by the British and carried to Charleston, SC, put on a Man of War, and sent to the Island of Jersey. From there he was sent to Spit Head Prison and confined until peace was made.
Westwood married a daughter of Jacob Horn, in Edgecombe Co., about 1800. In an 1827 will, Jacob leaves land to his grand daughter, "Polly Tucker Armstead". Westwood was a resident of Edgecombe Co., NC, in 1803 when he bought 236 acres on New Hope Creek in Chatham Co.
His first marriage resulted in three children: William Westwood, Robert Horn and Mary Tucker Wilson. The mother died before 1812.
Westwood married, second, Lucy Minor, widow of Henry Clark. Eight children were identified by their wills: Nancy, Rosea, Elizabeth, Joseph, Anthony, Emily, Julia, and Westwood.
In 1781, he was drafted into the militia and was in the battle at Guilford Courthouse where his unit was accused of breaking ranks and running from the British. He was returned to service with the 3d North Carolina Regt, Continental Army, where he served under his brother, Capt. Anthony Armistead. He was in battle in Camden, SC, and Augusta, GA. Then on a march to Ninety Six was taken prisoner by the British and carried to Charleston, SC, put on a Man of War, and sent to the Island of Jersey. From there he was sent to Spit Head Prison and confined until peace was made.
Westwood married a daughter of Jacob Horn, in Edgecombe Co., about 1800. In an 1827 will, Jacob leaves land to his grand daughter, "Polly Tucker Armstead". Westwood was a resident of Edgecombe Co., NC, in 1803 when he bought 236 acres on New Hope Creek in Chatham Co.
His first marriage resulted in three children: William Westwood, Robert Horn and Mary Tucker Wilson. The mother died before 1812.
Westwood married, second, Lucy Minor, widow of Henry Clark. Eight children were identified by their wills: Nancy, Rosea, Elizabeth, Joseph, Anthony, Emily, Julia, and Westwood.
Westwood was born 1763/4 to Anthony and Mary Tucker Armistead.
In 1781, he was drafted into the militia and was in the battle at Guilford Courthouse where his unit was accused of breaking ranks and running from the British. He was returned to service with the 3d North Carolina Regt, Continental Army, where he served under his brother, Capt. Anthony Armistead. He was in battle in Camden, SC, and Augusta, GA. Then on a march to Ninety Six was taken prisoner by the British and carried to Charleston, SC, put on a Man of War, and sent to the Island of Jersey. From there he was sent to Spit Head Prison and confined until peace was made.
Westwood married a daughter of Jacob Horn, in Edgecombe Co., about 1800. In an 1827 will, Jacob leaves land to his grand daughter, "Polly Tucker Armstead". Westwood was a resident of Edgecombe Co., NC, in 1803 when he bought 236 acres on New Hope Creek in Chatham Co.
His first marriage resulted in three children: William Westwood, Robert Horn and Mary Tucker Wilson. The mother died before 1812.
Westwood married, second, Lucy Minor, widow of Henry Clark. Eight children were identified by their wills: Nancy, Rosea, Elizabeth, Joseph, Anthony, Emily, Julia, and Westwood.
In 1781, he was drafted into the militia and was in the battle at Guilford Courthouse where his unit was accused of breaking ranks and running from the British. He was returned to service with the 3d North Carolina Regt, Continental Army, where he served under his brother, Capt. Anthony Armistead. He was in battle in Camden, SC, and Augusta, GA. Then on a march to Ninety Six was taken prisoner by the British and carried to Charleston, SC, put on a Man of War, and sent to the Island of Jersey. From there he was sent to Spit Head Prison and confined until peace was made.
Westwood married a daughter of Jacob Horn, in Edgecombe Co., about 1800. In an 1827 will, Jacob leaves land to his grand daughter, "Polly Tucker Armstead". Westwood was a resident of Edgecombe Co., NC, in 1803 when he bought 236 acres on New Hope Creek in Chatham Co.
His first marriage resulted in three children: William Westwood, Robert Horn and Mary Tucker Wilson. The mother died before 1812.
Westwood married, second, Lucy Minor, widow of Henry Clark. Eight children were identified by their wills: Nancy, Rosea, Elizabeth, Joseph, Anthony, Emily, Julia, and Westwood.
Gravesite Details
15 graves were moved from the Armstead Family Cemetery, located at Corps of Engineers, tract No.405C, scheduled to be inundated by Jordon Lake. Only one had a tombstone, that of Frances, the wife of Westwood's brother, Alexander Carver Armstead.
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