David Lindsay was an average farmer in Pennsylvania in the 1770s. He'd been born around 1745 in an area of Pennsylvania that was also claimed by Virginia, thus the confusion on his service. David Lindsay died before 7 February 1842. David Lindsay is enumerated in Shelby County, Alabama on the 1830 Federal Census, listed as “of eighty and under 90.” He is not found on the 1840 Alabama Federal Census and his estate was settled in 1844. Furthermore, the Alabama State Department of Archives and History houses the James Hugh Blair Hall Collection. Dr. Hall wrote that on 5 August 1906 he interviewed Elijah Lindsay Fulton, grandson of Patriot David Lindsay, who stated his grandfather had died in 1835.
He served with the Washington County, Pennsylvania Militia under Captain Robert Millar during the American Revolution War. He married Mary Casey and received a Land Grant in 1787 (in Tennessee) for his service. He is a recognized patriot for the National Societies of the Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution and Children of the American Revolution.
Members of the David Lindsay family began to appear in Alabama records in the early 1800's. He and his wife, Mary CAsey were early pioneers of Alabama with patented land on the Flint River in Madison Co. in 1809. David and his son Thomas Lindsay both appeared on the 1809 census for Madison Co., as did Richard Crowson, who married David's daughter, Sarah. David Lindsay, several sons, and in-laws appeared on Madison Co. tax lists between 1810-1816. David Lindsay and his son-in-law, Richard Crowson, also served as jurors in Madison Co. during this time period. David's sons Elijah, David Jr., and Joseph all married in Madison County between the years 1811-1819, as did his daughter, Rebecca. In 1816, Lindsay is identified as head of household in the Mississippi Territory (now Alabama). By 1820, David and his family had settled in Shelby County. In that year, David Lindsay and sons Elijah, James, John, and Joseph Lindsay all appeared on the Shelby Co. census, along with sons-in-law Richard Crowson and Joseph Hale. David Lindsay and his sons all bought land near each other in Shelby Co. In 1824, Lindsay was issued a land grant (Land Patent No 2442, Serial No AL0680_384) for more than 79 acres of land in Shelby County, Alabama. In 1830, David Lindsay, and sons Thomas, James, Elijah, and John all appeared on the census in Shelby County, along with sons-in-law Richard Crowson, David Fulton, and Joseph Hale.
The estate Papers of David Lindsay were filed in the Shelby County Archives, Will Book D, Page 315, 316 and 317, Final Settlement of the Estate of David Lindsay on 7 February 1842.
(Excerpts from Bobby Joe Seales and Judith Arthur)
He served with the Washington County, Pennsylvania Militia under Captain Robert Millar during the American Revolution War. He married Mary Casey and received a Land Grant in 1787 (in Tennessee) for his service. He is a recognized patriot for the National Societies of the Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution and Children of the American Revolution.
Members of the David Lindsay family began to appear in Alabama records in the early 1800's. He and his wife, Mary CAsey were early pioneers of Alabama with patented land on the Flint River in Madison Co. in 1809. David and his son Thomas Lindsay both appeared on the 1809 census for Madison Co., as did Richard Crowson, who married David's daughter, Sarah. David Lindsay, several sons, and in-laws appeared on Madison Co. tax lists between 1810-1816. David Lindsay and his son-in-law, Richard Crowson, also served as jurors in Madison Co. during this time period. David's sons Elijah, David Jr., and Joseph all married in Madison County between the years 1811-1819, as did his daughter, Rebecca. In 1816, Lindsay is identified as head of household in the Mississippi Territory (now Alabama). By 1820, David and his family had settled in Shelby County. In that year, David Lindsay and sons Elijah, James, John, and Joseph Lindsay all appeared on the Shelby Co. census, along with sons-in-law Richard Crowson and Joseph Hale. David Lindsay and his sons all bought land near each other in Shelby Co. In 1824, Lindsay was issued a land grant (Land Patent No 2442, Serial No AL0680_384) for more than 79 acres of land in Shelby County, Alabama. In 1830, David Lindsay, and sons Thomas, James, Elijah, and John all appeared on the census in Shelby County, along with sons-in-law Richard Crowson, David Fulton, and Joseph Hale.
The estate Papers of David Lindsay were filed in the Shelby County Archives, Will Book D, Page 315, 316 and 317, Final Settlement of the Estate of David Lindsay on 7 February 1842.
(Excerpts from Bobby Joe Seales and Judith Arthur)