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Biography of John C. Lindsay (1759-1838) - Revolutionary War Soldier
By Ken Lindsay
John C.5 LINDSAY, (Anthony Jr.4, Anthony3,
Samuel2, Robert1), son of Anthony and Rachel Ann (DORSEY)
LINDSAY was born about 1759 in Baltimore Co., Maryland and died in Hancock
Co., Kentucky 10 Sep 1838 and was buried in a cemetery near Dukes in eastern
Hancock County. John C. LINDSAY was my Great-Great-Great Grandfather and
served several tours of duty during the American Revolution.
John C. LINDSAY married about 1774 at Montgomery Co., Maryland,
Susannah DOWDEN, daughter of Nathaniel and Susannah DOWDEN of
that county. Her grandparents were John and Mary (GORE) DOWDEN of
Queen Ann Parish, Montgomery Co., Maryland.
Revolutionary War Soldier
John C. LINDSAY was a Revolutionary War Soldier. (For proof see his Pension
Record #S30545 in National Archives.) On the 21st day of August 1833, the
following declaration appeared in the Henry Co., Kentucky Court Records. The
document reads as follows:
"John Lindsey a resident of said county aged 74 years who by reason of his
bodily infirmity is unable to attend the proper court to make his declaration
and who being first duly swon according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit the Act of Congress ??? 7
th 1802.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named
officers and served as herein stated. That is to say, being a resident of
Frederick in the State of Maryland, he did about the middle of September, as
well as he remembers, in the year 1777 enter the service of the United States as
a drafted Militia man and private soldier upon a tour of three months in the
Company of Captain Simon Meredith. That he rendezvoused with the said Company at
Frederick Town in the said County and was immediately appointed by his Captain
as orderly sergeant of the said Company and served as such during the whole of
his said tour. That at their said place of Rendezvous they joined their regiment
which was Commanded by Colonel Beatty. That the Lt. Colonel's name was Alexander
Campbell and the Major, Joseph Wells. That he marched with the said Company &
Regiment from his said place of rendezvous into the State of Pennsylvania and
there joined the Army of General Washington at what was called 'White Mash
Mills.' That he was attached to the Command of General Smallwood. That he
continued with the Army during the whole of his tour and at the termination
thereof was discharged and returned home."
Biographer's Note: This indicates that John C. Lindsay took part in the
Battle of Germantown. He was discharged in the nick of time, as Washington took
his men into winter quarters of Valley Forge. The document continues to read:
"He recollects upon this tour to have seen Generals Washington, Smallwood,
Gist, & Cols. Hollingsworth & Huson of the Militia & Col. Morgan of the Rifle
regiment.
He further states and declares that afterwards, in the fall of 1779, he moved to
the State of Pennsylvania and in the Spring of 1780, he changed his residence to
the neighborhood of Buffaloe Creek upon a tract of country over which the States
of Virginia and Pennsylvania both claimed jurisdiction."
Biographer's Note: This was Yomongahelia Co., Virginia, now known as
Virginia's Lost County. The document continues:
"And in the month of April, 1780, he entered the service of the United States
as a private volunteer soldier in the Company of Captain Ogle, upon a tour of
six months and served as such during the whole of his tour. He states that he
rendezvoused with his company at the Fort at Charles Wells on Buffaloe Creek and
was there stationed during a portion of his tour and during the residue thereof
he was kept engaged in Scouting Parties against the Indians. That being a
frontier Country and much infested by them, he states that the County in which
he then lived and in which said fort was situated was called Ohio County & said
to be in the State of Virginia. He states that there were few men in that
section of the Country able to bear arms & their acertions were in Constant
requisition to repel the incursion of the savages. He states that during this
tour, he was not under the command of any officer of higher grade than Captain.
That he served out his tour faithfully and was discharged. And immediately upon
his discharge to wit in the month of October 1780 the Indians still being
troublesome, he again entered the service of the United States as a private
Volunteer Soldier in the Company of Captain Ogle upon a tour of three monts. He
states that he then volunteered without leaving the fort at Charles Wells and
that he continued in the Service against the Indians in scouting parties and in
the forts in the neighborhood as in his first tour in the year 1780 as above set
forth during the whole of his said last mentioned tour of three months and
faithfully served out the same and was discharged.
