Lindsay Newsletter:
Southern Colonial Branches
Volume
1, Number
2
May
Whole
1981
Number
CONTENTS:
William Lindsay, M.D., 1795 NC-1876
of Maj. John Lindsay of Georgia
OH, Nephew
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Southern Colonial Material in the Annual Reports,
Lindsay Family Association of America, 19041909 (Concluded) .......................•.......
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The British
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Spelling
of Lindsay:
"A" or "E"?
Queries:
1. Carlton
2. Philip
3. Jacob
Tennessee
Lindsay
Lindsay
(Mrs. Fred D. Switzer)
(Margaret
and Phoebea
Land Grants
Lindsey
Lindsay
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Descheneaux)
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(James A. Lindsey).
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to 1820
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COMMENTS:
Elliott had the address labels and envelopes ready for mailing this
issue by mid-May. It was the editor who has caused the delay. By mid-May
I had two-thirds of the issue typed and then decided to switch to a smaller
type. By using 12-pitch--twelve letters to the inch--rather than the IO-pitch
of the first issue, we can get eleven to twelve more pages of texts a year.
But changing to the smaller type required retyping the first issue for consistency, plus retyping the dozen pages already completed of this issue. Then my
typewriter broke down and had to have repairs. Thus the delay. End of sad
story.
Those with copies of the original first issue are urged to destroy it
because the new version is different in having more material due to the smaller
type.
In the first issue on page 2 is an explanation of the geqgraphical coverage
of the Newsletter. As for the chronological coverage, the emphasis is on the
colonial period and people born by 1775. However, the Revolutionary generation
moved around so much--wars often bring large migrations--that many SOuthern
Lindsay lines are stuck in the years 1780-1820. The Newsletter will cover this
period and the people born in the late eighteenth century. After all, ~~eir
parents were probably born before the Revolution.
Can anyone tell me the addresses of Morn Lindsay of South Carolina and
Gloria Schouw of California? Also, is Bobby L. Lindsey still living? He wrote
"The Reason for the Tears": A History of Chambers County, Alabama, (1971), which
has Lindsey material on pages 279-281.
Lastly, is there any demand for our publishing the list of Newsletter
subscribers?
The Newsletter seeks to bring together the serious 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 isde£ined 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, but all authors may copyright
articles at their own discretion.
their
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William
Nephew
Lindsay,
of Maj.
M.D.,
1795 NC-1876
John Lindsay
Oh,
of Georgia
(The "Old Papers Tell of Early Lindsay Family," Tri-State Trader, 4 March
1978, mentioned
in the Newsletter
page 6, footnote 16, refers to eight long
sheets of handwritten
notes about William Lindsay, M.D., 1795 NC-1876 Oh.
The
papers are unsigned and undated but were written by one of his children
from
Dr. Lindsay's papers and other sources.
Dr. Lindsay was a nephew of Maj. John
Lindsay of Wilkes County, Georgia, sometimes called Silverfist.
The following
is a verbatim copy courtesy of Helen Silvey, 6947 Serenity Drive, Sacramento,
CA 95823, a descendant of Dr. Lindsay.
Is it possible that William Lindsay's
father Samuel and Maj. John were
brothers of the Benjamin Lindsay who applied for a pension in Edgefield District,
South Carolina,
in 1834 as abstracted
in the Newsletter
page 7?)
[Page
1]
Lindsay,
Earl
of Balcarras
Scotland.
This noble family is descended of the branch of the Lindsay's of Edzell,
descended
from Alexander Lindsay, second Earl of Crawford,
(See that family*)
whose third son was Walter, and he, by another Sir David, his eldest son, who
made a great figure in the reign of James V., to whom David Lindsay Earl of
Crawford conveyed his estate and honors in 1541, occasioned
by the cruel
treatment of his sonSi but he afterward conveyed them back again, to the~Earl's
grand-son reserving to himself the title for life &c. &c.
He was succeeded by
his eldest son Sir David, one of the senators of the College of Justice.
To him
succeeded his eldest son David, who dying without issue, the estate devolved on
Sir David Lindsay of Balcarras,
son of John, second son of Sir David, Earl of
Crawford above mentioned,
Which David was created Lord Lindsay of Balcarras.
He
married Lady Sophia, daughter of Alexander
Seton, Earl of Dumferline,
and left
issue a son.
Alexander Lord Lindsay, who was created Earl of Balcarras;
and dying in
1659, left issue by his wife Lady Ann Mackenzie,
daughter of Colin Earl of
Seaforth, two sons and twodaughers:
Lady Sophia, wife of Col. Charles Campbell,
son of Archibald Earl of Argyll, and Lady Henrietta, wife of Sir James Campbell
of Auchinbreck,
of his sons, Charles,
the eldest, succeeded in the earldom, and
dying unmarried, was succeeded by his brother.
Colin,
third Earl,
who was
a privy
councellor
to King Charles
II, and
James VI. [VII = II],
by whom qe was appointed one of the commissioners
of the
treasury.
He married three wives; and bytbe
f'ir'st,Lady Jane, daughter of David
Earl of Nor~hesk, he had a daughter,
Lady Anne, she married Alexander Erskine,
Earl of Keliy.
By his second Lady, Jane Ker, daughter of William,
the [Page 2]
second Earl of Roxburgh, he had issue a daughter, Lady Margaret, married to
John Flemming, sixth Earl of Wigtoun;
and a son Colin, Lord Cumbernauld,
who
died unmarried, and by his third wife, Lady Margaret,
daughter of James of
Loudoun, he had issue, two sons Alexander
and James; and two daughters,
Eleanor,
married to James Fraser of Loumay, third son of William, Lord Sutton; and Lady
Elizabeth,
who died unmarried.
He deceased
in 1722, and was succeeded by his
eldest son.
Alexander fourth Earl, who was elected one of the sixteen peers
for North Britain in the parliament
beginning
1734: but dying in 1746 without
issue, was succeeded by his brother.
James,
now fifth
Earl of Balcarras,
who
in 1749
married
Anne,
daughter
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of Sir Robert Dalrymple,
son of Sir Hugh, Lord president of the session, by
whom he had issue six sons and two daughters,
viz.; Alexander,
Lord Cumbernauld;
Robert, Colin, James, william and Charles; Ladies Anne and Margaret.
(Titles.)
The right honorable
of Cumbernauld.
James
Lindsay
Earl
of Balcarras,
apd Lord
Lindsay
(Creations.) Lord Lindsay, 7th June 1633, by Charles 1st: and Earl of Balcarras,
in the County of Fife by Charles IInd 1650.
(Arms.) Quarterly
1st and 4th ruby, a gules fesse chequee pearl and sapphire,
for
Lindsay; 2nd and 3rd topaz a lion rampant ruby, delruised
[debruised] with a ribband diamond,
for Abernethey;
all within the
3rd semee of stars topaz.
