The Group 2 Lindsey's of Laurens County,
South Carolina consisted of the families of
Ezekiel
Lindsey
(ca. 1745 - 1784, likely ancestor of L0223) and
John Lindsey (ca. 1749 - 1810,
proved ancestor of
L0138), who were
probable brothers and sons of
Abraham Lindsey (ca. 1723 -
ca.1823), who had sold his land in Loudoun County,
Virginia in 1763, and who had moved to Newberry County,
South Carolina at that time. At this time, John
Lindsey has been proved a son of Abraham Lindsey, but
Ezekiel has not yet been proved as Abraham's son. Ezekiel and John Lindsey settled on land on
the Enoree River in Laurens County, which adjoins Newberry
County.
For additional information
about these Lindsey's, refer to "The Lindsey's of Maury
County, Tennessee," by William Thorndale. Thorndale's
manuscript is available on the
Literature page of this web site.
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The map images
to the left show the approximate location of the
Lindsey's in Laurens County. Deed and grant
information places them on the south side of the Enoree
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Above are maps of Laurens
County that I modified to show the Lindsey land
location. Source: David Rumsey Map Collection.
http://www.davidrumsey.com |
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Ezekiel Lindsey, b. ca. 1745, d. 1784
Elizabeth Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
Ezekiel Lindsey Jr. Isaac Lindsey
Sarah Lindsey
Little is known about Ezekiel
Lindsey, who died in Laurens County, South Carolina in 1784.
Ezekiel left a widow, Elizabeth, an unnamed daughter (possibly
Sarah), and three sons who were living in the household of the
widow Elizabeth Lindsey on the 1790 census. By 1800,
Ezekiel's three sons were grown, and they headed their own
households in Laurens County.
The census records show that the three grown sons were Edward,
Isaac, and Ezekiel Lindsey Jr.
Ezekiel
Lindsey's probate records shows that his widow, Betty Lindsey,
administered his estate. John Lindsey of Laurens County
was one of the appraisers of Ezekiel's estate. No
children were mentioned in the record, of which only a few
pages have survived. Click on the image to the left to
download a copy of Ezekiel Lindsey's probate record. (PDF
file, 4 pages, about 300Kb) Source: FamilySearch.org,
South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732 -
1964, Abbeville County, Probate Court, Probate Records, 1782 -
1958, Box 054, Packages 1267- 1290 (Package 1276), images 65 -
68. Though Ezekiel Lindsey's probate record did not name
his children, this researcher has presumed (following the lead
of William Thorndale) that Edward, Isaac, and Ezekiel Lindsey
of the 1800 census were the sons of Ezekiel Lindsey.
No deeds or grants have been found for Ezekiel Lindsey in Laurens County.
But there are some indications that Ezekiel Lindsey
owned land in Laurens County. Ezekiel Lindsey was named
as an adjoining owner on a survey done for Hugh
McWilliams in Laurens County in 1784. Source:
Location Book B, page 26. The image on the
right was downloaded on 12 Feb. 2012 from Greenville
County, South Carolina Register of Deeds Digital
Archives:
http://www.greenvillecounty.org/apps/DirectoryListings/ROD_DirectoryListing/
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Additionally, Ezekiel Lindsey
was listed on a jury list (see below) in 1778-1779, which also
suggests that he was a landowner. And John Lindsey sold land to the three presumed sons of
Ezekiel for a nominal price after he left Laurens County to
move to Georgia, so it seems that Ezekiel and John Lindsey
might have been co-owners of the land that lay on the south
side of Enoree River. Source: "The Lindsey's of Maury
County, Tennessee," page 15 (Laurens Co., SC Deed Book G, Page
127). See the deed abstract,
below, for more information about the land.
As stated above, Ezekiel
Lindsey was on a list of voters for the upper part of the
middle division between the Broad and Saluda rivers in the 96
District of South Carolina in 1778-1779. Source:
compiled by Ge Lee Corley
Hendrix. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.
Pg. 92. Also on the voter list were John Lindsey (p.
92), and Newton and James Higgins (p. 93). See the
following web page for an alphabetized list of the same
information:
http://files.usgwarchives.org/sc/districts/census/1779_96d.txt
(accessed on 9-05-2011)
The only other record I have of
Ezekiel Lindsey in Laurens County is his 1784 probate:
02/21/1784: Estate of Ezekiel Lindsay. Betty
Lindsay and Henry Hamilton bond for $2,000 to administer
estate. Inventory by John Lindsay, Patrick Laffaty
(Lafferty), and Isaiah Vines. Source: Abstracts of Old 96 and
Abbeville District Wills and Bonds, compiled by Willie Pauline
Young. Greenville Printing Co., Greenville, SC, 1950:
Page 177. Author Young cites Box 54, Pack 1276, on file
in the Abbeville Co., SC courthouse. See the PDF file of the
probate record of Ezekiel
Lindsey, above, for more information.
Elizabeth Lindsey


Elizabeth Lindsey was referred
to as Betty in Ezekiel Lindsey's probate record. She was
listed as Elizabeth Lindsey on the 1790 census for Laurens
County. In 1790, Elizabeth Lindsey lived next to Capt.
John Lindsey. She had three sons (two under 16 and one
over 16) and a daughter. Elizabeth Lindsey was not
listed as head of household in 1800, but she may have lived
with one of her grown sons. Edward Lindsey (spelled
Linsey) had an older female living with him on the 1800 census
for Laurens County who might have been his mother, Elizabeth
Lindsey. After 1800, I have found no record of Elizabeth
Lindsey.
Elizabeth may have been the Elizabeth Lindsey who married Rev.
War veteran John Henderson ca. 1793 in Jackson County, Georgia
as her second husband (John Lindsey and his family moved to
Jackson County circa 1791). Click on the images above to
view pages from John Henderson's Rev. War pension application,
which names Elizabeth Lindsey as his wife. The image on
the left (p. 33) shows that the marriage took place in Jackson
County, Georgia (though no record could be found by the
Jackson County clerk). Source: NARA Publication 804,
Revolutionary War pension application of John Henderson,
#R4869, pp. 13, 33. (Downloaded from
http://www.fold3.com on
9-3-2011) If this was the same Elizabeth Lindsey, then she
later lived in McNairy County, Tennessee. An Elizabeth
Henderson, age 70-80 (b. 1760-1770) was listed on the 1840
census for McNairy County. Also listed was John L.
