Martin Armstrong (1739–1802) was an colonel in the Surry County Regiment of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution, a surveyor, and notable for devising the plan for Clarksville, Tennessee in 1784.
During the American Revolution, he was a colonel in the Surry County Regiment of the North Carolina militia.
He was appointed as the North Carolina Surveyor General after the war and was responsible for overseeing veterans land claims in what became Tennessee.
In these affairs, Martin Armstrong operated the only other office for the western reserve, serving as the military entry taker and chief surveyor.
Between 1783 and 1790 both John and Martin Armstrong were accused of becoming involved in activities of fraudulent land grant documentation.