Deeds of Joseph Lindsey, son of Jacob Lindsey Jr.

BIBLE:Gail Taylor sent me a copy of the family bible of Jacob Jr. and Phoebe. It gives name, birthdates, marriage~ dates, death dates of all their children

CONFLICT:Death date is given as 3-10-1867, by material sent to Mrs. Jane Newton in "Jasper County, GeorgiaCemetery and Bible Records, compiled and mimeographed by Jewel Moats Lancaster (Mrs. Edgar M.O,Shady Dale, Georgia, 31085.

1830: MARRIAGE: Joseph Lindsey married Miss Nancy Branham 3 Mar 1830. Source: Butts County GeorgiaMarriages, Film #F22743, pt 1, page 21

1830: Meirs of Thomas Lil1.dseydec' d, of Wilkes, authorize attorney, Thomas Lindsey of Tuskaloosa, Ala. as theirattorney, to sell land they drew in the 1827 land lottery. Lartdis lOt #222, Dist:4, Troup Co. Ga. Source:GS 295,908 Book B. p. 87

1833: 16 Oct 1833: Joseph Lindsey of Troup Co. buyls land from Lasley Gaines & Wm Epps, of Clark Co. Ga295,909 Bk D. 141

1834: 7 May, 1834: Indenture made in Troup County, Georgia: James Wilkinson, attorney for Malachi Denmark,of Bulloch County, Georgia, sells land to Joseph Lindsey of Troup Co. Ga. Land is in 41b Djstrict. Troy,pCo. lot #22.6..,containing 2021/2 acres. Signed: James Wilkinson, Attorney. Witt: Jess T. Wortham & W.T.Wortham J.P. Film #GS295,909 Book D p.140

1834: 28 May 1834: Troup County, Georgia: Indenture or sale of lanq.from Francis Kilgore to Joseph Lindsey.Land is in Troup County, ~jstrict ~L9U~§e.;containing 58 or 59 acres, more or less. Signed: Francis B.

~~ Kilgore. Testators: James D. Johnson & John Johnson, J.P. Recorded 31 Oct 1834 Source: Film #295,909p.141-142.

1835: 7 Dec 1835: Troup County, Georgia:}osephLindsey sells land to 18<;9l?I,jpd(j@ lot U226,Di;tric;t 4..100 1/4acres, being the north half of said lot, the line running east and west. Signed: Joseph Lindsey. Wit: John J.Meard, George W. Meard Source: GS 295,910 Book F. p. 285

1836: 14 Nov 1846: Indenture, sale of land made between William Vann of Chambers County, Alabama, andJosephLindseyofTroup County, Georgia, Joseph buys land in Tioy" S;;9U!,;lt¥, WaQisttwt, eastern half of10t#250,the line running north and south of #250. Nunberedoutbeeasf by JQt#22~on the north by lot#251{on the soufuby lot #249,and on the west by the other half oflot #250, Lot contains 1011/4 acres.Signed: William VaM. Testator: L.R Vann, Micajah Long. Menry Kellam, acting Justice of the peace inChambers County, state of Alabama. Recorded: 22 December 1836: Film #295,910, Book F p. 128

buys d in Claiborn Co. Alabama, known as the Taverns B. Marris of Simpson Co. KY to Joseph Lindsey ofMon)."()eCo.conveyed to James M. Lindley. SOURCE: "Alabama Notes" by

FAMILY INFORMATION: Received from Ruth Benson Cole, Route #2, Box 39, Violet Drive, Mount Olive, Ala.

35117. She states that her GrGrGrandl11.otherPhoebeLindsey is buried in NewSite, Ala. Mer Musband,Jacob Jr, died and was buried in Georgia before the family came to Alabama, She said the.Linds~_~

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"The Heritage of Shelby Co. Alabama": FHL p. 310:"Elijah Lindsey, son of Jacob and Phoebe Lindsey, was born 1817 in Jones Co. Georgia. His grandfather,

Jacob Lindsey was an Ensign, Virginia Militia, during the Revolutionary War. Elijah and his brothers:Joseph, Thomas, James, Whitfield and John, were early settlers in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in the1830's and 1840's. Their brother, Elias, moved to Coosa/Shelby County in the late 1850's. After their fatherJacob (Jr) died in Jones County, Georgia, his mother moved to Tallapoosa County and lived with heroldest son, Joseph, and his family until her death in 1867. She is buried in the Lindsey/Tankersly Cemeterynear Alexander City, Tallapoosa, Alabama.

