Col. John Matthew Lindsey

1700 - 1787  (87 years)

• Name	Col. John Matthew Lindsey  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1700	, Frederick, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1759	, Frederick, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Residence	1764	, Frederick, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Residence	1779	, , South Carolina, USA   [4]
  Residence	1780	, , South Carolina, USA   [3]
  Death	6 Sep 1787	, Newberry, South Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I23643	Master
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Opie Lindsey,   b. 1 Jan 1662, Cherry Point Neck, Northumberland, Virginia, USA d. 1727 (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Joyce Austin,   b. 1662, , Northumberland, England d. 1764, Walkinstown, Dublin, Ireland (Age 102 years)
  Marriage	1710
  Family ID	F6213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Crosson,   b. 1706, , Frederick, Virginia, USA d. 1808, , Newberry, South Carolina, USA (Age 102 years)
  Marriage	1724	, Frederick, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Sarah Lindsey,   b. 1720, , Charles, Maryland, USA d. 1766, , Charles, Maryland, USA (Age 46 years)  [Father: Natural]   2. Thomas Lindsey,   b. 1720, , Charles, Maryland, USA d. 1766, , Charles, Maryland, USA (Age 46 years)  [Father: Natural] + 3. Mary Margaret Lindsey,   b. 1720, , Frederick, Virginia, USA d. Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA  [Father: Stepchild]   4. James Capt. M Lindsey,   b. 1731, , Frederick, Virginia, USA d. 03 Oct 1799, , , South Carolina, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: Natural]   5. Abigail Lindsey,   b. 1736, , Frederick, Virginia, USA d. 24 Dec 1813, , Newberry, South Carolina, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: Natural]   6. Captain Samuel Lindsey, m Elizabeth Ford,   b. 1740, , Frederick, Virginia, USA d. 1828, , Newberry, South Carolina, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: Natural]   7. John Lt. Col. Lindsey,   b. 01 Jan 1742, , Frederick, Virginia, USA d. 11 Aug 1795, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA (Age 53 years)   8. Esther Lindsey,   b. 1745, , Frederick, Virginia, USA d. 22 May 1822, , Newberry, South Carolina, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: Natural]   9. Sarah Lindsey,   b. 1760   d. 1838, , , South Carolina, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: Natural]   10. William James Lindsey,   b. 1768, , Frederick, Virginia, USA d. 1 Mar 1816, , Anson, North Carolina, USA (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F6209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1700 - , Frederick, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1724 - , Frederick, Virginia, USA Residence - 1759 - , Frederick, Virginia, USA Residence - 1764 - , Frederick, Virginia, USA Residence - 1779 - , , South Carolina, USA Residence - 1780 - , , South Carolina, USA Death - 6 Sep 1787 - , Newberry, South Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1. John 'Col.' LINDSEY born 1-Jan-1725, West Chester PA, married Alce CROSSON, born abt 1700, (daughter of Thomas CROSSON and Wife of Thomas CROSSON) died after 1787.John died 1-Jan-1787, Newberry Co., SC.'Legacy of Our Lindsey's', 1993, by William Lindsey McDonald, Mitchell Printing Company, Florence AL, shows John Lindsey having Frederick Co., VA roots.Another researcher has shown John to have been born in West Chester, PA and came to South Carolina with the Wilson and Dugan families who had also lived in the Paxtang area, now Harrisburg, in PA. 1741 he was a Sergeant on board a hospital ship. (Clark, June, Colonial Soldiers of the South 1732-1774.) It is thought by some researchers that he traveled with the Calhoun party, which included Wilson and Dugan familes, from PA to SC with a stay in VA of almost one year between 1750 and 1756. 1742 Oct. 25 John is listed as a Corporal at Dorchester. 