John and Philip Lindsey, sons of
Hezekiah Lindsey (b.
1747, ancestor of L0038)
were among the first settlers of Brown County. As noted
in the excerpt from the History of Brown County, below, John
and Philip settled on the west fork of Straight Creek on
adjoining tracts of land.
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Map of Franklin Township,
showing location of John and Philip Lindsey's farms.
Also, on the left side of the map is John Lindsey's 500
acre tract that he sold to his sons and sons-in-law. (from
Atlas of Brown County, Ohio, by D. J. Lake, copyright date
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Dec. 4, 1810: Joseph and Nancy
Kerr to John Lindsey, 150 acres on Straight Creek.
Same day: Joseph and Nancy Kerr to Philip Lindsey, 100
acres on Straight Creek, adjoining John Lindsey. (PDF
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Below are excerpts from The History of Brown County, Ohio
Containing A History of the County; Its Townships, Towns,
Churches, Schools, Etc.; General and Local Statistics;
Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the
Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Map of Brown County;
Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters,
Etc., Etc. (Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1883). This
book is available online:
http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Brown/Brown1883Index.htm
(date accessed 07-11-2009). Part of the excerpt is
available at another site:
http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/brown/brownco_townshiphistory.htm
Note: The section on the history of Franklin
Township was written by Dr. Sidney C. Gordon, a resident of
Franklin Township, who had lived in Franklin since 1850.
Information about him follows the excerpts, which are from
pages 531-536:
EARLY SETTLEMENT
"Among the first settlers in what is now
Franklin Township were Joseph Long, Robinson Lucas, Uriah
Springer, Job Springer, Jacob Springer, John Springer,
George Washburne, Uriah Washburne, James Prickett, John
Prickett, John Lindsey, Phillip
Lindsey, Thomas Pindell, John Pindell, Reuben Bunner,
Joseph Abbott, John Abbottt, Silas Abbott, Joseph Abbott,
Jr., Greer Brown, John Carbery, James Dunn, Henry Dunn,
Ferrel Dunn, Benjamin Hays, Charles B. Smith, McCord Brady,
James Ball, Jacob Lucas, John Stansberry, Thomas Stansberry,
Isaac Stansberry, Benjamin Wells, Josiah Stansberry, David
Thorp, Terry Womacker and David Newman. They came mostly
from Virginia, Ken- tucky and Pennsylvania, and, on their
way, crossed mountains, rivers and for- ests, and fought
their way through hardships, dangers and privations- They
and their children were familiar with the alarms and dangers
of a frontier life.
John Lindsey
was born in Pennsylvania February 28, 1774, and married
Elizabeth Lucas, daughter of
Robinson Lucas, but whether in Virginia or Kentucky, or
after his father-in-law
came to Ohio, we have been unable to learn. He came to the
territory now
constituting this
township about 1801 or 1802, and settled on land now owned
by Joseph List, and, with his brother Phillip, who lived
with him, cleared a small field. He and his brother
shortly afterward bought a tract of land on West Fork, he
taking the farm now owned by M. A. Courts, and on which he
lives, and Phillip taking where Charles Elschlager lives.
The title, however, not being good, they bought it again,
from Cadwallader Wallace. Upon the organization of the
county of Brown, in 1818, John
Lindsey was one of the Commissioners, and, at the
first election after Franklin Township was formed, was
elected one of the Trustees. The same year, he was also
commissioned as Justice of the Peace, which office, as
well as that of Township Trustee, he held for
many years. In 1824,
Franklin Township gave him seventy-nine votes for Sheriff;
in 1825, it
gave him ninety-one votes for Commissioner; in 1826, for
Sheriff, the vote of Franklin stood:
John Lindsey, seventy-four; James Loudon, fifteen;
John W. Odell, eighteen; and John Walker, three. In 1830,
he was again a candidate for Sheriff, the vote of Franklin
standing: Jeremiah Purdum, thirty-one; Robert Allen, four;
Moses Laycock, twenty-four; and
John Lindsey, thirty-seven. September 12, 1844, he deeded one acre of
land for a burying
ground, and upon which to build West Fork church. He died
April 9, 1847, aged seventy-three years one month and
twelve days, and is buried in the above named churchyard,
as is also his wife. There were born to them
William,
Hezekiah, James, Sarah,
Rhoda, Rachel, Emma, Mary, Dorcas and Grant. (Note
by Susan Grabek: After John Lindsey's death, his land was
sold to his son James. The 1848 deed listed all of
John Lindsey's heirs, and another daughter, Nancy, who had
married James Gilman in 1825, was named. See the
deed below.) William born about 1797 or 1798, married Elizabeth Harris,
and lived on the farm now owned by William Ellis, in Scott
Township, for many years; he then went to Missouri, where
he was living when last heard from. Hezekiah, born in
December, 1799 married Nancy Wells, and lived for some
years on West Fork, then moved to the farm now owned by
Rev. S. A. Vandyke, in Scott Township. He was the first
Clerk of Franklin Township, and held the office until
1828. He was elected County Auditor, and moved to
Georgetown, and afterward left there, but where he went is
not known to this writer. James married Mary Rich; lived
near Hamersville for some years, and, on the death of his
father, he bought the home farm, where he lived until his
death. Sarah married John Rich, and they lived where
Frederick Elschlager now lives, then moved near
Hamersville, where she died. Rhoda married Henry Spires;
moved to Indiana, where she died. Rachel married Enoch
Smith, and they lived near New Richmond, where she
died. Emma married Joseph Smith (brother of
Enoch), and they
lived at Chilo, in Clermont County, where they both
died--the former in the winter of 1881-82, and the latter
in the spring of 1882. Mary married Warford Jordon, and,
soon afterward, they moved to Spencer County, IN., where
she was living when last heard from. Dorcas went with her
sister Mary to Indiana where she died. Grant married
America Dennis, and lived on his father's farm. He and
Wilson Morrow engaged in a bowing match on West Fork, and
going in bathing while heated, he was taken sick, and died a day or two afterward.