Elijah married 1848, Tallapoosa County, Jane Savannah Brooks, born 1823, Georgia, the daughter ofWilliam and Henrietta Brooks. Elijah and Jane settled near New Site, where other members of both theirfamilied lived. Before 1860, they moved to Coosa County, Alabama, near Weogufka, where they liveduntil 1879, when they moved to Calera, Shelby, Alabama and remained there the rest of their lives. Elijahwas a farmer and highly respected citizen wherever he lived. Elijah and Jane had nine children:

William J. born 1849, married Sarah McEwen, Coosa County and later lived in Shelby County. W.J. andSarah are buried in the wilsonville Cemetery, Wilsonville, Alabama, as are many of their descendants.

John T., born 1852, went to Texas after 1895, married Cora Ozley, Shelby County, where they lived andhe died in 1895, leaving a wife and several children. He is buried in Jones-Bailey Cemetery, ShelbyCounty .

.'~' Almon Vachel, born 1856, never married, died 1880.

Elias Walter, married Alice O'Neal. He is buried in the Wilsonville Cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth never married and died 1880.

Nancy Florence, born 4 Oct 1865, married 13 Jan 1887, Coosa County to William Blount Bazemore, born 24

Jan 1858, Coosa County, son of Thomas Jefferson and Oma Palmer Bazemore. Florence and BlountyBazemore had seven childrren: William Emory, born 6 Dec 1887, Chilton County, married 9 Dec 1820,New Mexico to Dovie Agnes McCullough, born 14 Jul1896, Columbia, Shelby, Alabama.

Benjamine Floyd, born 1868, died 1903, is buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery, Weogufka.

Not long after the Lindseys moved to Shelby County, there apparently was an epidemic of typhoid fever.In the 1880 cnsus, Elias Lindsey, nephew, in the Elijah Lindsey household, had typhoid fever. Herecovered, but not long afterward, five other members of the family contacted the fever and JaneSavannah, the mother, Mary Elizabeth and Almon, died in September, 1880, within a few days of one

another. They are buried in the Jones-Baily Cemetery. S~ C"~"'Lvv,,-J.;:::\

Elijah married again in 1884, Shelby County, Charity Bradberry. He died in 1894 and is buried in Jones­

Baily Cemetery by the side of Jane Savannah. Submitted by: Vicky Stratton, 704 S. Michigan Avenue,

Roswell, NM 88201. Sources: Family Bible and letters, and public records". >~c}J.t.A.\ (!,ki''I"t.\",L,,\\ '

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(Research done by hired Genealogist) " E-.,,· " r •c:JlU:.Ok> L,nl~ ~F22526 pt. : Administrators Bonds 1852-1878

1839:4 Nov, 1839: Estate of Benjamin Lindsey, dee'd. Thomas Lindsey, AdministratQr ofestate Cjb\fL;'lfCi'. b 1'(,<; j,~ ~J"~-':i~,,,- ~ ~'.L~~ <!,"1D-"" ~uoe,,<Mi~., "~).. 0 \) c•..•.@ ~;.bt""'* ifr~

F22524 pt 2: NilF22524 pt. 3: Annual Returns, Court of Ordinary, Monroe Co. Ga. 1839-54, Bk. E

1842:4 July 1842: Estate of Benjamin Linsey, dec'd, 1842, in account with Thomas Linsey:Cash paid to heirs as partof their share (these are his brothers):$38.00 paid to:Jaeob Linsey,Elias LinseyJoseph LinseyJohn LinseyJames Linsey$50.00 paid to: Jesse Linsey$48.00 paid to James Alsabrooks in right of his wife

F22521: Court of the Ordinary, Minutes: 1824-1835:Un-indexed:

F22522: pt 1, p. 26: 1826: William Asbury vs William Booth, 1826 debt. Asbury won

Pt. 2 p. 34: Dee 1827: Pleasant 5torall & William G. Ford VS. William Head

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A PICTURE OF OTHERDAYS; JOSEPH LINDSEY

This April 'Tbe 15th, 1862State. of, Va. Yorktown.Dear Father:

It is with plU:sure that I now seatmyself to let you kn~w: that I and ~BiUis well Pone was well the last time Isaw him. 'He was taken a prisoner on

