The purpose of this research is to locate and sort out the various Lindsey's who lived in Newberry Co., South Carolina from about 1770 to 1820.  Many of these Lindsey's had arrived from Frederick Co., VA, and were members of the Lindsey family that had lived in the Long Marsh area. They are represented in Lindsay Surname DNA Project Group 2.  
  
The earliest members of the family to arrive in South Carolina were Abraham and Isaac, probable brothers (sons of Edmund Lindsey Sr., b. 1697, who died in Frederick Co. after 1782), who each received land grants in the area in 1762.  Next came John Lindsey Sr. (probable brother of Edmund Sr.) and his four sons, John Jr., James, Thomas, and Samuel.  They arrived in the area ca. 1770.  Later arrivals included Edmund (probable son of Edmund Sr.) and David, who settled in the area after the Revolutionary War.  With the exception of David and his son Benjamin, all of the Lindsey's who were early settlers in Newberry Co. appear to have been related.

Though John Lindsey Sr. was too old to have been in the Revolutionary War (he had served in the French and Indian War in Frederick Co., VA), all four of his sons were soldiers or officers in Newberry Co. during the Revolution, as was at least one of his grandsons, Moses Lindsey. 

To learn more about an individual, click on a name in the table above. Of the above mentioned Lindsey's, Isaac did not remain in the area.  He moved on to Tennessee before the start of the Revolutionary War, so he will not be discussed here. There is a link in the table above to a web page about a man named Isaac Lindsey who appeared in York Co., SC in 1785.  I believe that he was the same Isaac Lindsey who lived next to Abraham Lindsey on Foster's Branch in Newberry Co., and that Isaac was probably the son of Abraham Lindsey.  Click on the link to learn more about this Isaac Lindsey.

The Lindsey family amassed quite a bit of land in northern Newberry Co. through grants and later purchases.  They were planters, and a number of them owned slaves.

The maps below show the approximate locations of the Lindsey's who lived in Newberry Co. ca. 1770-1820.  The nine Lindsey names on the maps match those in the grid, above.  The locations were taken from deed/grant and historical information.  I haven't seen the actual plats of the Lindsey grants, which would help to pinpoint their land holdings.  Most of the Lindsey's - John Sr., his four sons, and Edmund were clustered closely together along Indian Creek and King's Creek (called Lindsey Creek on some old maps) and their tributaries.  Abraham was located on the Enoree River, within Newberry Co., while his son, John, lived just over the Newberry line in Laurens Co.  A seemingly unrelated David Lindsey and his son, Benjamin, lived in the southern part of the county, on Hawlick (Hawleek) Creek and the Saluda River.

	Map above modified from David Rumsey Collection: 1845 map of SC by Sidney Morse		Map above modified from the David Rumsey Collection: 1773 map of SC by James Cook

Deed Information:

Lindsey Grantors in Newberry Co., Direct Index to Deeds 1776-1843

Lindsey Grantees in Newberry Co., Cross Index to Deeds 1776-1843

Probate Information:

Lindsey Listings to 1900: Newberry Co. Probate Court General Index to Estates 1785-1949
 

Census data:

1790 census - Newberry Co., SC

1790 census - Newberry Co., SC, with comments:

John Lindsey Sr.(John1) had died by1787, so he did not appear on this census.  His four sons, John2, James1, Thomas, and Samuel are shown in the blue cells.  John's widow, Alce, if still living in 1790, may have resided with one of her sons or daughters, because she was not shown as a head of household.  Abraham Lindsey shown here, was born about 1750, a son of Thomas Lindsey and Mary Frost.  Abraham later moved to Butler Co., Kentucky (per Ferrell Brown book on Thomas Lindsey).  Moses Lindsey, in the yellow cell, was a son of James1 Lindsey.  William may have been a son of Edmund2.  If this William was a son of Edmund2, he would have been born by abt. 1767. William did not appear on the 1800 census for Newberry Co., but he was enumerated on the 1810 census.  Edmund was shown as having four males above the age of 16, and two under 16.  He only named two sons in his 1816 will, so either these additional males were extended family members, or Edmund had more sons than were named in his will.

It is not known who Jesse Lindsey was.  Jesse did not appear on any census for Newberry Co. after 1790.  He may have died, or he might have left the area.