Note: See
below, for more about John Lindsey and
his sons William Lindsey
and Hezekiah Lindsey.
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Phillip Lindsey was born in
Pennsylvania February 13, 1782; came to this township with
his brother John and lived with him until he was married.
He married Drucilla Lucas, and settled on the farm where
Charles Elschlager now lives. His house burning down, he
moved into the house where he and his brother John first
settled until he could rebuild.
He lived many years on West Fork, and then
moved to the James Prickett farm, above
Arnheim, where he
died May 22, 1866, in the eighty-fifth year of his age.
There were born to Phillip and Drucilla Lindsey,
Jesse, Delilah, Elizabeth, Preston,
Thomas, Elijah and
Drucilla. Jesse born August 6, 1805 married Amelia
Prickett in 1827, daughter of
John Prickett, and
bought forty-five acres of land were J. L. Carberry now
lives. He cleared part of it, and after some years, sold,
and bought on West Fork, on the Arnheim & New Hope Road,
where he lived until his death, June 22, 1871. His widow
is still living. Delilah married Valentine D. Carberry;
her father gave them the farm on the Georgetown & Sardinia
road, where F. W. Hanselman lives; he exchanged with
Josiah Carberry for the farm on Sycamore Run, where they
lived for many years, when he and
Thomas Lindsey exchanged farms, they moving to
where G.B. Carberry now lives, where he died. She
afterward married Henry Dunn and lived near Brownstown
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This is an 1821 deed from
Cadwallader Wallace to Philip Lindsey. Philip
had to re-purchase his land because the original title
was not valid. See the section about John
Lindsey, above.
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Elizabeth married
Simon Kratzer, and they
lived on her father's farm for some years, when they moved
to the farm now owned by the writer, purchasing it from
George Bohrer; after the death of her husband, she married
Lemuel Rachford, and sold the interest in the farm, and
bought property above Arnheim, where she died October 16,
1878. Preston died when about seventeen years of age.
Thomas was born November 23, 1813; married Mary Pindell;
lived two or three years on his father's place, and then
moved to the Carberry farm, on Sycamore Run, where he
lived for about twenty years; he then moved to Arnheim,
where he lived for nine years; from there he moved to the
James Pickett farm, where he is still living. Elijah
married Susan Pindell, daughter of Jacob Pindell; lived a
few years on the home farm, when he bought the Uriah
Springer farm, where he lived until his death.
Note: Click
on this
link for information about Philip Lindsey's burial
site (Find-a-Grave memorial #61282086).
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Robinson Lucas moved from Virginia to
Kentucky, came from Kentucky and settled near
the Ohio River, at
Cornick's Run, with William Long, Uriah Springer and James
Prickett. We are informed his sons, William and John,
came over about a week before the rest of
the family and built
the first shanty ever built at the mouth of Red Oak Creek,
and, when the family arrived, they had twenty-one bears
killed and hung to the trees around the shanty. After living
here a short time, Mr. Lucas came up Straight Creek and
settled on the farm now owned by Huston Rhoten, where he
died and is buried. There were born to Robinson Lucas and
his wife nineteen children, fifteen living to grow up, viz.,
Temperance, Elizabeth, William, John, Jacob, Drucilla, Mary,
Cynthia, Anna, Isaiah, Isaac, Sarah, Robert, Rhoda and
James--the last two born after their parents came here.
Temperance married William Arnold; lived for awhile
north of the present site of
Arnheim; afterward
moved one mile east of Arnheim, where she died. Elizabeth
married John Lindsey.
William married Mary Hickembottom; settled on the farm now
owned by the widow of John Biery; they removed to Indiana in
1830, where the wife died; he came
back,
and died on West Fork. John married Margaret Harper, and
settled on the farm adjoining his brother, William; the farm
is now owned by H. F. Pindell; he sold and went to Illinois.
Jacob remained in Virginia when his parents moved to
Kentucky, he married the widow of Moses Stansberry, and,
about 1810 came to Ohio and settled on Straight Creek.
Drucilla married Phillip Lindsey.
Mary married Edward Pindell, son of Thomas Pindell. Cynthia
married James Robins, and settled on Brown's Run, in
Washington Township, where he died; she afterward married
John Jacobs; they lived and died near Arnheim. Anna married
Isaac Bunner; lived on West Fork, where they died; their son
Isaac Bunner, now owns the
farm. Isaiah married Margaret Long, daughter of William
Long; lived for some
years on the east side of Straight Creek, on land now owned
by B. W. Gordon; he sold to John Ernst and moved to Indiana,
where he died. Isaac married Euphemia Harper, and
settled on Straight Creek, above Arnheim, and while running
on a keel-boat on the
Ohio River, he died at Gallipolis. Sarah never married.
Robert married Mary Grogan; settled on Straight Creek
adjoining his brother William, and later moved to Indiana,
and from there to Illinois, where he died. Rhoda married
Thomas Arnold; lived on West Fork till he died; she lived at
Phillip Lindsey's until her
death. James inherited the home farm; he married ---Harris,
who lived but a few years; he afterward married Sarah Smith;
he sold his farm to Michael Pindell and went to Indiana and
from there to Illinois. John Lucas and Margaret (Harper)
Lucas had born to them Lydia, Presley, Reason, Euphemia and
John. Lydia married Nathan Springer, son of Uriah Springer;
they moved to Illinois, where she still lives, her husband
having died some eight years ago. Presley went to Illinois
with his father, and married Louisa Prickett, daughter of
James Prickett; he died in December, 1881; his widow is
still living. Reason married Martha A. West in 1839, and
lived on the West Fork of Eagle Creek for eight years, then
moved to Russellville where they still live. Euphemia went
to Illinois with her father, and married Reuben Long, and is
still living there. John went to Illinois with his father,
and married Sarah Smith; is still living in that
State.