, Suaday the 7th. 'Him and 3 Allen boysout of our Co. ~ of the boys wereBrothers alld the other was an Uncleto them. I suppose' you would love toknow how it happened. The threeboys and' a fellow by the name ofAmoson and one br <the name of

Bake was standing ·Picket, 'the 3 At-·len boys was cut off, Amerson andBaker made their escape. We had a

F(lllowing is a' picture of Joseph Brestwork and small cannon and ihcy~, ;'show~righim at 16 years of sent Pone with a white Flag. on his,age while a soldier of the Confederacy' gun stick out on the ··far side of the

. and a letter wr.itten his father, Joseph old field, to watch for the enemy and~, Sr:'" The letter is reprinted when he saw them to motion hisverbatim: . Flag 3 times and then point it, and

then make .his escape, when he. sawthem he made .the motion and brokefor the Brestwork. We were all atrio.k­ing with the patients of J db. Whenwe saw as we thought oneof our Of­ficers ride tip towards him, and tell.him to halt. Pone stopped and fetch­we saw as we thought one of our Of­ficer pointed his sword as we thoughtto ward him and Prone dropped hisgun and started to ward him whenhe got up to him, he stopped' a mo­ment and then went double quick be­bore him .to ward the Yankees so 'wethen knew it to be so. Pone I knowthen thiri1Q;hard of us for notkiUing it~e. Yankee,. but it. was..out of reach.o"four '"Muskets and • the Lieutenant'would, 'not let ·the '. Cannoneer' shoot,him for fear ht was one ,of our men,because we had a line of skirmishersout in the woods close by them, whenhe was taken.

We have been in our' entrenchmentsevery' since last Friday. 'Was a weekThe Yankeys Boomed its a Friday 5hours, ~hey .•re'~ooming us now. Ican ,hear .them Regular, there comesone -now, it is ,no rarety to me now,they use to scarce' me very bad. sometimes now at presetit Pa I could talkto you a whole day if could.

Joseph Linds"ey ,to his FatherJoseph Lindsey

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lB1a was to a farm he had,~~_\i~th~r·:1iq];~lit.Y_\Y.~!IDd. the son of his son for w!ill-o.Y~L<Lh1!n.,dredyears.

~, born 26 October 1810 in Georgia, was a qescendant ofan early progenitor of the Lindseys, Jacob (bornj)y..J.1fui,...Yir·gIDj.a)~ho lived on a large farm nearBerq.¥ille.Jn..Yirginia'supper Shenandoah Vall!ly. A.,vetrran ot-the Reyoluti,2!l •.•~participated inth~~and.l.~i.g§Jn...1785 and 1807.Though he settled his family in Wilkes County, GA on a 600­acre plantation, he also owned land in Jones County, GA. Hisson, Jacob, who had married his cousin, Phoebe Lindsey, inWilkes County in 1906, bought the Jones County land from hisfather and moved his little family there. Jacob and Phoebe wereto have 14 children. When Jacob died, his land was divided andsold and the widow, Phoebe, moved to Tallapoosa County, AL tolive with her eldest son, Joseph. She is buried at New Site, nearAlexander City.

Another 'son, the executor of the estate of his father, was our

~. ,IHrh!J.4ichosenafl' his.J2!:jd~/~~~~.Ann(gQlly) Butler andthey had wed in Jones County;- GA on thelLSeptember 1857. Theirfirat child, a baby girl, <:!i~on 24 July J 858, the day of her birth,soon after their arrival in Coosa County. They buried the unnamedbaby in a cemetery on their new land. This cemetery, which is onCounty Road 67, already had witnessed burials of Creek Indiansand slaves. It is known as the Ljndsey Cemetery,

Elias' and Polly's wedded bliss was to be short for "Elias died of:gneumonia jn Jess j;ban four years He, too, was put to rest in theirfamily cemetery. Polly was left with Elijah, born H....tlovember1859, and Elias, Jr., both natives of Coosa. Little Elias was born 8February 1861, only two days after his father's death.