He further states and declares that in the Spring of the year 1781, he moved
from the said County of Ohio to Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, which was a
frontier County. And soon afterwards to wit: In the month of May 1781, he again
entered the service of the United States as a private Volunteer soldier in the
Company of Captain Lynch upon a tour of three months and served as such during
the whole period of his said Tour against the Indians who were exceedingly
troublesome. That he served actively and faithfully against them during the
whole period of his said tour and was then discharged. That during this tour, he
was under no other officer other than Captain Lynch.
He further states and declares that in the month of March 1782, as well as he
remembers, he again entered the Service of the United States in the Company of
Captain Lynch as a private Soldier and drafted Militia Man upon a tour of three
months. That he rendezvoused with the said Company at Colonel Cooks in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he then declares he resided and
immediately upon his entrance into the service appointed by his Captain orderly
Sergeant for his said Company. and served as such during the whole of his said
tour. That he was marched from thence with his Company to Legard Station on
Brushy Run in Westmoreland Co., Pa., and was kept stationed during his tour.
That he was attached to the Command of Major Wilson and had no Colonel. That
Captain Lynch had Command of the Fort at Legard Station and this declarant
continued there and constituted a part of the Garrison during the whole of his
tour. And at the termination thereof to wit: in the month of June 1782 as well
as he remembers he again entered the Service of the United States under command
of the same Captain for a tour of three months as a private volunteer soldier
and continued in the service stationed a portion of the time at the fort at
Legard Station and upon scouting parties against the Indians during the whole of
his tour. And at the termination thereof he was discharged.
He states and declares that there are some service which he performed during the
revolution that he cannot now recollect with sufficient certainty to detail but
he is confident from his present best recollection that he did serve in the
manner said at the times above detailed and that he did not serve less than six
months as a sergeant and fifteen months as a private soldier during the
revolutionary War and for that service he claims a pension.
He states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person
whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the
present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of
any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John (X) Lindsey
Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by Price Nuttal the said
Justice of the Peace.
1st Where and what year were you born?
answer: I was born in Baltimore County in the State of Maryland in the year 1759
according to my information.
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so, where is it?
answer: I have none.
3rd Where were you living when called to service? Where have you lived since the
revolutionary War and where do you now live?
answer: Upon my first tour I lived in Frederick County in the State of Maryland.
Upon my tours in 1780 I lived in Ohio County, Virginia, and in my last tours I
lived in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and there remained till 1784 and
then I moved to Kentucky where I have continued to reside ever since and now I
live in Henry County, Kentucky.
4th How were you called into the service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer or
were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
answer: I was drafted upon some of my tours and upon the others, I was a
volunteer.
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops
where you served; such as Continental and Militia Regiments as you recollect;
and the general circumstances of your service.
answer: In the Course of my service, I saw Generals Washington, Smallwood &
Gist, Colonel Morgan of the Regulars, Colonel Hollingsworth and Colonel Hensley
of the Militia. I served in the Main Army under General Washington in
Pennsylvania. In my other tours I served against the Indians in the back parts
of Pennsylvania and Virginia.
6th Did you receive a discharge from the service? And if so, by whom was it
signed and what became of it?
answer: I don't think I ever received a discharge.
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present
neighborhood who can testify as to your character or veracity and the belief of
your services as a soldier of the revolution.
answer: I will name Benjamin H. Perry and Francis Thomas.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
his
John (X) Lindsey
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We Benjamin H. Perry and Francis Thomas, being residents of the County of Henry
in the State of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John
Lindsey who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we
believe him to be 74 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that
we concur in that opinion. We further certify that he is so infirm in body that
he cannot attend Court to make his declaration.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Fr's. Thomas
B. H. Perry
And I the said Price Nuttall, Justice of the Peace in and for Henry County,
Kentucky, and a member of the Henry County Court aforesaid hereby declare my
opinion after the investigation of the matter and often putting the
Interrogatories prescribed by the department, that the above named applicant,
John Lindsey was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court
further certifies that B. H. Perry and Francis Thomas, who have signed the
preceding certificate are residents of Henry in the State of Kentucky and are
credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I further
certify that there is no clergyman living in the vicinity of the said Lindsey
and that he, the said Lindsey is so infirm that he is unable to attend Court to
make his declaration.