(Crest.) On a wreathe, a tent proper, a semee of stars as the arms.
(Supporters.)
Two lions segeant gardant ruby, each having a collar, charged
with three stars as the crest.
(Motto.) Astra, castra, numen, lumen, munimen.
(Chief seat.) At Balcarras
in Fifeshire.
*Father's cousin J.C.W. Lindsay added the following.
I will send you a transcript of the Crawford
family of Lindsays,
if I am
spared, sometime or other.
It is as
good as the Edzell branch, but from their
tent proper in their coat of [Page 3] arms, I am of the opinion,
the Edzell
family of Lindsays was the bravest and most undaunted
son's of courage.
Reading the descent of the Lindsay family, need it be wondered
at, that your uncle
should exert every~,
John Lindsay, when landing in a country like North America,
nerve in fitting and preparing himself for active, useful life.
It hath been
asserted,
that after the labor of the l.~~-G;-~Ae [sic] day, he would burn a
large armfull of light wood, (pitch, pine,) instead of a better light, to read,
write and criticise
by. --But he was a Lindsay and his ancestors were not only
freemen, but indpenently
[sic] so.
Father wrote -- The above was communicated
to me, by my cousin John C.W.
Lindsay of Wilks County, near Washington,
Georgia,
(in the third year of my
practice, professionally,
in the summer of 1824 at Lawrenceburg
Indiana.) Son
of my uncle Major John Lindsay. --A brave patriot of Revolutionary
fame, who
was severely wounded at the battle of Camden S.C., having his right hand so
severely wounded, by a hand to hand uncounter,
that he had it amputated;
subsequently
wearing a silver cap on the wrist.
AlSO, had a leg so badly
shattered, he was left on the field, it was said, for dead, being recovered
by a soldier, who carried him cool water in his hat to drink.
Years afterward
an intimate friend, having by earnest request, obtained
a portion of the as
Tibula,
(small bone of the leg,) had it fitted to the handle of a carving
bowie knife..
West Alexandria
Preble Co. O. Nov .•2, 1861.
N.B.
The
foregOing,. transcribed
for the original
as above
refered
to.
W.L.
I would here state that Major Lindsay as above, was first cousin to my
aunt Mary Lindsay whom he married.
Their residence
being in Georgia,
had not
a opportunity
of seeing them ever, or any of the family.
But during my
residence in R~ Lawrenceburg,
as above open-[Page
4] ed up a correspondence
with the family in 1824. which was kept up many years.
This cousin, J.C.W.
Lindsay, being the principle correspondent.
He was a member M.E. Church, and
from the status, great note and respectability
of the family, and the moral,
pious bearing of all my letters received, place every confidence
in history
and details as above given.
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At Lawrenceburg, I met with an old man by the name of Moss, to whose
family I was physician. He said in Georgia many.years previous, he was
acquainted with my uncle, Major Lindsay and spoke highly of his standing and
military talents. Subsequently, during my professional career in Richmond Ind.
embracing a period between 1829 and 1840, an elderly gentleman, by the name of
Neil, said my uncle had been deputed, by the government, to hold a friendly
council with the Cherakee Indians at ~Re Muscle Shoal Tenn., in reference to
the purchase of their lands, and that he, Neil, was present at the time of
holding said council. W.L.
I will now give the fallowing history which is now in my possession,
hoping by this means to keep in memory recollections connected with my dear
father and his family. It is with regret I state that we were careless in
making ourselves perfectly acquainted with his relatives in the South and
thereby establishing our relation to different members of the Lindsay family to
be found there and in other parts of America. I believe they all claim to have
come originally from Scotland. From the great love-and respect I cherish for
the memory of Wm. Lindsay M.D., my father, I am interested in everyone who
bears the name.
Samuel Lindsay, my grand-father, was married to Eleanor Wilson in N.
Carolina, (she was born in S. Carolina 1772). Grand father died in Lincoln
county N. Carolina when father was a boy. His complection was fair, his hair
remarkably light, his eyes blue and had what is called dancing eyes. He was
pious, intellectual and highly esteemed. [Page 5] Their children according to
their ages were James, Mary, Nancy, William, Samuel, John, Paul G, and Elizabeth.
All of whom I have seen with the exception of James and Nancy. James died in
N.C. about 1835, and Nancy some years previous.
The following is copied from father's notice of grand-mother Lindsay's
death •
"Our Sainted mother, Eleanor Lindsay, was born in S.•Carolina, 1772,
died Jan. 1850 and interred at WeSley Chapel, five miles N.E., of Piqua, Shelby
Co. O. She was brought up and educated in the Church, as known by the title
of Covenenters or Seceders.
Shortly after marriage mother and father became members of the Presbyterian Church, Olney North Carolina, and during a period of several years, father
was a Deacon or Elder of this denomination.
Some years after the death of
father, mother became a member of the M.E. Church, in which faith she died.
Long as we can remember her as Presbyterian or Methodist, she was a devoutly
pious woman.
Her long established faith in God and in the Savior, amidst all the trials
and sufferings of mortality, held her firm in the profession of religion and
the post of duty; and no storm that swept the voyage of life could break her
achorage or trust in Heaven. The haven of eternal rest was before her and thitherward did she steer; and as year after year was buried in the past, clearer and
still clearer, arose upon her vision the land beyond the river, far upon the
plane of which rests down the.light of immortality. And when seventy-eight
summers and winters had nearly closed with their clouds and their sunshine,
their storms and calms and their toils anxieties and rests, had hung upon her
brow their ensignia, she stands an aged matron, and mother in Israel upon the
brink, just ready to launch away from the shores of time.
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One after another of life's fastenings are cut loose, and she feels the
swell of the waves creeping up, around her frail barque. Out upon the ocean
all boundless, she casts her gaze, and in the distance sees her home at last,
In response to inquiries as to the prospect, she (Page 6J exclaims, ("J All is
well, all is well!" and calmly awaits the moments of her release. And it came
soon. She laid down and slept the last, long sleep, and as she closed her
eyes on Earth's fading and changing scenes, she opened them on Heaven's all
bright, glorious, fadeless and changless beauty, and as the ear became insenbecame alive to the voices of Heaven chanting
sible to the voices of Earth,
anthems of praise.
it
Thus passed away our venerable and sainted mother, like a shock of corn
in its season, and autumnal fruit, ripened long, - e'en wondered at, it did
not drop sooner.
Father's Obituary, written by Rev. H.M. Herman, pastor of the German
Reformed Church, at West Alexandria Preble Co. Ohio. --May 1876.
Wm. Lindsay M.D., was born in Lincoln Co, N. Carolina, near the S.
Carolina line Dec. 24, 1795. He commenced teaching school whe[n] only fifteen,
and taught after coming to Ohio, near Carlisle Clark Co., and at Dayton O.
