Lindsay Newsletter:
Southern Colonial Branches
Volume
1,
Number
3
August
Whole
1981
Number
CONTENTS:
North
Carolina
Marriage
Bonds
to 1820 ...........• 43
An Incorrect Ancestry for the portobacco
Lindseys of Ear ly Maryland
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u. s.
Index
1790
Cen su s
4'6
5a
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Queries:
4. Abraham Lindsey of Marengo County, Alabama
(Lindsey Keene) .........•..•..•.........
57
5. David Lindsey of Pennsylvania
(Forres t 1;-'1ood)
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57
Lt. Col. John Lindsey
Lindsey
Family
of Newberry
Graveyard,
Clarke
County,
County,
SC ..... 59
VA
....•• 60
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COMMENTS:
TO the North Carolina marriage records on pages 43-46, please add:
North and South Carolina Marriage Records from the Earliest Colonial
Days to the Civil War, William Montgomery Clemens, (New York, NY: 1927),
p. 164: Sarah Lindsay married Samuel Kearney 10 N0U 1796 in Halifax
County, Ne.
On Lindsay Newsletter pages 10-20 and 28-29 are verbatim extracts from
the Annual Reports of the Lindsay Family Association of America, founded
1904 in Boston. The statement that only six yearly issues (1904-1909) were
published is not correct, although that is all appearing on the LOS Genealogical
Library film
used to make the abstracts. While rereading my notes made at
the Library of Congress, I found there were actually ten yearly issues (19041913). A future issue will complete the abstracts.
In taking on editorship of this newsletter, I promised myself not to dun
people for articles nor bemoan in print any seeming lack of support. If
articles and lineages are submitted, they will be considered for publication
and probably printed. If no such articles are sent, then it is likely the only
historical and analytical articles to appear will be those of the line of the
publisher and editor. The general source material will continue. The newsle~ter
will actively request queries and such primary material as bibles, old letters,
and cemetery records.
The descendants of the Long Marsh Lindseys are beginning a campaign to
collect family group sheets on all descendants surnamed Lindsey, carrying the
lines down to the Civil War. In perhaps ten years the material will be published
in a book on the Long Marsh family. All Long Marsh descendants who are
interested should write the editor or publisher.
(The foregoing is not
worded too well; the group sheets are only for the Long Marsh lines surnamed
Lindsey. )
The Newsletter seeks to bring together the ser ious researchers of the
Southern Lindsays in all spellings of Lindsay to untangle the many
branches into their correct families and thus extend the lines back
to the immigrants and their British ancestors. Although the Newsletter
is concerned with Lindsays born before the Revolution, it publishes
information tracing such persons to their deaths ,even if long after
1775. The South before the Revolution is defined as all the eastern
u.S. south and west of the Delaware River. That includes Pennsylvania.
The editor solicits any relevant material--from short queries, bible
entries, and tombstone inscriptions to lengthy lineages and analytical
articles discussing "stonewall" problems. The editor wants to correspond with everyone doing Southern colonial Lindsay research, so write:
William Thorndale
Editor, Lindsay Newsletter
1156 East 300 South, Apt. C
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
The Newsletter is not copyrighted, buc all authors may copyright ~~eir
articles at their own discretion.
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North
Carolina
Marriage
Bonds
to 1820
Over the decades early in this century the counties of North Carolina
sent their surviving marriage bond records to the state archives in Raleigh.
They were directed to do so by state law.
In the 1930s a federal make-work
project indexed the bonds, which were later typed by county by the Genealogical
Society of the LDS Church.
In 1978 the state archives consolidated
all the
bonds found in the typed Genealogical
Society volumes and reproduced
the resulting master index on microfiche.
In colonial North Carolina from 1741 to 1868 there were two procedures
for giving notice of intent to marry: (1) By having the banns read ~~ree
successive
Sundays in the church where the marriage was to be performed,
or by
posting notice on the courthouse door in two successive general court terms,
or (2) by the groom securing a license in the bride's county, for which he had
to post bond that no legal encumbrances
existed to the proposed marriage,
for
which bond he paid a fee.
It is likely only a minority of colonial marriages
were by bond/license
and it is certain few survive before 1790.
The noted
Raleigh genealogist
William Perry Johnson estimated only 10% of North Carolina
marriages
are recorded in the surviving bonds and most of those are dated after
1790.
Thus few Lindsay marriages
for North Carolina are likely to have left
a present-day
record if they occurred before 1790.
Such as survive are given
below, to which are added one bond where the bride's middle name is Linsay and
one marriage which was found in a periodical.
The periodicals
The North
Carolinian
(1955-1975) and the North Carolina Genealogical
Society Journal
(1975to present) have been checked for any Lindsay marriages
in any new bonds found
recently.
Along with the groom's surety (i.e., bondsman), who was often a
kinsman, is given the witness to the bond, who was usually the county clerk.
Linsey (first name not given} to marry William
1781.
No bondsman listed; witness: A. Tatom.
Adam
P. Lindsey to marry Elizabeth Edge, Orange
William ~earson; Witness: Jno. Taylor.
Anderson Lindsey to marry Sally Moody,
Searcy: no witness listed.
to marry
witness:
George Hodge,
J. Taylor.
Surry
Anne
Lindsey
Hodge;
Orange
Atha
Lindsay to marry Sarah Loyd, Orange
Morris; witness: John Taylor.
bond
bond
bond
Lindsey to marry Temperance
House, Warren
Sugan Jones: witness: M. Duke Johnson.
Caleb
Lindsey to marry Martha Brewer,
Lee: witness: J. Taylor.
Church
Lindsay to marry Ann Dowday,
Yarrow: no witness listed.
Darcas
Lindsey to marry William
Atkins McLemore; witness:
Dempsy
Linsey to marry Sally Johnson,
Spelman: witness: Eliza Stanly.
Orange
25 Oct
bond
bond
bond
bond
Orange
1802.
1806.
1815.
Bondsman:
Bondsman:
Bondsman:
28 Jne
1803.
17 Dec
bond
1807.
1814.
1820.
1 Aug
Abner
Jos.
Isaac
Bondsman:
Bondsman:
Bondsman:
24 Dec 1805.
28 Nov
bond
Bondsman:
1792.
14 Apr
H. Searcy, Warren
Jo. Terrell.
Craven
13 Mch
14 Oct
19 Nov
Caleb
Craven
bond
Woods,
Willis
Cymbo
Bondsman:
Bondsman:
Asa
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Dorcas Lindsay to marry Robert Clarke, Mecklenburg bond 27 Feb 1790.
man: James Spears; witness: Isaac Alexander.
Elizabeth Lindsay to marry Thomas Horton, Craven bond 30 May 1784.
Elias Justice; witness: Abner Neale.
Bondsman:
Elizebth Lindsay to marry Samuel Wilkins, Craven bond 2 Apr 1800.
Thomas Webber; witness: Saml Chapman.
Lindsey to marry Joseph Bray, Surry bond 11 May 1820.
