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Descendants of Blake Carlton

Generation No. 2

2. John² Carlton (Blake¹) was born Abt. 1730 in VA, and died Aft. 1810 in Spartanburg, SC. He married Agatha Lindsey, daughter of William Lindsey and Jane ???.

Notes for John Carlton:

The following is excerpted from information on the Caltons/Carltons of Surry County, North Carolina compiled in July and December of 1991 by:

Robert Davidson
Box 302
Eastford, CT. 06242

John Carlton of Brunswick County is the first family member who has been documented. He first appears as a witness for William Lindsey in May 1756. He was a neighbor of William Lindsey in Brunswick Co, VA in the 1750's. He was a young man, with wife Agatha and a daughter, Mary, born in 1753 or 1754.

John Carlton received a grant of 130 acres of land from William Lindsey in 1757, on Wildcat Creek, in an area where William Lindsey had patented or bought much land, and sold parcels at a nominal rate to his sons and sons-in-law. The grant to John Carlton is the basis for supposing that he was also a son-in-law of William Lindsey. There was clearly a family connection--John and Agatha Carlton named a son Lindsey Carlton.

John Carlton sold this land to Thomas Holcombe in 1760, but he, together with his wife "Agga," is found a few miles away in Lunenberg County betwen 1760 and 1768. In 1774, he appears as a taxpayer in Surry County, North Carolina.

From 1757 to 1768 John Carlton owned farmland in Brunswick and later just across the line in Lunenburg County. A 1766 lawsuit initiated by John Carlton in Lunenburg County was discharged by "his not being an inhabitant of this colony," suggesting that he was already moving back and forth between Virginia and North Carolina. He and his family were settled in Surry Co NC by 1774.

There are many records of John Carlton in Surry County, where he was a substantial farmer and owned land in the Deep Creek area, near Yadkinville in what is today Yadkin County. There were eleven in his household in 1787 and eight in 1790. In 1791 or 1792, he moved to Spartanburg County, South
Carolina and lived near his son-in-law John Durham in the southern part of the county. There he and his wife are found, living alone, in the census of 1810. Both would have been about 80 years
old--not an unusual age for members of this family.

John and Agatha Carlton may have had seven or eight sons and at least four daughters, although some in the household by 1787 may have been grandchildren or other relatives. Two daughters of John and Agatha Carlton can be identified, most likely the oldest and youngest. Family members in Spartanburg
County in the 19th century knew that Mary Durham and Rebecca Fowler were sisters, and that their maiden name was Carlton. Three sons can also be identified. Others are "lost", or may have died young.

John Carlton and his wife Agatha had a large family. Elijah and Lindsey Carlton, who are consistently associated with John in the records, must be his sons. They stayed in Surry County, along with a John Carlton (John Carlton II) of the same age, who must be another son. Two of the daughters of John and Agatha Carlton can be identified, most likely the oldest and the youngest. Both went to Spartanburg County, where it was known in the 19th century that Mary Durham and Rebecca Fowler were sisters, and that their maiden name was Carlton*.

*From personal recollections of Matilda Durham Hoy, written in 1901, courtesy of Mary Benson Maxwell. The Durhams in Georgia referred to the Fowlers as "cousins."

Records:

1757 - Brunswick Co. deed, William Lindsey and Jane, his wife, to John Carlton, 130 Acres East side Little Wildcat Creek, adjoining William Lindsey. (6-175)
1760 - Brunswick Co, John Carlton and Agatha, his wife, sell above land to Thomas Holcombe. (6-554)
1774 - On the Surry County, NC tax list.
1775 - Ditto
1778 - Court records show John Carlton owned land on Deep Creek.
1782-89 - On Surry Co tax lists, for acreage on Deep Creek.
1786 - NC State Census, John Carlton with 7 men, 4 women.
1790 - US Census, Surry Co, with 5 men, 3 women.
1793 - Surry Co deed, John Carlton "of Spartanburg Co, SC" sells land.

According to the book "Virginia Colonial Militia" by Crozier, there was a John Calton in the Militia in Brunswick county, Virginia in September, 1758. There is no evidence that this is our John Calton, but our John's son, Elijah, was born in 1763 in Virginia. This would put John in the right time and place to be the John Calton that served in the militia.

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Sources:
Name : Calton Family Tree compiled in 1981 by Mr.& Mrs. F. Calton
Birth Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Birth Place : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Place : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Calton Family Tree compiled in 1981 by Mr.& Mrs. F. Calton
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

Notes for Agatha Lindsey:
See history notes on John Calton for more information on Agatha.
Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Father : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Mother : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

Children of John Carlton and Agatha Lindsey are:

+	5	i.	Mary³ Carlton, born 1753 in Brunswick, VA; died April 04, 1837 in Spartanburg, SC.
+	6	ii.	John Carlton II, born 1760 in Brunswick, VA; died in Surry, NC.
+	7	iii.	Elijah Calton, born 1763 in VA.
+	8	iv.	Lindsey Calton, Sr., born 1765 in VA; died 1834 in Surry, NC.
+	9	v.	George Carlton, born Aft. 1765; died Aft. 1830 in Sullivan, TN.
+	10	vi.	Rebecca Calton, born July 1776 in Surry, NC; died October 26, 1859 in Greenville, SC.