He commenced reading Medecine with Dr. Robins, of Mad River, afterward with
Dr. Steele of Dayton i attended lectures at the Ohio Medical Cincinnati, and
received his diploma from Medical College at Columbus O.
TwO weeks after the death of Dr. Lineweaver, 1849, he carne to West
Alexandria, and has been here until his death; excepting fourteen months service
in the Army as Surgeon.
Dr. Lindsay has been long known as a man of fine culture in literature
generally and, professionally, especially.
[Page 7J I believe he was one of
the finest educated men in the country. A reader all his life, not of novels
or literature of a frivalous character, but a reader of works of merit, and
his mind was stored with useful knowledge. As a physician he was successful,
and in surgery, especially, he excelled. He has left behind several proofs
in which he has given the results of his practice, that do honor to his head
and proficiency in his practice.
Morally he was a man of unexceptional character. He was never known to
or unbecoming act. A man of strict integrity, he was never
do a mean ~~R~
given to evil speaking, profane or unbecoming language. He was a man of deep
religous convictions, and from his earliest manhood he lived in the fear of
God. His parents jVere presbyterians, ,and.in tl:1is_faithhe was reared, united
with the church when a young man. He was identified with M.E. Church for a
number of years. 9ct. 24, 1869, he united with the Reformed Church, and from
that tima until his death, he never failed of any religious duty. On his death
bed, at his own request, he celebrated the Lord's Supper.
In his death the community has lost one of its best citizens. He was to
any community an honor. A well educated mind -- an honor to his profession,
an example worthy of imitation to a.l.LAs a member of the fraternity F.A.M.,
he was faithful and consistent. As we review his life in this respect, not
a blush crimsons our cheek. He di.ed in the hope of blessed immortality May
7th 1876, aged 80 years,
6 months and 14 days.
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An obituary written
Lindsay. -- At West
after a severe illness of
law of the editor of this
by J.W. Defrees, editor of Miami Union,
Alexandria, Preble County Ohio, on Sunday night last,
several months duration, Dr. Wm. Lindsay, father-inpaper, died in the 8lst year of his age.
_
Dr. Lindsay was a man of bright and cultivated intellect, well versed in
general literature, and especially in all works pertaining to his profession.
As a practical physician and skillful surgeon he ranked for many years while in
the [Page 8] prime of life, at the very head of the profession in a large
section of Western Ohio and Eastern Indiana. For several years past however,
he had done but little practice -- his last active service having been rendered
as Surgeon at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, during the late rebellion, where he
was posted something over a year. He was a man of great moral worth, exemplary
in all his habits, faithful in the discharge of every duty to Society, to his
Church and to the Masonic Order of which he was a worthy and much respected member.
The funeral of Dr. L. took place on Tuesday last, and was largely attended
by citizens and brethren of the Order, the latter, as had been requested by the
deceased, having the management. In a beautiful spot in the handsome village
Churchyard the mortal remains of this aged father were consigned to the narrow
house of the dead with the solemn and impressive ceremonies of both the Church
and the Order 1 there to repose until the appointed morn when all Peoples, all
Nations and all Kindreds shall hear and obey the summons to rise, and Earth and
Sea shall be compelled to deliver up their dead.
A true and generous heart lies still in death, and a noble soul has gone
to his reward.
The great love I cherish for the memory of my Father is my apology for
transcribing the above notices and makes me anxious to find out, if possible,
whether there yet remain in the states of N. Carolina, S. Carolina or Georgia
any of Father's family.
I have been told that he had an uncle and cousins living at Greensboro, a
merchant, reputed to be very wealthy. The family related to us in the South
would, no doubt, preserve their genealogy, as my Father did, which may prove a
means of proving our relationship on Earth, and although we may never establish
our right of descent, by regular line, to the earldom of Balcarras, we can prove
there have been in our family of Lindsay those who have nobly lived on Earth and
have been prepared by trials be life for crowns of glory in Heaven above.
[End of manuscript.l
(In a typed paper by Lindsay M. Brien entitled "Clan Lindsay," 33pp., c1962,
copy in the'DAR Library, Washington, DC, is given a letter from Dr. William
Lindsay to his daughter Eliza DeFrees, 14 June 1843. The letter gives an
account of the noble Scottish Lindsays as sent to the doctor by his cousin
James M. Lindsay [according to Lindsay M. Brien] of Wilkes County, Georgia.
Part of the letter reads: "The foregoing transcript of t.i1e
Lindsay family was
sent me many years ago, about 1823, by one of my cousins, a son of my Uncle
Major John Lindsay, formerlyof Georgia •••• His first wife was my Aunt Mary
Lindsay, but previous to marriage were first cousins.
I never saw any of this
family but my Uncle had the reputation of being a brave officer of the
Revolution, ... - p. 13.)
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Southern Colonial Material in the Annual Reports,
Lindsay Family Association of America, 1904-1909
(Concluded from pages 10-20. Square brackets indicate the original pagination.
These are verbatim transcripts from the Annual RepOrts, Lindsay Family Association of America.)
[114]
In Vol. 2.
Louisville, Kentucky, 1781. Colonel Slaughter, in replying to John Floyd
in regard to some witnesses required in a certain trial, not being able to
appear at the time specified, mentioned the name of one as Joseph Lindsay of
Lexington. The said witnesses were too remote to reach the place set, and
therefore Colonel Slaughter desires the proceedings to be postponed, and that
a Captain Robert Todd was expecting soon to be a bearer of express (mail) to
Fort Pitt, who would convey the summons to said witnesses.
Vol. 4. Page 654.
On June, 1789, by order of the court, be it recommended to His Excellency,
the Governor of Virginia, that among those as proper persons to appoint militia
officers for Woodford County, Kentucky, is William Lindsay, captain.
Same papers. Page 160, 161.
In July, 1786, is an appeal for aid from the inhabitants of Jefferson
County, Kentucky, to Virginia against the Indians; among the names is that ox"
James Lindsay.
Notes and Collections.
From Hening's Virginia Statutes at Large.
Page 82.
May 23, 1609.
In the second charter of Virginia to the treasurer and company of
Virginia, from James the First of England, among a long list of grantees, is
Captian RiChard Lindesey, Captain John Smith, George Calvert, Esq., William
Atkinson et al.
In Richard Chechester's will, made in 1675, prob. 1685 in Lancaster
County, Virginia, legatee mentioned along with his nieces, the Misses Heale,
is Catherine Lindsay.
From Rev. Mr. Hayden's History of the Glassell Family of Virginia.
Quantico Church, Dettinger Parish, Prince William County, Virginia.
