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ARMSTRONG, R. L. (Page 130)Robert L. Armstrong, Sr., was the only son of Rev. Jas. F. Armstrong and Susannah Livingston, who were married by the famous Dr. Witherspoon, at Princeton, in August 1782. Rev. J. F. Armstrong was a native of Maryland, a chaplain in the army during the whole Revolution, and settled in Trenton, as a pastor of the Presbyterian Church in 1786 and continued as such till his death in 1816. Robert L. was born at Princeton about 1785. One of his sisters was the wife of Chief Justice Ewing, another the wife of Chancellor Green, and another the wife of Judge Caleb S. Green. Soon after attaining his majority he was admitted to the bar and settled in Woodbury. He was made prosecutor of the pleas for this county in January 1838, and held the office until his death, which occurred the following year (1839). He was a very distinguished lawyer, and as a pleader ranked among the first in the State. In all matters affecting the welfare of his native county he was ever active, and always as a leader. During the war of 1812 he commanded a militia company known as "The Blues of Gloucester County," but just what service they performed is not known. Among the records of the Woodbury Presbyterian Church he appears as a trustee in 1834.
The last whipping-post was erected in Woodbury about 1821; it remained standing three days when it was burned down by some boys, and Mr. Armstrong always got the credit for having it done.