3. Mary² Carlton (Blake¹). She married James Lindsey, son of William Lindsey and Jane ???.

Notes for Mary Carlton:
Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

Notes for James Lindsey:
The following information was compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson of Eastford, CT.:

JAMES LINDSEY, son of William and Jane, was willed his father's land and plantation in Brunswick Co, which he and his wife MARY, together with nephew James Lindsey Durham, who had inherited an adjoining tract, sold in 1777 and moved to Surry Co, NC, to join other family members who had moved down about five years earlier.

James and Mary Lindsey were in Surry County for about ten years, until a lawsuit against their son Carlton Lindsey caused them to move to South Carolina. Carlton Lindsey, with brother Caleb Lindsey as co-defendant, was convicted of "tresspass" in 1788, and James Lindsey was charged with failing to
deliver them to the authorities. Both James and Carlton Lindsey had land holdings (about 600 acres), and although there was a deed of sale of this land in 1788, the land was apparently seized by the sheriff and sold off by the county in 1791, after the Lindsey's had left.

For the next twenty years the Lindseys and their family are found both in Spartanburg Co, SC and in adjoining Rutherford Co, NC. James Lindsey with wife and family of six is given in the 1790 census of Spartanburg Co. James Lindsey, Sr and wife, both over 55, with two in family, is found in the 1800
census of Rutherford Co, NC. No record of James Lindsey's death has been found, but he must have died in Rutherford Co shortly after 1800, at age approximately 70.

James Lindsey's family can be reconstructed with reasonable accuracy. Two daughters, Susanna and Elizabeth, were left household items in their grandfather's will in Brunswick Co, VA, in 1766. Four men who must have been sons are found in Surry Co, NC records; Carlton, Caleb, Joshua May and James William - there was only one Lindsey family in Surry Co in the early 1780's, and we know these four are brothers from later records in Kentucky. Other probable sons, younger than these four, are Micajah and John, both clearly associated with this family in Spartanburg Co. and in Rutherford County later.

There may have been others. The relationship with the Carlton family is unclear, but it may be that Mary, wife of James Sr was a Carlton, or that James named a son Carlton after his brother-in-law, John Carlton. Much of the following information [on the children - rjc] is taken from "The Lindsey Clan" (1972), by Mrs. Joe Dutton and Mrs. Virgel McMillan of Texas, and from research done by Jackson Stell of Montgomery, Alabama.

Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Place : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Father : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Mother : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

Children of Mary Carlton and James Lindsey are:

James William³ Lindsey, died March 02, 1831 in Pulaski, AR. He married Rachel ???.

Notes for James William Lindsey:
The following is from "The Lindsey Clan" (1972), by Mrs. Joe Dutton and Mrs. Virgel McMillan of Texas and from research done by Jackson Stell of Montgomery, Alabama. It was supplied by Robert Davidson of Eastford, CT.:

James William and his wife both died the same day in a cholera epidemic. They moved to Kentucky about 1809, settling in that part of Christian Co which became Trigg Co.

The following is from Perrin's "County of Trigg, Kentucky" (1884):
In Canton precinct, "where town of Canton is now situated," early settlers were Josiah Lindsey (i.e. Joshua) and his brothers James Caleb and Carlton. James William moved on to Arkansas about 1825 and has many descendants.

The following is a note from Robert Davidson:
It is interesting to find several Lindsey families in the Christian Co, KY area, all from Virginia originally and distanty related. These include descendants of the Caleb Lindsey who died in Essex Co, VA in 1717, and James Lindsey, son of Caleb and Roseanna Lindsey of the Brunswick Co family.

Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Birth Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Place : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Father : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Mother : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

Notes for Rachel ???:
Died in cholera epidemic.
Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

ii.

Carlton Lindsey, died 1825 in Trigg, KY. He married Mary ???.

Notes for Carlton Lindsey:
A note by Robert Davidson states "...Wife MARY, said to be Polly Taliaferro, and large family."

Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Birth Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Place : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Father : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Mother : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

Notes for Mary ???:
Name may have been Polly Taliaferro.
Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

iii.

Joshua May Lindsey.

Notes for Joshua May Lindsey:
From Robert Davidson:

"...Went to Kentucky with his brothers. Had a family with some found later in Miss. and Alabama."

Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Father : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Mother : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

iv.

Micajah Lindsey, died August 1845 in Tishomingo, MS. He married Elizabeth McClurken Abt. 1797.

Notes for Micajah Lindsey:
From Robert Davidson:

"...He is found in Spartanburg Co and Rutherford Co records until about 1815, when he moved to Mississippi with family."

Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Birth Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Place : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Father : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Mother : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

Notes for Elizabeth McClurken:
Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

Susanna Lindsey, born Bef. 1766.

Notes for Susanna Lindsey:
Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Birth Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Father : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Mother : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

vi.

Elizabeth Lindsey, born Bef. 1766.

Notes for Elizabeth Lindsey:
Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Birth Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Father : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Mother : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

vii.

Caleb Lindsey, born 1767 in VA; died November 23, 1826 in Pulaski, AR. He married Sarah Young Abt. 1790.

Notes for Caleb Lindsey:
Moved to Warren Co, KY by 1810, then to AR about 1818.

Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Birth Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Death Place : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Father : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Mother : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

Notes for Sarah Young:
Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

viii.

John Lindsey, born 1800 in Rutherford, NC.

Notes for John Lindsey:
From Robert Davidson:

"...He may be the John Lindsey who stayed in Spartanburg Co, with wife, Jemima, or he may have moved west."

Sources:
Name : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Birth Date: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Birth Place : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Father : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Mother : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson
Other : Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

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