Robert Lindsay, Sr.

1735 - 1801  (66 years)

• Name	Robert Lindsay
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1735
  Gender	Male
  Died	1801	Greensboro, Guilford Co., N. Carolina
  Buried	Lindsay Family Cemetery Guilford County, North Carolina,
  Person ID	I23361	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Ann 'Nancy' McGee,   b. 1754, North Carolina ,   d. Nov 1832, Guilford Co., N. Carolina  (Age 78 years)
  Children	+ 1. Col. Robert Lindsay,   b. 26 Sep 1776, Prob Guilford Co., N. Carolina ,   d. 28 Oct 1818, Greensboro, Guilford Co., N. Carolina  (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F8836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Lindsay Family-Founders of Greensboro Greensboro Daily News Sep 24, 1922

  
  

• Notes

  While it isn't certain since there is no legible marker evident, Robert Lindsay, Sr. is probably buried here at the site of his home, where several of his children are buried. I am told that there were once some 30 to 50 graves at this cemetery, of the Lindsays and their servants, but only six stones remain, and one of them (perhaps Robert's?) is illegible. Robert Lindsay was the son of John Lindsay, but there are conflicting accounts as to their background and Robert's early life. He may have been born in Virginia, Maryland or Ireland. He was descended from the ancient and illustrious Clan Lindsay of Scotland. Evidently, he lived for a time on the Pa./Md. border area before coming to NC in the mid 1700s. (I expect he came with the Nottingham Colony of Scots Irish Presbyterians who arrived in 1753, and founded the Bufflo and Alamance Presbyterian Churches.) His name first appears in the NC records in 1763; but, many NC records were destroyed by the British and the yankees, and various other court house fires.) Robert established a 2,000 acre plantation on Deep River in what became Guilford County. In fact, when the county was formed in 1771, and until a court house could be built in 1774, the county court met in the "great hall" of his plantation home. The property included an ordinary (an inn/tavern), formal gardens, a mulberry grove for raising silk worms, a silk mill, a grist mill, and a store. A fragment of the old LIndsay home remains, though in ruinous condition. Robert Lindsay was a Captain in the NC Militia. He served in the first independent NC Legislature in 1777 and 1778, and was presiding Judge of Guilford County from 1781 to 1788. He was a well known and respected member of his community, and his descendants were prominent in the history of North Carolina. He was probably a member of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church. Robert married twice. His first wife was E. (probably Esther or Eliza) Mebane, a daughter of John Mebane of PA. They had two children: Elizabeth, who died young, and John A. Lindsay (1767-1828, m. Elizabeth Wilson). Robert's second wife was Ann "Nancy" McGee (1753/4-1832), a daughter of Colonel John McGee (d.1773) of NC, whom he married on 23 June 1772. They had eight children: Senator Samuel Lindsay (c.1773/4-1813/4, m. Henrietta E. "Hettie" Causey), Colonel Robert Lindsay, Jr. (1776-1818, m. Letitia Harper), William Lindsay (1777-1841, m. Elisabeth Briggs), Jane Lindsay (1779-1827, m. Jesse Hargrave), Elizabeth Lindsay (1784-1825, m. Rev. Samuel Craighead Caldwell), Andrew Lindsay (1786-1844, m. Elizabeth Dick), Susannah Lindsay (1789-1857, m. Dr. Joseph Wood), and David Lindsay (1793-1860, m. Sarah Dillon).

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14684763/ann-lindsay. Ann ?Nancy? McGee Lindsay Birth 1754 North Carolina Death Nov 1832 (aged 77?78) Guilford County, North Carolina Burial Lindsay Family Cemetery Guilford County, North Carolina While it isn't certain since there is no legible marker evident, Ann "Nancy" Lindsay is probably buried here at the site of her home, where several of her children are buried. I am told that there were once some 30 to 50 graves at this cemetery, of the Lindsays and their servants, but only six stones remain, and one of them (perhaps Ann's) is illegible. Ann "Nancy" McGee was the daughter of Col. John McGee (d.1773), a prominent planter and early settler in what is now Randolph County, NC, and his first wife, whose name is not defintiely known, but I believe to have been Elizabeth Ridge, daughter of Godfrey Ridge of Virginia and NC. After Ann's mother's death, her father married Martha McFarlane (1735-1820), who became a spy for the American side during the Revolution. On 23 June 1772, Ann married, as his second wife, Judge Robert Lindsay, Sr., a prominent land owner and jurist. They raised a family of eight children: Senator Samuel Lindsay (c.1774-1813), Colonel Robert Lindsay, Jr. (1776-1818), William Lindsay (1777-1841), Jane Lindsay (1779-1827, Mrs. Jesse Hargrave), Elizabeth Lindsay (1784-1825, Mrs. Rev. Samuel Craighead Caldwell), Andrew Lindsay (1786-1844), Susannah Lindsay (1789-1857, Mrs. Dr. Joseph Wood), and David Lindsay (1793-1860). According to the diary of her daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Dick (Mrs. Andrew) Lindsay, Ann "Nancy" McGee Lindsay died in November of 1832, aged about 78 or 79 years.