Uriah
Springer, when he first came to Ohio, settled near where
Ripley now is. He married Nancy Long, daughter of William
Long, and there were born to them Hannah, Nathan, William,
Joseph, Zadoc, Levi, Drucilla, Nancy, Uriah, Theresa and
Mahala. When he came to what is now Franklin Township, he
settled on the farm where Isaac Waters now lives, where he
lived for many years. After the close of the War of 1812, he
made a trip across the State on horseback, after the late
James Bunner, who had been discharged from the army but, on
account of ill heath, was unable to reach home. Bunner
worked for him afterward, and off-bore the brick for the
house which he shortly afterward built. This and
the house where M.A.Courts now lives, built by
John Lindsey about the same
time, were the
first brick houses built in the township. Mr. Springer was
elected Justice of the Peace in 1822 and served as such
officer, and as one of the Township Trustees for many years.
He and all his family went to Illinois. Jacob Springer,
brother of Uriah, settled on the farm on which J. W.
Barnes now lives. John Springer settled on the opposite side
of the creek.
James
Prickett, with his wife, Mary, after living a short time
near the Ohio River, came to this township and settled on
the farm just above the present site of Arnheim, now owned
by Thomas Lindsey. When he
came, he found the sound bottom, on which the present house
stands, covered with huts or wigwams made of poles and bark,
left by the Indians.
(Thinking that the easiest method to
get rid of them was to burn them, he acted accordingly, and,
after clearing the ground, put out an orchard, some trees of
which are still living, and apparently thrifty; others are
nearly dead, some being merely large stumps, from which the
bark is gone, a few small limbs on one side still showing
signs of life. The writer measured some of these venerable
trees, and found three of them eight feet and two inches in
circumference at four feet from the ground.
Mr. Lindsey says that, three
years ago, while the bark was on them, they measured nine
feet. Two of those still living measure seven feet and eight
inches in circumference.) The
spring near the house is still called, "Old Indian Spring."
After living on the above-named
farm for many years, Mr. Prickett sold it and removed to
Illinois. He children
were Dudley, Hannah,
Sabra, Basha, Louisa and Lexie. Dudley married Eda Washburne
and moved to Illinois with his father. Sabra married John
McDaniel and they moved to Missouri. Hannah married Enoch
Laycock, and for many years, lived where Christian
Kieffer now lives, and
afterward went to Illinois. Basha, Louisa and Lexie went to
Illinois with their father.
John
Prickett married Elizabeth Hays in Virginia; came to
Franklin Township about 1800 and settled on what is known as
the Jacob Arn farm, between the Arnheim and
Brownstown and the Arnheim and Sardinia roads. The village
of Arnheim was laid out
on part of this farm.
There were born to them Phoebe, James, William, Zadoc, Henry
and Benjamin in Virginia, and Presley, Susan, Nimrod,
Amelia, Manerva and Eliza after they came here. Nimrod and
Amelia were twins. Phoebe married Simeon Gardner, and both
joined the Mormons; they went to Nauvoo, returned to
Indiana, and there died. James
married Lucy Rice and
moved to Indiana and died. William married Catherine Rice
(sister of
Lucy); they also moved to Indiana and died. Henry married
Elizabeth Washburne, moved to Illinois, and has since died.
Benjamin married Sarah Ann Fleming, moved to Missouri, and
is now dead. Susan married Isaiah Carberry, moved to
Indiana, and from there to Michigan, where she died; her
husband is still living. Presley married Mary Pindell; moved
to Indiana and there died. Amelia born July 7, 1805 married
Jesse Lindsey in 1827; her
husband died in 1871; she is still living on West For, the
last of her father's family. Manerva married Peter
Fraze; moved to Indiana, and from there to
Michigan, where they
both died. Eliza went to Indiana with her father and mother
and died the year following."
Note: S.C. Gordon, who wrote the section on
Franklin Township in the Brown Co. History was Sidney Corwin
Gordon, b. 1840, a physician and farmer, son of Thomas Winslow
Gordon, also a physician. Sidney Gordon lived in Franklin
Township. There is a biographical piece about him in
Brown County History, page 202. S. C. Gordon moved to Brown County at
age 10, in 1850 so he would not have known John Lindsey, but
he would have known Phillip. Sidney Gordon is known to have
spoken with Thomas Lindsey, son of Phillip, because of the discussion
about the fruit trees on the property Thomas bought (in the
section on James Prickett). Phillip died in 1866, and
Dr. Gordon would have been 26 at the time of his death.
Dr. Gordon wrote that he lived on the farm that had been
formerly owned by Elizabeth Lindsey Kratzer, a daughter of
Philip Lindsey.
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More About John Lindsey
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John Lindsey deposed for
Alice Beasley Chalmers in 1839 in Brown Co., Ohio, so Alice
could receive a widow's Revolutionary War pension for the
service of her deceased husband, Andrew Chalmers. In his
deposition, John Lindsey stated that Alice Beasley had lived
with his family in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania when John
was a young boy. John said he thought that Alice was a
cousin. He also stated that Andrew Chalmers had lived on
property next to his father's (Hezekiah Lindsey's) farm after
the war. John said that the property was owned by
Andrew's step-father, John Callahan. Records at the
Pennsylvania Archives show that John Callahan and Hezekiah
Lindsey owned adjoining properties in today's East Huntingdon
Township. See the web page about
Hezekiah
Lindsey for more information about John Lindsey's father.
When John Lindsey died in
Brown Co., in 1847, his sons William and James Lindsey
administered his estate. The probate papers showed that John
Lindsey owned the usual farm utensils and animals, and that he
had loaned small amounts of money to numerous people.
Buyers at the estate sale included widow Elizabeth Lindsey,
Elijah Lindsey, Thompson Lindsey, and sons-in-law Henry Spires
and Benjamin W. Jordan. Click on the picture to the left
to download a copy of the probate papers (PDF file, 14 pages,
about 1.5 Mb), which were located in the Brown County, Ohio
Courthouse. Source: Brown Co., Ohio Probate Office,
Probate Administration Packet 9212-A.