Henderson, who was John Lindsey Henderson, according to family
tree information. Additional family tree information
states that John Henderson and Elizabeth Lindsey had a
daughter named Ruth. Ruth was a traditional given name
in the Group 2 Lindsey's.
Information from a family tree
at Ancestry.com is pasted below:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16275474/person/361221638?ssrc=
John Henderson - Rev War pension app # 4869
wife: Elizabeth Lindsey
Application made in open court Jan 28, 1833 in Lawrence Co., AL.
John Henderson was at that time a resident of McNairy Co., TN,
but being a relative newcomer there he returned to Lawrence Co.,
AL to make his claim.
Born Nov 30, 1756 Rowan Co., NC.
Volunteered Feb or Mar 1780 York Co., SC where he then resided.
In Oct. he was commissioned as Capt. by Gen. Sumpter on the
battlefield. In Dec., he 1781 received commission as Capt. signed by
John Rutledge, Gov. of SC. After the war he removed from York
Co., SC to Wilkes Co., GA, then to Franklin Co., GA, then to
Lincoln Co., TN and in 1821 or 1822 to Lawrence Co., AL and in Feb
1832 to McNairy Co., TN.
Brought in as witnesses: John McWhorter, Crockett McDonald a
clergyman, Argyle Campbell and Samuel Goode. He also refers to
the depositions of Hugh B. and Hugh W. Stevenson as further
testimony.
Paid: $230.33 annually with arrears of $790.00
According to a book INFORMATION ON SOME GEORGIA 1805 PIONEERS
by Joseph T. Maddox
published 1982 page 87: HENDERSON, John of Franklin County, lst,
wife Rebecca McWhorter. 2nd wife. Betsy Lindsey. Moved to
Tenn.
Edward Lindsey

Edward Lindsey was born ca.
1775, probably in Laurens Co., SC. It is believed that
Edward was the son of Ezekiel (d. 1784) and Elizabeth Lindsey.
Edward was enumerated on the 1800 census for Laurens County.
The census record showed that Edward had a wife and a young
daughter. An older woman lived with Edward. She
may have been his mother, Elizabeth Lindsey.
In 1800, Edward Lindsey
purchased land on the Enoree River in Laurens County, along
with Isaac and Ezekiel Lindsey, who are believed to have been
Edward's brothers. The seller was John Lindsey (likely
Edward's uncle), who had moved to Jackson County, Georgia
circa 1791:
12/18/1800: John Lindsey
to Edward, Isaac, and Ezekiel Lindsey - 150 acres for 20
pounds. This was half of the land that John Lindsey
purchased on 12/06/1774. Source: Thorndale, page 15
(Laurens Co., SC Deed Book G, Page 127).
Edward Lindsey and his wife,
Catherine (Catey), sold their interest in the land in 1802.
They may have moved to Georgia at that time.
11/29/1802: Edward and Catey
Lindsey sell to Ezekiel Lindsey 46 acres on Enoree River for
$150. Source: Thorndale, pg. 15 (Laurens Co., SC Deed
Book G, p. 515.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MOORE/2001-06/0992457755
Laurens Co., SC Deed
Book G, . 575 - 18 Dec 1800 - 29 Nov 1802
Edward Lindsay and wife Cathey to Ezekiel Lindsay for $140, 46
acres part
of a 150 a conveyed by John Lindsay to Edward, Isaac, Ezekiel
Lindsay on
S sd of Enoree River by Thompson Farley, EPHRAIM MOORE, Fred Burdet.
wit: EPHRAIM MOORE, Isaac Lindsay, ELIZABETH MOORE. Wm.
Roundtree J.P
Edward
Lindsey was in present day Maury County, Tennessee by 1807.
He was among those who signed a petition
to form Maury County. Source: "The Formation of Maury County,
Tennessee," Ansearchin News, Vol. 13, No. 2, Summer
1966, pg. 81.
http://tngenweb.org/maury/history/signers.htm
Signers of Petition to Form Maury County, Presented to the
General Assembly of Tennessee, August 1807
LINDSEY,
Edward
LINDSEY, Jacob
LINDSEY, John
LINDSEY, John Jr.
LINDSEY, William
Also in 1807, Edward
Lindsey was among the buyers at the estate sale of Ezekiel
Lindsey (Edward's probable brother):
Maury
County, Tennessee Will Book 1, Page 9
(transcription from WorldVitalRecords.com, accessed on
10-08-2010)
Sale
of the Estate of EZEKIEL LINDSEY, deceased Buyers were: Hannah
Lindsey – cow and calf $9.00; hog $3.50; bed and furniture
$8.00; other bed and furniture $6.12 ½; wheel and cards $5.00;
100 gallons of whisky $50.25; 11 basins, six plates, fifteen
spoons, one dish, two knives, three forks, 12 large tumblers,
one half pint cup and sugar canister $6.25; three books $1.12
½; oven $3.18 ¾; pails and tubs $1.30 ¼; falling axe $2.18 ¾;
hoe $1.18 ¾; plough and chains $6.75; sifter and loom $.50;
two barrels, two baskets, keg $1.06 ¼; horse $76.00; mare
$18.31 ½ three books $1.12 ½; saddle and bottle $6.00
Edward
Lindsey – saddle $2.62 ¼; beef hide $1.50; hide $1.62 ½; two
barrels of corn $6.00 ½
In 1811, Edward
Lindsey paid a poll tax in Maury County. Source:
Ansearchin' News, Vol. X, No. 4 (October, 1963), p. 170.
http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1963-4.pdf
In 1813, Edward
Lindsey signed another petition in Maury County. This
petition was to change the names of Anderson and Giles
counties to Pike and Lawrence. Source: Ansearchin' News,
Vol. 36, No. 2 (Summer 1989), p. 63.
http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1989-2.pdf
(Note: The signature of Edward Lindsey,
above, was taken from a handwritten copy of the 1813
petition.)