1800 census - Newberry Co., SC

1800 census - Newberry Co., SC, with comments:  

This census was somewhat alphabetized, but not all of the Lindsey's appeared on the same page, so they might be roughly grouped by location.  Of patriarch John1 Lindsey's four sons (John2, James1, Thomas, and Samuel), two had died  before 1800 - James1 and John2.  Samuel and Thomas were still living.  James1's widow, Ruth is shown.  Some of Ruth's married daughters may have lived with her.

Cells are colored blue to represent the sons/widows of John1 Lindsey. The orange cells represent the sons of John2 (1740-1795): Caleb and John4.  Green cells represent  the sons of Thomas (ca. 1740-1815).  Yellow cells represent the sons of James (ca. 1730-1799).  There are two unidentified Mary Lindsey's who appeared to be widows.  David and Benjamin (gray cells) seem to have been unrelated.

John Lindsey on the census is the most difficult to identify.  He may have been John4, the son of John2.  John4 was born in 1776, according to the family bible.  John4 is shown with an older woman (bible information says his mother died in 1785) and with what appears to be a wife and some children who, according to the family bible, weren't his because he didn't marry until 1805.  Still, he seems to have been the son of John2 because James1 didn't name a son John, and the sons of Thomas and Samuel who were named John were still living at home in 1800.  It could also be that this man named John Lindsey was a son of Edmund, who was not named in his will.  Or?

Missing are James and Humphrey Lindsey, the sons of John2.  They should have been ages 21 and 27 according to family bible information. Perhaps they lived with a married sister.  James2 Lindsey, the son of James1, also does not seem to be the man shown on the census.  He married Sarah Frost, but they weren't married yet.  James was not shown living with his mother, Ruth, or his brother, James. So he is missing, too.  William Lindsey, son of Edmund, is also not shown.

The James Lindsey on the census, above, seems to have been married for some time.  He had six children by 1800.  Neither Samuel or Thomas named a son James, so this James remains a mystery for now.  Perhaps he was a son of the widow, Mary Lindsey, who was listed on the same page with him on the census.

1810 census - Newberry Co., SC

1810 census - Newberry Co., SC, with comments

In 1810, two sons of John1 Lindsey Sr. were still living - Thomas and Samuel. William Lindsey lived next to his father, Edmund2 Lindsey.  William was shown as being born by 1765, which matches the 1790 census data for him. Edmund3 Lindsey Jr. must have moved elsewhere.

Of Thomas Lindsey's six sons, two lived on their own in Newberry Co. (Charles and Jacob), two were still living at home (could have been John, Jared, or Isaac), and one lived in Pendleton Co. (Samuel).  See the web page about Thomas for more on this.

James Lindsey of Saludy on the census was probably James3 Lindsey, the son of John2 Lindsey.  It is known that James3 Lindsey, the son of John2, died in Newberry Co. in 1841, where his will was recorded.  James Lindsey stated that he lived in Newberry Co. in his will, so my guess is that James3 never left Newberry Co. James' will made it seem that his brother, Humphrey Lindsey, may have been incapacitated in some way, so perhaps Humphrey was the other adult male who lived with James, shown on the census, above. 

Of James1 Lindsey's sons, Moses and James2, Moses had moved to Williamson Co., TN by 1810, according to his pension record.  I believe that James2 was living in Pendleton Co (see the web page about him).

John Lindsey on the census may have been the son of John2 or Samuel.  Both had sons named John.  Because Samuel had 4 males living at home with him, I am guessing that his son John was still living at home.  The family bible record for John2 Lindsey showed that his son John4 had married Polly Brown in 1805, so he would have been living on his own in 1810. The bible record shows that John and Polly had two sons by 1810.  The daughter shown on the census did not appear in the birth section of the transcribed bible record, but her death was noted, and her married name in the transcribed record was Elizabeth Hollingsworth.  Other information states that John and Polly had a daughter, Elizabeth, born in 1809.  See the web page on John Lindsey for more information.  So John Lindsey on this census was most likely John4 Lindsey, the son of John2 Lindsey.  There was an unidentified adult male also living in John Lindsey's household.

John Linsley could possibly have been John Lindsey.  If Linsley was a mistranscription of Lindsey, my guess is that this John was the son of Thomas.  Thomas had only two sons living at home, and three are not shown on the census on their own: John, Jared, and Isaac.

1820: Page numbers are Ancestry.com's numbers

1830 Census

This page was updated on 4-2-2011