After John Lindsey died, his land was sold to
his son, James. The Feb. 12, 1848 deed of sale listed
all of John Lindsey's heirs. I have transcribed the deed
and copied it below. I inserted some family information
in brackets:
Brown Co., Ohio Deed Book
X23, Pages 620-621, transcribed from FHL microfilm #361782.
Th. Middleton, Shff. B.C.O.
to James Lindsey (Deed) Entered for Record Jan.8, 1849
To all to whom these
presents shall come, Greetings Whereas on the twelfth day of
February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty-eight, James Lindsey (filed) of the county of Brown
and state of Ohio, filed his certain petition against William
Lindsey, Hezekiah Lindsey, John Rich & Sarah Rich his wife,
Henry Spiars & Rhoda Spiars his wife, Dorcas Lindsey, Benjamin
W. Jordan and Mary Jordan his wife, Elizabeth Smith, Malissa
Smith [daughters of Enoch and Rachel Lindsey Smith], Amelia
Lindsey, Elizabeth Lindsey [daughters of Grant and America
Dennis Lindsey], Joseph Smith and Emily Smith his wife, James
Gilman and Nancy Gilman his wife, heirs & legal
representatives, and Elizabeth Lindsey widow of John Lindsey,
deceased, demanding partition of certain real estate herein
after described. And whereas such proceedings were had upon
said petition, that at the August term of said Court, in the
year last aforesaid, the Sheriff of said county of Brown was
ordered to sell said real estate at public auction, subject to
the Dower of Elizabeth Lindsey, assigned in said premises;
and the said Sheriff having caused the Same to be duly
advertised, did, on the fourteenth day of October, in the year
last aforesaid, between the hours of ten o’clock A. M. and
four o’clock P.M., at the front door of the Court house of
said county, sell said Real Estate at public auction to James
Lindsey, of the county of Brown aforesaid, for the sum of two
thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars, which sale was
afterwards at the October term of Court aforesaid, in the year
last aforesaid, approved and confirmed, and the said Sheriff
ordered to execute & deliver a deed in fee simple to the said
purchaser, for said Estate, all which will now fully appear,
reference being had to the records of said Court. Now,
therefore, I Thos Middleton, Sheriff as aforesaid, in
consideration of the premises, and by virtue of the power in
and vested by law, do by these presents, grant, bargain, sell,
and convey to the said James Lindsey, and to his heirs and
assigns forever, the said real estate, so sold as aforesaid,
and which is bounded and described below, to wit; Two hundred
& sixty-three acres and thirty poles of land, situate in said
county of Brown, on the West Fork of Straight Creek, being
part of Thomas Pemberton’s 400 acre survey No. 2741, and
bounded by actual survey as follows; (land description not
transcribed here)…with all and singular the appurtenances. To
have and to hold the said premises, with the appurtenances,
Subject only to the Dower assigned to Elizabeth Lindsey in
said premises, to him the said James Lindsey, and his heirs
and assigns forever. In testimony whereof, I have set my hand
and seal, as Sheriff of Brown County, Ohio, this Nineteenth
day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty-eight.
Thos. Middleton
Sheriff of Brown County, Ohio
Witnesses:
Alex. Campbell
D. Ferrier
Another similar deed
recorded the same day follows for 19 ¾ acres sold for $197,
part of Cadwallader Wallace’s surveys No.’s 9580, 9581, and
9582. The second parcel was adjacent to the land sold in the
first deed. The parties named were all the same as in the
first deed.
In the deed above, Grant
Lindsey was not named as a son of John Lindsey because Grant
had died. His widow, America, remarried in 1848, to
William Tearman. America Dennis Lindsey Tearman was
listed on the 1850 census in Johnson Co., IN as America Terman.
Her daughters from her marriage to Grant Lindsey were also
listed. Milly (Amelia) Lindsey was age 12, and Elizabeth
Lindsey was age 10. From the ages of girls, it seems that
Grant Lindsey may have died ca. 1840.
The deed also indicated
that both Rachel Lindsey Smith and her husband, Enoch Smith,
were deceased as only their children, Elizabeth Smith and
Malissa Smith were named as heirs. The 1850 census for
Brown Co. listed Melissa J. Smith, age 15, living with John
and Mary Lindsey Rich. Elizabeth Smith married Andrew
Pool on April 25, 1850 in Brown County. Andrew J. Pool,
age 20, Elizabeth Pool, age 18, and Elizabeth Lindsey, age 75,
were listed in the same household in Brown Co. on the 1850
census. This was undoubtedly Elizabeth Smith Pool, the
daughter of Rachel Lindsey Smith, and Elizabeth Lindsey on the
census was the widow of John Lindsey.
William Lindsey, b. ca. 1797
William Lindsey, son of John Lindsey, married Elizabeth Harris
in Brown Co. in 1817. William, who was last enumerated
in Brown Co. on the 1850 census, later lived in Cooper Co.,
MO. He evidently left his family behind in Brown Co.
while he started a new life in Missouri with a woman named
Lizzie. William and Lizzie were enumerated on the 1860
census in Cooper Co., with a daughter named Emma (b. ca.
1854). William Lindsey purchased land in Cooper Co. in 1854,
so that is probably about the time he had moved there from
Brown Co.
Several of William Lindsey's sons followed
him to Cooper Co. Enoch Thompson Lindsey (listed as
Thompson Lindsey on the 1850 Brown Co., OH census), b. ca.
1841, married Mary Spencer in Brown Co. in 1863(Brown Co., OH
Marriage Book 2, pg. 336). Enoch T.
and Mary Lindsey were enumerated on the Cooper Co., MO census
in 1870. William Lindsey Jr. (b. ca. 1826) also made the
move to Cooper Co. William married Frances Paxton in
Cooper Co. in 1881. A third son named John also lived in
Cooper Co. John Lindsey (b. ca. 1823) was on the 1880
and 1900 censuses in Cooper Co., living with the family of
Enoch T. Lindsey. John was listed as the brother of
Enoch T. Lindsey.