Jno. Williams; witness: ?
Bonds-
Bondsman:
Bondsman:
Elizabeth
Frances Lindsay to marry Hugh Stubblefield, Rockingham bond 29 Nov 1809.
Bondsman: Robt. Menzies; witness: Ja. Campbell.
Grief Lindsey to marry Elizabeth Estes, Burke bond 18 Jly 1817.
John Loving; no witness given.
Bondsman:
Hetty E. Lindsay to marry John Slaide, Guilford bond 14 Nov 1815.
William Herefo£; witness: Jo Davis.
Bondsman:
Isaac Lindsey to marry Betsey Slaughter, Richmond bond 28 Dec 1802.
man: Zebulon Slaughter.
Bonds-
James Lindsey to marry Mary McMan, Orange bond 28 Aug 1792. Bondsman: Joseph
Ellison; witness: Abner B. Bruce [the middle B. may be his mark].
James Lindsey to marry Nancy Clark, Orange bond 29 Apr 1807.
Clark; witness: J. Taylor.
Bondsman: James
James Linsey to marry Fanney Logan, Rutherford bond 15 Mch 1813.
Thomas Morelang; witness: Wm. McBrayer.
Bondsman:
James Lindsey to marry Isabella Wright, Lincoln bond 8 Mch 1814.
Henry Wright; witness: Saml Wilson.
Bondsman:
James J. Lindsey to marry Polley W. Hall, Orange bond 19 Dec 1815.
Levi McCollum: witness: J. Taylor.
Jeanett Lindsay to marry Charles Adams, Craven bond 30 Aug 1792.
Isaac Taylor: witness: S. Chapman.
Jenney
Bondsman:
Bondsman:
Lindsay~ to marry Jesse Hargrove, Guilford bond 18 Meh 1803.
man: Robert Lindsay; witness: John Hamilton.
Jesse Lindsay to marry Mary Banton, Craven bond 13 Aug 1820.
Higgin: no witness listed.
Shd.
Green.K~rney, Warren bond 9 Nov 1796.
Jno.
Taylor.
Jno. Lindsay to marry
Sarah
Kearney;
Lloyd;
wi witness:
tness :
arry Fanny Morris, Orange bond 8 Feb 1800.
Bonds-
Bondsman: Church
Bondsman: H.G.
Bondsman: Henry
John Lindsey to marry Elizabeth Hudson, Orange bond 23 Meh 1803.
James Milliken: witness: Jno. Taylor.
John Lindsay to marry Bethiah Clark, Orange bond 25 Aug 1808.
McNeill: witness: J. Taylor.
Bondsman: Wms.
John Lindsey to marry Maria Pendleton, Craven bond 12 Nov 1813.
Asa Ransome: no witness listed.
John Lindsay to marry Martha Webb, Northampton
Thomas Sexton: witness: Tom Hughes.
Bondsman:
bond 20 Oct 1816.
Bondsman:
Bondsman:
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Judith Lindsey to marry Isaac Dillard, Surry bond 11 Jan 1808.
Lindsay no witness listed.
Bondsman: Laban
Leonard Lindsey to marry Winney Patterson, Surry bond 9 Sep 1818.
Joseph Bray; no witness listed.
Bondsman:
Lucy Lindsay to marry Abraham Johnston, Craven bond 13 Apr 1805.
Donum Montford; witness: S. Chapman.
Bondsman:
Margareth Linsay Doudle to marry John Wilson, Cabarrus bond 5 Mch 1793.
man: William McEntire; witness: John Simianer.
Maria Lindsay to marry Thomas Mitchell, Craven bond 20 Jly 1816.
Shaderik Gatlin; no witness listed.
Martha Lindsay to marry Jesse Clark, Orange bond 27 Jan 1792.
Lindsey; witness: A. Benton Bruce.
Bonds-
Bondsman:
Bondsman: Jas.
Mary Linsey to marry Josiah Roberts, Rutherford bond 1 Sep 1803.
Morris Roberts, witness: Wm. McBrayer.
Bondsman:
Mary Linsey to marry Morris Roberts, Rutherford bond 4 Feb 1804.
James Linsey and William McSwain; witness: C. Wilkins.
Bondsmen:
Mary Lindsey to marry Phil~p Hain, Lincoln bond 20 Dec 1812.
Reinhardt; witness: V. McBee for Hains.
Bondsman: Jacob
Milly L~nsey to marry Benjamin Thurmon, Warren bond 13 Jne 1790.
Caleb Lindsey; witness: M. Duke Johnson.
Bondsman:
Milly Lindsay to marry Jno. A. Patrick, Rockingham bond 2 Jne 1819.
A Patrick; witness: Wm. Fewel.
Bondsman:
Moria Lindsey married John Mills, in Iredell __ Feb 1801. Performed by John
Huggins, Esq. (Marriage entry taken from McCubbins Collection, Rowan
Public Library, Salisbury, NC, as cited in the North Carolinian 6 (1960)
650.)
Nancy Lindsay to marry Nathaniel Kimbell, Warren bond 8 Nov
Bondsman: Caleb Lindsey; witness: M. Duke Johnson.
[not given] .
Polley Lind~ to marry Archibald Clark, Orange bond 7 Mch 1810.
Joseph Smith; no witness listed.
Bondsman:
Polly Lindsey to marry Samuel Campbell, Rowan bond 7 Aug 1816.
Moore; witness: Jno. Giles.
Bondsman: Robert
Polly Lindsey to marry William Wilkinson, Orange bond 16 Sep 1819.
S. Clark; witness: Joseph A. Woods.
Bondsman:
Prudence Lindsay to marry Jeremiah Gaskins, Craven bond 17 Dee 1816.
Church Lindsay; no witness listed.
Rebecca Lindsey to marry Ephraim Cates, Orange bond 7 Oet 1803.
Bailiff; witness: Jno. Taylor.
Rebecca Lindsey to marry Ephraim Cates, Orange bond 24 Aug 1804.
Smith; witness: Jno. Taylor.
Robert Lindsay to marry Ann McGee, Guilford bond 23 Jne 1772.
Henderson; witness: Thos Clark.
Robert Lindsay to marry Letty Harper, Randolph bond 9 Jne 1803.
John Allen; witness: J. Harper.
Bondsman:
Bondsman: John
Bondsman: Wrn.
Bondsman: Saml.
Bondsman:
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Robert Lindsey to marry Margret Ellison, Orange bond 25 Oct 1804.
Thomas Ellison: witness: Jno. Taylor.
Rosanah Lindsey to marry James Martin, Orange bond 28 May 1795.
28 May 1795. Bondsman: John Snipes: witness: M. Hart.
Ruth Lindsey to marry willis Lee, Orange bond 19 May 1800.
Edwards: witness: Jno. Taylor.
Bondsman:
Bondsman:
Bondsman: Henry
Sally Lindsey to marry Joseph Hodge, Orange bond 7 Sep 1812.
Rily: witness: John Taylor.