The records of the above Church of December 4, 1769, show that a William
Lindsay of this parish had a boy named George Adam Gardinhire indented to him
until he should reach the age of twenty-one. From R.A. Brocks' Historical
Collections. Virginia Company of Londort~ 1619-2~. Vol. 1. Page 104.
In a long list of the members of this company given at a General Quarter
Court he}d in London, 31 January, 1620-21, including nobles and gentry, was
a Mr. Lynsey.
A William Lindsay was cited among a long list of merchants, traders and
citizens of Norfolk, Virginia, in 1791, who petitioned to the Honorable
President and Directors of the Bank of the United States of America for a
branch of said Bank to be established in Norfolk for the good and convenience
of its citizens.
Virginia Magazine of History. vol. 8, 1900-1.
[121] A further proof of the genuineness of that old inscription on the early
tombstone of the Rev. David Lindsay, who died in Northumberland County, Virginia,
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in 1667, the emigrant ancestor of the Opies of Northumberland,
Clark and
Jefferson Counties, and the Lindsays of Northumberland
and Fairfax Counties,
Virginia,
is the discovery
this past year in England of the missing will of his
grandson, Captain Thomas Opie, Jr., who died 16 November,
1702, in Virginia,
and was buried in his grandfather's
grave, and which also explains the cause of
the double stones.
I hope that some of the disc?uraged
ones in ancestry,
after
reading the following account of this discovery, will recognize
the necessity
to nurse patience, for frequently what looks impossible can often be attained
where energy and perseverance
work, darkness shall give way to light and doubtfall away from man's mind.
I take much pleasure in quoting the following from the 1908-9 issue of the
Virginia Magazine of History and Biograghy, pages 90, 91 and 92.
[The text from
the VMHB article will not be repeated here.]
[124]
A war story of more than usual interest to the virginia Lindsays
came to
light this year in a correspondence
with one of our new life members,
Edwing B.
Lindsay of Los Angeles, California,
who served on the Union side from Ohio,
through the greater part of our Civil War.
While he was acting as Provost Marshal at City Point, Virginia,
in the
latter part of Mayor
the first part of June, 1865, and after the surrender
of
General Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, he made a visit to the Capitol
building in Richmond in company with a Mr. Russell of Washington,
D.C., the
father of Captain Charles S. Russell of the Twelfth united States Infantry,
then
in command at City Point, afterward Brigadier-general
Colonel Russell,
U.S.A.,
and alone they ascended to the garret of the CapitOl, which they found in much
came
confus ion, with paper s 1 itter:ed around everywher e i and her e Mr. Russell
across an ancient 3/4 of a deed or grant of land to a Jeremiah Lindsay of New
Kent County, Virginia,
the considerations
being certain pounds of tobacco,
by
order of George the Third, and [125] signed by the provisional
governor
of
_ ~irgini_a,
Alexander Spotswood.
The grant
was over a hundred years old .
.
.
was
As Governor Spotswood was succeeded
probably prior to this year.
in 1723 by Sir Hugh
Drysdale,
the deed
Mr. Russell was anxious to retain the document on account of its age and
the signature of the provisional
governor, but he waived his right to it and
presented
it to Mr. Lindsay because of his surname being similar and his ancestry
from the South.
Mr. Lindsay, to preserve the deed, sent it to a sister in the
West, now deceased, and never afterwards
claimed it.
On my request he kindly
wrote to his sister's daughter in Piqua, 0., to see if it was in existence,
and
if so to have her send me a verified copy:to put on record in our archives.
Up
to date of going to press it has not come to hand; so I do not know what the
result of his enquiry has been, but hope it is favorable and that our next
r~port will give a copy of the old document.
At any event the story is a proof of ~~e value of this Association,
if for
nothing else, in bringing Lindsays together and exchanging
their family history
and relating experiences
that may be of wonderful
assistance
to many in
establishing
their lines of descent.
[125-126] [A verbatim transcript of the will of
County, Pennsylvania,
8 Sep 1804, proved 17 Oct
not be reproduced.
There follows a note on one
Lindsay, who married Robert Culbertson,
MatL~ew
[Annual
Report
Transcripts
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James Lindsey of Franklin
1804, is given here but will
of the legatees, Elizaebth
Sharp, and Robert Peebles.]
Concluded.]
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The British Spellin9 of Lindsay: "A" or "E"?
In August 1978 the Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City published on
microfiche its 47-million name file now called the International Genealogical
Index (IGI). The file is divided into either countries--Scotland, Ireland,
Wales--or national subdivisions--the counties of England. All Lindsay spelling
variants are gathered under "Lindsay." This IGI was analyzed for "A" and "E"
spellings. Ignoring such spellings as Lindzy, Linsie, etc., the "A" and "E"
spellings of Lindsay, Linzay, etc., were counted for each English county for
the 1500s, l600s, and l700s. Scotland, Ireland, and Wales were not counted
because Wales did not have the surname listed, and Scotland and Ireland were
overwhelmingly "A", probably at least 99% "A."
The accompanying chart and map show that the English normally spelled the
surname with an "E" except in counties near Scotland and in London in the 1700s.
(To provide some feel for the total number of names in the file for each county,
the number of microfiche cards for each county is given in the chart. A full
microfiche card contains over 20,000 names.)
The conclusion, then, is that a colonial Lindsay family spelling its name
with an "E" was of English origins. Of course, the colonial spelling may be
that of the county clerk rather than the family, but if a clerk consistently
spelled one family as "E" and another as "A" in the same time and locale, there
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for "A" Spellings of Lindsay
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Queries
Query 1:
Carl ton Lindsay
Who were the parents of Carlton Lindsay and wife Polly? Were they from
Rutherford Co., NC, before Ky? Is this Carlton Lindsay the same found in
Rutherford Co, NC, 1800 census? Carlton Lindsay and brothers Caleb, Josiah,
and James L. were in Ky with early land grants, along Donaldson Creek and
members of the Early Oak Grove Baptist Church. By 1817 Carlton and family
were in Christian Co. along Fords Fork, Salem Creek, Buck Creek, and Dallaston
Creek. In 1823 Carlton is deceased and his will probated by 1825. Wife Polly
and eleven children were named. The oldest son was John Lindsay. Also
mentioned were son Tbliver and dau Martha (Patsy) Lindsay who m. Joseph Nontry
Cooke in 1816.
Martha and Joseph Nontry Cooke were found in Hinds Co., Ms. My family
records give their children as: (1) Ruth, b. 1819 Ky, m.
Young, d. Ms;
(2) Jas. A., b. 1820 Jackson, Ms, m. Nancy Evelyn Harris, d. Tx; (3) Mary,
m.
Hunt, d. Ari (4) Missouri, m.
Grey, d. Tx; (5) JoAnn, m. Meredith
Wilson, d. Ms; (6) Joseph Nontry Cooke, d. 1830 Hinds Co., Ms.