William Lindsey died in Cooper Co. in 1883.
William's
probate record revealed that his son, E. T. Lindsey,
had purchased the coffin and burial clothing for William's
funeral. The records also showed that William Lindsey
Jr. had provided board and care for William Sr. from 1881 to
1883.
Hezekiah Lindsey, b. ca. 1799
Hezekiah Lindsey, son of John Lindsey,
married Nancy Wells in Brown Co. in 1821. In 1840,
Hezekiah left Brown Co. with Margaret Bercaw to live in
Indiana. Nancy Lindsey divorced Hezekiah in 1848, and
she successfully won a judgment against him for alimony and
other property. See the deed and
lawsuit below, for more information.
Although it is not known exactly where in
Indiana Hezekiah went to, a book on the history of Spencer
Co., Indiana lists Hezekiah Lindsey as a surveyor there in
1845. (History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties,
Indiana : from the earliest time to the present ; together
with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes,
etc. Page 296) Other members of the Lindsey family also
migrated to Spencer Co., so perhaps this is where Hezekiah
settled after leaving Brown Co., Ohio.
Lindsey Probate files in Brown Co. Index (PDF file)
Lindsey Probate files in Brown Co. Index (PDF file)
Below are abstracts of Lindsey
probate records in Brown Co., Ohio. They were all
abstracted from FHL microfilm.
Brown Co., OH Probate
Journal Volumes 2-3, 1858-1864 (FHL #974577)
Volume 2
Pg. 24 B. F. W.
Lindsey
Sept. 6, 1858
The widow of the said B.
F. W. Lindsey relinquishes her right to administer on said
estate. Isaac E. Day was appointed the administrator of said
Estate. And thereupon came the said Isaac E. Day and
accepted said appointment and together with his sureties
Thomas D. Crouch and John C. Day entered into bond to the
state of Ohio in the penal sum of four thousand dollars
conditioned according to Law which bond was approved by the
Court and Letters of administration issued accordingly.
Ordered that Peter L. Wilson, William P. Allen, and John G.
Brose appraise the personalty of said estate.
Pg. 126 Jacob
R. Lindsey
Feb. 21, 1859
In the matter of Jacob R.
Lindsey’s Estate. This day the Court being Satisfied that
Rebecca Lindsey widow of Jacob R Lindsey decd waives her right
to administer on the Estate of her deceased husband; the Court
appointed Thompson Lindsey Administrator of Jacob R. Lindsey
decd. And Thereupon came into Court the said Thompson Lindsey
and accepted said appointment, who together with Thomas J.
Lindsey and Adam Baner entered into Bond conditioned according
to Law in the penal sum of fifteen hundred dollars, which Bond
was approved by the Court. Ordered that letters of
Administration issue to the said Thompson Lindsey and that
Abraham Berry, Levi Laycock, and David D. Brown appraise the
personalty of said Estate.
Pg. 127 Jasper
N. Lindsey
Feb. 26, 1859
This day Rebecca Lindsey
filed here her petition duly verified and setting forth the
condition and amount of the Estate and property of Jasper N.
Lindsey minor child of Jacob R. Lindsey decd. And thereupon
the Court appointed Rebecca Lindsey guardian of the said
Jasper N. Lindsey, and thereupon came into Court the said
Rebecca Lindsey and accepted said appointment and together
with Thompson Lindsey & Martin V. Lindsey her Securities
entered in Bond conditioned according to Law in the penal sum
of $700.00 which Bond was approved by the Court. Ordered
that letters of guardianship issue to the Said Rebecca Lindsey
and that Levi Laycock, David D.Brown, and Abraham Berry
appraise the Estate of Said Minor.
Pg. 281-282 Curtis
Lindsey
Nov. 19, 1859
Curtis Lindsey & J. Ward,
Pltf. Against Wm. Morrow Sr.
Transcript filed on
Execution Docket from J. P?. Docket after bail.
This day on motion to the
Court by D. Thomas Atty for Applicants and upon producing the
petition of said Curtis Lindsey and J. Ward and their
affidavit and the Court being fully advised in the premises
and there being no Judge of the Court of Common Pleas or the
District Court in this County it is ordered that an Injunction
issue as prayed for in this case on the execution of an
undertaking by the plaintiff to the Defendant in the sum of
One hundred and fifty dollars Conditioned according to law.
And thereupon the plaintiff filed an undertaking with the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas where Council had
transferred their papers.
Pg. 327
Benjamin F. Lindsey
Feb. 10, 1860
Benjamin F. Lindsey’s
Estate
And now on this day Came
Isaac E. Day Administrator of the Estate of Benjamin Lindsay
decd and filed his accounts and vouchers for partial
settlement.
Pg. 347
Benjamin F. Lindsey
March 23, 1860
Benjamin F. Lindsays Admr.
This day the accounts and vouchers of Isaac E. Day
Administrator of Benj. F. Lindsay decd Came on for hearing and
the Court finds due notice by publication of the pendency of
same for settlement had been given and that the same are
regular and correct ratify confirm and approve the same from
which it appears there is in the hands of said administrator
the sum of $98 85 Cents. Ordered he make distribution
according to Law. James P. Lyffe? Probate Judge.
Brown Co., OH Probate
Journal Volumes 5-6,
1864-1867
(FHL #974578)
Volume 5
Pg. 218 Sarah
Ann Lindsey
May 22, 1865
Sarah Ann Lindsey applied
for a writ of Habeas Corpus, ordered to be allowed, directed
to the jailor. The said jailor ordered to bring the body of
Sarah Lindsey and the writ to Court to explain the reason for
her caption and detention.