Bondsman: James
Samuel Lindsey to marry Elaner Wilson, Jr., Lincoln bond 25 Sep 1790.
man: James Graham: no witness listed.
Samuel Lindsay to marry Hetty W. Causey, Randolph bond 30 Apr 1801.
Elisha Mendenh~; witness: Robt Lindsay. [? Mendenhall]
BondsBondsman:
Samuel W. Lindsay to marry Vilet W. MacLean, Lincoln bond 22 Feb 1820.
man: Richard D. S. McLean: witness: V. McBee.
Susanah Lindsay to marry Joseph Wood, Guilford bond 7 Jne 1811.
Joseph Davis: witness: Jo. Davis.
William Lindsey to marry Rosy C~leman, Caswell bond 17 Sep 1800.
William Florencei witness: Sol. Debow.
Wm. Linsey to marry Salley Fossett, Orange bond 21 Jne 1806.
[Robert] Glenn: witness: J. Taylor.
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Bondsman:
Bondsman:
Bondsman: Rt.
Wm. Lindsay to marry Elizabeth Briggs, Stokes bond 17 Feb 1807.
T. Armstrong: no witness listed.
Zillah Lindsey to marry Charles Riggin, Bute bond 10 Jan 1774.
Joseph Lindsey: witness: Thos. Machen.
Bonds-
Bondsman:
Bondsman:
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An Incorrect Ancestry for the Portobacco Lindseys of
Early Maryland
Among the earliest settlers of Kentucky was Anthony Lindsay, the founder
of Lindsays Station on the Elkhorn.l Anthony's Lindsay ancestry is the subject
of the first thirteen pages of a book titled Grandpas, Inlaws, and Outlaws, and
a captivating ancestry it is. The author traces the Lindsay line back to a
Scot who "held a close relationship wi th George Calvert," First Lord Baltimore.
Thomas, the Scot in question, supposedly died in 1608 at Fen-Stanton in Huntingdonshire, England, leaving at least sons Christopher, who went to Massachusetts, and Edward, who followed Calvert to Newfoundland in 1627 and to
Jamestown, Virginia, in 1629. Further, according to this book, Edward was a
~ea captain and commanded the ship that brought Gov. Leonard Calvert to the
New World to establish the colony of Maryland.
Edward is said to have had four
sons: (1) James, who is named in the governor's will and later became prominent
in Charles County, (2) Edmund, whose Portobacco inn at one time served as the
Charles County courthouse, (3) Thomas, who ultimately settled in Cecil County,
and (4) John, who lived in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. 2
On the face of it, the ancestry is historically entrancing: The link with
an English parish, the close association with the Calverts in the settling of
Newfoundland and Maryland, and the tying together of Lindsay branches in Maryland,
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Massachusetts,
and Virginia.
Unfortunately,
the book has
mentation
to substantiate
its claims and there is primary
the book's assertions.
no reliable docuevidence to contradict
Consider sea captain Edward Lindsay, who came to Maryland with Leonard
Calvert,
"made his home in Charles County," and died at sea in 1677.
According
to contemporary
sources, Governor Calvert's ship--the Ark--was captained
by
Richard Lowe, while the accompanying
ship--the Dove--was under the command of
Richard Orchard.3
A list, reconstructed
and not contemporary,
of all known
persons who came on the Ark and the Dove has no Lindsay.4
A history of early
Maryland sea captains lists no Lindsay master.S
As will be shown below, no
sea captain Edward Lindsay appears in the early published Maryland records.
According
to Grandpas, Inlaws, and Outlaws, the sea captain's sons James
and Edmund arrivedin 1643 and 1656 respectively.
Yet the author also says
they and two younger brothers were born about 1621-1630 in England, but their
father Edward came to Maryland by 1634.
Does this mean the sea captain left
his family in England while he became so settled in Maryland
that his estate
was probated in Charles County?
This is possible but not likely.
The greatest weakness -of the book's account of the earliest Lindsay generations is the lack of primary sources.
Generalized
secondary sources such as
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage,
Andrews' History of Maryland,
and Fiske's Old
Virginia and Her Neighbours,
plus the Charles County tercentenary
history are
cursory sources that contribute nothing significant
about the Lindsays.
Stripped
of such secondary sources, the book's references
that might supply primary
evidence on the first three Lindsay generations
are:
1.
The Early
Settlers
of Marvland
2.
Maryland
3.
Maryland Historical Magazine pp. 270, 312,
162, 355, 142, plus XIX, p. 339
4.
Cparles
Land Records
County,
- G. Skordas,
pp.
290-291
- Burns
Maryland,
Registrar
360,
144,
160,
161,
of wills
Sources 1, 2, and 4 do contain Lindsay references
but not to any sea captain
named Edward.
No where are the more than seventy volumes of the Archives of
Maryland mentioned, yet volumes 53 and 60 contain a verbatim copy of the Charles
County court minutes, which are filled with references
to James and Edmund
Lindsay and no reference to any Edward.
Source~ 1 and 2 do contain abstracts of Maryland's
patent books, but none
of the references do more than prove that James and Edmund lived in early
Maryland.
The one reference
to an Edward (Liber Q:131) is clearly Edmund in
the original record.6
Likewise,
the early Charles County wills have no support
for the tale of sea captain Edward Lindsay and provide no proof of the family
ties given in the book. 7
The author's remaining source is the Marvland Historical
Magazine.
The
reader must first determine
the volume numbers, since with one exception the
author gives no volumes for where
the various paged references
are found.
There
were 71 volumes published 1906 to 1976, all of which were checked here for
Lindsay references given in Grandpas,
Inlaws, and Outlaws,
the following having
been found:
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XIX:339
"Two Forgotten Heroes," Arthur L. Keith, 19 (1924) 339.
Nothing on any Lindsay.
270
Not found.
312
"Private Manors: An Edited List," Donnell MacClure Owings, 33 (1939)
312. Lists the Snow Hill Manor of James Lindsay of Charles County.
360
Not found.
144
"Smallwood Family of Charles County," Arthur L. Keith, 22 (1927)
144. "On Sept. 24, 1677 James Smallwood and Ralph Shaw were apprs
[appraisers] of Edward Lindsay."
160
"The First Church in Charles County," Louis Dow Scisco, 23 (1928)
160. A brief note on a court case initiated by Edmond Lindsay as
churchwarden, 1662.
161
Ibid.
162
Ibid.
Reference to sheriff James Lindsay of Charles County, 1662.
Or the p. 162 refers to "First Land Grants in Maryland," 3 (1908) 162,
which is another summary of the James Lindsay ownership of Snow Hill
Manor.
355
"People of Early Charles County," Louis Dow Scisco, 23 (1928) 355.
Brief accounts of James and Edmund Lindsay of Portobacco.
142
"Smallwood Family of Charles County," Arthur L. Keith, 22 (1927) 142.
"On Apr. 20, 1687 Edmond Lindsey sold to James Smallwood land called
"May Day", 300 acres, (LaPlata, Lib. N, No.1, fol. 210)."