Miscellaneous: James Lindsay, son of Carlton, b. 1806 SC, m. Tabitha
Cook 18 Oct 1819; Montry somehow became Moultrie or Nontry. John Lindsay
m. Peggy Linn 13 Mch 1810 (Is this mine?), m. 2nd Nancy Stephens 1831 Hinds
Co, Ms (Is this the same?). Something rather odd: Toliver,b. 1816, was administrator of estate of John and Nancy Lindsay 1841-2 in Choctaw Co, Ms. The
Hollands must have moved to Choctaw Co. along with Lindsaysi Basil Holland
family was along Donaldson Creek in Ky with Lindsays, and Hollands found in
southern Choctaw Co. along Natchez Trace.
------Mrs. Fred D. Switzer, Switzer Ranch, Box 577, McAlester, OK 74501.
(Editor's note: In 1975 I corresponded with a Mrs. Gloria J. Schouw,
20091 Big Bend Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92646; does anyone have her current
address? She was working on the same family as Query 1 above. Here are two
excerpts from a letter of hers.
"Trigg Co. KY was formed in 1820 from Christian Co. By 1820 our Lindseys
were gone from there, except, apparently, for Carlton, who died in 1825. He
didn't actually MOVE, rather, the land on which he lived became part of Trigg
Co. when it was formed. He lived on Donaldson creek (spelled Donelson on some
maps and on some old tax records.) I have stood on this creek--in short, I
have searched the Christian and Trigg county records thoroughly.
"Caleb, brother of my James and of Carlton, apparently went out to KY.
first, as he can be found on Christian Co. tax records as early as 1798. Then
a few years later James and Carlton and even Joshua are on the tax records, and
their names are to be found in various and sundry deeds and court records.
"Now, let me explain where my bunch came from before they went to KY. Let' s
start back in 1785. In that year they are in Surry Co. N.C.
I can document
this--Carlton was a resident of Surry Co. and is mentioned in a few court
records--records that don't tell much but do establish that he was a resident.
Also, James is mentioned as a witness in a court case (and, again, it is clear
that he was a resident of the county) .•..
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"THEN, they are to be found in Rutherford Co. N.C. in 1794.
Both James
William Lindsey and Caleb bought land in Rutherford Co. in 1794; also Carlton
bought land in 1798; and a John Lindsey
(whom we believe is another brother)
received a land grant in 1798.
The deed books of Rutherford Co. are just full
of James', Carlton's,
and Joshua's dealings, as well as those of Caleb.
There
is no doubt whatever that these are our men.
Furthermore,
Carlton is involved
in some land deals with a Micajah Lindsey, whom you may have run into in some
of your research.
He moved to KY. also, and later moved back to S.C. (Spartanburg Co.) for a brief time, then moved to Alabama, thence to Miss. where he
died, leaving a large family.
I have quite a bit of info on them, also. 14icajah
is a cousin to my James, or some such relationship,
but I can't prove it at
this point."
"I can
Query
say with
certainty
that my Lindseys
were:
1.
In Surry Co. N.C. in 1785.
My James would have been about 20-25
yrs. old at this time; Carlton was about the same age and Joshua
was a bit younger, I think.
Also think there was a John and of
course a Caleb--Caleb
was the oldest, I G~ink.
2.
In Rutherford Co. N.C. in 1790 thru about 1797; they are in
numerous court records and deeds; they were also listed in
Spartanburg Co. S.C. records a few times--but as I mentioned
that border dispute was going strong.
3.
In Christian Co. KY. in 1802; Caleb was there earlier.
They
stayed there until 1817 (maybe a year earlier they left: can't
pin it down exactly.)
Carlton stayed on and d. 1825 Trigg Co.
I can't say what happened to Joshua; he did not move on to
Arkansas and there are no probate records for him in Ky that I
can find.
John went to Ark., I think, but can't be sure the John
I find there is the same John.
There was a John living in Conway
Co., however, later on.
4.
James & Caleb did go to Ark--to old Lawrence County and then in
1825 they moved down into what is now Grant Co. Ark.
(It was
Pulaski Co., then became Saline Co. in 1825, then Grant Co. after
the Civil War.) JameS d. 1831: he had a son CARLTON also, who
died the same week--cholera.
I have the death notices, etc.
Carlton was married and had a couple of small children when he
died.
James also had a son Elijah, from whom I descend.")
2:
Philip Lindsay
Born 1758 on a paternal estate called Dykehead,
Evandale in Lanarkshire,
Scotland.
Son of a James Lindsay, himself the son of "a weal thy country
gentleman."
It is not known exactly when he left Scotland for the colonies ,
but he turned up in Virginia, where in 1791 he married Elizabeth Barnes Lego,
a young widow with an infant son, Andrew Lego, at Mt. Crawford, Virginia.
Their
children were Philip Lindsay, Jr., Elizabeth, Cathryn and Mary.
They are buried
in an old, neglected,
small cemetery
(probably Methodist)
off the road between
Mt. Crawford and Bridgewater.
In the 1930s the graves of Elizabeth
Barnes
(1760-1844), her son by her first marriage, Andrew Lego (1788-1868),
and his
wife Mary (1789-1853) were marked by still readable headstones.
The grave next
to Elizabeth
is obvious but the headstone
is partly destroyed,
the inscription
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unreadable but it is probably that of Philip. Philip, Jr., lived in Bridgewater, fought in the War of 1812 & died & was buried there in 1875. I have
no record of the three daughters born to Philip & Elizabeth Lindsay.
Scottish origin--from the correspondence of cousin Andrew Gladden (his
mother was a Lindsay, daughter of Philip, Jr.) who around the turn of the
century, spent some time in Scotland tracing the line & of cousin Thomas
Gladden of Annapolis, Maryland, who got the information regarding the military
service of Philip, Jr., from the office of the Adjutant General, War Department,
Washington, DC. The other Lindsays of this line lived not only in Mt. Crawford
(?) and Bridgewater, but also in Churchville and in Harrisonburg and in
Rockingham County.
Whether Andrew Gladden conducted his Scotland research on his own or with
professional help is unknown. One version states that Philip was the son of
James Lindsay -- another that Philip "descended from the family of a James
Lindsay who was the son of a weal thy country gentleman of Scotland."
The link between his birth in Scotland in 1758 and his marriage at Mt.
Crawford in 1791 needs more research. Cousin Thomas Gladden had three volumes
of Lindsay family lore, but stressed "no direct line" could be established
altho much coincided with family "hand-me-downs" -- legends & his tories. It
was believed that this line was connected with Northumberland County & Dry
River lines. The name "Edzell" (a place name) & that of a "Bishop Lindsay"
(a person) crop up often in the family lore -- just what connection is there?