Edward Lindsey was
accused of inciting a mutiny at Fort Jackson in Florida while
serving under Andrew Jackson in 1814. Evidently, the men
in Edward's company had been told that they were signing up
for a three month enlistment, but at the end of the three
months, they were told that it was a six month enlistment and
that they would have to stay. Of course, many of the men
were upset and angry upon learning of the extended tour of
duty. Edward Lindsey was accused of going to the flour storage
house, breaking it open, and taking out the flour, which he
distributed to the men. Then Edward left camp with
others the next morning, firing shots into the air on his way
out. Though he later returned to Fort Jackson, Edward Lindsey
was tried by a court martial, and was found guilty.
Edward was put to death by a firing squad on February 21,
1815, the order having been given by General Andrew Jackson.
To
the left is an image from a "Coffin Handbill" that circulated
in 1828 as part of an anti Andrew Jackson campaign. The
image describes the execution of Edward Linsey. Source:
The William C. Cook War of 1812 in the South Collection MSS
557. (http://www.hnoc.org/BNO/william_cook.html
- accessed on 9-05-2011)
..."Folder 210. Binns, John (1772-1860). Monumental
Inscriptions. 1828. Philadelphia?: 1828. Original wraps plus 8
leaves. Wrapper titled "Monumental Inscriptions" surrounded by
a border of skulls and crossbones. Each of the eight leaves
contains text set in an etching of a tombstone; the text is
about the six militia men executed under Jackson's command,
1815 Feb. 21, and another man executed under his command at a
different time. [Their deaths became a campaign condition in
the 1828 Presidential election, with Jackson's opponents
essentially accusing him of murdering the militia men by
allowing them to be executed for desertion when they had
thought their tours of duty ended.] The text takes the form of
that of a tombstone (i.e., "Here lies..."); those about the
militia men emphasize the injustice of their convictions and
executions, based on the fact that they thought their tour of
duty up and voluntarily returned to camp when informed
otherwise; several mention the men as veterans of the Creek
War. Page [1] is "Sacred to the Memory of John Harris", a
preacher with nine children, who spent his last days writing
his wife. Page [2] is dedicated to "the Mouldering Remains of
David Hunt", son of a Revolutionary soldier, who was urged to
return to camp by his father. Page [3] is dedicated to Edward
Linsey, who returned to camp when others in his party did
not..."
For more information about the court martial
of Edward Lindsey, see the following references:
1. "On the Limits of Liberty – Edward Lindsey & The Man"
by Gale Morgan Kane.
This manuscript is available at the Lawrence County, Tennessee
Archives:
http://home.lorettotel.net/~lcarchives/tablec52.htm and
also at the Bartlesville Public Library:
http://www.bartlesville.lib.ok.us/ Gale's excellent
article also has information about the Lindsey family.
Below is the description of Gale's article from the
Bartlesville Public Library catalog:
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A detailed history of
the Lindsey family with emphasis on Edward
Lindsey, born about 1777 in Laurens County, South
Carolina and his descendants. Names included:
Edmond Lindsey, Edward Lindsey, Abraham Lindsey,
Ezekiel Lindsey, Isaac Lindsey, Elizabeth Lindsey,
John Lindsey, James Kelly, Rebecca Elizabeth
Lindsey, Alonzo Lindsey, Edward Newton Lindsey,
Solinah Bailey, Daniel A. Lindsey, William
Thorndale, Irene Donohoe, Hannah Lindsey, William
Elliott Linsy, Alexander Lindsey, Mary Kelly,
Starling Lindsey, Mary Asbell, Starling Lindsey/Linsey,
Keziah Lindsey, Matilda Lindsey, Daniel Bentley,
Daniel Lindsey, Green Lindsey, Isaac Lindsey,
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Gale's article is also available as a "working copy" to
download on her family tree at Ancestry.com:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12670977/person/-206786465/media/2?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid|pgNum
(accessed on 6-12-2013)
Click
here to access a PDF file of the working copy of the
article (downloaded from Ancestry.com as a Word doc and
converted to pdf).
2. The 1814
Court Martial of Tennessee Militiamen, Signal Mountain,
TN: Institute of Historic Research, 1993.
4.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/lindsay/2010-04/1271099901
This is a post I made to the Lindsay mail list on 12 Apr. 2010
with information about the court martial.
Ezekiel Lindsey Jr.

Ezekiel Lindsey Jr.
was born ca. 1775, probably in Laurens County, South Carolina.
It is believed, but not proved, that Ezekiel was a son of
Ezekiel Lindsey (d. 1784) and Elizabeth Lindsey of Laurens
County. Ezekiel Lindsey married Hannah. Ezekiel
and Hannah Lindsey later lived in Maury County, Tennessee,
where Ezekiel died in 1807. The 1800 census for Laurens
County showed that Ezekiel Lindsey had two young sons.
These sons were probably Starling Lindsey and Alexander
(Elliot) Lindsey, who would later live in
Lawrence County, Tennessee.
In 1800, Ezekiel Lindsey
purchased land on the Enoree River in Laurens County, along
with Isaac and Edward Lindsey, who are believed to have been
Ezekiel's brothers. The seller was John Lindsey (likely
Ezekiel's uncle), who had moved to Jackson County, Georgia
circa 1791:
12/18/1800: John Lindsey
to Edward, Isaac, and Ezekiel Lindsey - 150 acres for 20
pounds. This was half of the land that John Lindsey
purchased on 12/06/1774. Source: Thorndale, page 15
(Laurens Co., SC Deed Book G, Page 127).
12/15/1802: Ezekiel Lindsey of Laurens Co., SC made a deed of
gift to Matilda Lindsey, daughter of his brother Edward
Lindsey. The gift was a brindle cow. Source:
Laurens Co., SC Deed Book G, page 649-B. Copy reproduced
from microfilm at the South Carolina Archives.
On
Oct. 28, 1807, Ezekiel Lindsey wrote a note asking to borrow
$25.00. In the note, Ezekiel stated that the loaner
would be obliging a sick friend if the money was loaned.
