Walker Keith Armistead^[1]

1773 - 1845  (72 years)

• Name	Walker Keith Armistead
  Birth	25 Mar 1773	Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Jul 1822	, , Maryland, USA   [2]
  Residence	1830	, Fauquier, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Residence	1840	Leeds, Fauquier, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Death	13 Oct 1845	New Market, Loudoun, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I44501	Master
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	John Bowles Armistead,   b. 1742, Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 2 May 1779, Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Lucinda "Lucy" Page Baylor,   b. 12 Oct 1746, Newmarket, Caroline, Virginia, USA d. 26 Nov 1816, , Alexandria, Virginia, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1764	, , Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F10205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Franck Stanly,   b. 1 Nov 1791, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA d. 30 Sep 1861, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1814	, , Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Lucinda Stanly Gillis Armistead,   b. 1 Nov 1815, Alexandria, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA d. 3 Jan 1850, , Fauquier, Virginia, USA (Age 34 years) + 2. Lewis Addison "Lo" Armistead,   b. 18 Feb 1817, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA d. 5 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 46 years)   3. Cornelia Stanly Armistead,   b. 1821, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1870, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 49 years)   4. Francis Stanly Armistead,   b. 1835, , , Virginia, USA d. 18 Apr 1889, , Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age 54 years)   5. Bowles Edward Armistead,   b. 26 Apr 1838, , , Virginia, USA d. 16 Oct 1916, , , , USA (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F10210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Mar 1773 - Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1814 - , , Virginia, USA Residence - Jul 1822 - , , Maryland, USA Residence - 1830 - , Fauquier, Virginia, USA Death - 13 Oct 1845 - New Market, Loudoun, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Armistead Brothers - War of 1812 From the speech by Rev. James E. Poindexter at the presentation of the portrait of Lewis A. Armistead to R.E. Camp No. 1, C.V., Richmond, Virginia, January 29, 1909 (http://www.gdg.org/Research/People/Armistead/armi st1.html): The Armistead family, coming direct from England, settled in Virginia in 1636, and became a family of soldiers. Five brothers, three of them in the regular army, took part in the war of 1812. Col. George Armistead, the oldest of the five, defended Fort McHenry. The flag which waved over it during the bombardment, which Key immortalized as the "Star Spangled Banner," was long guarded as a sacred heir-loom by his descendants. It is now laid up in the National Museum. A second brother, Lewis Gustavus Adolphus, named for the Swedish hero, "The Lion of the North," fell at Fort Erie. Walker Keith Armistead graduated at West Point in 1803, fought in Canada, closed the Seminole war, and was, when he died in 1845, second in command in the regular army. Miss Stanley, who became his wife, was a native of the old North State, and so it happened that Lewis A. Armistead was born at Newbern, N. C., in 1817. According to the War of 1812 Pension Application of John Lumberson of Baltimore, Maryland, he served under Captain John Armistead in a Battery at Fort Southwest Point at Kingston, Tennessee. The Battery received orders to go to support General Andrew Jackson in Florida and then the Battle of New Orleans. They did not reach New Orleans in time to participate in the battle. Their boat was intercepted and their orders were changed to go to Fort McHenry at Baltimore to help defend the fort. They arrived shortly before the last battle where the then Major George Armistead and his brother Captain John Armistead were reunited and defended the Fort with their units. This information is from the records from the National Archives for John Lumberson. Chief Engineer (November 12, 1818-June 1, 1821) Born in Virginia in 1785, Walker Armistead was named a cadet in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers by President Jefferson in 1801. On March 5, 1803, he became the third graduate of the new Military Academy and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. He served as superintending engineer of the defenses of New Orleans and Norfolk. During the War of 1812, he was successively Chief Engineer of the Niagara frontier army and the forces defending Chesapeake Bay. He was promoted to colonel and Chief Engineer on November 12, 1818. When the Army was reorganized on June 1, 1821, he became commander of the 3d Artillery. He was brevetted brigadier general in 1828. He commanded the United States troops that opposed the Seminole Indians in Florida in 1840-41. He died in Upperville, Virginia, October 13, 1845. (Source: http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/history/coe.htm#8) Walker Keith Armistead wife; Elizabeth Stanley (September 1861 died); Child: Lucinda Stanley Gills Armistead, Nov. 1, 1815 born at Alexandria, Va. married Joseph G. Carr; Jan. 3, 1850 died. Armistead, Walker Keith, c.1783 or 1785 born at New Market, Va., son of John and Lucy Baylor Armistead; March 5, 1803 graduated from West Point (1/3) and appointed 2nd lt., Corps of Engineers; 1803-1806 on West Point staff; June 11, 1805 1st lt. 1806-1807 assistant engineer at Ft. Jay, N. Y. Oct. 30, 1806 capt. 1807-1808 superintending engineer at New Orleans; 1808-1811 superintendent of Norfolk, Va. defenses; July 23, 1810 maj. 1811 at West Point; 1812-1815 chief engineer of army on the Niagara frontier; July 31, 1812 lt Col. 1814-1818 chief engineer at Chesapeake Bay; Nov. 12, 1818 col., chief engineer; June 1, 1821 col., 3rd U. S. Artillery Rgt. 1821-1827 at Ft. Washington, Md. Nov. 12, 1828 Brevet Brig Gen., U. S. Army for 10 years in grade; 1828-1830 at Boston, Mass. 1836-1838 Florida Indian war; 1840-1841 commanding Florida army fighting Seminoles; 1843-1844 commanded 3rd U. S. Artillery Rgt. at Ft. Moultrie, S. C. 1844 granted sick leave; Oct. 13, 1845 died at Upperville, Va. wife Elizabeth Stanley (September 1861 died); Child: Lucinda Stanley Gills Armistead, Nov. 1, 1815 born at Alexandria, Va. married Joseph G. Carr; Jan. 3, 1850 died.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S898] Ancestry.com, U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916; Microfilm Serial: M617; Microfilm Roll: 1382. [S252] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1830; Census Place: Fauquier, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 194; Page: 435; Family History Library Film: 0029673. [S245] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1840; Census Place: Leeds, Fauquier, Virginia; Roll: 558; Page: 184; Family History Library Film: 0029686.