------Margaret Lindsay Descheneaux, 1625 Concord Drive, Charlottesville,
VA 22901
Query 3:
Jacob and Phoebea Lindsey
To begin with, my line of Lindseys go back from Coosa County, Alabama, to
Jones County, Georgia, and my Great-great-great-grandfather JACOB LINDSEY, JR.
JACOB, JR., was born in Virginia on February 5, 1778, the son of JACOB LINDSAY,
SR., JACOB, SR. 's wife's name is unknown to us, as are the names of all his
sons, although we know that JACOB, JR., had a brother named THOMAS, and another
named JOHN. We think there may have been other brothers, but if so, ~~eir
names have been lost to us.
We
carne to
warrant
as "200
do know that JACOB LINDSEY, SR., and his family, inCluding JACOB, JR.,
Wilkes County, Georgia, and settled on land acquired on a bounty land
issued on April 4, 1785. The land in the warrant book was described
acres good land."
JACOB, SR., was granted an additional 350 acres in Wilkes County on
Morris's Creek under a warrant dated May 2, 1785. On March 24, 1792, JACOB,
SR., sold thirty acres of this last land to a neighbor, Richard Heard, for the
sum of 30 pounds Sterling, and the deed was witnessed by JOHN LINDSAY.
On
the 7th of May, 1800, JACOB, SR., sold an additional eleven acres of his land
on Morris's Creek to his neighbor Isaiah Laudder for the sum of "twenty-five
dollars." This deed was witnessed by ABRAHAM LINDSEY and JACOB LINDSEY, JR.
In 1807, Jones County was distributed by the 1807 Land Lottery, and JACOB
LINDSEY, SR., living in Wilkes County at the time, drew land lot 56 in the 10th
land district of original Baldwin County. That lot lies in Jones County,
which was created in 1807. This lot contained 202~ acres, and was granted to
JACOB LINDSEY, SR., on September 2, 1808.
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At this point, let us back up for two years to 1806. Wilkes County
marriage records show that JACOB LINDSAY and PHOEBEA LINDSAY were granted a
marr iage license on May 12, 1806, and were married by Thomas Anderson, Justice
of the Peace, in Wilkes County on May 14, 1806.
Now back to 1808, and the above 202~ acres granted to JACOB, SR., in newly
created Jones County. A deed filed with the Jones County Court Clerk on April
26, 1810, shows that JACOB LINDSEY, SR., of Wilkes County, sold to JACOB
LINDSEY, JR., of Jones County, the above 202~ acres of land in Jones County
for the sum of fifty dollars.
So, JACOB, JR., and PHOEBEA had left JACOB, SR's, farm in Wilkes County
and started farming their own land in Jones County. Interestingly, PHOEBEA
LINDSEY was a first cousin to her husband JACOB, JR. Her father was ISAAC
LINDSAY of South Carolina, brother of JACOB LINDSAY, SR. PHOEBEA's mother's
name was RACF~EL. PHOEBEA LINDSEY was born in South Carolina on March 10, 1781.
Before we take up JACOB, JR., and PHOEBEA's history and their children,
let us return to JACOB, SR., in Wilkes County. JACOB, SR., and wife continued
to live on their large farm on Morris's Creek and on the 22nd day of September,
1810, sold and conveyed title to the farm to JAMES LINDSEY (thought to be
either a son or nephew) with the express proviso in the deed that he and his
wife continue to live on the land in the place they resided on without any
disturbance during the remainder of their lives. This deed was recorded in
Wilkes County courthouse on August 3, 1811.
Another interesting point about JACOB, SR's, life in Wilkes County is this:
His father was supposedly named ELIJAH LINDSEY~ however, we know almost nothing
about ELIJAH LINDSEY except for the fact that he was the father of JACOB, SR.,
ISAAC, THOMAS, ELIAS, HIRAM, and DAVID LINDSEY. However, we did uncover this
information in old Wilkes County records: Apparently ELIJAH LINDSEY came to
Wilkes County sometime in the late 1780s or early 1790s, from where we know not.
We do know that he was granted 200 acres of land on Pistol Creek in Wilkes
County from a warrant dated August 6, 1798. This land adjoined THOMAS LINDSEY's
land, and somehow the transaction involved both THOMAS LINDSEY and EDMUND
LINDSEY. An interesting point here is that the surveyor's plat or drawing of
this 200 acres with its description is almost identical to the drawing and
description of the 200 acres granted to JACOB, SR., in 1785. I believe it is
thes~el~d.
Question is, who exactly was this ELIJAH LINDSEY? He was not a brother,
of this we are almost certain. He'must have been either JACOB, BR's, father or
a son whom we have been unaware of all these years. My guess is that it was
JACOB, SR's, father ELIJAH who carneon to Georgia from one of the Carolinas to
spend his last years close to his son or sons. Anyway, ELIJAH LINDSEY died in
wilkes County sometime in the Spring of 1815. Wilkes County records show that
JOHN LINDSEY was appointed administrator of ELIJAH's estate and that JACOB
LINDSEY, SR., entered into a bond on his account as administrator in the sum
of two thousand dollars.
Subsequent to an appraisal of ELIJAH's estate, his personal property was
sold and those individuals buying portions of it were: DUEY (7) LINDSEY, JAMES
LINDSEY, LANDFORD PULLIN, JOHN LINDSEY, and JACOB LINDSEY. The sale of the
estate was made on the 23rd of June, 1817. Al~~ough there is no will found for
ELIJAH, we do know that a portion of the 200 acres grant to ELIJAH in 1798 was
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inherited •by JACOB, SR., as evidenced by the deed to this portion granted by
JACOB, SR., to one JOS. PULLIN on August 22, 1816, in Wilkes County, wherein
JACOB, SR., conveys " .••his rights and claim of a proportionable
part of a
tract of land formerly owned by Elijah Lindsay, Deceased .... " This deed was
recorded in Wilkes County on April 13, 1818.
As far as we are able to determine,
JACOB, SR., died sometime after 1818 in
Wilkes County, although he did not leave a will.
He apparently continued
to live
until his death on his land and farm which was bought by JAMES LINDSEY, as set
forth above.
Now, let us go back to JACOB, JR., and PHOEBEA in Jones County and pick up
there in 1809 or 1810.
They had left JACOB, SR's, farm in Wilkes County and
brought their first born son, JOSEPH, along to Jones County, where they began
building a farm out of the 202~ acres on Glady Creek in northern Jones County.
They built a rail pen to hold the livestock
and a portion of it was used by them
for living quarters until their log house was finished.
There in this log house
was born their second son, JAMES, on May 7, 1808, the first of their children
to be born in Jones County on the so-called
"Old Home Plantation."
A list of
the names, birthdates,
places of death, and dates of death of JACOB, JR., and
PHOEBEA LINDSEY's
children are as follows:
1.
JOSEPH, born February 28, 1807, in Wilkes
in Tallapoosa
County, Alabama.