1750 John Lindsey is listed as a landowner in Frederick Co., VA. 1758 Sept. 1, he is mentioned in a letter written to Col. George Washington by George William Farifax.This was 3 years after Gen. Braddock's defeat. Washington had recently resinged from the VA militia and was living at Mt. Vernon.At the time the letter was written, Brig. Gen. John Forbes was heading west from Philadelphia with the objective of capturing Fort Duquesne at the forks of the Ohio.Forbes' plans were to cut a new road through the mountains, near the Lindsey farm in Frederick Co., VA at the instance of Col. Washington. 1767 Jan. 29, Virginia Gazette, no. 819 page 1, a John Lindsey appear on a list of letter in the post office at Fredericksburg, VA. 1769 he migrated to Newberry Co., SC.Col. Lindsey owned a farm in the Long Lane settlement of Newberry Co.,Historian John Belton O'Neall in his book 'Annals of Newberry Distict' SC' reported that Col. Lindsey was 'a thorough Whig'.The Col. would have been in advanced years during the American Revolution.His military rank was from service in the Colonial Militia before the war.Four of his sons were officers during the Revolutionary war, and son in law Jarrad Smith held the rank of Brigadier General. Although he may not have served during the Revolution, he is cited as giving patriotic service.Others have written that he was a Colonel during the war. However, in a pension application, a Clement Davis noted he enlisted in 1775 in Newberry District SC under Capt. Charles Kings and Col. John Lindsey and was in the battles with the Cherokees, and The Siege of Augusta. 1783 wrote his last will and testament. He and Alce had at least 8 children. 1786 John Lindsey is listed as Justice of the Peace in Newberry SC. 1786 Newberry Co. court minutes show a number of entries for John Lindsey. June court he is an umpire.Also in June an indenture of lease and release from Charles King and wife to John is ordered to be recorded.Also and indenture of lease and release from John Lindsey to Edward Finch Esq. is ackknowledged to be his act and deed, ordered to be recorded. 1787 Col. Lindsey's name appears on a list of 'Estrays' in Newberry Co SC, along with Samuel Lindsey, and William Lyles among others. This is some sort of list of horses and cattle. Box 357, Pkg 35 1787 John Lindsey Sr. Last Will and Testament, written 9 Aug 1783, proven 6 Sept 1787, recorded Bk A pg 8... sick and weak in body...To my wife; ELCE, all estate real and personal during her lifetime; at wife's death to go to oldest son JAMES Lindsey 100 pounds to be paid in horses and cattle; also wearing apparel and cow and calf...daughter; SARAH Speaks, horse valued at 40 pounds, pig, cow, and my great Bible...Son; JOHN Lindsey, 50 pounds and a pig... daughter; ABIGAIL Wells, 1 crown sterling... son in law Jerrard SMITH, all my lands, negro Kent, mare and colt, all my plantation tools... legacies to be paid at wife's death... Executors: Wife Elce and Samuel Lindsey Witnesses: Thomas Dugan, Isaac Morgan, Moses Lindsey, William Hamilton (Note: original not in probate; only will book copy available) (Newberry Co SC Probate Estate Abstracts Vol 1.) 1796 Aug. 19, John Lindsey, decd, mendtioned in deed as adjacent to Duckett. Alce: Author William McDonald 1993 in 'Legacy of our Lindseys' notes Alce outlived her husband by 20 years.He also states Alce's father was Thomas Crosson. Some Crossons were of Dutch descent.Other researchers have said she was Alice or Ellie Caldwell or Calhoun. (Would it have been more likely Lindsey would have married a girl of Irish extraction?)Alexander Jr. and Sr. and John Crosson of these parts were from Northern Ireland. 1787 June court, Newberry Co. SC Ailse Lindsey shown as plaintiff against Hugh Lavinder, defendent 'In Tover and Coversion'. Children: 2.i Mary Margaret LINDSEY born 1-Jan-1725. 3.ii James 'Capt.' LINDSEY born abt 1738. 4.iii Sarah LINDSEY born abt 1740. 5.iv Samuel 'Capt.' LINDSEY born abt 1740. 6.v John 'Lt. Col.' LINDSEY Jr. born 1-Jan-1742. 7.vi Esther LINDSEY born 1-Jan-1745. 8.vii Thomas 'Capt.' LINDSEY born abt 1752. 9.viii Abigail LINDSEY born abt 1758.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp., Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.). [S3] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S748] Ancestry.com, U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Document: Jury Lists, 1779, Acts #1123 [at SC Archives]; Page Number: 12; Family Number: 112. [S741] Ancestry.com, South Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).