So it is clear that Ezekiel was ill at that time, and that he
needed money. It could be that Ezekiel needed money to
pay a doctor, or that he was too ill to work to provide for
his family. Ezekiel Lindsey's handwritten signature,
above, was taken from this document. Source:
FHL Microfilm #2247485,
Estate records, Maury
County, Tennessee, 1808-1950, Ezekiel Lindsey estate. My
transcription of the record:
Dear Sir)
Please to lend me twenty five dollars and you shall have it
again in a short time with interest.
your compliance sir will much oblige a sick friend
October 28th 1807
Ezekel Lindsey
Mr. Rutledge
this paper to be filed with the other papers and estate in the
office
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Isaac Lindsey
Isaac Lindsey was
born ca. 1775, probably in Laurens County, South Carolina.
Sarah Lindsey
Sarah Lindsey (a
guess on my part) was born ca. 1775, probably in Laurens
County, South Carolina. I think that Sarah may have been
the daughter of Ezekiel (d. 1784) and Elizabeth Lindsey, and
that she may have been the female listed on the 1790 census in
the household of the widowed Elizabeth Lindsey in Laurens
County. Further, I believe that Sarah married
John Lafferty. In 1792, John Lindsey sold land to John
Lafferty in Jackson County, Georgia.
John Lafferty had married Sarah Lindsey. Sarah
was not a daughter of John Lindsey, whose 1810
will named all his children. Sarah may have been
John Lindsey's niece.
11/05/1792: John Lindsey and wife Mary
to John Lafferty, for 50 pounds, 143 ¾ acres (half of the land
John purchased on 10/31/1791) on North Fork of the Oconee
River, adj. Isaac Fuller. Witnesses: Arthur Patton,
Jacob Lindsey, Thomas Espy, JP. Source: Acker, page 33
(Franklin Co., GA Deed Book H, Page 152). Note: John
Lafferty was a probable son or nephew of Patrick Lafferty, who
sold land in Loudoun County, Virginia in 1763, on the same day
that Abraham Lindsey sold his land in Loudoun County.
See the
web page about Abraham Lindsey for more information.
Captain John Lindsey, b. ca. 1749, d. 1810
Laurens Co., SC
Jackson Co., GA
Maury Co., TN
Caldwell Co., KY
John Lindsey was born ca. 1749
in present day Loudoun Co., Virginia. He was a son of
Abraham Lindsey, who was born ca.
1723. John Lindsey traveled with his father, Abraham
Lindsey, to Newberry Co., South Carolina about 1762. As
a young man, John Lindsey settled in Laurens Co., where he
lived until about 1791, when he moved to Jackson Co., Georgia.
John Lindsey had a wife named Mary, and children named Jacob,
Abraham, Ezekiel, Josiah, John, Isaac, Ruthy, and Mary.
The first record of John Lindsey was his 1774
purchase of land in Laurens Co., SC. In the
deed, it was
stated that John Lindsey was the son of Abraham Lindsey of the
Enoree Settlement. The Enoree Settlement was in
neighboring Newberry Co., SC, where
Abraham Lindsey resided near other members of the extended
Lindsey family from Frederick Co., VA. While living in
Laurens Co., John became a captain in the South Carolina
militia. He also added to his land holdings by
purchasing additional tracts of land along the south side of
the Enoree River.
John Lindsey was an appraiser for Elizabeth
"Betty" Lindsey when she administered the estate of her
deceased husband,
Ezekiel Lindsey in Laurens Co. in 1784.
(John Lindsey's handwritten signature, above, is from page 4
of the PDF file.) It is believed that Ezekiel Lindsey was John Lindsey's
brother, and that John and Ezekiel had shared some land in
Laurens Co. in partnership. When John Lindsey left
Laurens Co. to move to Georgia in 1791, he sold most of his
land, but he set aside half of a
three hundred acre tract of land on the Enoree River.
John later sold the parcel of land for a nominal fee to
Edward, Isaac, and Ezekiel Lindsey, who are believed to have
been his nephews, sons of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Lindsey.
John Lindsey and his family moved to present
day Jackson Co., GA in 1791. There John purchased land
on the north fork of the Oconee River. Several of John's
sons had come of age, and they began to appear in records with
him. Jacob, Ezekiel, Abraham, Josiah, and John Lindsey
Junior all appeared in Jackson Co. records at this time, both
in court and land records. John had a fifth son, Isaac,
who was born about 1788, so he did not appear in any records
until after the family moved to Maury Co., TN.
About 1807, John Lindsey and his family
moved once again. This time they moved to Maury Co., TN,
where John Lindsey leased a 500 acre tract of land on the
Little Bigby River from the heirs of Nicholas Long. John
Lindsey died in Maury Co. in 1810. His will mentioned
sons named Jacob, Ezekiel, Abraham, Josiah, John, and Isaac.
Daughters named in the will were Ruthy Barnett (husband
Claiborn Barnett) and Mary Cunningham. John's will did
not state the name of his widow, but her given name is known
to have been Mary from various deed records. John
Lindsey's will revealed that John had become a man of modest
wealth, and that he owned several slaves.
A good source of information about John
Lindsey is "The Lindsey's of Maury County, Tennessee", by
William Thorndale. A copy of Thorndale's
manuscript is available for download on the
Literature page of this website. I have also
created a file of the records I've collected concerning John
Lindsey. Click on the image below to download it.

Timeline of records for John Lindsey
(5 pages, pdf format, about 42k)
Records for John Lindsey in Laurens Co.,
SC:
12/06/1774: James and Elener Steen of
Berkeley Co., SC to John Lindsey, son of Abraham Lindsey of
the Enoree Settlement in Berkeley Co. - 300 acres on the south
bank of the Enoree River for 300 pounds, 5 shillings.
Witnesses: Peter Brooks, Wm. Moore, John Steen. Source: The
Lindsey’s of Maury Co., Tennessee, manuscript by William
Thorndale, 1974. (FHL microfilm #928098) Page 14: (Laurens
Co., SC Deed Book A, Page 294).