County;
2.
JAMES, born May
County.
died
3.
WHITEFIELD,
Alabama.
4.
ELIAS, born October 26, 1810, in Jones
Coosa County, Alabama.
5.
JACOB, born February
place unknown.
6.
BENJAMIN,
born May
place unknown.
7.
THOMAS, born October
place unknown.
8.
JOHN, born February
unknown.
9.
ELIJAH, born May
unknown.
10. JESSIE, born
unknown.
born
7, 1808,
July
9, 1809,
28, 1813,
31, 1817,
August
born April
County.
14. HIRAM, born April
Jones County.
in Jones
2, 1826,
in Jones
died
County;
died
died
County;
County;
6, 1861
October
1, 1877,
February
22,
died
April
February
December
place
1884,
2, 1849,
January
died
in
12, 1839,
December
died
in
6, 1858,
September
January
1883,
in Jones
1886,
3, 1850,
County;
died
13,
July
died
County;
County;
March
died
20,
28, 1878,
February
died
County;
in Jones
in Jones
died
County;
in Jones
28, 1821,
died
County;
County;
in Jones
3, 1819,
20, 1823,
County;
in Jones
in Jones
25, 1818,
ELIZABETH,
born January
Alabama.
13. REBECCA,
Jones
in Jones
December
October
County;
in Jones
11, 1814,
1, 1816,
County;
in Jones
3, 1812,
11. CAROLINE, born October
in Jones County.
12
in Jones
died
place
place
25, 1832,
4, 1898,
10,
1844,
25, 1849,
in
in
in
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JACOB, JR., and PHOEBEA
Plantation
and raised cotton
LINDSEY lived on the 400-plus acre,Old
until JACOB, JR's, death at 12 O'C~ock
Home
on June
13,
1857.
He left a fairly substantial
estate, including eight Negro slaves.
My
Great-great-grandfather
ELIAS was named as administrator
[executor?] of the
will, in which the old gentleman stated: " ... 1 c~mmit my soul to God who gave
it, and direct my body to be decently interred in the Family burial grounds
in such manner suitable to my condition and circumstances
in life."
Subsequent
to the settlement
and sale of the JACOB LINDSEY estate,
PHOEBEA
left Georgia and went to live with her oldest son JOSEPH on his large plantation
near Newsite, Alabama, in Tallapoosa County.
Other members of the family also
left Jones County, Georgia, after the death of JACOB, JR., one of whom was
my Great-great-grandfather
ELIAS, who married MARY ANN BUTLER on September
3rd,
1857, in Jasper County, Georgia.
Shortly after JACOB, JR's, estate was settled,
ELIAS and MARY ANN migrated to Coosa County, Alabama, where they established
a
good cotton farm, began a family; and lived until ELIAS's death on February
6,
1861.
He left a substantial
amount of land and thirteen Negro slaves at the
time of his death.
My Great-grandfather
ELIAS was born just two days after his
death, on February 8, 1861.
PHOEBEA LINDSEY continued
to live in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, until her
death on March 16, 1867.
She is buried in the LINDSEY family cemetery
beside
Lindsey Mill Road, off Hillabee Road, near Alexander City, Alabama.
The following chart of Lindseys in our line is based on information
contained in the JACOB LINDSEY, JR., bible, which was last known to be in ~he
possession of a Levis Tankersley
in Tallapoosa Ccunty, Alabama, about thirty
or forty years ago.
It has disappeared
and we no longer are sure of its existence.
However, the information written in it has been transcribed
by various
people in years past and the basic information
is always the same, except for
some differences
in dates.
For instance, the bible stated that THOMAS LINDSEY came to this country
from England in 1615, or another version, in 1715, or another, 1675.
However,
all versions all agree that he settled in Halifax County, Virginia.
This is
very strange, in as much as I understand
that Halifax County was not formed
until around 1750.
Also, old handed down tradition is that the early Lindseys
came from the Shenandoah River Valley in Virginia,
and had raised fine horses
and tobacco on their land along the Shenandoah River.
I have a copy of an old
letter written in 1921 to my grandfather
from a James Benjamin Franklin
Lindsey
of Roanoke, Alabama, which states that the Lindsey line as given in JACOB, JR's,
bible was corroborated
by another Lindsey in that area who, while in Virginia
fighting during the Civil War, got acquainted with an old lady there who gave
him the same Lindsey line.
This old lady's name was "BROCKMAN."
Another tradition handed down was that" ...Great-grandfather
Jacob fought
in one of the old wars."
This has always been understood
to have been the
Revolutionary
War by recent generations
of our line.
This reference
is to
.JACOB LINDSEY, SR., and I have found mentions of JACOB LINDSEY, SR., of Wilkes
County, Georgia, as being a Revolutionary
soldier whose name appeared on land
lottery lists as such.
In as much as JACOB, JR., was born on February
5, 1778,
in Virginia,
it would appear that any Revolutionary
service rendered by JACOB,
SR., would have been in Virg inia dur ing this per iod.
Also, you will remember
that he appeared in Wilkes County, Georgia,
in the early part of 1785, after
th e CHar ended.
I have found wher e a JACOB LINDSEY was recommended
for the
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rank of ensign in the Frederick County, Virginia, militia on April 11, 1783.
Also, an ABRAHAM LINDSAY was recommended for the rank of captain, both in the
1st Battalion.
I have no way of knowing if this JACOB LINDSAY is our JACOB
LINDSEY, SR., of Wilkes County.
Our line as taken from the JACOB LINDSEY, JR., bible:
I
I
Il.as
Isaac
•homas
I•rIJonn
H1.ram
I?James*
tJames
Sr.
Thomas
T
?Abraham*
Abraham
Jacob
John
I
•El'#
Thomas
,
*names not in bible, so far as
I know
There is some conflict in the information handed down on PHOEBEA LINDSEY's
parents. Not as to her father: We know for certain that he was ISAAC LINDSEY
of South Carolina, brother of JACOB LINDSEY, SR., of Wilkes County.
However,
some have said that PHOEBEAls mother was named RACHAEL. Others have said her
name was REBECCA. Still another bit of information was that she descended
from John Alden, a well-known early American pilgrim.
PHOEBEA's father ISAAC LINDSEY was said to have been a well-known woodsman
and explorer of the early American frontier, and tradition has it that he guided
such notables as Daniel Boone and Captain "Billy" Rush in explorations into
Kentucky and other areas of the region. These stories are all vague and
uncorroborated
at least as far as I know personally.