In Witness Whereof I have hereto set my hand this 21st day of August 1833.
Price Nuttall, Justice
State of Kentucky
Henry County Court
I Edwin P. Thomas Clerk of the Court of Henry County in the State of Kentucky
hereby certify that Price Nuttall whose name appears to the preceding
Certificate was at the date thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace in and
for Henry County and one of the Justices of the Court which I am Clerk and that
the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature and that
the foregoing proceedings were this day presented to me in my office as the
original proceedings had in the matter therein mentioned by the said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affix my seal of office this
9th day of September 1833.
Edw. P. Thomas
Clerk of the Henry County Court"
The above document shows where John lived from the time of his birth to where he
lived in 1833. He continued to live in Henry County until 1837 when his son, and
my Great-Great Grandfather, Cyrus Lindsay brought him by boat to Hawesville,
Hancock Co., Kentucky. A very ill man he died 10 September 1838. He is thought
to be buried in the Old Dukes Cemetery in eastern Hancock County.
They had the following children:
+ 36 M i. Joshua5 LINDSAY, b. about 1775 in Montgomery Co.,
Maryland; d. __ ___ ____ in _______ Co., _______.
+ 37 F ii. Kate LINDSAY, b. about 1777 in Frederick Co., Maryland; d. __
___ ____ in _______ Co., _______.
38 F iii. Elizabeth LINDSAY, b. about 1780 in Ohio Co., Virginia; d. __
___ ____ in _______ Co., _______; md. 08 Mar 1805 in Shelby Co., Kentucky,
William LITTLE, b. __ ___ ____ in _______ Co., __; d. __ ___ ____ in _______
Co., __. They left Henry Co., Kentucky, about 1817.
39 M iv. James LINDSAY, b. about 1784 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania;
d. __ ___ ____ in _______ Co., _______; md. 17 Mar 18069 in Henry Co., Kentucky,
Eliza BAKER, b. __ ___ ____ in _______ Co., ______; d. __ ___ ____ in
_______ Co., _______. They removed from Henry Co., Kentucky, to Dearborn Co. in
Indiana Territory where he was a tanner.
+ 40 M v. Anthony LINDSAY, b. __ ___ 1787 in _______ Co., _______; d.
about 1855 in _______ Co., _______.
41 M vi. John LINDSAY, b. about 1790 in Woodford Co., Kentucky; d. __ ___
____ in _______ Co., _______; md. 21 Dec 1816 in Henry Co., Kentucky, Harriet
BASEY, b. __ ___ ____ in _______ Co., _______; d. __ ___ ____ in _______
Co., _______.
+ 42 M vii. Orlando Dorsey LINDSAY, b. __ ___ 1794 in Shelby Co.,
Kentucky; d. 25 Feb 1863 in Edwards Co., Illinois; md. about 1814 in Henry Co.,
Kentucky, Sarah Susannah HARDIN, b. about 1794 in _______ Co., Kentucky;
d. __ ___ ____ in Edwards Co., Illinois. Orlando led several members of this
family by long boat down the Ohio and up the Wabash River to the State of
Illinois.
+ 43 M viii. Nathaniel LINDSAY, b. __ ___ 1797 in Shelby Co., Kentucky,
d. __ ___ ____ in Henry Co., Kentucky; md. 22 Mar 1828 in Henry Co., Kentucky,
Mary CLUBB, b. __ ___ 1810 in _______ Co., Kentucky; d. __ ___ ____ in
Henry Co., Kentucky. They had many children.
44 M ix. Elijah LINDSAY, b. about 1799 in Henry Co., Kentucky; d. __ ___
____ in _______ Co., _______.
+ 45 M x. Hazael LINDSAY, b. 18 Feb 1801 in Henry Co., Kentucky; d. 17
Sep 1874 in Crawford Co., Illinois; md. __ ___ 1821 in Henry Co., Kentucky,
Sarah FORD, b. __ ___ 1803 in Henry Co., Kentucky; d. 03 May 1869 in
Crawford Co., Illinois. They had many children.
