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Robert married Letitia Harper 1803, Guilford County, N. Carolina. Letitia (daughter of Lt. Col. Jeduthan Harper and Mary Gizeal Parke) was born 27 Feb 1785, Guilford Co., N. Carolina; died 25 Jul 1835, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina; was buried , Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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While it isn't certain since there is no legible marker evident, Robert Lindsay, Sr. is probably buried here at the site of his home, where several of his children are buried. I am told that there were once some 30 to 50 graves at this cemetery, of the Lindsays and their servants, but only six stones remain, and one of them (perhaps Robert's?) is illegible.

Robert Lindsay was the son of John Lindsay, but there are conflicting accounts as to their background and Robert's early life. He may have been born in Virginia, Maryland or Ireland. He was descended from the ancient and illustrious Clan Lindsay of Scotland. Evidently, he lived for a time on the Pa./Md. border area before coming to NC in the mid 1700s. (I expect he came with the Nottingham Colony of Scots Irish Presbyterians who arrived in 1753, and founded the Bufflo and Alamance Presbyterian Churches.) His name first appears in the NC records in 1763; but, many NC records were destroyed by the British and the yankees, and various other court house fires.)

Robert established a 2,000 acre plantation on Deep River in what became Guilford County. In fact, when the county was formed in 1771, and until a court house could be built in 1774, the county court met in the "great hall" of his plantation home. The property included an ordinary (an inn/tavern), formal gardens, a mulberry grove for raising silk worms, a silk mill, a grist mill, and a store. A fragment of the old LIndsay home remains, though in ruinous condition.

Robert Lindsay was a Captain in the NC Militia. He served in the first independent NC Legislature in 1777 and 1778, and was presiding Judge of Guilford County from 1781 to 1788. He was a well known and respected member of his community, and his descendants were prominent in the history of North Carolina. He was probably a member of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church.

Robert married twice. His first wife was E. (probably Esther or Eliza) Mebane, a daughter of John Mebane of PA. They had two children: Elizabeth, who died young, and John A. Lindsay (1767-1828, m. Elizabeth Wilson). Robert's second wife was Ann "Nancy" McGee (1753/4-1832), a daughter of Colonel John McGee (d.1773) of NC, whom he married on 23 June 1772. They had eight children: Senator Samuel Lindsay (c.1773/4-1813/4, m. Henrietta E. "Hettie" Causey), Colonel Robert Lindsay, Jr. (1776-1818, m. Letitia Harper), William Lindsay (1777-1841, m. Elisabeth Briggs), Jane Lindsay (1779-1827, m. Jesse Hargrave), Elizabeth Lindsay (1784-1825, m. Rev. Samuel Craighead Caldwell), Andrew Lindsay (1786-1844, m. Elizabeth Dick), Susannah Lindsay (1789-1857, m. Dr. Joseph Wood), and David Lindsay (1793-1860, m. Sarah Dillon).

Robert married Ann 'Nancy' McGee. Ann was born 1754, North Carolina; died Nov 1832, Guilford Co., N. Carolina; was buried , Lindsay Family Cemetery Guilford County, North Carolina,. [Group Sheet]

Jeduthan married Mary Gizeal Parke. Mary was born 23 Feb 1755; died 21 Feb 1845, Randolph County, North Carolina; was buried , Grays Chapel Cemetery Grays Chapel, Randolph County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
The children born to Jeduthun and Gizeal Park Harper were Mary (1777-1817), Elizabeth (1782-1821), Letitia (1785-1835), Jesse (1784-1851), Sarah (1789-1858), Absalom Tatum, and
two other sons who died in infancy.