John Armstrong Leiper Sr.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Marriage Contract, 14 Jul 1835, Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee. He was Methodist. According to Lesa, he was surely a Presbyterian, but when he lived in Murfreesboro,the record shows that he was on the board of the Methodist church, "but what does it matter?" (LL) Reverend Green T. Henderson performed the ceremony. She was not yet 15, when married. Went to Tennessee and settled in Murfreesboro,with his brother, William, sometime about 1830. Repeatedly tried to stay out of the Civil War, until Yankee soldiers slashed pictures and destroyed property. Because the Leipers had horses, the sons were among a distinguished group of men, who made night raids on Union troops in Alabama and Tennessee, until Robert E. Lee commissioned them into his regiments. Union soldiers took most of his horses, leaving John, Sr., a voucher.
Armstrong, supposedly was the name of the doctor who delivered him.
In Lesa's notes.
"General Rosecranz was from Evanston, Indiana. Bud Darragh and my mother told me, when I was small that General R. had a flatcar of furniture taken from the Murfreesboro area, after the Battle of Stones River,and sent to his home. Aunty Darragh claims the Bible was hidden in the piano. She and my mother received it, when it was returned to the Murfreesboro post office around 1916. " Letter from Lucy Dickinson to Lesa 9/21/76. Lesa agrees that the story about the flat car is true.

John married Elizabeth Alexander Rucker, daughter of Samuel C Rucker and Lucinda W. Alexander, on 14 Jul 1835 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee. (Elizabeth Alexander Rucker was born on 10 Oct 1821 in , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA and died in Oct 1892.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Contract, 15 Jul 1835, Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee. By the Reverand Green T. Henderson of the M.E. Church South. (In copy of family Bible)

2. Marriage Contract, 14 Jul 1835, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA. By the Reverand G.T. Henderson (In copy of family Bible)