May 23, 1865
Sarah Ann Lindsey was
brought to Court with the writ. The proofs and allegations of
the parties were heard. Found that Sarah Ann Lindsey was
illegally detained. Sarah Ann Lindsey is discharged out of
the custody of the jailor.
Pg. 290 Elijah
Lindsey
Aug. 14, 1865
E. A. Pindell was
appointed the administrator of the estate of Elijah Lindsey,
late of Brown County, deceased, and ordered to give bond in
the amount of $400. William Campbell and S. C. Evans were his
securities. Milford Loudenback, Jesse Lindsey, and Levi Dun
appointed appraisers of the personal estate of Elijah Lindsey.
Pg. 352
Elizabeth Lindsey
Oct. 6, 1865
In the matter of the
guardianship of Elizabeth Lindsey. This day John Rich made
appearance in court and applied to be guardian of Elizabeth
Lindsey. Court being satisfied the said Elizabeth is a minor,
resident of this county, and child of Dorcas Lindsey,
deceased. John Rich having filed a written statement verified
by his affidavit to the whole estate and property of the said
minor and the value thereof. It is ordered by the court that
said John Rich be appointed guardian of the person ad estate
of said Elizabeth Lindsey and that he give bond in the amount
of one hundred dollars . John Rich came into open Court and
gave bond with Francis Marion Kennedy and his Surety. Letters
of Guardianship were issued to John Rich.
Pg. 364 Elijah
Lindsey
Oct. 13, 1865
This day E. A. Pindell,
administrator of the Estate of Elijah Lindsey filed an
Inventory of the estate, ordered to be recorded.
This day E. A. Pindell
filed a sale Bill of said estate, ordered to be recorded.
Volume 6
Pg. 126-127 Phillip
Lindsey
May 14, 1866
Jesse Lindsey was
appointed the administrator of the estate of Phillip Lindsey,
late of said County, deceased. Ordered to give bond in the
amount of four hundred dollars. Jesse Lindsey came into Court
with Thomas H. Lindsey and G W King, his securites, and gave
bond. Letters of Administration were issued to Jesse
Lindsey. Levi Dunn, James M Pinalls, and James Jacbs were
appointed Appraisers of the personal estate.
Pg. 156 Phillip
Lindsey
June 22, 1866
Phillip Lindsey Estate
Inventory. This day Jesse Lindsey Administrator of the Estate
of Phillip Lindsey decd filed an Inventory of the said Estate,
and it is ordered to be recorded.
Jesse Lindsey
Administrator also filed here a Sale Bill of said estate.
Ordered to be recorded.
Pg. 373 Elijah
Lindsey
March 30, 1867
Elijah Lindsey’s Estate.
This day E. A. Pindell, administrator of the estate of Elijah
Lindsey deceased filed here the allowance made to the widow by
the appraisers and it is ordered to be recorded.
This day E. A. Pindell
administrator of the estate of Elijah Lindsey decd made
application for a year’s further time for the collection of
the assets and paying the debts of said estate which for
satisfactory reasons presented to the Court is allowed from
this date.
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Below are abstracts
of some Lindsey family deeds in Brown Co., Ohio.
They were all abstracted from FHL microfilm.
Records of
Brown County - Georgetown, Ohio
Roll D3 Deed Book 7-18-1801 to 9-14-1814, pg. 365 (FHL
Microfilm #359400)
4 Dec. 1810: Joseph and Nancy Kerr to John Lindsey, for
$225, 150 acres in Clermont County on the west fork of
Straight Creek. Witnesses: Amaziah Davisson and Reuben
Knowls. Note: This land lies in Franklin Township in
today’s Brown County, Ohio.
Records of
Brown County - Georgetown, Ohio
Roll D3 Deed Book 7-18-1801 to 9-14-1814, pg. 366 (FHL
Microfilm #359400)
4 Dec. 1810: Joseph and Nancy Kerr to Philip Lindsey, for
$150, 100 acres on the west fork of Straight Creek, adj.
to land just conveyed to John Lindsey. Witnesses: Amaziah
Davison and Reuben Knowles. Note: This land lies in
Franklin Township in today’s Brown County, Ohio.
Brown
County Deed Book B2, pg. 658 (FHL Microfilm #361771)
9 July 1821: Cadwallader and Ruth Wallace to Philip
Lindsey, for $214, 107 acres on Straight Creek, part of
Cadwallader Wallace’s survey No.’s 9580, 9581, and 9582.
Witnesses: Matthew Boner and Leven Belt. Note: This is
the same land that Philip had previously purchased from
Joseph Kerr in 1810. According to the History of Brown
County, pg. 535, the original title was not good, so the
land had to be bought again.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book D4, Pg. 392 (FHL microfilm
#361772)
2 Oct. 1824: John Lindsey and wife Elizabeth to John and
Henry Spires, for $55, 50 acres in Brown Co. on the waters
of White Oak Creek, adjacent to William Lindsey’s 100
acres and Joseph Kerr’s survey No. 6702, it being part of
a 500 acre survey entered by John Lindsey, No. 10784 and
patented to him the 19th of June, 1824. Witnesses: James
Robins and Nathan Springer.