All the above references apply to James and Edmund of early Portobacco except
for one-instance (22:144), which has the 1677 appraisal of Edward's estate.
A check of the original Charles County inventories 1677-1717, pages 11-12,
shows that on 24 September 1677 the estate of "Edmond Lindsy late of Charles
Coun ty Deceased Apr ised by us James Smallwood and Ralph Shaw •.•. "
In summary, the primary sources of Grandpas, Inlaws, and Outlaws fail to
substantiate the existence of a sea captain Edward Lindsay and do not supply
any proof of kinship for the first three generations as outlined in the book
nor even give any family ties between James and Edmund. Nor do the book's
sources document any connections with Fen-Stanton, Newfoundland, or Jamestown.8
And finally, the claim that the family was of English origins is cast in
doubt by an entry found in the Charles County court minutes and published in
the Archives of Maryland, volume 53, page 119. In the case of Thomas Kelle, pIt.,
vs Mr. James Linsey, dft., heard 7 May 1661, the plaintiff asked for an attorney:9
Whereupon the Plantiue alleging that through sirnplicitie hee was not
able to mannage his Caus humbly requesteth Leaue to macke Choyce of
an Atturney to plead his caus which is granted him whearupon he
Chose Mr John hawkings to bee bee [sic] his Attur: Whearupon the
the Defendant by reason that hee was an Iris~uan and finding great
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difficultie to deliuver himself in ow English tounge humblie
requesteth the lick fauor to macke choyse of an Atturney whereupon
hee made choyce of for his Atturney Mr Richard Cosdin ....
Since James Lindsay was Catholic as proven by his will and that of his
daughter Eliza, it seems he was of native Catholic Irish birth.9 The other
hypothesis is only marginally plausible: James was a Gaelic-speaking Highland
Scot from Ulster either Catholic by birth or a convert while an indentured
servant to Gov. Leonard Calvert. But whatever his Irish ethnic origins, it
seems he was not born in England.
In light of James's Irish and Catholic background, the question of any
kinship to Edmund is raised because Edmund was Protestant. James's only son
James, Jr., died about 1676-1677 and "left no heir behind him at the time of
his death that can lay claim to the said land [he owned]" and thus his land
inherited from his father escheated to the Lord Proprietor rather than passing
to Edmund or Edmund's son. Does this mean James, Sr., and Edmund were not kin
or merely reflect the complicated English land inheritance laws? At present
all that can be said is that no direct evidence exists making James and Edmund
kin.
In summary, Grandpas, Inlaws, and Outlaws must be rejected concerning the
existence of a sea captain Edward Lindsey. The earliest Lindseys of Maryland
were James and Edmund of Portobacco, with James being born in Ireland and
Edmund's origins unknown. But it should be noted that the great bulk of the
book concerns the descendants of Anthony of Lindsays Station and collects a
large amount of data on the family. While all statements in this book--or any
other genealogy--should be independently verified, the author is commended for
getting so much information into print. It is just that the ancestry of the
first Anthony Lindsay as given in Grandpas, Inlaws, and Outlaws appears to be
wrong and it is doubtful if Anthony's line is even related to the Portobacco
men. Proof to the contrary will be happily published in this newsletter if
supplied.
1.
"Anthony Lindsay of Lindsay Station and His Descendants," Richard
Orr Sebree, Kentucky Ancestors,S
(1969-1970) 141-144, 188-195,
6 (1970-1971) 30-32.
2.
Grandpas, Inlaws, and Outlaws (A Lindsay Family Genealogy), Kenne~~
Gene Lindsay, (Evansville, IN: c1974), pp. 1-7.
3.
"The Ark and Dove," Maryland Historical Magazine, 1 (1906) 352-354;
"New Light on Maryland History from the British Archives," Bernard
C. Steiner, ibid., 4 (1909) 251-255, 5 (1910) 73; "The Ark and the
Dove," ibid., 33 (1939) 13-22.
4.
Colonial Families of the United States of America, George Norbury
Mackenzie, (Baltimore, MD: 1915), 5:593-606.
5.
Captains and Mariners of Early Maryland, Raphael Semmes, (Baltimore:
MD: 1937).
6.
The Early Settlers of Maryland, Gust Skordas, (Baltimore, MD: 1968),
290-291, no Edward listed; "Maryland 'Early Settlers' (Land Records),"
Annie Walker Burns, (Annapolis, MD: 1936-1937), partly typed, 5 parts.
Part 1, p. 34, had Edward Lindsay but the original Maryland patent
series Liber Q (redesignated no. 5), p. 131, had Edmond.
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7.
"Charles County, Maryland, wills," Maryland & Delaware Genealogist,
vols. 6 and 7 (1965-1966); The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Jane
Baldwin Cotton, (Baltimore, MD: 1904-1928), original Prerogative
Court wills 1:249.
8.
Research on this phase might begin wi th "George Calver t and Newfoundland: 'The Sad Face of Winter, '" Thomas M. Coakley, Maryland
Historical Magazine, 71 (1976) 1-18.
9.
Proceedings of the County Court of Charles County 1658-1666 ...,
J. Hall Pleasants, ed., Archives of Maryland, (Baltimore, MD: 1936),
53:119; see also, "Servitude and Opportunity in Charles County,
Maryland, 1658-1705," Lorena S. Walsh, p. 123, in Law, Society, and
Politics in Early Maryland, Aubrey C. Land et als., (Baltimore, MD:
1974) .
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1790 U.S. Census
Although there are sizeable parts of the 1790 U.S. census no longer
extant, by the use or substitutes' such as state censuses and tax lists it is
possible to illustrate fairly well the distribution of Lindsays from Pennsylvania
to Georgia. The poorest records are for Georgia and Tennessee, which are so
incomplete as not to tell us much. In cases where lists for years other than
1790 are used as substitutes for the lost U.S. census, the maps may not exactly
fit, since the maps all show 1790 boundaries.
Missing areas shown as~;s~'
PENNSYLVANIA
Heads of Families ... 1790
Pennsylvania, U.S. Census
Bureau, (Washington, DC: 1908)
No counties missing.
= whi
slaves
white
te males
females
16+ 16
1st col. =
und
5th col.
2nd
3rd
1 Allegheny Co. p. 16 Josiah Lindsay 223
portion taken from Washington Co.
2 Chester
p. 69
Robert Linsey 412 Pennsbury Twp
3 Cumberland
p. 79
Andrew Linsey III Hopewell, Newton, Tyborn, W. Pennsboro Twps
p. 85
David Lindsey 152 Eastern Cumberland
p. 84
David Lindsy 543 Eastern Cumberland
p. 76
Samuel Lindsey 314 Hopewell, Newton, Tyborn, W. Pennsboro Twps
p. 83
Walter Lindsay 122 Eastern Cumberland
Wm Lindsey 121 Hopewell, Newton, Tyborn, W. Pennsboro Twps
p. p.