02/21/1784: Estate of Ezekiel Lindsay. Betty
Lindsay and Henry Hamilton bond for $2,000 to administer
estate. Inventory by John Lindsay, Patrick Laffaty
(Lafferty), and Isaiah Vines. Source: Abstracts of Old 96 and Abbeville District Wills and
Bonds, compiled by Willie Pauline Young. Greenville
Printing Co., Greenville, SC, 1950: Page 177. Author
Young cites Box 54, Pack 1276, on file in the Abbeville Co.,
SC. See the PDF file of the probate
record of Ezekiel Lindsey, above, for more information.
08/05/1785: John Lindsey of Enoree in Laurens County to
Edward, Isaac, and Ezekiel Lindsey of the same county.
For $20, 150 acres of land on the river bank near the Sandy
Ford where widow Elizabeth Lindsey now lives. Elizabeth
Lindsey is to keep the tract of land until her natural life or
widowhood ends. The tract is part of a larger tract of 300
acres granted to James Steen (see 12/06/1774, above), and
conveyed to John Lindsey. Signed John Lindsey.
Witnesses: Henry Hamilton, Abraham Gray, Jas. Lindsey.
Jan. 18, 1793: James Lindsey made oath that he saw John
Lindsey sign the deed, and that he saw Henry Hamilton and
Abraham Gray sign as witnesses. Deed recorded Jan. 18,
1800. (see the entry, below)
Source: Laurens Co., SC Deed Book G, Pages 127 - 128. Copy
reproduced from microfilm at the South Carolina Archives.
10/14/1785: Benjamin Brown, heir of
Bartlett Brown, dec’d, of Berkeley Co, GA to John Lindsey of
Laurens Co., SC. For 20 pounds sterling - 40 acres on south
side of Enoree River and 15 acres adjoining. Witnesses:
Andrew Cunningham, Abraham Gray, and Henry Hamilton. Each
parcel was part of a larger tract. Source:
Thorndale, Page 14: (Laurens Co., SC Deed Book A, Page 300).
Note: Abraham Gray, whose land adjoined John Lindsey’s,
married Mary Cannon Pennington, the widow of Jacob, who died
ca. 1774.
10/21/1785: Land plat and later grant. John
Lindsay survey was for 162 acres. Adjacent to Abraham Gray,
James Olephant, and James Higgins.
The grant was dated 06/05/1786, and it was referred to in
the deed for the later sale of the tract (see 05/12/1791,
below). Source: South Carolina Archives, Online Search Engine:
Series: S213190, Volume: 0019, Page: 00307, Item: 002.
http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/search.aspx
The image to the right is of the survey of this tract of land,
dated 21 Oct. 1785. Source: Location Book B, page 293.
Downloaded on 12 Feb. 2012 from Greenville Co., SC Register of
Deeds Digital Archives:
http://www.greenvillecounty.org/apps/DirectoryListings/ROD_DirectoryListing/
(Land Grants)
1790: U.S. census, Laurens Co., SC, pg. 75:
Capt. John Lindsey: 2 males 16+, 5 males under 16, 3 females.
These are John, Mary and children: Jacob, Abraham, Josiah,
John Jr,. Ezekiel, Isaac, Ruthy, and Mary. Living next door:
Elizabeth Lindsey, a daughter, and three sons: one is 16+, and
two are
under 15. These are believed to be Elizabeth, widow of
Ezekiel (d. 1784 in Laurens Co., see 02/21/1784, above), a
daughter (Sarah?), and sons Edward, Isaac, and Ezekiel. The three sons
were grown and each listed on the 1800 Laurens Co. census.
Ezekiel, d. 1784, is believed to have been a brother of John.
Source: Ancestry.com
05/12/1791: John Lindsey and wife Mary
sold to Thomas Holden of Laurens Co. land adjoining “Widow
Lindsey” (see 1790 census):
1. ½ of the 300 acres purchased 12/07/1774
2. 162 acres granted 10/05/1786
3. Two lots totaling 155 acres purchased 01/16/1779
4. A lot of 40 acres purchased 10/14/1785
Witnesses: Edward Lindsey, John Newberry, and John Pearson.
See 12/18/1800 for the sale of the other half of the 300 acre
parcel. Source: Thorndale, Pages 14-15 (Laurens Co., SC Deed
Book E, Page 16).
Records for John Lindsey and family in Jackson Co.,
GA:
10/31/1791: William Queen Sr. to John
Lindsey, for 100 pounds, 287 ½ acres in Franklin Co. (Jackson
formed from Franklin in 1796) on North Fork of the Oconee
River. Land granted to said Queen, adj. to land of Fuller.
Witnesses: J. Barnett, Henry Hamilton, John Lafferty, ____
Espy, JP. Source: Deeds of Franklin Co., Georgia
1784 – 1826, compiled by Martha Walters Acker, self-published
in Birmingham, AL, 1976. Page 37 (Franklin Co., GA Deed Book
K, Pages 11b, 12).
To the right is an image of an undated
petition (1787-1796) signed in Franklin County, Georgia
by Clabourn Barnett, son-in-law of John Lindsey.
Other Barnett's who signed the petition were John, Mial,
William, and Benjamin. Henry Hamilton and John
Lafferty also signed the petition. Since no
Lindsey's signed, it seems that the petition was
probably signed before the Lindsey's moved to Georgia,
so sometime between 1787 and 1791. |
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Source:
Petition of the frontier stations in Franklin County,
[Georgia] to Geo[rge] Mathews, Governor of Georgia,
Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript
Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented
in the Digital Library of Georgia.
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:tcc818 (accessed
on 1-6-2013) |
11/05/1792: John Lindsey and wife Mary
to John Lafferty, for 50 pounds, 143 ¾ acres (half of the land
John purchased on 10/31/1791) on North Fork of the Oconee
River, adj. Isaac Fuller. Witnesses: Arthur Patton, Jacob
Lindsey, Thomas Espy, JP. Source: Acker, page 33 (Franklin
Co., GA Deed Book H, Page 152). Note: John Lafferty,
probable son/nephew of Patrick (see 07/25/1763 on timeline),
married Sarah Lindsey. I think Sarah may have been John
Lindsey’s niece, the daughter of Elizabeth Lindsey on the 1790
census.