~ born 1832 in Greenville, SC, was a child of 'Yilliam Willis:a.,utler (son of William Butler, born in Virginia, and Agnes Gra.fofSouth Carolina), and of Mary Ann Braddy'" born 27 Septem~r1808 in South Carolina. Agnes' father was Jacob Gray of Ninety­Six District, se; he was thought to have emigrated from Ireland.Polly's parents had been residents of Georgia, too, but they movedto Eclectic in nearby Elmore County with their daughter Martha(Matt), a spinster. After Mr. Butler died in 1883, Mary Ann andMatt returned to Georgia to live with Mary Ann's brother, AndrewJ. Butler . .Mary Ann died 10 February J 889 in pawson} GA; she is

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Felix S. and Lou Etta Bates Lewis

Felix and Lou Etta were the parents of eleven children all bornin Coosa Co. The children were Lou Sanford Lewis b. 1892, MollieDee Lewis Hardy b. 1894, Gussie T. Lewis Prater b. 1898, OcieDenison Lewis b. 1901, Versie Ella Lewis Jefferson b. 1902, EssieMae Lewis Lackey b. 1903, Leudie T. Lewis Speer b. 1904, RessieRee Lewis Bolton (my grandmother) b. 6 April 1906, Bessie B.Lewis Cullins b. 1908, Lena Laura Lewis Boykin born 1909, Van­der Lee Lewis born after 1910 and died about four years later, andFelix Edward Lewis b. 1915.

The Family of Felix Sample LewisFelix Sample Lewis born 15 March 1861 in Coosa Co., AL was one

of three known children born to Frances Melinda Bryant and JamesLewis. Census records and death certificates differ between AL andGA as to their places of birth. Frances Melinda is listed in the 1870Coosa Co. census as a widow, age 32 with three children, DavidThomas b. 1857, Mary b. 1859 and Felix Sample b. 1861. Jamesmay possibly have been killed in the Civil War. In the 1880 CoosaCo. census Felix is listed as 18 and the only child living with hisMother. At age 32 years Felix Sample Lewis married Lou EttaBates. She was born 7 Nov. iS73 to Francis Marion and Mary JaneHolley Bates. (See Bates Family History) Felix and Lou Etta weremarried 19 April 1893 in Coosa Co. Felix, who was sometimes called"Field" or "Phil", owned and operated a store at Salter, AL for manyyears. The family would take an oxen drawn cart from Salter to'Rockford and Montgomery, AL to get supplies for the· store. Felixmoved his family to Sylacauga, AL in 1914 where he owned aridoperated a general mercantile store on Scrouge Alley. One of hishabits was to smoke a pipe filled with snuff and tobacco. Many of hiscustomers complained about how terrible his pipe smelled.

,~"H~~ 151Hah'"L~=·-1'fIlT,'1i:tllTII':"W'i'fe'iii;Tl'iY"'·-~''''·"",",,",c~~--''''''''''-'----'--' . 'S'arier ..:vliereReonert played the flaate Tortheir cnurcn mee1rngs:' .

We have maps that show traveling routes of the early pioneers. Lou Etta would cook big meals in anticipation of guests as FelixThe maps are from Map Guide to American Migration Routes quite frequently invited friends to come by for meals. Many times1735-1815 by William Dollarhide. I have imagined and truly they would push back the furniture and have square dances withbelieve that Theodore Levie and his wife Elizabeth Wheatley trav- the music being furnished by Felix playing the fiddle while otherseled the Upper Road from Maryland to the Creek Indian Agency in played the banjo and guitar. The whole family enjoyed fishing inCentral Georgia that is now Macon, Georgia. In 1830 they were nearby Swamp Creek. Many of them often returned to camp outliving in Columbus, Georgia or Muscogee County according to the and fish both Hatchet and Swamp Creek even after they moved to1830 Federal census. After 1830 many families moved to eastern Sylacauga. Felix Sample Lewis died Feb. 13, 1933 and Lou EttaAlabama into the Tallapoosa, Clay and Coosa County areas. Bates Lewis died August 14, 1943. They are buried in Marble City

