Jonathan Lindley Sr. (1772 - 1850)

Born 2 Jul 1772 in Ninety Six, Greenwood, Province of South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Blair — married 1796 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1850 at age 78 in Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia, United States

Biography

Johnathan Lindley was born Ninety Six District, South Carolina in 1772. He married Nancy M. Blair in 1796 in South Carolina, they had eight children. Johnathan died in 1850 in Cobb County, Georgia. he is buried in Powder Springs Baptist Cemetery. His son Johnathan Jr. owned the land that the Cemetery is on.

Johnathan and his son Elijah Hamilton Lindley are mentioned as pioneers of Cobb County who settled there after it was ceded by the Cherokee. Children:

• 1) James B. Lindley b: Dec. 9, 1797 in Abbeville County, SC
• 2) Ruth Lindley b: 1799 in Abbeville County, SC
• 3) Letitia Lindley b: Sep. 18, 1803 in Abbeville County, SC
• 4) Jane Jennie Lindley b: Dec. 16, 1804 in Abbeville County, SC
• 5) William B. Lindley b: 1806 in Abbeville County, SC
• 6) Jonathan Lindley Jr. b: Feb. 23, 1808 in Abbeville County, SC
• 7) Thomas Lindley b: Jan. 16, 1810 in South Carolina
• 8) Elisha Hamilton Lindley b: Jan. 25, 1816 in Walton County, GA

Sources

• Book: Sarah Blackwell Gober Temple, " The First Hundred Years, a Short History of Cobb County, in Georgia" Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta Georgia, 1935
• Source: Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
• Source: Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004
• Source: Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004
• Source: Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; NOTE: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Census Records:
  • "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MZYK-9S2 : Wed Dec 28 16:01:17 UTC 2022), Entry for Josephene Lindley and John B Lindley, 1850.
• "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:SQWX-JNDJ-9?cc=1867501&wc=32LL-SP8%3A169812501%2C170306901 : 21 May 2014), Orange > Wills, 1753-1819, Vol. 01 > image 430 of 825; county courthouses, North Carolina.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72256885/jonathan-lindley: accessed 25 February 2023), memorial page for Jonathan Lindley Sr. (2 Jul 1772–27 Nov 1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #72256885, citing Powder Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Powder Springs, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Kathy S. (contributor 46944127).
• FamilySearch Person Sources: LHXS-MGY

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Steve Conner for creating WikiTree profile Lindley-590 through the import of Mikesell Winters_2013-09-04.ged on Sep 4, 2013.