+ 46 M xi. Cyrus LINDSAY, b. __ ___ 1803
in Henry Co., Kentucky; d. __ Jan 1884 in Hawesville, Hancock Co., Kentucky; md
1st 24 Oct 1826 in Dearborn Co., Indiana, Mary JACKSON, b. about
1807 in _______ Co., Kentucky; d. after September 1839 in Hancock Co., Kentucky;
md 2nd 28 Jan 1841 in Hancock Co., Kentucky, Mrs. Elizabeth PATTERSON, b.
__ ___ ____ in _______ Co., _______; d. __ ___ ____ in _______ Co., _______;
Divorced in 1841; md. 3rd __ ___ 1845 in White Co., Illinois, Maria McKINNEY,
b. __ ___ ____ in _______ Co., _______; d. about 1878 in White Co., Illinois.
NOTE: See THE TENMILE COUNTRY AND ITS PIONEER FAMILIES ...
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
OF THE UPPER MONONGAHELA VALLEY, Vol. III by Howard L. Leckey. "JohnTolsin
Lindsey, John Lindsey, Anthony Lindsey, and Nicholas Lindsey were petitioners
endorsing a petition for a new state.
This petition was taken from the Papers of the Continental Congress No.48, and
is Folios 251-6. Pages 89-96. The original petition is filed at the Library of
Congress.
The new state was to be known as "WESTSYLVANIA" encompassing the land between
the Laurel Hills and to the west as far as the Ohio river. The list of names was
those of pioneer settlers of what is now Fayette, Washington, and Green Counties
of Pennsylvania and perhaps Ohio and Monongalia Counties of Virginia."
NOTE: John Tolsin Lindsey and Anthony Lindsay, two of the above
petitioners, were brothers. John Lindsey and Nicholas Lindsey were sons of the
above named Anthony. Their mother was Rachel Ann Dorsey.
NOTE: Nicholas Lindsay left that section where both Pennsylvania
&Virginia claimed jurisdiction and went to the Elkhorn region of Kentucky long
before it became a state.
In 1799, Nicholas moved to the Lawrenceburgh area of Dearborn County in Indiana
Territory. Because of Indian troubles, Nicholas returned to Kentucky, but did
not stay there very long. Long before 1820, he and his wife farmed land in
Monroe Co., Indiana. His son, Vincent Lindsay, also farmed land adjacent to his
father's property.
According to "The Register" Vol 22, page 257, Nicholas and Mary( Quisenberry)
Lindsay were members of the Cooper's Run Baptist Church and were former members
of the Forks of the Elkhorn Baptist Church.
About 1830, Nicholas and Vincent Lindsay migrated to Edgar Co., Illinois. This
is where Nicholas died.
Nicholas married Mary QUISENBERRY about 1776 in Frederick Co., Maryland.
They had the following children:
47 M i. George Ross LINDSAY-1448 was born about 1782 in Fayette Co., VA. He died
about 1813 in Dearborn Co., Indiana Territory.
+ 48 M ii. Vincent LINDSAY-1449 was born about 1789 and died 1862.
SOURCE: Margaret Isabella Lindsay's "The Lindsays of America," Munsell &Sons,
Albany, New York, c1889, page 258.
SOURCES:
BIRTH - General Services Administration, National
Archives Record Service, Washington, D.C., The Revolutionary War Pension
File #S305545 (John Lindsey) Photocopied for Kenneth G. Lindsay in
September 1964.
BIRTH: Margaret Isabella Lindsay's "The Lindsays of America," Munsell
&Sons,
Albany, New York, c1889, page 257.
BIRTH - Information obtained from Mrs. J. Nattkemper, 452 Denton Way,
Santa Rosa, CA who has did a comprehensive study of the Dowden family.
MARRIAGE - Can't find one in Frederick Co., Maryland. It's possible a
license may have been obtained in Montgomery Co., Maryland. This is one
place I haven't looked.
MARRIAGE - Henry Co., Kentucky Marriage Bonds
DEATH - Hancock Co., Kentucky Court Order Book 2, Page 322 (I have a certified
copy of this document.)
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