I have not completed my search but I am glad to share with my Cemetery in Sylacauga, AL.Levie connections or kin. I hope my entry into the Coosa County My grandmother, (Mam Maw) Ressie Ree Lewis married Hughhistory will benefit some interested persons. Submitted by: Mary E. Bolton in Powderly, AL Sept. 6, 1933. Granddaddy (Paw Paw)Ruth Foshee Gunnels, Mrs. Charlie Thomas Gunnels, 610 Harris was born Jan. 8,1903 in Clay Co. He and Maw Maw met when sheStreet, Richland, GA 31825-1127 was working at her daddy's store on Scrouge Alley and Paw PawSource: Recorded Family History was delivering the mail. They had four children all born in Syla-

cauga. Connie Hugh was b. 17 June 1935 and died 20 June 1935.Ida Gail was born 28 Sept. 1937 and Glenda Ree (My Mother) wasborn 9 Dec. 1938. Hugh Lawrence was born 22 Feb. 1942. Gailmarried Jim O'Dekirk, and they had one son, James Mark. Glendamarried Harold Wheeles and had a daughter (me) Joy Ree Whee­les Price and a son Kerry Harold. Hugh married Scarlet Hamlet,and they had two sons, Lawrence Chad and Jamie Hugh. Haroldand Glenda have five grandchildren - Brandon, Bailey, and Brid­get born to Joy and Craig Price and "Libby" and Grace born toKerry and Daphne Wheeles. Paw Paw Bolton died 11 Aug. 1969and Mam Maw Bolton died 4 May 1984. They are both buried nextto Grandmother "Maw" and Granddaddy Lewis at Marble CityCemetery in Sylacauga. Submitted by: Joy Ree Wheeles Price, 4701Wills Place, Woodstock, GA 30188.Sources: Census records, marriage licenses, death certificates andinterviews with relatives.

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Elijah Lindsey

On occasion of 'Lias Lindsey's 81st birthday, 8 February, 1941

~ied at Macedonia Cemetery near there. Matt returned tor ~rbama; it is surmised that she lived with Polly. Matt is buried in~ Lindsey Cemetery.Po]Jy wed twict) af!&!,.Elias died (see Watkins and.Mi4un­

Richards) and she had cbildxen!n!...th.e. other marriages - ~o\:Vatkins' son.§ (though only one lived to adulthood), and l>-~

daughter. Threads of Polly's life continued to be woven in andaround Coosa County.

P.all~an.d...E.lia!L-n,..E.lijah..sickened with, or so tradition tellsus, "measles which went to his lungs" while a medical student atJohns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. He was sent home whensome of America's finest medical minds could not help him. He died

414 QctQber 1884 IP¥as, Jr., who sometimes lived with Lindsey kin,married Sallie Mea ows on 22 December 1887. They lived and djedi~9.Uali.tYand they, too, are buried.in the Lindsey Cemetery.

~.EJjas.,..J): and...a~ad three .chi.l.d.mn: ~ary Be.thgmiaessie), ..18&:.1.8.92; J~a (born/died. 189.8,),and l.-.mti§

Leslie (23 A ril 18 - 9 Au~st 1965) who .!lJ.Wried Mary Queenarris on 22 October 1902. hey continued to farm the Lindseyland. ~ry's (1884-1976) and Leslie children were: Samuel Elias(28 February 1904, living in 1999; one child, Theda L. Pelham)married Vivian Howell; Thurman LevislBuddy (died around 1992)married Bessie Perkins; one surviving child, Winston Morris (chil~dren: Sherry, Amanda, and Susan); Joseph (27 April 1910.25February 1991) married Mae Dopson; Bessie Mae (1913-1915);KermitJBuck (22 May 1919, living 1999 in Jackson, MS, no chil­dren), married Mary Sue Craft.

Joe, a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force, and Mae selected Mont­gomery as.their retirement home. Their sons are: James Alston(born 23 December 1936) and Daniel Boyd (born 30 May 1939).Jim is the father of Lisa, Gretchen, and James Brian. Dan is thefather of Dana L. Smyers, Steven, and Crista.

In the accompanying photographs, all are Lindseys. unless oth­erwise noted. The order is front, middle and back rows, left toright: Jim, Morris, Theda, and Dan; Kermit, Thurman, Leslie, IdaRichards, Susie Milam Richards, Elias, Jr.; Mary Queen, Lou(Mrs. Jasper) Cotton, Bessie, and Mae. Submitted by: James A.Lindsey, 6 So. Valley View Drive, Wimberly, TX 78676 and Writtenby: Evelyne Bryan ThomasSources: Family Bible, research of Ruby R. Bryan, Evelyne B. Thomas,and James A. Lindsey; photo identifications by Mae Dopson Lindsey.

settled near New Site where other members of both their familieslived. Before 1860 they moved to Coosa County, Alabama, nearWeogufka where they lived untillB2ll.when j;bey moved to Calera,Shelby. Alabama, and remained there the rest of their lives. Elijahwas a farmer and highly respected citizen wherever he lived.