12/22/1792: John Ward to John
Barnett. Witnesses included John Lindsey and H. (Henry?)
Hamilton. Source: Acker, page 53 (Franklin Co., GA Deed
Book K, Page 176).
02/02/1793: John Lafferty to James
Goodlet, both of Wilkes Co, GA. For 46L, 143 ¾ acres in
Franklin Co., being one-half of one bounty granted to William
Queen 26 Feb 1785 on the north side of Oconee River, adj.
Isaac Fuller. Witnesses: John Embry, Nancy Embry, Benjamin
Parr, Jno. Barnett. Sworn to by Barnett before Jno.
Smith, J. P. Source: Acker, page 34 (Franklin Co., GA
Deed Book H, Pages 152-153).
12/22/1794: James Goodlet to John Lindsey
of Green Co. For 21 pounds, 143 ¾ acres, same description as
above. Witnesses: Jno. Barnett, JP, John Lindsey, Arch’s
Bryant. Recorded 08/09/1798. Source: Jackson County, Georgia
Deed Abstracts, Books A-D 1796 – 1808, abstracted by Faye
Stone Poss, self-published in Snellville, GA, 1998: page 37
(Jackson Co., GA Deed Book A, pages 251-252).
Note: Because he lived in Greene Co.,
this might have been a different John Lindsey.
1796: Jackson County formed from Franklin
County.
10/20/1796: John King to Ruth Adair,
both of Franklin Co., land on N. Fork of Oconee River. Test:
Jacob Lindsey; Jacob Adair. Source: “Jackson
County, Georgia - Early Court Records,” Georgia Pioneers,
Vol. 5, No. 3, Nov., 1968: page 141(Jackson Co., GA Deed Book
A-B, Page 44). Edited by M. H. Carter. Privately Published:
Albany, GA. Note: Ruth Adair witnessed John
Lindsey’s will in Maury Co, TN in 1810 (see below).
10/10/1796: Thomas Holden of Laurens
Co., SC to John Lindsey of Jackson Co., GA, for 20 pounds, 690
acres sold to Holden by Zachariah Cox. Land adj. to Zach. Cox
and John Stroder. Witnesses: John Cox, John Pearson, Ezekiel
Griffeth. Sworn by John Cox in “Larrence” Co. before Roger
Brown, JP. Recorded 08/12/1798. Source: Poss, Deed
Abstracts A-D, page 36 (Jackson Co., GA Deed Book A, Pages
250-251).
07/20/1797: Clayburn Barnett and Jacob
Lindsey were named in the estate records of Augustine
Blackburn as having been summoned in regard to a judgment
against them in a lawsuit. Source: Jackson County,
Georgia Early Court Records 1796 – 1831, by Faye Stone Poss,
self-published in 1994 in Atlanta, GA: Page 15. Poss cites
pages 15-17 of the first minute book of Jackson Co. as her
source.
11/05/1797: Cordy Pate to Jacob
Lindsey of Jackson Co., GA - 100 acres on Walnut Fork of North
Fork of the Oconee River, for $70. Granted to George McFalls
and adj. to David McCord. Witnesses: John, Abram, and Josiah
Lindsey. Source: Poss, Deed Abstracts A-D, page 87
(Jackson Co., GA Deed Book B, pages 239-241).
01/01/1798: Estate sale of Augustine Blackburn. John
Lindsey purchased “Geers and Clevis, & ½ Barrals of Corn”. He
also purchased a slave named “Fillis” and her child, Jesse.
Source: Jackson County, Georgia Early Court Records 1796 –
1831, by Faye Stone Poss, self-published in 1994 in Atlanta,
GA: Pages 12-13. Poss cites pages 15-17 of the first minute
book of Jackson Co. as her source. Note: The slave
Phillis was named in John Lindsey’s 1810 will in Maury Co.,
TN.
12/27/1798: William Watkins to Jacob
Lindsey, both of Jackson Co., GA - $250 for 287 ½ acres on
No. Fork of Oconee River adj. land of Wm. Queen. Granted
originally to Isaac Fuller. Witnesses: Abram Lindsey, Abram
Chappell, Sally Upton. Source: Poss, Deed Abstracts A-D, page
87 (Jackson Co., GA Deed Book B, Pages 238-239).

1799: John, Jacob, Abraham, and Josiah
Lindsey were all taxed for land on the North Fork and Walnut
Fork of the Oconee River in Capt. Jacob Adair's district.
John Lindsey owned 2 slaves.
Source: Jackson Co., GA 1799 Tax Book, Page 32 (image on
right).
Georgia Archives Online Vault: County Records from microfilm.
http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/countyfilm.php
03/16/1799: Estate sale of Isham
Strong. John, Jacob, and Abraham Lindsey purchased saddles,
axes, and pistol barrels. Source: Jackson County,
Georgia Early Court Records 1796 – 1831, by Faye Stone Poss,
self-published in 1994 in Atlanta, GA: page 20. Poss
cites page 32 of the first minute book of Jackson Co. as the
source.
01/03/1799: Thomas Reynolds, John
Lindsey, and George Wilson Jr. were appointed to lay out a
road from the new courthouse to the head branches of Blacks
Creek. Source: Jackson County, Georgia Early Court
Records 1796 – 1831, by Faye Stone Poss, self-published in
1994 in Atlanta, GA: page 98.
06/12/1799: Joel Bowen to Robert
Wilson - land is adjacent to John Lindsey. Witnesses include
Abram Lindsey and Clabourn Barnett. Source: Poss, Deed
Abstracts A-D, pages 83-84 (Jackson Co., GA Deed Book B, Pages
207-209). Note: Clabourn Barnett was mentioned in John
Lindsey’s 1810 will, and was probably married to his daughter,
Ruth, called Ruthy Barnett in the will.
