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From: "Ray Ezell" <>
Subject: [TNMONROE-L] children of Isaac Lindsey d. 1861
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:11:41 -0400

The following excerpts were taken from Monroe Co. Tennessee Records
1820-1870, vol. II

>From Monroe County Court Minutes, May 1861 (377)
RJ White app. Adm. of Isaac Lindsey

>From Monroe County Court Minutes, May 1862 (479)
David M. Lindsey app. Gdn. to David, Mary E., Martha, and Tennessee
Lindsey, minor orphans

>From Monroe County Court Minutes, August 1862
David Lindsey resigns and Matilda Lindsey is appointed as Gdn. to
Martha J. and Tennessee Lindsey

>From Monroe Co. Deed Book R, 2 December 1867 (line 663)
Chancery Court: M.L. Phillips vs. GW Lindsey and RJ White, Adms. of
Isaac Lindsey, dec'd; undivided 1/7 interest of GW Lindsey in Lands of
Isaac Lindsey dec'd

>From Monroe County Court Minutes, August 1868 (552)
Petition to Sell land; David M. and Isaac Lindsey, 3rd, vs. Thomas,
George, and Ozias Rhea, Matilda, David, Mary E. Martha, and Tennessee
Lindsey, heirs of Isaac Lindsey.

It appears that Isaac Lindsey (born 1783) died ca. May 1861 and left
several minor children: Martha J., Tennessee, David, and Mary. Isaac's
son, David M. Lindsey, was appointed gardian to them but was relieved of
the care of Martha J. and Tennessee Lindsey by a Matilda
Lindsey......Who exactly is Matilda Lindsey and how does she fit in
with the Lindsey family??

In Aug. 1868 ...David M. and Big Ike Lindsey (son and grandson of the
deceased Isaac Lindsey) were litigated by Thomas, George W. Matilda,
David, Mary E., Martha, and Tennessee Lindsey....they apparently were
heirs of Isaac.

Can anyone provide any further information on these heirs of Isaac
Lindsey? Were all of them his children, were some of them grandchildren
that he named in his will, or that may have been living in the household
at the time of his death? Lastly, who was the mother of the minor
orphaned children of Isaac.
Isaac had a wife, Mary, that was born in ca. 1787 and it doesnt seem
possible that she was bearing children up into the mid-late 1840's or
beyond .....did Isaac mary another woman?? if so, who was she?

I would appreciate any ideas that anyone may have....I have other
specific Lindsey information if anyone is interested........



Ray Ezell, M.A., RPA
Senior Archaeologist
Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
5088 West Washington Street
Second Floor
Charleston, West Virginia 25313
304/769-2112

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