Elijah and Jane's ~hildren: William J. born 1849 .roanied Sarah¥cEwen, Coosa County, and later lived in Shelby County.)V.J. andSarah are buried in the Wilsonville Cemetery, Wilsonville, Alaba­ma, as are many of their descendants;}ohn T. born 1851 went toTexas after 1895; Ja~ born 1854 married Cora Ozley, ShelbyCounty, where they lived and he died in 1895 leaving a wife andseveral children. He is buried in Jones-Bailey Cemetery, ShelbyCounty; .Almon Vachel born 18gB never manied, died 1880; ~liasWaltt)r born 1859 married Alice O'Neal. He is buried in the~lsonville Cemetery; ¥.ary Elizabeth born 186~ never married andwed 1880; Nancy Florence born 4 Oct. 1865, Coosa County, married13 Jan. 1887, Coosa County, William Blount Bazemore born 24 Jan.1858, Coosa County, son of Thomas Jefferson and Oma PalmerBazemore. Florence and Blount had seven children, the oldest being.William Emory, born 6 Dec. 1887, Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, mar.­ried 9 Dec. 1920, New Mexico, Dovie Agnes.McCullough born 14July 1896, Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama, daughter ofEly A.McCullough, born 29 Nov. 1869, St. Clair County,. Alabama, andEmma Doann Downs, born Georgia, who had married 22 June 1890,Shelby County, Alabama; Benjamin Floyd .born 1868, died 1903, isburied in the Methodist Church Cemetery, Weogufka. .

Not long after the Lindseys moved. to Shelby County, there,apparently, was an epidemic of typhoid fever. lpj;he '880 census11/.liashaq txphoid fey~r. He recovered, but not long afterward fiveother family members contracted the fever and Jane Savannah,MarY Elizabeth and Almon Vachel died in September, 1880. Theyare buried in the Jones-Bailey Cemetery.

~lijah married 1884,. Shelby County, Charity Bradberry. Hedied 1894 and is buried in Jones-Bailey Cemetery by the side orJane Savannah.

As mentioned previously, Jane Savannah Brooks Lindsey wasthe daughter of William and Henrietta Brooks.

About 1835 William and Henrietta moved their family of fivechildren from Georgia to Tallapoosa County, Alabama, where theyengaged in farming.William was born1805 South Carolina,married 1823, HenryCounty, Georgia,Henrietta Hale born1800 North Carolina.

Aaron J., the old­est child, born 1826,was a farmer andmechanic, married1843, TallapoosaCounty, Mary AnnHenderson born 1824Georgia. He mayhave been the A.J.Brooks referred to in

Rev. Brewer's History of Coosa County, Alabama as the A.J.Brooks who was adjutant, Co. A, 46th Alabama Regiment. AaronJ. died in late 1862. Their children: Arthur J., Colesta A.C., JohnW.W.,died before 1860, Alexander M., Missouri E., Hillary F.and Frances died young; Jane Savannah, mentioned previously;John T. born 1829, died 1896 married 1850, Tallapoosa County,Nancy Ann Cross born 1828, died 1903; Mary Ann born 1831,

Elijah and Jane Savannah Brooks Lindsey died 1895, married 1850, Tallapoosa County, William J, PeddyElijah Lindsey, son of Jawb and Phoebe TJndsey, was born 31 born 1831 Georgia, died 1900, son of Dr. Alexander G. and Celina

May 1817, in Jones County, Georgia. Hispandfather, Jacob Lind; D.H. Ped~y, William was a pharmacist, He and Mary Ann aresey, was an Ensign, Virginia Militia, during the Revolutionary buried Rockford Cemetery, Coosa, Alabama, Their children:war. Elijah and his brothers Joseph, Thomas, James, Whitfield William A. and Louisa; Elizabeth born 1833, died 1921, neverand John were early settlers in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in the married; William Floyd born 1836 Tallapoosa County, married1830's and 1840's. Their brother Elias moved to Coosa/Shelby 1859, Tallapoosa County, Eveline A. Beckham born 1843 Alaba-

