Robert Smith, editor, THE FRIEND: RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY JOURNAL, Vol. 1, (Philadelphia: John Richardson, 1829), p. 364. Jonathan Lindley, an elder in the Society of Friends, deceased the 5th day of the 4th month, 1828, in his 71st year. Education in Orange County, North Carolina, soon after he attained manhood he engaged in mercantile pursuits and by attention and fair and honorable dealing, acquired a considerable portion of wealth. Becoming disinclined to the incumbrances (sic) connected with such occupation, and in the hope that, by forming a settlement in the uncultivated forest he might enjoy the retirement which he had long desired, in the spring of 1811 he removed with all his children but one, several of whom were married, and settled near where Lick Creek meeting house now stands. The other child had previously removed there. There were but few families of Friends living there at that period, and being near 200 miles from any meeting of the Society, they concluded to hold one for worship once a week, of which he was a diligent attender; exemplary in his deportment when there, and often encouraged his friends to faithfulness in this indispensable duty of adoration and worship to the author of their being. In 1813 a monthly meeting was established there, of which our friend was a useful member. As the evening of life approached, he grew more and more concerned to prepare for his final change. For a number of years before his departure, the topic of his conversation was often on death and eternity, expressing according to the course of nature, he could not stay long, and his greatest desire was to be ready for the change. When the pernicious doctrine of Elias Hicks was introduced into the neighborhood where he lived, he soon was favored to see the danger thereof and faithfully warned his friends against meddling with it; and through his faithfulness and that of some others, it made very little entrance in the monthly meeting of which he was a member; and he continued to be a faithful advocate for the cause of truth against those wild notions to the end of his life. He had long been afflicted with severe attacks of the colic, and towards the latter part of his time they seemed to increase which made him believe his final change was near at hand; and the first day before his close he invited all his children who were at meeting home with him, and at a suitable time told them he believed his change was near at hand, which he said did not alarm him believing that, through divine mercy, he was prepared, with much more instruction and interesting conversation