98 76
Charles Linsey 202 Chester Twp
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102
100
p. 103
James Linsey 121 Upper Darby Twp
James Linsey 112 Ashton Twp
John Linsey 43301 Haverford Twp
John Lincy 112 Ridley Twp
Robert Linsey 10000 Springfield Twp
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6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
p. 98 Samuel Linsey 105 Ashton Twp .
p.l04 Thomas Linsey 112 Upper Providence Twp
Fayette p. 106 no given name Lindsey 102 Georges Twp
Franklin p. 121 Jas Lindsey 417
p. 118 Robt Linsey 143
p. 120 Thos Linsey 304
Huntingdon p. 122 Alexander Lindsey 122
p. 126 William Lindsey 305
Lancaster p. 127 Richard Lincy 101 Caernarvon Twp
Mifflin
p. 155 Alexr Linsey 123
p. 154 David Linsey 102
Northumberland p. 184 Polly Linsey 002
p. 189 Mungo Linsey 321
Philadelphia p. 231 John Lindsay (house carperter) 113 Philadelphia City
p. 235 John Lindsey (shop keeper, store) 00000 Philadelphia
City
p. 235 John Lindsey (shop keeper) 324 Philadelphia City
p. 213 Susanh Lindsey (gentlewoman) 102 Southwark Twp
p. 203 Thomas Lindsay 103 Northern Liberties Twp
p. 198 Wm Linsey 10000 Moyamensing & passyunk Twp
p. 209 WID Lindsey (weaver) III Southwark Twp
p. 235 Wm Lindsey (shop keeper) 10000 Philadelphia City
Washington p. 248 Jacob Linsay 105
York p. 287 Jams Lindsey 212 Berwick, Cumberland, Franklin, Germany,
Hamiltonban, Heidelberg, Mt. Pleasant, Mountjoy,
& S traban Twps
DELAWARE
"Reconstructed 1790 Census of Delaware," Leon deValinger, Jr.,
National Genealogical society Special Publications no. 10,
(Washington, DC: 1953).
The whole 1790 Delaware census is missing; tax lists
have been substituted for all three counties.
1 New Castle Co., John Lindsey, Samuel Lindsey, William Lindsey- all
Mill Creek Hundred
2 Sussex
Frances Linsey- Cedar Creek Hundred
MARYLAND
Heads of Families ... 1790 Maryland,
U.s. Census Bureau, (Washington, DC:1907);
1783 Tax List of Maryland, part 1, Cecil
Talbot, Harford & Calvert Counties, Bettie Caro.thers,
(Lutherville, MD: 1977), for missing Calvert.
The 1790 Maryland is complete except for missing
counties of Allegany, Calvert, and Somerset.
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4
5
Baltimore Co., p. 25 John Lindsey 246 Two Delaware Hundreds
Charles
p. 51 William Lindsay 227
Frederick
p. 72 Oliver Lindsay 112
Harford p. 75 Eliza Lindsay 12402
Prince Georges' p. 95 Charles Linsey 103; Charles Linsey 101i Charles
Linsey 103; John Linsey 11302; Samuel Linsey 11201
6 Worcester p. 123 James Lindsey 21206
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VIRGINIA
(excluding Kentucky)
Heads of Families ... 1782 to 1785 Virginia, U.S. Census Bureau, (Baltimore, MD:
1966, reprint of washington, DC: 1908); Virginia Tax Payers 1782-87 Other Than
Those Published by the united States Census Bureau, Augusta B. Fothergill &
John Mark Naugle, (Baltimore, MD: 1974, reprint of Richmond, VA: 1940).
The whole 1790 Virginia census is missing, for which the state censuses
1782-1785 and tax lists are used as a substitute; there is some
duplication of the state censuses, which will be evident below. if a
county is shown with more than one year. The state censuses give the
number of whites--6w--and sometimes the number of blacks--4b--in the
household. The tax lists give the number of white polls, i.e., white
males above fifteen subject to the pell tax, and sometimes the number
of slaves in the household--1p l5s. After the page number will be an
H or V for Heads of Families ••• or Virginia Tax Payers ..•.
1 Albemarle Co., p. 80H Reuben Lindsay l2w 1785 census
p. 76V Samuel Linsay lp; Walter Linsay Ip; widow Linsay Op 2s
3 Brunswick p. 76V William Linsday lp 1782 tax
,1784
tax
4 Caroline p. 76V Lucy Lindsay lp 3s; William Lindsay Ip 2ls 1783 tax
5 Culpeper p. 75V James Lensey 1p
1783 tax
p. 76V John Lincey Ip 2s
1783 tax
6 Essex p. S2H Ca1ib Lindsay lw 22b
1783 census
1782 census
7 Fairfax p. l7H Robert Lindsay 6w 6b; Thomas Lindsay Sw 2b
p. 86H Susanna Lindsay Sw; Thomas Lindsay Sw
1785 census
p. 8SH William Lindsay lOw
1785 census
8 Fluvanna p. 19H Landy Lindsay 7w 4b
1782 census
9 Frederick p. 21H Abram Lindsay lw
1782 census
p. 20H James Lindsay 1w
1782 census
10 Greenbr ier p. 109H Jane Lindsey, Jno Lindsey, Kat. Lindsay 1783-1786 tax
11 Hanover p. 28H Jeremiah Lindsay llw
1782 census
St. Paul's Parish
12 Henrico p. 76V James Lindsey --; Moses Lindsey Ip; William Lindsey -1782 tax
13 Henry p. 76V James Lindsey 1p 15s
1783 census
14 James City p. 76V Edward Linsey 1p 25
1782 tax
1782 tax
p. 76V Jesse Linsey Ip Is; John Linsey lp Is
15 King William p. 76V James Linsey lp
1782 tax
1782 tax
16 Moncgomery p. 76V William Lindsey Ip; Matthew Linsey 1p
2 Botetour t
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1782 census
John Lindsey 4w
1785 census Upper Precinct
James Lindsay 4w
Samuel
Lindsey 3w 1785 census St. Peters
John Lindsey 4w;
Parish
Orange p. 40H Caleb Lindsay lw 3b
1782 census
p. 97H Adam Lindsay 5w~ Caleb Lindsay lw; William Lindsay 2w 1785
census
1782 tax
Prince George p. 76V Edward Linsey Ip
Prince William p. 78V William Lyndsey lp 7s
1782 tax
1782 tax
Spotsylvania p. 76V Daniel Lindsay lp 20s
17 New Kent
36H
p. 92H
p. 92H
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KENTUCKY
First Census of Kentucky 1790, Charles B.
Heinemann, (Baltimore, MD: 1956, reprint of
Washington, DC: 1940).
The whole 1790 Kentucky census
is missing, for which tax
lists are used as a
substitute.
