Thomas Lindsey (1794 - 1875)

Born 1794 in Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 1875 at about age 81 in Randolph, Fannin, Texas, United States

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1794 in Tennessee.

He married Rebecca Davice with whom he had at least 3 children. Rebecca passed away in 1855 and Thomas then married Sarah Rusk on May 8, 1859 in Fannin.^[1]

From Texas Historical Marker in Randolph Texas...

Tennessee native Thomas Lindsey (b. 1794) brought his family to this part of Fannin County in 1837. In the late 1840s, Lindsey donated four acres of this farmland for a school and cemetery. The first burial in the cemetery was for one of Lindsey's slaves. The one-room schoolhouse built next to the graveyard served as a community church where funeral services were held.

Over the years, this cemetery has served residents of the surrounding area, including the community of Randolph, which was founded in 1887 on the Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railroad. The main street in Randolph was located about 3/4 mile southwest of the Lindsey School and cemetery, and a wooden sidewalk connected the two. In the middle 1890s, the Lindsey school was moved to Randolph, and the original school grounds were added to the cemetery.

Among those buried here are Thomas Lindsey and his wife, Rebecca, and their son-in-law, the Rev. Burwell Cox, who organized several Presbyterian churches in the area. other graves located here include those of businessmen, farmers, doctors, pioneer citizens and their descendants, and veterans of several wars.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ See Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 cited below
2. ↑ See Lindsey-Randolph Cemetery, Historical Commission page cited below

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-4XR : 12 April 2016), Thos Lindsy, Fannin county, Fannin, Texas, United States; citing family 70, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVC3-R9H : 4 August 2017), Thos Lindsey, Fannin county, Fannin, Texas, United States; citing line number 16, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 444,920.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFT-74H : 12 December 2017), Thos Lindsay, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGT-4KF : 12 April 2016), Thomas Lindsey, Texas, United States; citing p. 38, family 244, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,083.
• "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MZ-DQH : 11 February 2018), Thomas Lindsey and Sarah Rusk, 08 May 1859; citing , Fannin, Texas, , reference ; FHL microfilm 1,293,828.
• “Lindsey-Randolph Cemetery.” Fannin County Historical Commission, Fannin County Historical Commission, https://www.fannincountyhistory.org/lindsey-randolph-cemetery
• Find A Grave: Memorial #16066160