03/09/1800: Jacob Lindsay to Sarah Higgins,
both of Jackson County, $50 for tract of land in Jackson
County on the waters of the north fork of the Oconee River,
bounded NE by Lindsey, containing 43 acres, as represented in
plat and grant made to Isaac Fuller, assigned by James
Jackson, Governor, on Jan. 31, 1798, it being part of said
survey. Signed: Jac Lindsay. Witnesses: John (X)
Higgins, Ezekiel Lindsay, Isaac Price, Joseph East JP.
Recorded June 24, 1801. Source: Poss, Deed Abstracts A-D, page
116 (Jackson Co., GA Deed Book C, Page
67).
03/09/1800: Jacob Lindsay to John Higgins,
both of Jackson County, $75 for tract of land in Jackson
County on the
waters of the north fork of the Oconee River bounded by Sarah
Higgins, containing
100 acres, having such
shapes and forms as are represented in a plat and grant made
to Isaac Fuller, signed by his honor James Jackson on Jan. 31,
1798, being part of
said survey. Signed: Jac.
Lindsey. Witnesses: Sarah ("O" her mark) Higgins, Ezekiel
Lindsey, Isaac Price, Johnson Strong, J.P. Recorded June 24,
1801
12/18/1800: John Lindsey to Edward,
Isaac, and Ezekiel Lindsey - 150 acres for 20 pounds (in
Laurens Co., SC). This
was half of the land that John Lindsey purchased on
12/06/1774. Source: Thorndale, page 15 (Laurens Co., SC Deed
Book G, Page 127). My guess is that these three men were
nephews of John, sons of the widow Elizabeth who lived next to
John in 1790. Their father was probably Ezekiel, who died in
1784. By 1800, the boys were of age to own land. John
Lindsey had actually conveyed this land in 1785 (see the
entry, above), but the deed was not
recorded until 1800, when Isaac and Ezekiel Lindsey sold the
land.
10/31/1804: John Lindsey witnessed sale of
land from Sanford Berry to Henry Anglin. The land was on the
No. Fork of the Oconee River. Source: Poss, Deed
Abstracts A-D, page 250 (Jackson Co., GA Deed Book D, Page
413).
1805: Georgia Land Lottery - Records for
Jackson Co., GA
John Lindsey Sr. received 2 draws – blanks.
Jacob Lindsey received 2 draws – blanks.
Josiah Lindsey received 1 draw – a prize. (land was in Baldwin
Co.)
John Lindsey Jr. received 1 draw – a blank
Abraham Lindsey received 2 draws - blanks. (Abraham was listed
as 2 separate men, probably an error)
Source: 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, transcribed and indexed by
Virginia S. Wood and Ralph V. Wood. The Greenwood Press,
Cambridge, MA, 1964, page 207.
03/13//1805: Jacob
Lindsay of Jackson County to John Hancock of Clark County, GA,
consideration of $862.50 for 287-1/2 acres
lying on the north fork of the Oconee river, it being half of
two surveys originally granted William Queen on Feb. 26, 1785,
and one to Isaac Fuller on Jan. 31, 1798. Signed: JAC Lindsay.
Witnesses: Joseph McCutchen, Humphrey-(X) Scoggin.
Acknowledged before John King. Recorded May 18, 1807.
11/2/1805: Josiah Linsey of Camden Co., GA
nominates Abraham Lindsey of Jackson Co., GA as his attorney
to settle debts and also to obtain the 202 1/2 acres Josiah
drew in the lottery in "Balding" (Baldwin) Co. District 5, No.
66, and sell it. Signed Josiah Lindsey. Witnesses:
Symon Pukard, Jas. Hartly. Source: Lindsay Newsletter:
Southern Colonial Branches,
Vol. 2, No.
3, August 1982, pg. 54 (Clarke Co., GA Deed Book C, p.
32).
02/24/1806: John Lindsey to Alexander
Harper, both of Jackson Co., GA - $935 for 190 acres on
Walnut Fork of the Oconee River. Originally granted to
Zachariah Cox, conveyed to Thomas Holden, and from Holden to
John Lindsey. Witnesses: David Dickson, Abram Lindsey,
Stephen Bryant. Source: Poss, Deed Abstracts A-D, page
270 (Jackson Co., GA Deed Book D, Page 504)
09/24/1807: Jacob
Lindsay of Wm'son Co., TN (Maury Co. formed from Williamson
Co. in 1807), to Wm. Hancock of Jackson Co., $45 for 80 acres,
part of a survey originally granted to George McFalis, lying
on the waters of the No. fork of the Oconee, containing 560
acres. Signed: Jac. Lindsay. Witnesses: Thos. G. Black, John
Hancock. Sworn by Thomas G. Black on Mar. 23, 1813, before
David Witt, J.I.C. Recorded Mar. 24, 1813.
Source: Poss, Deed Abstracts E-G, page 145 (Jackson Co., GA
Deed Book F, Page 13).
Records for John Lindsey in Maury Co.,
TN:
For more information, read "The Lindsey's of
Maury County, Tennessee," by William Thorndale, available on
the
Literature Page.
1807: John Lindsey was among those who
signed a petition to form Maury County. Source: "The
Formation of Maury County, Tennessee," Ansearchin News,
Vol. 13, No. 2, Summer 1966, pg. 81.
Also on this web page:
http://tngenweb.org/maury/history/signers.htm
Signers of Petition to Form Maury County, Presented to the
General Assembly of Tennessee, August 1807
LINDSEY,
Edward
LINDSEY, Jacob
LINDSEY, John
LINDSEY, John Jr.
LINDSEY, William
1807: Maury County
formed from Williamson County
09/24/1807: Jacob
Lindsay of Wm'son Co., TN, to Wm. Hancock of Jackson Co., $45
for 80 acres, part of a survey originally granted to George
McFalis, lying on the waters of the No. fork of the Oconee,
containing 560 acres. Signed: Jac. Lindsay. Witnesses: Thos.
G. Black, John Hancock. Sworn by Thomas G. Black on Mar. 23,
1813, before David Witt, J.I.C. Recorded Mar. 24, 1813.
Source: Poss, Deed Abstracts E-G, page 145 (Jackson Co., GA
Deed Book F, Page 13).