1 Bourbon Co., p. 58 Nic1as Lincey 1791 tax
2 Fayette p. 58-59 Anthony Lindsay, Anthony Lindsey, James Lindsay, Ja~es
Lindsay, James Lensey, John Lindsay, John Linsey,
Nicholas Lindsay, Vachell Lindsay, William Lindsay,
Wm. Linsey, Jr., William Linsey
all 1789 tax
3 Nelson p. 58 George Lindsay 1792 tax
4 Woodford p. 58 Anthonv Lindsav, Anthony Lindsay, James Lindsay, John
Lindsay, Nicholas Lindsay, Vachel Lindsey, Wm. Lindsay,
Note re Kentucky tax lists: There seems to be duplication where
a man owned land in more than one county.
NORTH CAROLINA
Heads of Families ... 1790 North Carolina, U.S. Census Bureau, (Washington,
DC: 1908). Caswell, Granville, and Orange have tax lists for their missing
censuses.
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1 Anson Co., p. 35
p. 36
George Lindsey 22401
Edward Lindsey 331; william Lindsey, Jr. Ill; William
Lindsey 125
p. 37 George Lindsey 32201, William Lindsey, Jr. III
2 Chatham p. 85 James Linsey 13302
3 Craven p. 130 Elizabeth Lindsey 01412
p. 134 Joshua Lindsey, Senr. 0004; Mary Lindsey 0003
4 Currituck p. 20 Jonathan Lindsey 10102
p. 21 Daniel Lindsey 10202; David Lindsay 11311; John Lindsay
20108
p. 22 Elizabeth Lindsy 021
5 Franklin p. 59 Saml Lindsey 113
p. 60 Betty Lindsey 122
6 Granville p. 91 Sarah Linsay Oxford District; Elijah Lindsey Ragland
District tax lists
7 Guilford p. 154 Robt Lindsey 2440-11
8 Halifax p. 63 John Lindsey 1150-26
9 Iredell p. 155 John Lindsay 201
10 Lincoln p. 113 Sam Linsey 101
11 Mecklenburg p. 164 Walter Lindsey 103
12 Nash p. 70 Billy Lindsey 113; Sion Lindsey 114; willia~ Lindsey 151
13 Orange p. 92 John Lindsay Caswell District tax list
p. 94 Ely Lindsay Orange District tax list
p. 95 Matthew Lindsay Orange District tax list
14 Rutherford p. 117 Mary Linsey 132
15 Warren p. 77 Joseph Lindsey 20203; Laborn"Lindsey 12201
TENNESSEE (Territory South
of the Ohio River)
Indian
lands
Early East Tennessee Taxpayers, Pollyanna Creekmore, (Easley, SC: 1980);
Tennessee Genealogical Records: Davidson County Pioneers, Edythe Rucker
Whitley, (n.p.: 1965).
The whole of the Territory South of the Ohio River (Tennessee) was counted
by order of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, but the census is lost.
There are some tax lists, but in no way can Tennessee be considered well
covered by substitute lists for the missing 1790 census.
1 Davidson Co.,
(Whitley) James Lindsay 1787 tax
2 Greene p. 275 (Creekmore) David Linsey 1783 tax
3 Washington p. 209 (Creekmore) Benjn Lindsay 1 poll
1787 tax
SOUTH CAROLINA
Heads of Families ... 1790
DC: 1908).
South Carolina, U.S. Census Bureau,
(Washington,
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SOUTH CAROLINA
1 Abbeville
Indian 1ands_
Co.,
p. 58
James
Lindsey 111;
Thomas Lindsey
101; Elizth
Lindsey 001;
Ephr aim Lindsey
30201;
p. 61 Jno Lindsey 303; Saml
Lindsey 325
2 Charleston p. 36 Robert Lindsey .QQQQ-I0 St.
tholomew Parish
p. 36 (not given) Lindsay 2060-14
St. James Goose Creek Parish
p. 37 Barnard Lindsey 11207; Charles Lindsey 10003 both St.
Pauls Parish
p. 39 Robert Lindsey 10005 St. Phillips & St. Michaels Parish
3 Fairfield p. 21 Benjn Lindsay 123; Robert Lindsay 113
4 Laurens p. 75 Elizabeth Lindsey 122; Capt. John Lindsey 253
5 Newberry p. 76 Moses ~ensey 121; Jesse Lensey 134; Edmd Lindery 523;
Wm Linsey 121 (Edmd Lindery is probably a misreading
for the Edmond Lindsey known to have lived in Newberry.)
p. 79 Saml Linsey 13405; Jas Linsey 231i Abrm Lindsey 123;
Col. Jno Linsey 32105i Thos Linsey 2530-13
6 Orangeburg (NO:t"th)p.94
Elzy Linzay 022
p. 95 John Linzay 111
7 Pendleton p. 84 James Lindsay 315
8 Spartanburg p. 86 Wm Lindsey 241; Dennis Lindsey 111
p. 87 James Lindsey 214; James Wm Lindsey 103
9 Union p. 92 James Lindsey 13003
10 York p. 29 Isaac Linsey 205; Sarah Linsey 003
p. 30 Isaac Lency 116
Indian lands
Disputed with Spanish
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GEORGIA
Index to Some Early Tax Digests of Georgia, 1790-1818, Earldene Rice & Betty
L. McCay, (n.p.: 1972); Substitutes for Georgia's Lost 1790 Census, Delwyn
Assoc., (Albany, GA: 1975).
The loss of the 1790 Georgia census is the most disruptive of the
missing schedules and nothing really supplies a statewide substi~ute.
There are some tax lists for Camden 1794, Chatham 1790, Glynn 1789, and
Wilkes 1792-1974 (parts), but even these seem incomplete. What follows
must be regarded as merely some Lindsays found in Georgia about 1785-1795.
The names all come from the Delwyn Assoc. 's Substitutes, except for the
last three names for Wilkes County.
1 Burke Co., Eliz. Lindsey headright 1790-95
2 Camden Jas. M. Lindsey state officer 1787-95; Jas Lindsey 1794 tax
3 Chatham Rev. Benj Lindsey deeds 1789-91 grantor; Mary Lindsey deeds 1789-91
grantor; Benj Lindsey deeds 1789-91 grantee; Benj Lindsey witness
to deed; Chas. Lindsey 1790 tax
9 Columbia Dennis Linsey and Wm Linsey 1793 muster roll
4 Effingham
no Lindsays
11 Elbert Reubin Linsey 1793 tax defaulter; Reuben Lindsey 1795 voter
5 Franklin Jno. Lindsey 1786-93 deeds grantor: Mary Lindsey 1786-93 deeds
grantor; Jacob Lindsey deed witness 1786-93; Jno. Lindsey deed
witness 1786-93
6 Glynn none
7 Greene Jacob Lind~
1793 muster roll
8 Liber ty none
9 Richmond Moses Lindsey land court 1786-7
10 Washington Jno. Lindsay headright 1789-93
11 Wilkes Jno. Lindsey headright 1790-95
p. 5 (Rice & McCay) John Lindsey 1793 tax
p. 15 (Rice & McCay) Abraham Linsey and Thos. Linsey 1794 tax
(Note: Columbia was created in December 1790 from Richmond, and Elbert
was created December 1790 from Wilkes.)