I~unty in the late 1850's. Their sister, Elizabeth, and her husband, ma. He may have died in the War Between the States as he nor,mes Alsobrook, settled in Chambers County, Alabama. After any heirs are mentioned in his father's will proved 12 May 1879,

their father died in 1857, Jones County, their mother moved to Tal- Coosa County; Martha born 1838, married 1853, Tallapoosalapoosa County and lived with her oldest son, Joseph, until her County, James A. Farrow.death in 1867. She is buried in the LindseylTankersly Cemetery According to Rev. Brewer's History of Coosa County, Alabama,near Alexander City, Tallapoosa, Alabama. Elijah married 22 Oct. "In the early fifties, John T. Brooks began a mercantile and milling1848, Tallapoosa County, Jane Savannah Brooks born 1823, Geor- business, both saw and grist, had wood and iron shops, and soon a""'''tt.4»~Q~ Q£ WillialJJ aod Heorietta Ilr!lAk.eh EiliiWl f!nd Jane _ thrjfty villager Brooksville, took ~he place of the woods. Fora good

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*' AA MAt ~oNPr sttdyThomas Jefferson Lindsey, son of Jacob Lindsey Sr. ,- brD (i #te-Vu;L,r,

NQIESOF IfBBYBROQKS - ~'6 ~ ~~~~Yl.---5-BIRTH: "Thomas Jefferson Lindsey Sr. was born 21 Ian 1791 in Wilkes County Georgia and die' 01,Oct 2,1861 in Angelina County. TX.

mARRIAGE: Thomas Jefferson Lindsey married Bathsheba Suddutl},,.l.QIUD 1,8\0. in Wilkes,

Georgia, dau of James Sudduth and Nancy Smart. She was born 17 Jan 1791 in Wilkes, Ga. anddied 10 Feb 1865 in Brownsboro Bounty, TX

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MIGRATION:

1'iS1:' ,).j 1. Alabama:J3etween 1815 aDS 1~1 the Lindsey family moved from Georgia to Illsca]aas!LC9:.!~1g.

It appears that at least some of Bathsheba Sudduth Lindsey's family also relocated to TuscaloosaCounty.

(1r~?-2. Mississippi: In abt 1832, Thomas and Bathsheba moved to Choctaw, Miss ... Thomas was one ofthe first public officials in the county, serving as Probate Clerk. by 1840, there were only threevillages in Choctaw County: Greensborough, Bellefontaine and Springfield .

11~-' 3. TEXAS:DIALVILLE, TEXAS: In 1845 the Lindsey family joined other families and migrated toTexas. A large number of the original group died of cholera on the east bank of the MississippiRiver. Apparently..two children of Thomas Lindsey died at this time: Thomas Holland Lindse¥-SL

~. Qig.d.His wife and three children continued the journey. A daughter,"'~aDcy:.Lindsey HolsQmhad&(their widowed daughter) also died, leaving two small sons, Jacob Jasper and Thomas NewtonHolsomback. The orphaned boys were reared by Thomas and Bathsheba Lindsey. Thomas Lindseywas 54 at time of move to Texas and his.son, Tho~aMferson Lindsey Jf was 30 years of age. Thefirst settlers to arrive in the Dialville, Tx area, came by wagon train in about 1845. The pioneerschose to build their homes on either side of the Nacogdoches-neches Saline Road. The newsettlement was in a remote location, ten miles from Cook's Fort. Nacognoches, fifty miles away wasthe primary source for supplies. The Cherokee indians had been driven from the county only sixyears earlier.

CHURCH: In 1848, the early settlers (? Dialville, Texas) gathered in the home of Thomas JeffersonLindsey and organized the Rocky Springs Missionary Baptist Church. At the organizationalmeet"ing, Elder Walter Ross was moderator

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The following people were charter membersJl Lindsey, Isaac Sheppard, Ihoma§ I, LiUdsey,Elizabeth Lindse¥, Minerva Crenshaw,. Bathsheba Lindse¥, Stephen Halbert, John Halbert, SallyMargaret Halbert, Frances Halbert, Wylie Thomason, Thomas Johnson, Lucy Johnson, GordonShaffer and John Harris, an ordained Deacon. The Rev. George WashingSlover was chosen as thefirst pastor. He is buried in the Rocky Springs Cemetery, where a state historical marker has beenplaced at his grave.

BURIAL: Thomas Jefferson Lindsey Sr. is buried at Old Rock Hill Cemetery, near Chandler, inHenderson Co. TX".