03/23/1809: Jacob Lindsey
recorded a lease for 500 acres in the name of John
Lindsey Sr. Source: Thorndale, Pg. 4 (Maury Co., TN Deed Book 1: Page 100).
02/22/1810: Will of John Lindsey, probated
03/19/1810. Wife: (Mary). Children: Abraham, Ezekiel,
Isaac, Jacob, John, Josiah, Ruthy Barnett, Mary Cunningham.
Source: Maury Co., TN Will Book B, page 1.

Click on the picture above to download a copy of the
handwritten will of John Lindsey.
(PDF format, about 6 Mb) |
In the name of God, Amen. I, John
Lindsay of the county of Maury and state of Tennessee,
planter, being sick but of perfect mind, sense and
memory, thanks be given to God for it, calling to mind
the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is
appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain
this my last will and testament, that is to say.
Principally and first of all, I give and
recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that
gave it me; and my body I recommend to the earth to be
buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of
my Executors, nothing doubting but at the general
resurrection day I shall receive the same again by the
power of Almighty God. As touching such worldly estate
whereunto it has pleased God to bless me with in this
life, I give, demise and dispose of the same in the
following form and manner, to wit.
First, I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife,
one negro man named Jim, and a woman named Phillis,
during her life or widowhood, one gray horse, two cows
and three calves, and whatever necessary of the
household furniture, for her property is to remain under
the care of my Executors.
Secondly, I give and bequeath to my son Abram, one negro
girl named Morning, at the discretion of my Executors.
Thirdly, I give and bequeath to my son John, one negro
girl named Mince, a bay horse, and what plantation tools
during the time he inclines to live with his mother, one
cow and calf, all at the discretion of my Executors.
Fourthly, I give and bequeath to my son Isaac, one negro
boy named Harry, at the discretion of my Executors.
Fifthly, I give and bequeath to my daughter Ruthy
Barnett, one cow and calf.
Sixthly, I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary
Cunningham, one horse to be worth forty dollars.
Seventhly, I give and bequeath unto my son Josiah, one
dollar.
Eighthly, I give and bequeath to my son Jacob, one
hundred and twenty dollars, which is my half of a negro
girl named Nance, that we had in partnership.
Ninthly, I give and bequeath to my son Ezekiel, one
negro boy named Jim.
The old stock of negroes that I leave with my wife, not
to be parted, but to have choice which they will go to,
namely my Executors, he paying the others. And I further
give Claborn Barnett, my wagon in compensation for going
security for Josiah. The property to be divided at the
death of my wife.
And I do appoint Jacob Lindsay and Ezekiel Lindsay, my
sons, my Executors of this my last will and testament,
and I utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and
every other former testaments, wills, legacies,
bequeaths and executors by me in any wise named, willed
and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no
other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 22nd day of January in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ten.
John Lindsey
Test: Thomas Bartlett
Rutha (X) Adair
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Caldwell County, Kentucky
John Lindsey never lived in Caldwell County, but his
widow and some of their children moved there after
John's death. They were found in the following
records there:In 1810, Abraham
Lindsey, Claiborne Barnett, and James Cunningham were
ordered to work on a road with others...
"…Ord that James Cunningham be app Overseer of the
road from the Ridge between James ___? and HUBBS, to the
Ridge between sd Cunningham’s house and John Philips
Senr & that he with Claibourne Barnett Tho
Anderson John Wa__? Gilford Burns Aaron Greer
Reuben Snethen James Stewart Wm. B Barnett Wm Bond
Richd Bond David Jones Banister Wade Tho Holcomb Wm
Duncan Asel Duncan Andrew Duncan Isaac Greer &
Abraham Lindsey do open & keep the same in repair
agreeable to law…"
Source: "Kentucky Probate Records,
1792-1977," database
and digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org:
10 June 2012), Abraham Lindsey, Claibourne Barnett, and
James Cunningham, Sept. 1810; from Kentucky, Probate
Records, 1792-1977, Caldwell County, Kentucky Order
books 1809-1815, Vol. B1, image no. 80,
Kentucky, County
Court (Caldwell County), FHL microfilm 468,439 Item 2.
The following
table is abstracted information from tax records for
Caldwell County from 1812 to 1814. The Lindsey's
listed include Mary, widow of John Lindsey, and children
John Jr., Abraham and Isaac. Also included was
Claborn Barnett, who married Ruth Lindsey, a daughter of
John Lindsey. James Cunningham may have been the
husband of Mary Barnett, another daughter of John and
Mary Lindsey.
Year |
Name |
Males above 21 |
Number of slaves |
Horses |
Number of acres |
Location |
1812 |
Claibourne Barnett |
1 |
6 |
5 |
350 |
Long Creek |
1812 |
James Cunningham |
1 |
2 |
3 |
293 |
Long Creek |
1812 |
John Lindsey |
1 |
|
3 |
200 |
Long Creek |
1812 |
Mary Lindsey |
0 |
7 |
2 |
|
|
1812 |
Abraham Lindsey |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
1812 |
Isaac Lindsey |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1813 |
Clayborn Barnett |
1 |
5 |
5 |
350 |
Long Creek |
1813 |
James Cunningham |
1 |
2 |
4 |
293 |
Long Creek |
1813 |
John Lindsey |
1 |
1 |
2 |
200 |
Long Creek |
1813 |
Mary Lindsey widow |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
1813 |
Abraham Lindsey |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
1813 |
Isaac Lindsey |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1814 |
Claybourne Barnett |
1 |
11 |
5 |
350 |
Long Creek |
1814 |
James Cunningham |
1 |
2 |
5 |
293 |
E. F. Long Creek |
1814 |
John Lindsey |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
1814 |
Mary Lindsey |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
1814 |
Abraham Lindsey |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
1814 |
Isaac Lindsey |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Source:
- Title:
Caldwell County,
Ky., tax lists : 1812-1813-1814, no. 331
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Author:
Simmons, Don, 1934-
- Description:
Arranged by year and then alphabetically.
- Language: English
; English ; English
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Owning Institution:Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a
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