Index to 1790 census and substitute lists: Nicknames and abbreviated given
names are listed under the formal versions--Betty and Eliza under Elizabeth,
Billy and Wm under William, etc. The counties are given by their number
codes--Moses GA9, SCS, VA12 mean Georgia-Richmond Co., South CarolinaNewberry Co., and Virginia-Henrico Co. Given names appearing more than once
in a county are indicated by brackets--William KY2(3). There are duplicate
entries for some persons in the lists above, especially for Kentucky and
Georgia. The most popular names are John (29), William (26), and James (25)
for the men and Elizabeth (7) and Mary (5) for the women.
PAS SC2
widow VA2
Abraham GAll SC5 VA9
Adam VAl 8
Alexander PA7 PA9
Andrew PA3
Anthony KY2(2) KY4(2)
Barnard SC2
Benjamin GA3(3) SC3 TN3
Caleb VA6 VA18(2)
Charles GA3 MD5(3) PA4 SC2
Daniel NC4 VA2l
David NC4 PA3(2) PA9 TN2
Dennis GA4 SC8
Edmond SC5
Edward NCI VA14 VA19
Elijah NC6
Elizabe~~ GAl MD4 NC3 NC4 NC5 SCI SC4
Ely NCl3
Elzy?
SC6
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SCI
DE2
George KY3 NCI (2)
Isaac SCIO(2)
Jacob GAS GA7 PA12
James GA2 KY2(3) KY4 MD6 NC2
PA4(2) PA6 PA13 SCI SC5
SC7 SC8 SC9 TNI VAS VA9
VA12 VAl3 VA15 VA17
James M. GA2
James Wm. SC8
Jane VAIO
Jeremiah VAll
Jesse SCS VA14
John DEI GA5(2) GAIO GAll(2)
KY2(2) KY4 MD1 MDS NC4
NC8 NC9 NCl3 PA4 (2)
PAll(3) SCI SC4 SCS SC6
VAS VAIO VA14 VA17(2)
Jonathan NC4
Joseph NCIS
Joshua NC3
Josiah PAl
Kat. VAIO
Laborn NC15
Landy VA8
Lucy VA4
Mary GA3 GAS NC3 NC14 PAID
Matthew NC13 VA16
Moses GA9 SC5 VA12
Mungo PAID
Nicholas KYI KY2 KY4
Oliver MD3
Reuben GAll(2) VAl
Richard PAS
Robert NC7 PA2 PA4 PA6 SC2(2)
Ephraim
Frances
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Samuel
DEI MD5 NC5 NCIO PA3
PA4 SCI SCS VA2 VAl?
Sarah NC6 SCID
Sion NC12
Susannah PAll VA7
Thomas GAll PA4 PA6 PAll Sel
SC5 VA7(2)
Vachel KY2 KY4
Walter NCll PA3 VA2
william DEI GA4 KY2(3) KY4 MD2
NCl(3) NC12(2) PA3 PA7
PAll(3) SC5 SC8 VA3 VA4
VA7 VA12 VA16 VA18 VA20
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Queries
Query 4:
Abraham Lindsey of Marengo County, Alabama
The oldest information I have is that my G.G.G. Grandfather Abram
(Abraham) Lindsey or Lindsay was married the second time to a Martha Varner.
She was the widow of a James Varner. They were married on January 24, 1827,
in Marengo County, Alabama. They had eight children. I believe Abram died
about 1843. One of Abram's children was William Lindsey, who was my G.G.
Grandfather. In one of the censuses William Lindsey said he was born in
Kentucky. William married one of Martha Varner's daughters.
-----Lindsey Keene, Rt. 10, Box 258, Meridian, MS 39301
Query 5:
David Lindsey of Pennsylvania
Margaret Lindsay Atkinson's 1889 book, The Lindsays of America, pp. 218220, provided the key to my Lindsey-Lindsay connection back to the pre-Revolutionary War era. She tells of a David Lindsay who emigrated from Scotland and
bought and settled on a large farm near "or where the ci ty of Pittsburgh now is."
There he lived and died, leaving four sons: Hezekiah, who settled in Ohio i
David, Jr., of Kentucky (then western Virginia); Edward of North Carolina, and
William, who died in the Revolutionary War leaving two sons, John of Kentucky
and william of Kentucky and later of Vincennes, Indiana, (where William died).
(See National Archives W553, BLWt 28649-160-55, film 1566:0402, and Hezekiah's
file 541770, film 1566:0641.)
Research to establish further data concerning L~e senior David Lindsay,
who settled near Fort Pitt, has revealed little. In Book lA, page 160, Washington County 1 PA, is recorded a deed conveyance from David Lindsey to John
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Reed, 4 March 1780, recorded 6 December 1783: David Lindsey of Youghagania
County, Virginia, receiving twelve thousand pounds currency of Pennsylvania
from John Reed of same county and state, said tract of 400 acres "lying and
being on the waters of Miller's Run wi thin the County and State aforesaid."
The Washington County, PA, Canonsburg quadrangle map (1960) shows this
apparent propen:y, referred to as "Justice," warranted to a John Reed in 1786,
the boundaries bordered by the same property owners referred to in David
Lindsey's deed release in 1780. Pennsylvania records today apparently contain
no records of the former ownership by David Lindsey of John Reed's property
"Justice."
The diary of George Washington, 20 September 1784, states, "Went early
this morning to view my land and to receive the final determination of those
who live upon it .••• Dined at David Reed's, after which Squire Reed began
to inquire whether I would part with the land, and upon what terms,
adding that although they did not conceive they would be dispossessed yet to
avoid contention they would buy .... I told them I had no inclination to
sell ...•"
A footnote in the publishep diary discloses that David Reed and his
brother Squire John Reed came from Lancaster County to Washington County in
1777 and bought land on Miller's Creek from an agent of George Croghan, who
claimed the land to the exclusion of Washington. Apparently, the senior
David Lindsey of Youghagania County, Virginia, (now Washington County, PA),
sold title to disputed land.
There is no known genealogical data on the man other than what is
revealed in Margaret Lindsay Atkinson's book of 1889, her information being
given to her by Tipton Lindsey, Esq., of Tulare County, California, pioneer
and state senator (1874) and his daughter Kate. They revealed that their
early ancestor David Lindsey came directly from Scotland before the Revolution but expressed the possibility he may have settled for a time in Ireland.
As to the data conc~rning Tipton Lindsey, son of John Tipton Lindsey,
Columbus, Indiana, grandson of William Linds~, Revolutionary soldier and
pensioner W553, Vincennes, IN, or data on David Lindsay, Jr., son of David
mentioned earlier, who died in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky, in
April 1814, the reader should write the undersigned in Seattle.
David Lindsay, Jr., was a ranger on the frontier and settled near
Ruddle's Fort, Bourbon County, KY, circa 1780 (later lying in Harrison
County three miles northwest of Cynthiana).
He married twice, first to a
woman whose name is unknown and second to Nancy McNay on 16 November 1796.
