| The purpose of this web page
is to sort out the various members of the Group 2 Lindsey's
who lived in Wilkes County from about 1785 to 1830. The first of our Lindsey's to
settle in the area appear to have been Jacob Lindsey
(ancestor of
L0156), and Abraham Lindsey, (ancestor of
L0138). Jacob was born by 1746 in Frederick Co.,
Virginia, where he married Elizabeth Abrell by 1772. He
has been proved a son of
Edmond Lindsey,
Sr.
(b. ca. 1697) and his wife, Elizabeth Beasley Lindsey. Abraham
Lindsey was born circa 1723. He was probably a brother of Jacob
Lindsey. Abraham Lindsey had left Virginia in 1762 to settle in
Newberry County, South Carolina. Both Jacob and Abraham Lindsey
settled in Wilkes County about 1785.
Jacob Lindsey settled
on land on Morris Creek in the northeastern part of today's
Wilkes Co., GA. Early Wilkes Co. records show that
numerous other Lindsey's lived in the same area shortly after
Jacob's date of settlement. Most of them appear to have
been related to Jacob, except for John "Silverfist" Lindsay,
who lived in the southern part of the county in the Little
River area. Information about Silverfist is not included
here, except to sort him from the Group 2 Lindsey's.
Though Jacob Lindsey probably had several
children, only one has been proved so far. Jacob
Lindsey, Jr. was born 1778 in Frederick Co, Virginia. He
married Phoebe Lindsey (thought to be his first cousin)
in 1806. Jacob Lindsey, Jr. bought the land in Jones
Co., GA that his father won in the 1807 Georgia land lottery,
and he and Phoebe moved there to establish a farm. Other
Lindsey's who lived in the area who might have been sons and
daughters of Jacob Lindsey Sr. were named John, Abraham,
Elijah, James, and Sarah. Click here for a
timeline (PDF format) of records about Jacob (Jacob1 in
the file) and the other Wilkes County Lindsey's. Additional information about Jacob
Lindsey, Sr. can be found on the
Literature page.
Abraham Lindsey settled on Pistol Creek, having received a
grant for land there in 1784. Abraham sold land to
Thomas and Edmond Lindsey, his probable sons, on Pistol Creek. Before Abraham died in Wilkes Co. ca. 1824, he
divested himself of all his property, with most of it going to
his daughter, Anne. Though no probate records have been
found for Abraham, he probably had other children who lived in
the area, including sons named Thomas and Edmond, to
whom Abraham sold land on Pistol Creek. Caleb Lindsey,
who purchased land on Pistol Creek from Edmond, may also have
been a son of Abraham. Thomas Lindsey, probable son of
Abraham, was a Revolutionary War soldier who was born in South
Carolina. Thomas died before 1820, leaving a
widow, Mary, and children named Thomas, Abraham, William,
Phoebe, Elizabeth, Mary, Rhoda, and Charlotte. It is
possible that the son named Thomas was the ancestor of
L0115.
Another early Lindsey in Wilkes County was
Thomas Lindsey, who had land surveyed on Fishing Creek (also
known as Morris Creek) in 1777. Thomas died sometime
after having the land surveyed, leaving four minor children
-Thomas, Benjamin, Hezekiah, and Elizabeth. After Thomas died,
David Creswell and Charles Duke claimed portions of the land
that Thomas Lindsey had surveyed, and the land was sold by
Creswell and Duke. In 1792, Thomas Lindsey Jr. brought a
lawsuit to recover the land. In his petition, Thomas
stated that he was the guardian of his brothers, Benjamin and
Hezekiah. Thomas also stated that his sister, Elizabeth
Lindsey, was the wife of Buckner Jenkins. There is some
evidence that Thomas Lindsey Jr. and his siblings lived in
Burke County, Georgia. It is possible that Thomas
Lindsey Jr. of the 1792 lawsuit was the ancestor of
L0030 in Group 2. This has not been proved. Click
here for more about the lawsuit over Thomas Lindsey Sr.'s
land in Wilkes County.
1839 map of Wilkes Co. from:
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/wilkes1839map.htm
Above is a map of Wilkes County
on which I've roughly located the Lindsey's who lived in the
area who are believed to have belonged to DNA Group 2.
Though the waterways they lived on are not labeled, they are
(from north to south) Pistol Creek, Newford Creek, and Morris
Creek, which is the northern branch of Fishing Creek.
The Lindsey's all lived within a few miles of each other, as
can be seen on the map. They interacted with each other
in numerous land and court transactions, and as usual in our
Lindsey lines, they gave their children the same given names,
making them difficult to sort from one another.
I've created a timeline of
records for the Wilkes Co. Lindsey's:
Timeline (PDF, 47 pages, about 350k).
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Miscellaneous records:
Wilkes County Lindsey Deeds (PDF files, about 1
MB each):
Group 2 Lindsey's in Direct and Reverse Index to Deeds
Abraham Lindsey to Anne Lindsey, 1815
Abraham Lindsey to
Anne Lindsey 1822 and 1823
Anne Lindsey to Polly Ann and Phebe Freeman, 1828
Anne Lindsey to Joseph Pullin Jr., 1829
Anne Lindsey to William Bradley, 1829
Edward Anderson to James
Lindsey, 1831
Deeds concerning the estate of
Elijah Lindsey (d. ca. 1815):
Dicy Lindsey to Joseph Pullin, 1817
Jacob Lindsey to Joseph Pullin, 1816
James Lindsey to Joseph Pullin, 1817
John Lindsey to Joseph Pullin, 1817
William Andres
to Joseph Pullen Jr., 1820
Archibald Lindsey, by his agent Thomas Lindsey, to William
Pool, 1827
Deeds concerning the estate of
Thomas Lindsey (d. before 1820):
Mary Lindsey (widow) for herself and daughters Rhoda,
Charlotte, and Mary, to Elijah Pullin, 1826
Elizabeth Lindsey, Phebe Lindsey, and Willis Curry (Curry
selling distributive shares of Thomas and Abraham Lindsey) to
Elijah Pullin, 1826 (3 separate deeds in one PDF file)
William Lindsey to Elijah Pullin, 1826
Additions, corrections, and any
information about the Wilkes Co. Lindsey's is welcomed.
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