Brown Co.,
OH Deed Book D4, Pg. 539 (FHL microfilm #361772)
4 Apr. 1825: Thomas Pemberton (by his attorney Cadwallader
Wallace) of the County of Goochland in the state of
Virginia to Philip Lindsey of Brown County, for one
hundred dollars, 49 acres in Brown Co. on the west fork of
Straight Creek, it being part of Thomas Pemberton's survey
No. 2741. Witnesses: Matthew Bonner and James Miller.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book E5, Pg. 148 (FHL
microfilm #361773)
9 Aug. 1825: Cadwallader Wallace and wife Ruth to Philip
Lindsey, for $62, 31 acres in Brown Co. on the west fork
of Straight Creek, adjacent to land previously conveyed to
Philip Lindsey, part of Cadwallader Wallace’s survey No.’s
9580, 9581, and 9582. Witnesses: John Lindsey and Jesse
Lindsey.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book E5, Pg. 172 (FHL
microfilm #361773)
16 Nov. 1825: John Lindsey and wife Elizabeth to Hezekiah
Lindsey, for $100, 100 acres in Brown Co. on White Oak
Creek, adjacent to John Rich, part of a 500 acre survey
entered by John Lindsey, No. 10784. Witnesses: Uriah
Springer and Elijah C. Sollenberger (This land lies in
Scott and Franklin Townships)
Brown Co.,
OH Deed Book E5, Pg. 173 (FHL microfilm #361773)
20 Nov. 1825: John Lindsey and wife Elizabeth to William
Lindsey, for $100, 100 acres in Brown Co. on White Oak
Creek, adjacent to John and Henry Spiers, part of a 500
acre survey entered by John Lindsey, No. 10784. Witnesses:
Uriah Springer and Elijah C. Sollenberger. (This land lies
in Scott and Franklin Townships)
Brown Co., OH Deed Book F6, Pg. 501 (FHL
microfilm #361773)
13 Feb. 1827: Cadwallader Wallace and wife Ruth to Jesse
Lindsey, for $70, 43 acres in Brown Co. on Straight Creek,
adjacent to 107 acres of land previously conveyed to
Philip Lindsey and also adjacent to Francis Preston’s
survey. The land being sold is part of Cadwallader
Wallace’s survey No.’s 9580, 9581, and 9582. Witnesses:
James Miller and Nathan Bonner.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book F6, Pg. 327 (FHL
microfilm #361773)
14 Apr. 1828: James Prickett, Jr. to Philip Lindsey, an
iron gray mare, two oxen, yoke and cart, two cows, two
heifers, and one bunch of cherry wood, for which Philip
Lindsey has paid ample compensation. Witnesses: Peter
Fraser and Presley Prickett.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book G7, pg. 543 (FHL
microfilm #361774)
3 Oct. 1828: Thomas Pemberton of Goochland Co., VA, by his
attorney Cadwallader Wallace to John Lindsey, for $500,
251 acres in Brown Co. on Straight Creek, adj. to Philip
Lindsey, being part of Thomas Pemberton’s survey No.
2741. Witnesses: James Miller and Matthew Bonner. Note:
This tract included 150 acres of land that John Lindsey
had purchased from Joseph Kerr in 1810. According to the
History of Brown County, pg. 535, the original title was
not good, so the land had to be bought again.
Brown Co.,
OH Deed Book G7, pg. 146 (FHL microfilm #361774)
14 Oct. 1828: John Lindsey and wife Elizabeth to John
Rich, for $100, 100 acres in Brown Co. on White Oak Creek
adj. to Hezekiah Lindsey, part of John Lindsey’s 1824
Survey No. 10784 of 500 acres.
Witnesses: Uriah Springer and Rachel Lindsey.
(This land lies in Scott
and Franklin Townships) Note: Sarah Lindsey, daughter of
John and Elizabeth Lucas Lindsey, married John Rich.
(Brown Co. History, pg. 535)
Brown Co.,
OH Deed Book G7, pg. 123 (FHL microfilm #361774)
10 Dec. 1828: John Lindsey and wife Elizabeth to Philip
Rice, for $300, 150 acres in Brown Co., part of John
Lindsey’s 1824 Survey No. 10784 of 500 acres.
Witnesses: Uriah Springer and Hannah Springer. (This land
lies in Scott and Franklin Townships)
Brown Co.,
OH Deed Book G7, pg. 497 (FHL microfilm #361774)
20 Aug. 1829: Henry Spiers and wife Rhoda to Hezekiah
Lindsey, for $75, 25 acres in Brown Co. on White Oak Creek
adj. to William Lindsey, part of John Lindsey’s 1824
Survey No. 10784 of 500 acres. Witnesses:
John Lindsey and Henry Wells. (This land lies in Scott
and Franklin Townships) Note: Rhoda Lindsey, daughter of
John and Elizabeth Lucas Lindsey, married Henry Spiers/Spires.
(Brown Co. History, pg. 535)
Brown Co.,
OH Deed Book G7, pg. 498 (FHL microfilm #361774)
20 Aug. 1829: John Spiers and wife Rebecca to Hezekiah
Lindsey, for $65, 25 acres in Brown Co. on White Oak Creek
adj. to William Lindsey, part of John Lindsey’s 1824
Survey No. 10784 of 500 acres.
Witnesses: John Lindsey and Mary Lindsey.
(This land lies in Scott and Franklin Townships)
Brown Co., OH Deed Book H8, pg. 544 (FHL
microfilm #361774)
3 Mar. 1831: John Lindsey and wife Elizabeth to Joseph
Bowles, for $40, 22 acres in Brown Co. on White Oak Creek,
part of John Lindsey’s 1824 Survey No. 10784 of 500 acres,
adjacent to Hezekiah Lindsey, William Lindsey, and Beverly
Stubblefield’s entry. Witnesses: Henry Straight and
Thompson Lindsey. (This land lies in Scott and Franklin
Townships)
Brown Co., OH Deed Book Y24, pg. 278
(FHL microfilm #361781)
1 June 1849: Sanders W. Johnston, adminstrator, to Curtis
Lindsey, 194 acres, being part of Langborne's survey No.
12568 and also part of Latham's survey No. (not stated).
(The land being conveyed had been sold to Curtis Lindsey
by Thomas L. Hamer before his death in 1846, but no deed
had been issued at that time.) Adjacent owners:
Preston Wardlow, Kercheval's survey No. 11005, Barret's survey No. 3992.
The land was on Goosey Creek (Scott Township).
Signed by S. W. Johnston. Witnesses: D. W. C.