By the first marriage there were twelve children: James, John, William
(my ancestor), Joseph, Mary, Margaret, Rebekah, David, Isabella, Jane, Ann,
and Samuel. There were no children by the second marriage.
------Forrest Wood, 5001 44th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105
(Editor's note: (1) "Petitions from Yohogania County, Virginia,"
Raymond M. Bell, Virginia Genealogist, 17 (1973) 212-223, has one
Lindsay entry: p. 213 27 Oct 1778 petition requesting division of
YohoganiaCounvj, which petition signed by David Linsey; (2) Virginia
Court Records of Southwestern ?ennsvlvania: Records of the District
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of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia, 1775-1780,
Boyd Crumrine, (Baltimore, MD: 1974, reprinted from Annals of the
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA: 1902-1905), has several Lindsay entries
but only one for David: p. 398 18 Jan 1780 YOhogania County court appearance by David Lindsey charged with perjury.)
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Lt. Col. John Lindsey of Newberry County, SC
(The Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives,
volume III, 1775-1790, N. Louise Bailey and Elizabeth Ivey Cooper, (Columbia,
SC: 1981), pp. 435-436, has a biography of Lt. Col. John Lindsey (1740-1795).
This entry is reproduced here verbatim, except that the sources are expanded
from abbreviations into full citations. Note that the authors are not certain
Lt. Col. John Lindsey is the same John who served in the SOU~~ Carolina
assemblies, but express their opinion that he was. Formerly, many genealogists
working on this Newberry line have identified John's father John (d. 1787) as
the colonel and legislator" but it is much more likely that the younger John
was the colonel--lieutenant colonel, actually--since it known for certain he
was a militia company captain during part of the war. The older John was
probably too old to have served actively in the Revolutionary War.)
John Lindsey was the son of John Lindsey (d. 1787) and Alice Crosson.
He
resided in that area of Ninety Six District which became Newberry County.
Between 1774 and 1786, he received through grants at least 1,769 acres near the
Enoree River and Indian and King's creeks. The 1790 federal census listed five
slaves as part of his Newberry household. During the ~erican Revolution,
Lindsey served as a lieutenant colonel in the militia. Beginning his legislative
service simultaneously, he represented the Upper District Between Broad and
Saluda Rivers (Spartan) in the Second Provincial Congress (1775-1776) and the
First General Assembly (1776). Later, Lindsey was elected by the Lower District
Between Broad and Saluda Rivers to the Fifth (1783-1784), Seventh (1787-1788),
and Eighth (1789-1790) General Assemblies. As a Lower District delegate at the
state convention, he voted against ratification of the federal Consti.tution
(1788). Two years later, he served the same district at the state constitutional
convention (1790). Locally Lindsey was a justice of the peace for Newberry
County (1786).- Marr ied to Elizabeth Humphrey, he was the father of seven
children: Alice, Caleb, Humphrey, rJoshua, John (1776-1864), James (1779-1841),
and Elizabeth. John Lindsey died sometime in 1795.
[Footnote] Possibly the John Lindsey who served in the House for ~~e Second
Provincial Congress and the First and Fifth General Assemblies was John Lindsey
(d. 1787), the father of John Lindsey (1740-1795). The elder man, also recorded
as a colonel, was a native of Frederick County, Virginia, and the father of five
.other children, including James (d. 1799), Sarah Speaks, Esther (m. Jared Smith),
Abigail Wells, and Thomas. He died testate in Newberry County. Furthermore,
the John Lindsey who represented the Upper Distr ict Between Broad and Saluda
Rivers could have been someone other than either of the foregoing John Lindseys.
Extant records indicated there were several men of that name in Ninety Six
District and L~ree alone in Newberry County, but they did not give political and
biographical information. Therefore, for L~e lack of discerning, conclusive
data, ~~e sketch of John Lindsey was based on the most logical evidence.
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[Expanded source citations to main biographical sketch.]
Leonardo Andrea's Genealogy Files on microfilm at South Caroliniana Library,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, roll 27, #578, pp. 4,5,7,11,47.
Audited Accounts of the American Revolution in SC Archives, 4595. Yearbook,
City of Charles.ton, 1893, 232. Heads of Families ... 1790: South Carolina,
(Washington, DC: 1908), 79. The Debates in the Several State Conventions on
the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, Jonathan Elliot, ed" 5 vols.,
(2nd ed. 1836-1845, reprinted New York, NY: 1974), 4:339. Journal of the
Constitutional Convention of South Carolina, May 10, 1790-June 3, 1790,
Francis M. Hutson, ed., (Columbia, SC: 1946), 5. Journal of the Convention
of South Carolina which Ratified the Constitution of the United States,
23 May 1788, A.S. Salley, Jr., (Atlanta, GA: 1928), 47. Miscellaneous
Records of the Secretary of the Province in SC Archives, WW:71.
The History
of Newberrv County, 1749-1860, Thomas H. Pope, (Columbia, SC: 1973), pp. 55,
62, 63, 67. Royal Grant Books in SC Archives, 33:531. South Carolina
Historical Magazine, 7:108. State Grant Books in SC Archives, 1:67, 8:375,
11:689, 13:625, 15:399.
[Expanded source citations to footnote.]
Leonardo Andrea's Genealogy Files on microfilm at South Caroliniana Library,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, roll 27, #578, pp. 2,4,5,7,11,47.
Audited Accounts of the American Revolution in SC Archives, 4595. Heads of
Families ... 1790: South Carolina, (Washington, DC: 1908), 61, 75. Census
of 1800 Abbeville District, SC, 14, 15, of Greenville County, se, 278, of
Newberry District, SC, 83. Grand Jury Lists in SC Archives, 1779, 1783.
Miscellaneous Records of the Secretary of the Province in SC Archives, VV:229.
Newberry County, SC, wills, book A:9. Petit Jury Lists in SC Archives, 1779.
State Grant Books in SC Archives, 12:128, 15:398, 20:483, 25:445, 48:152.
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Lindsey Family Graveyard, Clarke County, VA
(~Lindsey Family Graveyard,H Ruth Lincoln Kaye, National Genealogical Society
Quarterly, 65 (1977) 15.)
This family graveyard is located midway between upperville and Millwood
in Clarke County, Virginia, at the northeast end of the Shenandoah River Bridge
on Route 50. Now quite neglected, it is enclosed in a high iron fence and
contains three gravestones and a monument.
Inscriptions contributed by Ruth
Lincoln Kaye of Alexandria, Virginia.
Sarah, wife of Dr. James Lindsey, d. 31 Dec. 1861, aged 75yrs. 8mos 5days.
Member of Baptist Church. HMother."
A.V. Lindsey, b. 30 Oct. 1818; d. 31 July 1895.
John T. Lindsey, b. 6 Sept. 1817; d. 9 Aug. 1895.
Sarah M., wife of A.N. Bowen, d. 21 Sept. 1887, aged 72yrs. 9rnos. 10days.
Member of Baptist Church.
Elizabeth, wife of William Colston, b. 12 Mch. 1846; d. 30 Jan. 1920.
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