-------James A. Lindsey, 705 Beverley Drive, Laredo, TX 78041
[Editor IS note: Whereas Mr. Lindsey in the above query has used "A" and
"E" spellings interchangeably, I have put the Georgia line into "E"
except where I missed one or two. The Isaac Lindsey who was the explorer
must be Isaac Lindsey of Lindseys Bluff, Sumner County, TN, who was a Long
Hunter and a founder of Heatons Station in Middle Tennessee in 1779. A
list of Isaac's children by his second wife--Rhoda--has a daughter Rhoda
born 21 Mch 1780 and a daughter Prudence born 22 Jly 1782, both born at
Heatons Station, which leaves no room for Phoebea born 10 Mch 1781. I
suspect Isaac Lindsey the Long Hunter was the brother of Elijah, putative
father of Jacob, Sr., of Wilkes County, GA, and that he is confused with
another Isaac who could have been Phoebea's father. I further suspect
Elijah and Jacob, Sr., were brothers, possibly sons of Abraham Lindsey,
who also settled in Wilkes County, Georgia, after the Revolution.]
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Tennessee Land Grants to 1820
The Tennessee Archives, Nashville, has consolidated its several land
grant indexes into one master card index, which has been filmed and made available at the Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City. The following are all the
land grants to Lindsays issued by the state of Tennessee or by North Carolina
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to lands in Tennessee. The index does not seem to include warrants and surveys
that were assigned later to others; thus there may exist Lindsay warrants and
surveys not in the following if such rights were assigned by the Lindsay to
persons of other surnames.
NC Grants #483 C:126 to David Lindsey 20 Sep 1787 for 640 acres in Green Co.
on Plumb Creek and Churin Camp Creek, including his improvements, near
Browns Path adjoining James Mitchell. On warrant #1356. Chain carriers:
James Casey and James Mitchell.
NC Grants #434 C:126 to David Lindsey 20 Sep 1787 for 400 acres in Green Co.
on waters of Lick Creek and Plumb Creek, adjoining Christians War Path.
On warrant #1357. Chain carriers: James Casey and James Mitchell.
NC Grants #63 G7:29 to Isaac Lindsey 17 Apr 1786 for 640 acres in Davidson Co.
on north side of Cumberland River on both sides of Turney's Branch adjoining Turney. On warrant #298. Chain carriers: Thos. Jemeson and Ezekiel
Lindsey. [This is Lindseys Bluff.]
NC Grants #47 H8:29 to Isaac Lindsey 8 Oct 1787 for 320 acres in Davidson Co.
at mouth of Wills's Creek on north side of Cumberland River adjoining
McAdoes field ana the Cumberland River. On warrant #1 to Isaac Lindsey
as "one of the Guard to the Commissioner for laying off the lands allotted
the officers and"soldiers of the Continental line," Le., the NC Military
Reserve.
[Actually, the guard was probably William Loggins, whose assignee
Isaac Lindsey was.] Chain carriers: Lewis Crain and David Shannon.
[This
is Heatons Station.]
NC Grants #154 HS:96 to Isaac Lindsey 1 Dec 1794 for 400 acres in Sumner Co.
on south side of Cumberland River adjoining William Dillard.
"No warrant
or Survey." Isaac Lindsey is here the assignee of Seaward Clayton, a
private in Evans's Battalion of Troops. This same grant is also recorded
in NC Grants 10:97.
NC Grants #181 F6:152 to Isaac Lynsey 26 Mch 1795 for 2S0 acres in Sumner Co.
on south side of Cumberland River adjoining said Linsey's 640 acres.
"No date of Entry." Isaac Lynsey is here assignee of Martin Arms trong,
surveyor of the NC Military Reserve. Chain carriers: Ezekiel Linsey and
Isaac Lindsey.
NC Grants #253 F6:llS to Isaac Lynsey 27 Feb 1796 for 640 acres in Sumner Co.
on south side of Cumberland River on south side of dividing ridge between
Stones River and Cumberland River, beginning at the road at the north fork
of Hurricane Creek. Entered 19 Dec 1789. Isaac Lynsey is here assignee
of Martin Armstrong, surveyor of the NC Military Reserve. Chain carriers:
Ezekiel Lynsey and Isaac Lynsey.
General TN Grants #2379 M899 to Isaac Lindsey 19 Jly lSlO for 200 acres in
Wilson Co. in the first district on waters of Spencer's and Cedar Lick
Creeks, adjoining William Cage, Donelson, and Gillispie, including said
Isaac Lindsey's improvement. By virtue of certificate #318 1 Sep 1809
from commission of West TN and entered 13 Nov 1809 by #4100 as occupant
claim under Act of 1809, surveyed 10 Oct 1809.
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General TN Grants #3567 M904 to Isaac Lindsey 3 Dec 1811 for 200 acres in
Sumner Co. in first district, lOth Range 4th Section, adjoining Joshua
Hadley. By virtue of certificate #262 18 Aug 1807 from commission of
West TN and entered 26 Aug 1807 by #140, surveyed 10 Oct 1807.
General TN Grants #3568 M906 to Isaac Lindsey 18 Aug 1807 for 76 acres in Sumner
Co. in··first district, 10th Range 4th Section, adjoining Joshua Hadley and
the river bank, on Isaac's own land, and David Shelby. By virtue of the
residue of certificate #262 18 Aug 1807 from commission of West TN and
entered 26 Aug 1807 by #358, surveyed 10 Oct 1807.
NC Grants #171 A77 to James Lyndzey 20 Dec 1791 for 250 acres in Middle District
on Catheys Creek on south side of Duck River, adjoining Henry Rutherford.
On warrant #22, a guard right. Chain carriers: Elijah Patton and Jos.
Kilpatrick.
NC Grants #367 A194 to James Lindsey 17 Dec 1794 for 1000 acres in Middle
District on both sides of Duck River and both sides of ~eatherwoods Creek
and along the NC Military Reserve line. On warrant #2103. Chain carriers:
John Rains and Michael Cline.
General TN Grants #14133 Q259 to John Linsey 24 Dec 1819 for 10 acres lying
in second district in Lincoln Co. at head of the second creek above mouth
of Mulberry called Roundtrees Creek, adjoining Matthew McGehee. By virtue
of certificate #875 3 Jan 1818 issued by co~mission for West TN to Boling
Fisher and entered 6 Jan 1817 by #9866, surveyed 14 Mch 1816. Boling's
original certificate was for 1200 acres.
East TN Grants #1018 4:144 to Rachel Lindsey 12 May 1810 for 16 acres in Sevier
Co. in district south of French Broad and Holston on waters of Birds Creek.
Pursuant to Act of 1809. Surveyed 23 Apr 1807.
East TN Grants #3533 4:217 to William Linsey, also Lindsey, 1 Oct 1815 for
6 acres in Carter Co. on Plumb Creek on north bank of Watauga River.
On entry 6th District, Surveyor's Office #57 21 Aug 1811 on certificate
#30 19 Jly 1808 issued to heirs of Andrew Green for 2480 acres, of which
6 acres assigned to William Linsey. Surveyed 22 May 1812.
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