Johnston, D. Ferrier. Recorded June 21, 1849.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book Y24, pg. 279
(FHL microfilm #361781)
1 June 1849: Sanders W. Johnston, adminstrator, to John
Lindsey, 61 acres on Arnheim Road, being part of
Langborne's Heirs survey No. 12568. (The land being
conveyed had been sold to John Lindsey by Thomas L. Hamer
before his death in 1846, but no deed had been issued at
that time.) Adjacent owners: William Lindsey, Jesse
Lindsey, Kautz, Woods. Signed by S. W. Johnston.
Witnesses: D. W. C. Johnston, D. Ferrier. Recorded
June 21, 1849.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book Y24, pg. 279
(FHL microfilm #361781)
11 March 1849: David G. Devore, attorney in fact for Henry
A. Del Campo of Richmond, Virginia, to William Lindsey, 54
acres on White Oak Creek. Adjacent owners: Vanmetre,
Beverly Stubblefield's survey. Signed by David G.
Devore for Henry A. Del Campo. Witnesses: A. Salter,
D. Ferrier. Recorded June 21, 1849.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book Y24, pg. 280
(FHL microfilm #361781)
1 June 1849: Sanders W. Johnston, adminstrator, to William
Lindsey, 92 acres, being part of Langborne's Heirs No.
12568. (The land being conveyed had been sold to
William Lindsey by Thomas L. Hamer before his death in
1846, but no deed had been issued at that time.) Adjacent
owners: John Lindsey's survey, Kautz, Miller. Signed by S.
W. Johnston. Witnesses: De Witt C. Johnston, D.
Ferrier. Recorded June 21, 1849.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book A26, pg. 392
(FHL microfilm #361783)
29 Sept. 1849: John Lindsey and wife Joanna to James H.
Johnston, for $30, 5(?) acres in Brown Co. in Franklin
Township on Arnheim Road. Witnesses: Jesse Lindsey,
Wilson McFadden, and A. C. H. Cotterill. Note: James H.
Johnston married Mary M. Lindsey, daughter of Hezekiah and
Nancy Wells Lindsey. Brown County Ohio Marriage
Records 1818-1850, by Patricia Donaldson, pg. 71: G-36 Johnson,
James H. to Mary M. Lindsey, 23 Oct 1844, by Edward Estell.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book A26, Pg. 80 (FHL
microfilm #361783)
19 July 1850: Sheriff William P. Allen to Nancy Lindsey.
At the 1848 April Term of the Brown Co. Court of Common
Pleas, Nancy Lindsey had sued Hezekiah Lindsey in a
Chancery cause, and had won a judgment of $1,000 against
him. To satisfy the judgment, real property of Hezekiah
Lindsey was sold at public auction on 14 Sept. 1848. At
that time, $601 was struck off for Nancy Lindsey. Now the
sheriff conveys the estate that was sold at the public
auction to Nancy Lindsey, which contains seven acres of
land, where the north boundary of Georgetown intersects
Main Street, part of Robert Lawson’s survey No. 2523.
The Prickett Fence -- January 2004
-- Volume 11 Issue 2 pg. 25: Ohio Divorces: The
Early Years by Carol Willsey Bell.
Lindsay, Nancy vs. Hezekiah
Brown County, OH
Apr 1849, petition for divorce filed 1 Sep 1848; m.
1 Apr 1821 to Hezekiah by whom she had children &
that 4 od (sic) said children are minors: Kesiah,
Sarah, Thomas L. H., and Lydia H. In March 1840 he
left with Margaret Bercaw & they live in adultery in
Indiana. He has continued absent except 3 years each
& has refused to provide support. He owns a part of
Robert Danson survey, number of entry 2523 in Brown
County of 7 acres, on which there is a 2 story brick
house. Also, 2 tracts on waters of Straight Creek &
land in Indiana of several thousand acres. Alimony
$1000 in 10 days, custody & decree. (Brown Co
Chancery Record #9 p. 32) Hezekiah Lindsay & Nancy
Wells m. 1 Apr 1821 (P. Donaldson: Brown County
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Brown Co., OH Deed Book A26, pg. 424
(FHL microfilm #361783)
2 June 1851: James Lindsey and wife Mary to David G.
Devore, for $556, 55 acres in Brown Co. in Franklin
Township on Straight Creek, part of Thomas Pemberton’s
survey of 400 acres. Witnesses: Philip Lindsey and V. D.
Carberry. Note: This was the part of the 150 acres of
land that John Lindsey purchased in 1810 from Joseph and
Nancy Kerr (Pg. 395, Clermont Co. deeds from Brown Co.
records), and repurchased from Thomas Pemberton in 1828
(Brown Co. Deed Book G7, pg. 543).
Brown Co., OH Deed Book A26, pg. 430
(FHL microfilm #361783)
5 June 1851: James Lindsey and wife Mary to Robert M.
Wilson, for $1,380, 92 acres in Brown Co. in Clark
Township on Clover Lick Creek, adjacent to Eliakim Moore,
Nathaniel Moore, R. Williams, and Samuel McBeth, part of
survey no. 4262 of John Watts, Clement Covington, and
Joseph Nichols. Witnesses: Philip Lindsey and V. D.
Carberry.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book A26, pg. 481
(FHL microfilm #361783)
18 July 1851: Philip Lindsey and wife Drucilla to Elijah
Lindsey, for $150, 48 acres in Brown Co. on Straight
Creek, part of a survey of 136 acres made to Sanders and
James(?) No. 14153, adjacent to Thomas Lindsey, Jacob Arn,
and Bartholomew Arnst. Witnesses: A. C. H. Cotterill and
Thomas Lindsey.
Brown Co., OH Deed Book A26, pg. 482
(FHL microfilm #361783)
18 July 1851: Philip Lindsey and wife Drucilla to Elijah
Lindsey, for $1, 78 acres in Brown Co. on Straight Creek,
part of a survey of 1000 acres made to Charles Lewis No.
4019, adjacent to Thomas Lindsey, Widow Pindall, Barbary
Miller, and Joseph Long. Witnesses: A. C. H. Cotterill
and Thomas Lindsey.
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